The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-08-02

d, at the bottom, III the same iden-
ical shade. Having thus described
omewhat minutely some appealing
characteristics Of this inter-
sting letter of Mr.. Levers, will
low insert the text Of the letter. 1t
ollows:
House OF Representatives, q. S.,
Washington, D. c.
May 26, 1910.
Dear Sir
have introduced bill III. f.
24s51), a copy of which I here
with inclose. That you may more
fully understand the purport and
Importance of this measure, ! also
inclose copy Of statements made
before the Committee on Agricul-
ture, House of Representatives,
which has it under consideration.
There Is no class OF people more
interested in this matter than or
ganized labor. The average la
boring man has not the time for
the investigation Of all the sub
iects which are of interest to him..
but must look to his official organ
for guidance In such matters.
Therefore, ask you to. give this
bill your earnest consideration,
and il it meets with your approx.
al, may I urge you to keep this
subject before your readers for
the next several weeks. a series
of editorials upon this subject,
urging your readers to write to the
President of the United States,
the United States Senator'S from
their respective states and Mem
bers of Congress from their dis
tricts, to the Chairman Of the Ag-
ricultural Committee, House of
Representatives, and to me, ask
ing them to support the bill l have
introduced, or something similar
to it, would be of great value to
those of us who are trying to pro-
cure legislation along these lines.
Resolutions by your next national
convention would greatly aid us.
With the hearty cooperation of
the labor press, feel certain that
this much needed legislation on
this subject will be enacted. Trust
ing that this matter will be given
your immediate and favorable con
sideration, and that you will for
ward me at once your first editor
ial, l am, very truly yours,
A. r. Lever.
Member Of Congress.
Reading the foregoing appeal oi
Mr.. Levers, you will see that the
letter which &C. forwarded to the
editor OF Farm and Fireside was
of misfit; it was intend
ed for readers of labor papers In
stead of agricultural papers,. You
will also be edited, perchance, tc
observe Mr.. Levers suggestion thai
there is no class Of, people mol {
in this matter than or.
ganized labor" Doubtless MIR. Lev.
er is right, though I have had some
difficulty figuring out why organized
labor is more interested than any.
body else In securing to itself the
bright, peculiar privilege of butter.
ing it's bread with oleo, tinted with
aniline dyes. However, assume
that organized labor will readily un.
derstand the big advantages it is
going to derive from this new priv
ilege, and will enlist itself on the
side Of Mr.. Lever. But seriously
now, I am trying to get to the point
Of this letter. And the point is this
and there is nothing facetious about
his, either, that during a great part
Of the last session of congress-, the
Swift and Armour interests main.
,ained big establishment In the
Westary buildings at the corner OF
Fourteenth and F. streets, N. w.
and this establishment,
and paid for and uni
yersally known among interested
people to be the headquarters used
by the Armour lobby, prepared, type
wrote, copied and turned over tc
he Honorable Asbury Francis Lev
er of South Carolina hundreds OF
pounds, thousands upon thousands
If copies, of letters, circulars, pam.
}hlets, printed extracts from the
hearings on the oleomargarine bills
before the House Committee on Ag.
.iculture and other literary produc.
ions of similar character and pur-
port. These documents, prepared at
he headquarters of the Armour lob
by, were delivered over to Mr.. Lev.
er, and by him, putatively at least
mailed out to the leaders of organic.
ed labor throughout the country, tc
all classes and kinds Of suspected
suckers and to my distinguished
chief, the editor of Farm and Fire
side.
Let me make myself perfectly
plain on this point. I am trying tt
say, so that there will be no mis-
about what I mean
that the Armour lobby in Washing
ton prepared, printed and paid fol
a vast amount of literature which
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