The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-01-12
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The Warehouse System.

The State Warehouse System has
nc place in a democratic government,
and we are sorry to e Governor
Manning endorse it. Just now we
believe that the system is in the
hands of a mar capable of getting
some good for the people out OF the
system, and we go further and say
that we believe he is earnestly try
ing to help the cotton farmers of the
state. But when we asked him what
was to beome of the Warehouse sys-
tenn when he was gone, he passed."
and so will every one else, unless he
is prepared to acknowledge that it
will eventually become a political
snap for some politician to grab up,
and make a good living out of, while
spending barrels of the peoples mon
ey. The Dispensary system did
good, but it became in the end a po-
litical machine, and productive of all
kinds of graft. The same good
which can be gotten out of a ware
house system operated by the state,
can be gotten out of a system operat-
ed by individuals under proper re-
str%ictions. The warehouse business is
as much a business for the people
themselves as is banking, merchandise
ing, railroading, or anything else. The
business is new and must be regu-
lated. A lot of rough places must
be smoothed, but they will be smooth
ed. There is no more need for a
state-owned cotton warehouse than
for a state-owned tobacco warehouse,
or corn warehouse or hay warehouse.
We could all figure where the tobac-
CO., corn, or hay farmer would pros
per if the state would provide a sys-
tenn of collecting these products and
selling them for the owners.
Scholarships and Tuition.
The legislature should discontinue
the system of awarding scholarships
in state institutions for several rea-
sons. A sufficient one is that the
really needy persons are rarely bene-
fitted by these awards. Someone
usually gets the plum who is entirely
able to educate himself, or who has
parents who are able, and those most
needy are left to hustle for them
selves. Any young man with enough
education to enter a college of this
state may educate himself if he is
worthy of an education. The grant
ing of scholarships has a tendency to
turn out a class of individuals train
ed to expect something from the
state, which should not be.
Every student in a state institu-
ton should be required to pay tut
ton. There is no longer any ex-
cuse for the state to give a young
mar or woman free instruction in
the institutions of higher learning.
The tuition is not a great amount and
can be easily paid; if all paid, the
amount could be easily reduced.
There are too many men educating
their children at the expense of peo-
pie who have never been inside of
an institution of higher learning,
and whose children cannot hope to
enter one. The fact is that too
many boys and girls, who are liable,
escape the payment of tuition in all
these institutions. We are in favor
of all paying.
The burdens of taxation have
reached the limit. A cry is begin
ming to go up which will echo around
the state. The amount of taxes now
being demanded is little short of a
hold-up. A halt must be called.
The legislature should get down to
the job and reduce taxes; and if
they cannot, or will not do so, then
an opportunity will present itself to
Governor Manning, of which we hope
he will avail himself. If he does
not, he will hear from his failure to
do SC On the stump, and when the
votes are counted.