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to-. pay tuition in these institutions
he. or she, should be allowed to bor-
row. the amount from the State and
repay it after graduation when the
earning power has been = increased.
I1athis way the State Institutions
would, in great measure, cease to
be a drain upon the people Of the
State, and the attention of the peo-
ple of the State could be given, in a
greater degree, to, the development
of the Rural Schools. "%w.;i,
He favored business organiza-
ton of the State Government and
said that the government should be
run. upon the same business-ike me-
thods employed by the business man
in managing his own affairs. He
stated that the institutions of learn
ing in the State should be managed
by one Board of Education instead
Of board for every institution, and
that one Board should be able to
handle the institutions of Charit-
able nature in the State instead of
a multiplicity of boards as at pres
ent. .," ...
He advocated the teaching Of ag-
riculture in the common schools,
stating that the wealth of the State
depended upon the production from
the soil. He stated that the farmers
of the Country were the wealth pro-
ducers of the country and that If
the farms went down the State
would face starvation and bank
ruptcy. AS the wealth producers
of the country are the tillers Of the
soil, he maintained that they were
entitled to the first consideration in
the matter of legislation, and that
they ought to be able to get the best
to enable them to carry
on their work, and that legislation
should be had which would make the
farm life as attractive to the people
as it can be made.
He advocated the organization or
management of a warehouse system
which would enable the farmers to
store their cotton after it had been
made, and to receive negotiable re-
ceipts therefor which would be re-
ceived as collateral in the money
markets of the country so that they
might not be forced to put their pro-
duct upon the market at an inoppor-
or
that all this could be done without
the State spending one cent, but af-
ter the manner in which the Nation
al Government controls the matter
of currency and the money markets
of the country.
He stated that real estate was the
best security for a debt but the poor
est collateral which man can offer
for borrowed money. This condition
he would remedy by the adoption of
the Rural Credit System and an ex-
tension of the Torrens Land Regis
tration Law, which would prevent
the payment of money for abstracts
of title, etc., and would guarantee
the title to every piece of land in
the country.
While all of these matters Of legis-
lation might be carried out, he re-
minded the people that the legisla-
ture could only offer opportunity to
a man to do something and that ev-
cry man must work out his own des-
tiny. The governre ent, he says, can
only open the door of prosperity and
it is left to the individual whether he
will take advantage of it. He de-
plored factionalism in the State,
stating that one administration
would pass some constructive meas.
ure which the next administration
seeks to tear down. He thought the
people of the State, who are all one
people, and who have one common
interest and destiny, should get to-
gether and accomplish more for the
good of the State; and that in the
development of all the institutions of
the State the people should work
together upon some definite program
for the betterment Of these in
stitutions.
He stated in conclusion that he
was running for governor because
he had ever been taught that the
humblest citizen might aspire to the
highest Office in the gift of the peo-
pie; that no one had brought him
out; that he had asked permission of
no man to run but that he was run
ming upon his own qualifications,
which he had a right to do, under
the laws and the Constitution of the
State. He urged the people to 60 to
the ballot boxes and as. they regis
tered their votes to think of their
country and not Of their friends,
and to vote as patriots and not as
partisans.
At the conclusion Of his speech he
was literally applauded by his
friends in the audience.
Dsschamps.
hr. DesChamps was the next
speaker. He stated that il the peo-