The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-10-07
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There has been so much
written and said about the cotton
situation it is with difficulty that
anything new can be found
which Will throw light upon the
subject. Our wise men seem to
be as much in the air as the or
dinary individual, all we can get
from them is a faint hope that
conditions will get better after a
while. The masses have been led
by their Representatives in con-
gress. to hope that relief would
come from the federal governmnt
bntaI that has been accomplish
ed so far, is the daily holding
out Of hope with nothing sub,
stantiai to base it on. It is our
opinion. the Congress OF the
united States can give great re
lef, if politics will be brushed
aside If the Congress will en-.
act Jaw prchib biting the expor-
! statien of food products, it is our
opinion; it will have q salutary
effect Instantly; it will bring
down the cost of living on a par.
ity with the price Of cotton. and
Sc VIII tend to shorten the length
of the war now raging In Europe,
but those in authority, regard po-
htical party aseendency of more
importance than the condition of
the masses-let food stufs soar
IA price. and the people of the
Democratic South suffer, while
the Republican West wakes fat.
seems TO be the tendency at this
time.
H this Democratic congress
viii lay an embargo upon the
exporting Of food products, it
viii at least bring down the
price Of the necessaries of life.
even tho il does not raise the
price Of cotton, then. notWith :
standing the low p;iee OF tie
Sonth's principal money crop
being less than the cost of pro-
duction. there would be a living
chance for onr people, but as
long as the food Of the country
IS being shipped away, the price
continues to get farsher out OF
the reach of The masses, and our
cotton crop remains without de
mand
There is little hope of this
congress considering the prop.
ositiea Of putting crimp on
food portation, because, diddt
do so, isWould anger the wheat
growers Of the Northwest and
possibly have its effect upon the
election in November, and, in
the present condi ditions, those in
authority deem political control
Of greater Importance than the
relief Of a large section of this
Union which must vote the Dem
ocratic ticket in self defence.
Did onr statesmen forget polit-
icaI advantage temporarily. and
enact q law which would give re-
lief to the suffering South, the
grain growers It the West, who
are reaping greas wealth out OF
this war situation, would raise a
terrific howl, yet, while one see
sion is prospering, another is
suffering; it is within the power
Of the federal government to
prevent the food stuffs of this
nation from being sent away,
bnt il does nothing, and the
South continues to bear a bur-
den which is fast becoming un.
bearable
We sincerely believe that an
Act OF congress such. as we have
indicated would give more prac.
teal relief to the farmers of the
South and the wage earners of
the entire nation, than all the
promise of emergency currency
that can be issued and, if such a
law is enacted, we further be-
IeTe the war would be stopped
in a short time and the country