Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-06-21

portations no new tariff was ever
more satisfactory. The highest pro-
tective tariff ever written would prob
ably have given us no more revenue
during this European war and a
higher tariff on raw material would
have hampered our manufactures; q
higher tariff on the necessities OF life
would have placed woeful burden
on the poor man in the conditions
which the war abroad has brought
about.
"By the Underwood law this ad-
ministration has taken the tariff out
Of politics; by the new tariff COM
mission it proposes to take politics
out of the tariff.
We Are Prosperous.
To-day prosperity shines from
blazing furnaces and glowing forges.
1t echoes from busy docks and from
thronged emporiums of trade. Its
message Of plenty fills the land with
the chant of the spindle and of loom,
lifting the mortgage from the poor
mans home and promising his chill
dren future that seemed impossi-
BILE before.
During the past four years this
country has experienced a steady and
continuous improvement in business.
Wealth has increased 21 per cent, the
value Of manufactured products 80
per cent, capital 43 per cent, wages
Sd per cent, and exports IT per cent
Ihe fiood-tide Of our prosperity has
risen to such an unprecedented
height that the only limit to trade is
our ability to make and transport ,he
commodities demanded at home and
abroad. Our fields and our fact. lies
cry aloud for men and unemployment
has ceased to be problem. Wages
have advanced, building operations
have resumed, real estate has recov-
cred its worth
Not An Idle Car.
"There is not an idle car on our
railroads or an idle ship at our
docks. For the first time in history
Americas greatest port has become
the worlds greatest port
1.-The purchasing power of our peo
pie is greater than that Of any other
people on the globe. Never was there
as much money in our vaults az to-
day. The aggregate resources Of our
national banks are three hundred
millions more than the aggregate re-
sources Of the Bank of England, the
Bank of France, the Bank Of Russia,
the Reichbank Of Germany, the Bank
of The Netherlands, the Swiss Ma
tional Bank and the Bank of Japan.
We have four hundred and one mil
lions of money more than we had a
year and half ago, and our gold
supply exceeds by many hundreds OF
millions the gold supply of any other
nation on earth
This avalanche of money, poured
into our pockets by the rest of the
world as tribute to our national
resources and our fidelity to peaceful
industry, is not the measure Of our
| prosperity. 1t is only the symbol.
Compared with our trade at home,
this foreign trade is a mere pittance.
Our domestic commerce to-day is
larger than the foreign commerce Of
all the nations of the world com
bined.
Against this actual condition our
| opponents raise all argument of Ifs.
With greater truth we can also enter
the realm Of conjecture and declare
that if another candidate had been
| elected four years ago, the United
States would be at war to-day. A ton
of ifs do not weigh as much as a
| single fact. Our opponents forget
that If the flight Of the seagulls off
the coast Of the West Indies had not
directed his course Columbus would
| not have discovered America when he
did. But the seagulls were there
ifs cannot Danish them-and CO.
| lumbus found our land"
Tribute to Wilson.
Chairman Glynn concluded with
praise for President Wilson, who, he
said, has measured up to the best tra-
| ditions Of a great Office.
"He has been wise with a wisdom
| that is stepped in the traditions of
his country, with wisdom that has
| been disciplined by training and