Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-01-29
fight ON THE WAREHOUSE
Louis Applet Answers Assaults Of the
Interests.
SHOWS Meat OF The COCOANUT
Editorial Which Calls Spades Spades
and Makes It Clear How Some OF
the Newspapers Have No Regard
Whatever for Facts Whom They
Stand in the Way Of Carrying a
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SENATOR Appelt in Manning Times.

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Senator Applet in Manning Times.
There Is a strong effort being made
to repeal the cotton acreage act, and
it may succeed. but in my judgment 1t
will be a mistake, to repeal now will
have a bad effect abroad. I should
rather let the law alone, even though
I knew it would be indifferently en-
forced, rather than to take a back
ward step, especially now at the time
of the year when the cotton specula-
tors have their eye upon the farmer
to know how much cotton Is going to
be planted, and too. I believe nor
NAL crop made this year will spell
ruin to the cotton industry. The mill
centers opposed the passage Of the bill
at the time Of its enactment; they are
again fighting for its repeal, and the
same interests are making a fight to
discredit the state warehouse system.
II possible, they will kill the PROPOSE
tion by starving 1t to death II they
cannot repeal the act directly. I can
not for the life Of me see how MEM
bers fail to understand the motives OF
the representatives Of the cotton mill
districts, and the representatives Of
al banks. The News and Courier Of
today Saturday contains a leading
editorial which surprises me for the
lack Of information its editor displays.
He starts out by expressing his sur
prise at the bill to repeal the ware
house act getting an unfavorable re-
port from the committee, and winds
up by saying: 1.-THE legislature has
already spent $4,000 on this expert
ment. The net results so far are
odorous Of politics."
would take the liberty to ask the
editor Of the News and Courier to
read the report again, and then save
himself from the public horse laugh
by acknowledging his mistake, in reck-
lessly stating that $4,000 has al
ready been spent on this experiment;
when the truth is, there has only been
spent $4,000. The commissioner has
demonstrated that If the warehouse
system Is given fair chance 1t Will
be boon to the cotton growing inter-
ests. It may not suit certain stock
holders Of the daily newspapers who
are interested In cotton manufactur-
ing and speculation, but 1t will be a
bulwark for the protection Of the cot
ton growing masses that all interests
depend upon for existence. There Is
no question in my mind that the state
warehouse system will be self-sus-
and all of this rot Of being "odorous
Of politics" Is an insult to the intelli-
gence Of the legislature. The News
and Courier cannot show. with the
suspicion Of proof even, that Commits
sioner McLaurin has attempted to
work politics; his appointments can
not be questioned, there Is but one
man in his employ who is in sympa-
thy with Mr.. McLaurin's political
views. and he holds clerical position
for which he Is especially capable;
the other gentlemen have always been
allied with those who opposed what
the News and Courier would term
Bleaseism, therefore the attempt to
prejudice the public mind by giving
the warehouse system political twist
is reprehensible.
Then too the Columbia Record,
owned by stockholders Of cotton mills
and national banks, (Messrs. E. W..
Robertson. August Kohn and others)
covered nearly a whole page In trying
to force the legislature to repeal the
warehouse act. This same crowd
through its hired editor loaded the
columns Of the Record with all man
ner Of misleading arguments when the
bond issue was under consideration,
and now, In order to accomplish the
purposes Of his employers he sneer-
ingly refers to Mulberry Sellers Nc
I.aurin" and harks back to the days OF
Commercial Democracy" II this
editor, while in the mood Of harken-
ing back to other days, would only go
little farther, and take look at the
picture Of those who made the foun-
dation for the fortune Of some Of his
employers, he would then see, and un-
derstand the difference between the
craftsmanship of Mr.. McLaurin, who
was endeavoring to have the govern
ment use its power to break the COM
mercial shackles that fettered the
farmers of this southland and the self
ish methods Of the allies Of infamous
Honest John Patterson" who 1t Is
said boasted of there being five more
years Of good stealing in South Caro-
lina." The older readers Of this news
paper remember the names Of the
most prominent figures in those hor-
rible days in this state-Patterson,
Hurley, Robertson, Chamberlain, Ell
liott Gleves, Moses and a number OF
others. Robertson and Moses were
not aliens, they were what in those
days were characterized Native Seal
awags," and there Is picture or car
toon In existence which represents
United States Senator Robertson get
ting off of vehicle with his valise
stuffed with South Carolina bonds au-
thorized by the Radical legislature,
when this government was In the con-
troll of Patterson, Robertson, Hur-
leys, Moses, Chamberlains and others
of the pilfering gang, and it is from
the outrages perpetrated by these
wolves Of immortality that South Caro-.
lima is groaning under the burden OF
state debt.
When McLaurin advocated meas
ures and policies which jealous poll
ticians took advantage Of to prejudice
the public mind by saying 1t was
Commercial Democracy" another
name for Republicanism, they played
the same role that the Record Is en-
deavoring to do now-mislead by ap.
pealing to prejudice. but " a Loo-Loo
hand can only be played once. NC
Laurin's commercialism caused him
to be the victim Of jealousy, and 1t
checked his political ambition for
time: but, with a descendant Of lieu
tenant Of the crew that scuttled our
ship of state, that Is enabled by the
fortune gathered from looting South
Cardinals treasury, aided by F'ederai
bayonets, to buy newspapers and hire
editors to build sentiment and deliver
an ultimatum to the general assembly,
/ would commend to the RecoruS 3 eu-
itor to take a look at the cartoon re.
ferred to herein, and then ask himself
if his barking back to the days OF
Commercial Democracy does not re-
vive the memory of the days of good
stealing which may have financial
bearing on his present Saturday night
pay envelope.
But since the Record has seen mt TO
try to prejudice the warehouse system
by alluding to McLaurin's political ca
reer what does he base 1t upon?
McLaurin was about ten years
ahead of his time. He saw, and had
the courage to point out, the fallacy
of free silver. Later, Bryan cast II
aside and it Is no longer an issue. Ship
subsidies were advocated, and Nc
I.aurin was denounced for that. Now,
President Wilson is trying to force
bill through congress to actually pur-
chase ships that we have a merchant
marine: If fifteen years ago measures
had been adopted to develop an Amer
ican merchant marine, an embargo
on cotton shipments would not have
so paralyzed our industries as soon as
war was declared, and today the Unit
ed States would be master OF the high
seas so far as commerce is concerned.
The whole truth Is. McLaurin Is
real statesman, with strong con-