Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-21

an extent that seems almost alarming
a. times vet we must realize that in
si,.ivdual rights and state rights must
be Welded temporarily to great CEN
i,aI government at this critical mo-
mont in order that there might be
some directing head with power to
,.ontralize all in the winning of the
war. but when this war is over and
with the coming of peace, I advocate
that all these individual rights and
state rights must be returned to the
people, because the nearer the Govern
ment is kept in the hands of the peo-
pie, the more sacredly individual
rights and state rights are guarded
and maintained, the more stable will
our republic remain. I am opposed
to any military despotisn, and while
l realize now the necessity of the
military spirit of the country being
dominant for the winning of this war,
when peace again comes, the military
spirit should not be allowed to domi-
nate in free republic. I believe
strongly in the doctrine of George
Washington that the military power
should ever remain subserYiant to the
Civil power, for any military dcmina-
ton in times Of peace would be q
menace to a free people-
Warehousing System-The wealth
of this nation is dependent largely
upon the products Of the soil. have
therefore favored and urged the per-
r VII ri
should be nationwide, so that q re-
ceipt presented by a producer for the
products of his labor, showing what
he has to his credit in the warehouse,
should be basis Of credit, upon
which money could be loaned directly
to the producer for a period of a year
at least, by the National Banks of
this country Under the wise system
of finance worked out by that great
Secretary of the Treasury, William
McAdoo, with it's expanding and con-
tracing features, expanding 'When
the country needs money for the har-
vesting and warehousing Of its pro-
ducts of the soil are disposed Of by
the producers, and in this way, and
with that system, there will be no
set seasons of the year in which the
producer would have to press a dis
tressed crop upon the market, but
the products of the soil could be sold
as the needs of the Country required
it.
Fixing Price of Cotton-I believe
was the only candidate at the be-
ginning of the campaign, in the race
for Congress, who was bold enough to
take the stand that minimum price
of cotton should be fixed. I have ur-
ged it throughout the campaign, my
position has been criticized by some
of my opponents, but I still maintain
that my position is right under exist
ing conditions. I have taken the
pains to gather information which
convinces me that my position is cor
rect. have gone to some of the cot
ton mills and heads of the Warehouse
System of South Carolina, and I have
gathered some facts which now give
to the public for what they. are worth.
I found that the mills were making
an enormous profit on cotton. For
instance, at Orangeburg, S. c., one of
the mills Is making cloth, one Of the
cheaper grades Of cloth, under the fol-
lowing conditions:
One pound of cotton makes Is
100 yds. of Cloth.
Price per yard IL cents,
making, so.73 As
So that this pound of cotton
is bringing the manufac- e..
turer 0.73 4-5
Cost Of manufacturing:
Cost Of cotton $3.50 '"..
Cost Of mfg. ego .:.. .
Waste 0.0S
TOTAL, Cost Of mfg. .0.53
Leaving clear profit to " ':'-T (
the manufacturer on each 80.
!: pound Of cotton manufac- .a.,... ...,
:, tured Of 5000
In other words, this mill is making
on every 500 weight bale of cotton
a clear profit Of s10O.
have also found that some other
mills in -ne State are selling a GER
+a;n cloth for 30 12 cents Der ward.