The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-03-17
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come aroused because or the op-
position to the warehouse pro
position, and they are making
demands upon the Commissioner
te go out among the masses to
explain the full purpose OF the
warehouse Act, and to enllghten
them as to why this measure was
so bitterly fought by a certain
element. In response to these
demands Hon. John L. McLaurin
has accepted several invitations
to address the people, and where
ever he has been the people
have became enthusiastic in their
support of the warehouse pro-
position, so much so, that we
doubt exceedingly if there will
be any opposition to giving the
institution the support it should
have, to make it the success the
author has been laborlng for
il and ont of season, and for
which he has been mlsrepresent-
ed and abused, but notwithstand
ino the ahnse that has been
heaped upon him he goes right
on trying to better the cotton
handling conditions, and up to
the present there is stored in
state controlled warehouses over
80, ,O60 bales of cotton. alta nom
inal rate of storage and insur-
ance. Commissioner McLaurin
addressed the farmers and ousi-
ness men in Sumter. and al
though the attendance was slim
on account of the inclement
weather his. speech as publish
ed in The Times and other news
papers, was read with deep in-
ferest and the people OF Lee
; County had him to address them
last Friday at Bishopville where
he had a large audience OF farm
ers and merchants. with the re-
suit that he opened the eyes OF
his hearers and turned indifer-
ence into enthusiasm; it would
be political suicide for a public
man so offer opposition to the
warehouse proposition in Lee
County.
In opening his address, he
said that the impression had
been created that the State
Warehouse system was organ
lied for the purpose OF fighting
the. banks and other commercial
snterests. but that this was ab-
soIutely untrue; that it was de-
signed to assist the farmers in
getting fair return for the
product of their labor. That if
others were receiving more than
they were entitled to, the best
thing they could do was to go to
farming themselves, instead OF
trying to live by manipulation
OF the products Of the farm.
Any fair-minded man, he said,
must realize tina. :he prosperity
OF this country depends upon
the prosperity of the farmer,
and that the more money the
farmers receive for their cotton,
Che more they will have to
deposit in the banks, and the
more prosperous will become all
classes of society. He said that
the country banks recognized
this fact, and that they had done
the best they could in most
cases to assist the farmers in
the terrible ordeal through
which the country has gone
since the declaration Of war in
August; that he was glad to see
so many of the bankers IN
BishopvilIe out, and that he
wanted to show them how they
could help themselves by help
ing the farmers.
He analyzed the new currency
law. and said that there were
special privileges granted in the
law to the farmers, and that
State Warehouse receipts as a
collateral to farmers notes had
been discounted in Richmond,
and that the officers Of the Fed
eral Reserve system had shown
every disposition to aid US. He
said a mistake was made in try
ing to get up what is known as
the Wade plan, instead of using
the discount features in the new
currency law. He read an ex-.
tract from a speech of Mr.. W.
P. G. Harding, of the Federal