Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1914-08-20
Stevenson's Platform.
Political ADVERTISEMENT }

l. Equality for the voters of
the Fifth district who are loyal
citizens. They are now being
Disseminated against in the fol-
lowing particulars.
(a) Congress is wasting on
the average 40, 900, 600 of dollars
a year in River and Harbor pro-
jects which are practically use
less to the Fifth district. and has
utterly failed to comply with the
Constitution to build and main
tain it's postroads. If it would
spend $50. .000,0 900 year on the
public roads which it uses for
carrying the mails it would mean
81, 600, 600 year for South Car
olina roads, and $142,S57 in the
Fifth district each year, or $40
400 in each county of the district.
This Congress, with Mr.. Finley's
help, has just passed River
and Harbor bill providing for
spending 500, coo, 900. This would
make 81, ,500,0 600 for South Car
olina or $50, 900 for each county
in this District. Now the people
are taxed that amount for Riv-
ers and Harbors and get no ben
etit. Suppose our part was spent
on the roads of the Fifth District.
1t wonld help every man in the
District, especially the farmers.
The value of their lands would
be doubled.
(b) They are Disseminated
against in what is known as the
Reclamation Service: $106, 000,-
600 has been spent in building
dams to irrigate the States of
the West. Why not give the
Sohth some of it forpublic roads?
(c) The farmers of the Fifth
District, as well as other citizens,
were Disseminated against by
the act giving free tolls to the
ships flying the u. S. flag and
engaged in the coastwise trade
when passing through the Canal
and placing tie burden of main
tanning the canal on the people
instead Of those who use it.
This amounts to millions of dol
lars and was merely gift to
people who are already rich.
Morgan 4 Co., of New York,
are dominant in this trade we
are informed and the bonds of
the shipping companies are held
in Europe. There is no voter in
the Fifth district who owns eth
er stocks or bonds in such ships.
Why tax them then to give
money to the millionaires of
New York and New England
and Europe? Yet Mr.. Finley
voted to do that thing. Woodrow
Wilson said it was wrong from
any point of view" Mr.. Finley
followed Champ Clark against
the request of Woodrow Wilson
and voted to tax you to keep up
the rich, yet when the Fifth
District voter wants to ship his
cotton or cotton goods or to i'm
port his nitrate of soda or
Peruvian guano, this moves in
ships engaged in foreign COM
merce, and they had to pay toll
while the manufacturers of New
England, New York and Penn
syivama ship their wares in
large quantities coastwise to
California, Oregon and Washing
ton and hence get the benefit of
free tolls if the shipper gets any
and the Fifth District is dis
criminated against again and by
vote of Mr.. Finley. it's Congress-
man. Mr.: Stevenson is opposed
to this and stands with President
Wilson on this issue.
Finally. He opposes giving
away the great water powers.
AS late as February "a. 1911.
with Mr.. Finley in Congress.
they gave away to Power Cor
poratlon Ozark Power Company
a water right that the Missouri
Waterway Commission says Will
give net income of $3.50, 900 a
year on the investment of So, 900, :
QUO. Thus the people are robbed
for the rich and there are hum
dreds of other like projects. Do
we ever hear of the congressman
of the Fifth District objecting? {?
Try a new man. Stevenson is
the candidate.