The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-03-26

it, provided they would be made safe
and know that the money would be
! paid to them eventually. The secre-
tary declined all of these appeals. and
/ feel that by his acts he has helped
bankrupt many thousands of our
people. This corporation is now in
! operation, however, and is helping
considerably.
Some time ago / got n list of the
cotton spindles in every country Of
thc word and wrote at least 100 let
tcrs, trying TO encourage the mills to
bur cotton direct from the South
from the prOduce", as near as posi-
oIe-the4eby saving great deal OF
unnecessary middieman's expense.
received many hearty responses and
l am delighted to state that this
/ proposition is receiving very serious
consideration now, and | believe L
) very large business VIII be built up
as soon as conditions become normai.
4 The government has aided no grea.ly,
AID is H5W assisting me very much
along this line.
'iu1.a.more, one Of the main
troubles vas hat through spite The
+ '"p'HhC"n party refused to rarify
tnc T'a.l and The Ie3gU. Of nations
: thereby practically making it impoe-
~;p-e t"r cIe.Vt 30 he extended Faro
pcaI Cpuu-rios hence. they have
abco, hanlrUated the world-und es-
peciai!E ,le .@mnors II the people
/ oi jh" United States W~rc tully dwacc
of the reckless legislation and e.
: Ucme Spite th1t ja displayed Ia con
ercss. We would amos' have revo-
, iUliou.
I "One Of the greatest injusticcs that
is inflicted upon the south is the pres
ent future contract law. To be frank,
i Cid not fully realize the great in
justice CT this law until after a thor
Ough investigation / then decided
that beyond question the cotton pro-
duccrs are robbed of great propor-
! ton of each years crop-how great
a proportion l would hesitate to VEN
ture n suggestion, because you might
consider me an extremist. Under the
present law, the seller-and thereby
| mean the manipulator-has ten or
tions and the purchaser has none,
hence there is a continuous stream
| of selling, and the price is pushed
| down as regularly and as success
fully rs water running over a dam.
! introduced an amendment to this
law and had a hearing on it, but was
not able to set it passed at the last
session. but hope to do so at the next
1t is too long a story to cover in a
letter.
some think the revenue tariff law.
would help the produce, but the law
which passed congress tne other day,
which was vetoed by the president,
however, would have increased the
cost Of living on our people and
would have been q great burden on
the south instead of a relief. [ be-
heVe. however. that raw material
should be properly protected in case
we protect manufactured goods. In
other words. the laws should be
equal and just. | am still of the
opinion that the Democratic doctrine
that tariff for re! enue only is the
right course for us TO pursue-ard
especially at this particular tim. AS
you know, the exchange of the world
is at the lowest point in history.
Therefore, the people of the various
foreign countries have not the cash
with which to buy our commodities.
and if they are not allowed to ex-
port their products in kind, to my
SnInd, they could not pay us for our
products, which they so badly need
and a surplus OF which we have.
TO my mind. The greatest thing to
be desired is FOR the rcparation COM
mission ana Germany TO agree upon
The amount Of indemnity and let the