The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-24

Democracy Of South ca o i n a
adopted in the early hours of this
morning. It is the result of boil
ing-down process. 1t is what was
left of the report OF the commit
tee on platform and resolutions
and was fought owe for hours. 1t
| represents the first work of a con-
vention in which both men and
women worked :ide-by-side for
the Democracy Of the state.
The platform reads:
The Democratic party Of South
Carolina. in convention assembled,
reafirms its allegiance to the
| principles of Democracy expressed
in our state and national platforms.
We extend our best wishes and
hopes for the renewed vigor,
health. and happiness of III strick-
en- leader Woodrow Wilson. We
are :atjsfied that the noble prin-
ciples for which he fought will yet
prevail. 1t is with great satisfac-
ton that we learn of the i~ncreas-
ing love and admiration for him by
the American people manifested by
pilgrimages to his home. We
pledge ourselves to continue the
fight until the peace Of the world
is guaranteed. Also we extend
greetings and good wishes to Hon.
James NJ. Cox for the valiant and
courageous fight he made under
adverse circumstances for the Dem
ocratic party.
y condition unparalleled in our
history now c%onfronts the people of
South Carolina. From the time of
u organization as an indenpend-
ent State the foundation of our eco
homie structure has been agricul-
ture. For over Z century our sup
ply OF money has been largely de-
pendent upon the price of cotton
and its by-products. OF late years
the manufacture OF cotton cloth has
become inseparably linked with the
production Of the raw material so
that the two now form the basis
Of u prosperity. 1t behooveS ell
good citizens to look to the well
fare Of the cotton farmer and the
cotton manufacturer as a matter of
self-preservation and for the life of
our institutions.
at this time the boil weevil
threatens the further profitable
production of cotton. Through it's
loss u debts have been increased
and the burdens Of taxation impos-
ed by the State and the nation have
;;ecome unbearable. The Republi-
can party. which now controls every
branch of federal government,
is owned by the big monied inter-
csts of the North and East. These
Leopie are essentially manufacture
crs. They produce nothing SO far
as agriculture is concerned and are
not self-supporting. They constitute
the money lenders of the country
and their interests are anu always
Will be antagonistic to us. They
wish to buy our products as cheap
as possible and to accomplish this
end to make the dollar as dear as
possible. Acting upon these prin-
ciples they have decreased the
amount of money in circulation
over SIS per capita in the last year,
and according to reports Of the
treasury are continuing TO do SO
daily. They have boarded three
fourths of the gold of the world in
Washington and New York, and al
though it is entitled to free coin
age by our government. it is held
in bullion drawing no interest and
Of no use as money to anybody.
They have. by refusing to assist in
the economic reconstruction Of Eu-
ropean countries with this gold, de-
stroyed the markets for u cotton
and cotton goods abroad, while the
people Of those countries are naked
and crying to be clothed. They have
isolated America, seeking to force
the governments of Europe to pay
their debts in gold and to adopt
the gold standard when they know
that there is no gold to be had in
Europe. Their scheme is to force
cur Allies to pay them an enormous
premium for their boarded bullion
or remain naked and helpless. The
same system OF deflation is being
worked on Europe Is it is upon the
South and West. Both are being
]pauperized to increase the fortunes
of these disciples of cupidity. The
gold bug is worse than the boil
weevil bug.
For Compensation.
eve endorse the adjusted COM
%pensation bill now before Con-
SreSS.
I'VE endorse the agricultural bloc
in Congress. We commend u Sen
ators for belonging TO the same and
we urge upon them and Our men,
bers in congress the necessity OF
maintaining at all times such an
organization to protect the farm
ing interests of this country.
we call upon III Senators and
Congressmcn % provide a system
OF short term credits. This is es-
pecially necessary now that live
stock and dairy farming must to a
large extent take the place OF cot
ton farming and the present SyS-
tenn Of 50, 90 and 80 days loans. and
even six months loans. are totally
Inadequate for such farming. In
this connection we urge the extern