The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-05-23

yicieus Attacks.
The vicious and underhAnded at
tacks made upon the State warehouse
system and upon 0e, upon the floor
of the convention, emphasize the
necessity, based upon simple justice
I to the warehouse system and to the
people, of taking the system directly
before the people, and l shall take my
own way, which will later be dis
closed, of doing SO. l want it distinct
ly understood chat this statement has
nothing to do with the factional align
ments of this State, nor with the can
/ didacy of any man for governor, but
| the recent State convention has not
been able to abolish the true Democ-
racy which lives in the hearts of the
people of South Carolina, and they
shall have the opportunity, to which
they are entitled as matter Of right
ard not of mere privilege, of knowing g
the benefits which the State ware
house system has been to them and
the larger benefit which it can be 20
them, and the State warehouse sys-
TEN shall have the opportunity, tc
which it is entitled in the same man
ner, of meeting before the people Of
I the State such vicious attacks as are
constantly being directed against it,
as exemplifed by the State conven-
/ ton.
| have no weapon save the thought
which 1 can create; NO appeal save to
! conscience and the true interest Of
my fellow citizen.
The concentrated wealth which oD-
poses every step take forward gath
ers for its defense an army of faith
full because we'll paid retainerg. They
buy the best brain to speak, write and
act for them. They have lawyers,
politicians and editors constantly at
work moulding public sentiment,
When the system demonstrates its
usefulness, they attack my character
and try to destroy confidence in me.
No appeal to sense of justice a7ails;
greed and self-interest outweigh the
rights. prosperity and happiness Of
millions of human seings.
Charges Monopoly.
There is today in this State close
corporation of interests demanding
an exclusive monopoly in making, de-
claring and administering laws. They
care not who hold the Offices, so they
control policies. Whose bread I eat,
his song I sing" Never was there SO
overwhelming q desire on the part of
the people for knowledge Are they
to be denied?
If the State warehouse system has
one thing to be specially commended,
it is enonomy and efficiency. Is it
dangerous to give the people lesson
in these cardinal virtues?
/ South Carolina has never had a
real business administration.
Taxes have doubled in twenty
years. Who dares say efficiency has
been bettered?
| Political Leeches.
/ I rentaure the assertion that about
one in 20 primary voters is On the
public payroll in some capacity. This
State is flooded with political leeches
performing no useful work, but bend
ing their energies to keep up a ma
chine which will perpetuate their
jobs. Food inspectors, drug inspec-
tors, whiskey constables, special con-
stables, charity experts, labor experts,
hookworm and pellagra and tubercu-
losis experts, hog agents, anti-toxin
distributors, mad dog inspectors,
white slave agents, demonstration
agents, tomato club agents, crop bu-
reau information gatherers upon
whose information the prices Of our
products are forced down, trustees,
purity congress delegates, drainage
delegates-anything that will create
a job-all travelling over the same
field, everlastingly drawing salaries
and piling up expense accounts to the
profit of the political machine and the
impoverishment Of the ordinary tax
payer. Who pays the freight? Where
is it all to end? What man outside Of
the lunatic asylum does not know
that such a loose, diffuse administra-
ton of its affairs would bankrupt the
United States Steel trust in few
years? The State only survives such