The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-05-22
DEBREERS
DEFEAT W0FFORD
soINT DEBATE LA1.ST EVE
AT ANDERSON COLLEGE
u OcAL BOY SPOKE


! The day OF the orator is not past in
South Carolina, for as long as the ed.
ucational institutions of the State con-.
tlnue to turn ont young men who can
speak with the fiuency and ease of the
debaters who entertained an Anderson
audience at the College auditorium,
there viii continue to be oratory.
The occasion was a Joint debate be-
tween Eurman university and Wofford
college. the subject being one of the
liVest that could have been selected,
except perhaps that of primary reform
in South Carolina. 1t was Resolved.
That the Labor Unions OF the United
States are justified in demanding
Closed Shops, -.
Tine anirmatiye. represented by Fur
man, won by the unanimous decision
OF thss Judges. The speakers we're:
Furman, w. f. Cox, Jr., and j. Fl.
Simpson sWofford p. d. Huff and L. A.
Meyer. Prof, g. NJ. Faithful presided
over the exercises which were opened
with prayer by Mr.. r. g. Eigon. Hon.
T, Allen and Hon. John X. Hood, Of
Anderso1, and Prof, "A. B. Bryan, of
Clemson College acted as judges.
Each speaker was allotted twent1
..1in..9e ssSS H.: :, m i,1,,;
i've iminutA Ia reply. The subject was
handled With signal ability and the
speecfes gl0wad careful preparation.
Liberal appfaIlse was accorded each
speaker AIld especially marked was
that given Mr Cox, who is an Ander-
son boy, he son of Judge w. r. Cox.
. J. H. Simpson.
The first speaker on the affirmative
was J. III. Simpson. He heean by de-
plotting conditions which existed be-
fore the organization OF labor unions
and showed wherein their organization
had improved the condition OF the la
boring man, and that modern indus
trial conditions made the labor organ
cations essential. Their claims, he
contended, are just and reasonable,
and though they have short coming3
they should not be copdemned there
for. AS educators the labor unions
are worth much to the great number OF
foreign 19borers who came to America
every year.
|, g There is q constant warfare between
labor and capital. and employers 9a1-
L599 no nunfon labor in their endeaVnr
to- destroy the union, Better cnndt-
tions are had through collective seliz
ing OF labor through the union-th
non-unfon laborev having no freedom
OF contract.
II. ID. Huff.
The first negative speaker was p. d.
Huff, OF Wofford rollege. He conceded
that men had the right TO do those
things best for themselves. and they
Gould even join the unions IL they
wished. But the fact remains that
only 15 per cent of the laboring men
of the country belong to the unions 5,
which from q ffaternal point OF view
are all right, hit all wrong from a
militant point OF view.
AS a militant force, they are respon-
sible for tic conflicts between capital
and labor. Labor unions.t said the
tho speaker, "have walking delegates
who 80 round with a double barreIed
weapon, one barrel being labeled % i;y-
c0tt, the other strike :" =" Mr.. fInff
made 'sery logical speech which was
wel received
w. F. Cox, Jr.
W. Fs, Cox. Jr., was. the next speak
er for the affirmative. He stated that
the matter was fesolVed info three
tduesti ions; 4. are the demands os .he
CLOSED shop just and reasonable? d
Can The oDsii shop satisfy th6se de.
mapdB,? :? a. Can Tie closed shop meet
these NdAmAtidsl 2 He suonteiidsd with
telling force that the demands OF the
labor unions are just and reasonable
and : that the: closed shop and
| not thes$ open shop scnii meet
them Labor, he argaed Is In colnpe-
titioD With capital. which may be di.
yided into two classes eompetitive and
mons sc0npet tive capital. y Si.ssSSlA
Competitive capital is fighting the
labor unions using money, biased Il, ,ib.
Heet ti0hs and imported sureisn labor.
True Freedom os CONTRACT exists soIIly
when comb birfed labor Is pittsti agaf(1at
/ capital. Mr. Cox 81 bIy nj Maintained SfIf,i
!: the closed chop ben nefifs slikS the am
plnyer. the emp lcyee aiid tile pubic,
Tie emit ployer gels more skilled lnluf.
the emp pfoyee higher wages and NOR
men sglpi a1isl the tiiblsc q better
GRADE Of Dr6fl IS; So SIS !
gis 6qiiIt Ite u sisi.raliy auniaud-
led md was eetit ed with a leSiifiYuI
bunch 81 flowers fraSn the anfffa0ee,
He ls a force speaker md held the
IbiteaLion of tle audiences from start
| 10 finish. :5s
s. Z, a. koyer. IS.
q Thei last spenk ker WITS u A. Mover,
Of Nyofford. SIR 5ioyef; &c once watied
Into BIS argument cbntdndfag that the
5fnprorepeIlt oe labor con dlttOiIs was
not due to tie Worie pG sls Unions bsIt
to- the a5yancemen of the hines. Tfe
had nothing to- say against labor or
gaHixas siohH fhnt 10 obje cted TO the cl6s1
led shop fealure which denied tie r:eilt
OF nlemhsrship 10 81 per cent Of he
tyorkiB stletls 4aiJoYess swife afrayef
aeainst ezch 9sler3 bg she closed siSbD
policy. and the wnrl "a tanis arafnss
ID tAe rrilnea 4, "a n .,atSee8 rs