The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-08-25
TO TIL. PEOPLE /:


discuss them fully and see if am not
the only candidate in the race for the
United States senate, who offers Il
plain, practical remedy for evils that
every one knows exist,
Some may ridiculc it, Every reform
movement is ridiculcd by those who
live by DrOntcCring and spcculating
upon the necessities of the people. |
was ridicucd and charged with trying
to bankrupt the state. when plead
with the legislature in 1914 to pass my
bill for the state TO borrow $4,000 900
and hold the cotton for the farmers un-
til the end of the war and the markets
opened up.
If that had been done it would have
saved the farmers on that crop alone
$lOU,00o.o0o, enough TO have bought
every cotton mill in the state.
In 1905, was ridculcd for adyocat-
ing a rural credits system to free the
farmers from prOGtocrs and spccula-
tors (who arc the Morgans and Rockc-
fcllcrs, their associates and SatalitcSD
We have that law and while it was
gradually relieving all kinds OF bust
ness from tine clutches of the central
bankers. spectators and prOhtcerS,
they have tied ii up in the courts and
in moving markets.
The idea Of a rural delivery and
parcels post was ridiculcd and H.; adj
rocatcS denounced rs attempting TO
bankrupt the government. Yet ii is the
best payins branch Of the posta sys-
TEN.
When a gang OF land grahbrrS in the
city Of Columbia attempted to rob the
state OF its valuable asylum property,
my fight to sustain the governors veto
changed TWO votes in the house and
we Won by one vote
One Of the daily papers Of Columbia
)the Rccord refused to publish a
Statcmcn, OF my reasons for fighting
its sale after its reporter had urged
me to give it to him.
If the state had bought lands from
the land grabbcrs and built another
ASYLUM. there would have been Saddlcd
upon the people a bonded debt Of not
less than $2O,000,000 with annual tax
Of $l,000,000 for interest, a sum equal
| to the taxes to run the state govern
mcnt eighteen years ago. My amend
mcnt to the law creating the agricul-
| tural commissioner forbidS him to at
| tempt to bring immigrants 10 this
| state and prevents him from being
used by the corporations to bring
cheap labor in, in violation Of the fed
cral law prohibiting the paying Of cX-
pCnscs Of immigrants to this country
| by corporations.
During ten years service in the leg
islaturc fought for shorter hours in
cotton mills and every other law the
| textile workers wanted for better
working conditions.
~ ~ y;,>,, ~ tt-,>
| on my past record believe that |
am offering the people the best and
only plan TO protect them from greedy
and corrupt spectators and proftccrs
and if they thing, by pushing it, |
can best serve their interests I will
| appreciate their support.
High Cost Of Living.
The high cost Of living is such :.
menace TO the welfare of the people
and is brought about by such power
! full financial interests that it is ncccs-
Sary for the national government to
| aid in protecting the people from its
| evils While the farmer got less than
| IL cents per pound for his dressed
meat, it was selling in the towns and
cities al 40 and 90 cents per pound.
! The packers trust. made in 1917, ac-
cording to their sworn statements,
4,2i4 per cent profits. This was suf-
iicicnt to buy their plants - times in
one year. The farmers have no mar
kot for their surplus live stock ex-
ccpt to ship it to Chicago and other
packing centers, pay freight, feed it
on cars and in stockyards, pay a com
mission merchant that may be the Sc
crct agent OF the packer to sell it for
him. This places them al the mercy
of the packers as to prices and many
farmers throughout the South and
West have lost so heavily that they
were compelled to Quit the live stock
business If YOU ship a carload Of
butter, eggs etc, to New York, the
railroads will sidctrack it, and wire
the packers in Chicago so they can
rush enough Of the same commodities
ahead Of it to glut the market and
enable them to buy it at their own
price.
Do you wonder that Southern farm
ers have received letters containing
a postage stamp with statement it
was all that was left after paying
freight on their carload Of valuable
fOodstuffS? This condition has driven
10000. 600 farmers to the towns and
cities. to become consumers instead
of producers. creating a shortage Of
food and adding to the cost Of living
The Remedy.
To remedy this the national govern
mont should Immediately furnish fin
ancal aid to the states to enable them
TO provide for the establishment Of
packing houses, cold storage, and ex-
changes sufficient to care for all per-
ishable products in the communities
where produced. IT should also Gre
ate bureau Of information to enable
the exchanges to know where their