The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1919-10-15

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they rule or make their money. Those
senator's who are now opposing tho
treaty say by their acts that they are
ready to continue international an
archy, war and destruction, provided
they can secure political advantage at
home. These men who insolently call
themselves leaders, try to deceive the
public with vast moral pretensions,
when as a matter Of fact they are
after electing one of their number
president of the United States, re-
gardless OF larger consequences.
am not an alarmist, nor ringer
of alarm bells. I am getting to the age
when man becomes a philosopher.
1t is my honest opinion that civiliza-
tion itself is on trial. Unless present
tendecies are speedily checked, dis
tress and violence will work a havoc
in this world in comparison with
which the evils of hte war (great as
they were) will be puerile We can
hear Of the determination of an ent ire
race, of people in Turkey and the
wholesale determination of property
owing and educated classes in Rus
sia, with the abolition of private. pro-
perty and the nationalizing of )man.
1t is no ordinary problem which con-
accommodating to a gradually chang
ing social and industrial status. it
does not contemplate mere modifca-
ton of old industrial forms to changed
conditions. 1t has no concern with
amendments to existing conditions.
Ihls European movement is launching
stern questions at. the system itself,
which constitutes the present order of
society. 1T is denying it's right to
continued existence 1t is in this
country. You have only to read the
demand of organized TABOR as to the
railroads. The demand made recently
in the steel strikes. These strikes will
FAN because the people of the
United States are not in SYM
pathy with the movement, but it
still leaves the question unanswered. |
All of the actions of men first live
IN the thoughts of their mind or emo
tions Of their hearts. These are the
immaterial forces which create revolu-
tion. There it stands, grim, menacing,
and terrible, and so it will stand un-
til justice be done or crash comes /
which will go echoing down the ages.
The alternative is before this country
OF industrial reform or ruin. If we
refuse the one, the other shall suely
compel us.
She same fundamental cause that
brought about the war IS still in op-
GRAFTON; every government in this
world is specially designed and ad-
ministered to bring comfort and lux
ury to class instead of to mankind
as whole. The world has tried the
governing power of evil, it is up to the
United States now to try goodness as
a governing force. During the war and
since the consolidation of manufactur
ing and financial interest has been tax
ing place at a rate and on scale new
er known before. The Sherman anti
trust is dead letter for the trusts
now control all Of the necessities of
life; they own all Of the copper, coal
and other mineral lands together with
the means Of transportation There
was a great outcry during Roosevelt's
administration against the trusts He
prosecuted certain malefactors of
great wealth" as he called then.
Those were pigmies compared with
the giants that now have vast cold
storage plants, buy up all the toma-
toes, washing powders, baking pow
ders baking powders, fruit, eggs, but
ter and sugar. Armour and Swift with
their associations have this country by