The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-09-07
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m Wthaf DenocratsiIave Done.
, Ahe taritf has been revised, not on
tM principle of repelling foreign
trade, but upon the principle Of on.
couragtng 1t, upon somethinp lilo o
looting OF equality with our own In
respect or the terms Of competition.
and tariff board has been created.
whose function 1t will be to keen the
relations Of American with foreign
business and industry under constant
observation, for the guidance Of orr
business men and Of our congress-.
American energies are now directed
towards the markets Of the world.
The laws against trusts have been
clarified by definition, with view
to making 1t plain that they were not
directed against big business but only
against unfair business and the pre-
tense Of competition where there was
none; and trade commission has
been created with powers Of guidance
ana accommodation which have re-
ltcved business men Of unfounded
fears and set them upon the road Of
hopeful and confident enterprise.
BY the federal reserve act the sup
ply of currency ut the disposal Of ac-
tive business has been rendered elias
TIC taking Its volume, not from II fixed
body Of investment securities, but
from the liquid assets Of daily trade.
Effective measures have been taken
fol the recreation Of an American
merchant marine and the revival Of
the American carrying trade.
The interstate commerce commits
sion mas been reorganized to enable
1T to perform Its great and important
functions more promptly and more ef-
hcientiy. We have created, extended
and improved the service Of the par
cells post.
Fer the farmers Of the country we
nave virtually created commercial
credit, by means of the federal reserve
act and the rural credits act. They
now nave the standing of other bust
ness men In the money market. We
nave successfully regulated specula-
ton In futures" and established
standards in the marketing Of grains,
by an intelligent warehouse net we
nave assisted to make the standard
crops available rs never before both
lor systematic marketing and us n
security for loans from tile banks.
For Labor and Children.
Ihe workingmen Of America have
Eeeh given veritable emancipation,
by the legal recognition of mans
labor us part Of his life, and not q
mere marketable commodity; by ex-
empting labor organizations from proc
esses or the courts which treated their
members like fractional parts of mobs
ana not like accessible and RESPONSE
Die individuals; by releasing our sea
men from involuntary servitude; by
making adequate provision for COM
peliSatlon FOR industrial accidents; by
providing suitable machinery for me-
diation and conciliation in Industrial
disputes; and by putting the federal
department Of Labor ut the disposal Of
the workingman when in search of
work
We have effected the emancipation
or the children Of the country by re-
leasing them from hurtful labor. We
have Instituted system Of national
aid in the building Of highroads such
as the country has been feeling after
for century. We have sought to
equalize taxation by means of nm
equitable income tax. We have taken
the steps that ought to have been
taken at the outset to open up the re-
sources Of Alaska. We have pro-
vided for national defense upon
scale never before seriously proposed
upon the responsibility Of an entire
political party. We have driven the
toriT lobby from cover and obliged It
to substitute solid argument for pr,-
vate influence.
Foreign Policy Stated.
In foreign affairs we have been
guided by principles clearly con.
ceived and consistently lived ND TO.
Perhaps they have not been fully com.
pretended because they have hitherto
governed international affairs onIv in
theory. not in practice. They are sim
pie, obvious, easily stated, and funda-
mental to American ideals.
We have been neutral not only be.
cause 1t was the fixed and tradit,ono,
policy Of the United States to stond
aloof from the politics Of Europe and
because we had no part either Of ac-
ton or of policy in the influences which
brought on the present war, but also
because 1t was manifestly our dutv to
prevent If 1t were possible, the indef,-
mite extension Of the fires Of hate and
desolation kindled by that terrible con.
fiict and seek to serve mankind by re-
serving our strength and our resources
for the anxious and difficult days Of
restoration and healing which must
follow, when peace will have to build
its house anew.
The rights Of our own citizens ne