The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1915-06-23
POLITICAL
AC|TATOAB
POLITICIANS WHO cAPirAlide
STRIFE A MENACE TO f.
GOVERNMENT. R
Neglect Of Agricultural and tndustr,il
opportunitIss q National Crime. IS
BY Peter Radford.

Sy p0toT HS0r0r0s
There never was q time In the hib-
tory of this nation when we needed
statesmen more or agitators less than
at the present moment. Tho oppof
tunities now afforded US on land and
sea demand the best there is In state
craft and the possibilities that arc con-I
fronting us call for national issuss,l
that unite the people. build industry
and expand trade. The agriculturalI
and industrial development Of this
nation has suffered severely at the
hands OF agitators who have sent
torpedoes crashing into the port side
OF business and whose neglect OF the
interests OF the farmer makes them
little less than political criminals. We
want no moro Of these evil spirits to
predominant in government. Too long
their hysterical cry has sent q shiver
down the spinal column OF industry.
Too long have the political asitstors
capitalized strife. pillassd progress
and murdered opportunity. An indus-
trial corpse is not a desirable thing,
a crippled business an achievement or
neglect ah accomplishment about
which any representative Of the gov
eminent has . right to boast.
Issuss that Breed Aaitasefs Should be
Eliminated.
The Political agitator must be elm
ihated from public life befors thought-
ful consideration can be given to 81
constructive program In government.
Tho liquor question is the most pro-
life breeding ground for agitators and
whether pro or anti. tho hatch is
equally as undesirable. This article
10 in NO sense a discussion of the H.
Quor question but deals solely and by
way OF illustration with the political
products OF that issue. Other sub
5ects will be dealt with in the order
OF their importance.
In the history Of our Rovernment
the liquor issue has never produced
q Constructive statesman worth men.
tioninS and It never will. It has sent
more freaks to Congress. tiiliputians
to the Senate and incompetents- to-
once than any other political issue
under the sun. 7
The recent expertencUUk tnSM
lish Parliament which dashed itself
into q fury over the liquor question
has Q lesson that It fs we'll for the
rarHers Of this nation to observe: for
the subject In some form or other is
constantly before the public for solu.
ton and ofttimeA to the exclusion o5
more important problems to the Amer{
lean plowmen.
Too Many Political prunkards.
Lloyd d-Georse. the Prohibition leader
OF Europe who led the prohibition hight
III England. has declared that he will
never again take q drink politically
and there are many American politi-
cians-pro and anti-who would render
their country a service by climbing
on tho water wagon or signing O pledge
OF political temperance. Too often
our legislative halls are turned into
political bar-rooms and many of the
members become intoxicated on liquor
discussions. We have too many polit-
ical drunkards-pro and anti-in our
public Affairs. No one who is a slave
to tho political liquor habit is quite
80 capable Of dealing with the busi-
ness affairs Of government as the
sober and industrious. We have few
public men In this day who are strong
enough to resist the temptation of
strong drink politically and when the
demon Rum once becomes firmly en-.
trenched in the mind OF a politician,
he Is less capable Of meeting the de-.
mands for constructive statesmanshipl
now confronting this nation. -
We have in this country too many
red.nosed politicians-both pro and
anti. A candidate with political deli.
rum tremens. a preacher with polit|
cal snakes In his boots and an agttatc1
drunk on the liquor question are I'll
saddest sights in civilization and th(
should all be forced to take the polit-
ical Keeley Cure.
1t iE far more important in govern
ment to make 1t easier for those who
toll to eat than to make 1t more dif.
ncult for few topers to drink. There
is not ono person in one hundred Of
our rural population that ever touches
liquor but we all eat three times q