Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-05-19
Some of the Things Congressman Lewis fia
Accomplished for His Constituents.

Some of the Things Congressman Lewis mas
Accomplished for His Constituents.
Among the Congressman from Georgia, Hon.
E. B. Lewis stands in the front rank of those who
get things for his district. He has done more for
the Third Congressional District than the people
seem to know realize.
1. Mr.. Lewis passed through the House bill
authorizing National Banks to loan money ON
farm lands, thus removing any discrimination
against the farmer, permitting his lands as Sc
curity to come in competition with other securl-
ties, so that he can be able to get the best and
cheapest rates.
Mr.. Lewis was the only Congressman ever
successful in passing such a measure thru the
House and believes that it will yet be enacted into
q law
g. Mr. Lewis introduced the first resolution in
Congress seeking to secure honest government re-
ports as to condition of cotton crops, and to per
feet the government reports, to make them honest
and correct, the outcome of which was the enact
ment of a law, making it penitentiary ofense for
anyone to tamper with the government reports or
make false statements.
g. Mr. Lewis introduced at the very first OF the
present session Of Congress resolution that the
Attorney General of the United States be instruct
ed to investigate and destroy the guano trusts.
He immediately took the subject of his resolution
up with the Attorney General of the United States,
and an investigation was made to the guanO
trusts.
just prior to the Introduction of this resolution,
the trusts had raised the price OF guano from the
preceding year one dollar per ton, and after the
investigation was started, the price was lowered
from one to two dollars per tOn the average price
to the trade being one dollar and fifty cents per
ton less, thereby saving the people of th" Third
Congressional District alone, one hundred and fif
ty to two hundred thousand dollars
A. MI Lewis has, by his tirelcss efforts, per
fected q net work of rural mail delivery, that
the farmers of the Third Congressional District
ccive their mail daily at their door, Mr.. Lewis is
in favor of the Parcel Post, allowing rural mail
arriers to carry packages for the farmers.
s. Mr. Lewis thru his tireless efforts, has Sc
cured an expert Government Road Engineer to vis-
it every county in his district, who is now in the
district for the purpose of helping the good road
movement, the services of this Engineer being
without expense to the county. A visit of this
Engineer will work great towadrs perfecting and
making good roads.
g. Mr. Lewis has interested himself in the soil
survey, and has secured from the government
corps of soil surveyors who will visit the district,
making a thoro and complete examination of the
Soils showing the location of the different types Of
soil with recommendations with regards to the
crops best adapted to the different types of soil,
and the fertilizer best adapted to same. This
knowledge alone is ofincalculable value to farmers
:. Mr.. Lewis is actively and energetically work
ing with other Southern congressman to suppress
the New York Cotton Exchange and forever put
an end to gambling the main product Of the
Southern farmers.
8. AS ranking member Of the Democrats on the
Committee of Banking and Currency, he delayed
the action of the nefarious Freedmen Bank Bill
which seeks to rob the Treasury of one million dol
lars to pay negro banks instead of the payment of
which, Mr.. Lewis is urging and recommending to
first pay the cotton claims of the people Of the
South for cotton destroyed during the
8. Mr. Lewis has obtained appropriation
for a seventy five thousand dollar public build
ing in Americas, fifty thousand dollar public
building at Cordele and is bending all his efforts
to secure a soldiers home for Fitzgerald,
These are some of the things Mr. Lewis has