The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-06-14
McLAURIN TALKS BACK
BACK AT TsLLMAN
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abiOad Is unwise. do not care what
President Wilron or anybody else says
to the contrary.
Cheering News.
The facts are that the repeal of the
tolls will continue the most heartless
subsidy TO Lord Cowdray's railroad
that exists on this earth. 1t Is a COM
plete surrender of American interests
10 Great Britain. We build the canal
at enormous cost In life and money and
present IT to the English capitalist
now exploiting Mexico aud other coun-
tries. Lord Cowdray Is the Rockefei-
Ter Of England. in fact, he Is a COM
bination OF Rockefeller and Morgan,
because of his political and financial
power. aside from being an oil king,
he owns the TampicO and Tehuantepec
oil fields. He. har the unqualified
backing OF the British government in
all of his undertakings. and IL any pnaf
will take the trouble to read fne tes-
timony taken by the Davidson commit
tee and other public documents easily
accessible they can not but conclude
that much OF the trouble in Mexico
comes from the fight between British
and American oil interest. Zif
This may explain why England
recognized Huerta when the United
States refused to do go. I know
! that the biggest obstacle I'm getting the
canal bill passed was tho opposition; Of
the transcontinental railroads, notably
the Canadian Pacific. Nov that we
have the canal the same interests I
have no doubt, seek toseontrol It. Lord
Cowdray's road is In south Mexico and
connects Puerto on the Atlantic with
SQlina (sr11 nm In Ilo ata 49,
| Of 1870 miles. II cost $86,000,0 ,06J. ana
was paid for by the Mexican govern.
ment. The bonds got into Lord Cow
dray's hands and through some kind OF
deal with Diaz. he has absolute con-
troll OF the road. which Is said to be the
| nsGst profitable iifs OF TliirGsSi In tho
| world. The records show that Il lie
the personal property CT this British
money master. Freights from. say.
New York to the Pacific 60 to Puerto,
there the ship is unloaded and It's
freight passes over Lord Cowdray's
road to Salina Cruz. there It .is reship-
ped to Its Destination. 5ss.
The Freight Question.
The record shows that freights for
the Hawaiian islands average S2 per
ton from New York and that one-third
or this amount goes to this 100 mile
raiirond. The president OF the Ha-
waiian Steamship company gave this
testimony before congressional COM
mittee. The opening of the canal
with free tolls to American ships
would undoubtedly wipe out Lord
Cowdray's railroad, but It would also
lower sugar s4 per ton to the Ameri
can people, Alfred Henry Lewis puts
1t tn a nutshell. when he gays, "The
fight is. between $65.00O, 900 OF Lord
0owdiay's English Tehuantepec rail-
road money and $400.O00,00O canal
money. That If the precise issue pre-
;ented by contest over freeing the
canal to American coastwise ships."fIf
II is not q subsidy to charge American
ships 81 per ton so that this English
railroad may retain It's freight rate,
what IT, It? SIS
The American people must pay
taxes to maintain the canal and In
high freight continue the tribute TO
England's financial king.
l do not want Senator Tillman TO he
unhappy because l am sure he wants
to do right. I thing that President
Wilson told him the truth when he said
that he did not understand that plank
In the platform and has probably new
er had time to study It yet.
| In conclusion l do not think that
either Senator Tlllman or myself can
last very long as coat tail swireers.
after we get hold the impulse to take
the entire coat or die trying Is fires.
tEtible. John l.. McLaurin,
Bennettsville, June 10. fss 9