The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-03-28

quo of totality. 1t has grown with
the country's growth and strength
ened with the country's strength.
No one man is responsible for it. nor
is any class OF men; it is our heri-
tage from the past. 1t is the woor
Of our commercial traditions and
web of our long time industrial Gus
toms. Whatever may have been its
use in the past in stimulating con
structive toll and inventive thought.
its upbuilding power departed when
IL destroyed free competition be
tween man to man. This is the basis
of progress. calling forth the intel
loctual resources of the individual
making him snlf-reliant and bold.
thus laying broad and deep the foun-
dations for our modern civilization.
Multitude Of !nsurcrs.
The heads of these big insurance
companies have ability ana l con
cedc them patriotism equal TO m ne.
They think they are fighting for a
principle. and they arc-a principle
which, If carried to its ultimate con
ciusjon IN all business. means the
destruction OF our country. did
not realize tho nature Of the con
test until ! heard them talk. 1t
makes the pUny efforts. from Ger
tain sources in South Carolina. to
keep the companies out by thrusting
forward false issues, too petty and
contemplate TO talk about. 1t *
the principle which, in our stable
government, causes all property to
Sravitatc steadily towards the pos
SCISSORS Of wealth Toilers increase
while labor-saving machinery and po-
litical power pass under the control
of concentrated wealth, until the
compensation of the producer is just
enough to enable him to do his work.
and reproduce himself. Right here
is the genesis of farmers orCaniza-
Ions and labor unions. 1t is these
hard-handled creators OF the wealth
OF to-day, whose willing toll gives
the sole value 10 all the garncred
wealth of yesterday. 1t is our way
OF saying that 1--WE are discomfort
with present conditions, for an equi-
table proportion of the wealth that
we create does not remain with us
to bless ourselves and our families
We only ask a righteous adjustment
OF present conditions. VIII YOU meet
us half way? We demand naught of
your stored-up wealth, and ask not
how you came by it; we look not to
the past, but to the future. and want
merely a chance TO live and let
live"
If those who control political par
ties, who own the newspapers and
dominate industrial and financial
systems, think they can juggle Col
Almighty out Of the progress he has
decreed for man then they will have
a rude awakening in the attempt to
block the wheels of evolution. with
their puny u' ih'}itios, If. drunk
en- with the pride Of power and gold,
there is no paj to your diyiner
natures, tho' as a matter of self
Interest yoa ou'd do wel to heed
the cry "La people go free"
Discuaea: Dangerous.
The dang this country is not
from large standing armies, but the
ballot In hs hands of disconnected
citizens, who biinlly use it not to
better conditions but TO revenge
themselves fo. either real or fancied
wrongs. Ths thlng can not be con
fined to south Carolina. The condi-
tions are the same in every state.
and after . wears in public life. I do
not hesitate 70 sav that If the spirit
exhibited by those big insurance COM
prnioe &c - control, that the horrors
we road ~ IN Eurona viii within the
Vt % y"a~s ro0eot themselves i'm
rdustr'al disturbances in this coun-
try.
pomorr" Sc r"n"hiics find their SUI
urema peru rio't thore. When a
a1mmandirg public opinion declares
j'ecif on ths side of Justice, and
tairiot'ca,lv insists on righteous
measures being wrought into law.
then Y is sure that Injustice must be
put away. or SOME agency must arise
powerful enough TO crush by physi-