The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-07-18
BYRNES IS MAN FOR FARMERS

Union and IN reply received the IOllOWlng:
c. VPes. c. DAVIS, secTre
City, Carbondale, COL Texarkana, Texas
FARMERS EDUCATIONAL AND COOPERATIVE
| Of J. PATTEN, General Counsel.
Washington, D. C., July g. 1912.
Mr. j. W. Stewart, President,
Bamberg Local Union, F E. & G.. U. Of A., S. G. Div.
Bamberg S. c.
Dear President letter of the 9Th instant
at hand and hasten to assure you that 1t Is always
pleasure well duty to serve any ohelal or eoe
Of the Union at any e any matter OF this KIND tnat
can. ',..4,
You ask about the record sympathy, and attitude OF
Hon. JAS F. Byrnes Of your congressional dlstrct ana
am verv happy to be able say that regard him as one
Of the very best the new There no ques
ton about his ability his industry, his capacity MS sym
pathy and his interests being where they should be ana
know of whatsoever why we shoulo not oe qe
satisfied with his record so far because bespeaks mucn
greater field of usefulness and effectiveness IN the rgnt
direction if he is re-eectd. AS you probably Know II
takes the average congressman all OF MS nrst ter ~
get the chang Of things but Congressman bytneS % see
to have caught right on from the very start For IN
stance he seems have been picked out at once by the
House leaders Of marked ability and depenoence'
for he was selected by Congressman OF n
Wavs and Means Committee to assist IN getting the gooo
roads bill out of Committee and through the House as
rider TO the Post Office Appropriations Bthe Dill even
being referred here and in the press frequently because
Of his efforts as the Byrnes Bill And IN TINS connectlon
Il is interesting to note that the Democratic Naona Co
venton at Baltimore last week wrote the principle OF tne
bill into it's platform plank 1t not only wrote at o
into it's platform but also others IKE antFgalAog'
vocational education and general parcel posi- o "
CONGRESSMAN Bvrnes has been IN conference cHe anu
aoan with and of great assistance to the Union
legislative Committee and the representatives OF tne
Union here. r.. FL
IT. is service Of this kind that counts most is assist
ance in an advisory way in arguing tor our WILL
members Of Congress privately in and out OF the House.
in continually being con the job, that is all important
ar most effective Any member can get up on the noor
and deliver TRADE against the corporatlons 1he OoIto
Gamblers andwork himself into oratorlca overs ano
Our measures and then 60 off, quietly work and
cav take the opposite side What we want ress aHo
no man among the men here are more eHectlve LII
helping to pave the way tor real ress nan @ oed
oressman Bvrnes has been this Congress, and the need
as YOU know. is urgent even with this House -.
The CONGRESSIONAL Record shows his faithful attend
ance in the House, and that his votes with one excepto
have been all that could be asked Tor as lr as 1e 1
laon the Farmers Union is asking is concerned ana MS
vote upon that minor OCCASION the previous questoh
on the motion to recot the Post once APProprlat!o
Bill would have made no difference II 1t had Deen MJl
the Republicans, as think 1t should nave peen LII na
instance. - :. -
To sum up Congressman Byrnes has displayed IN every
way genuine sincere interest and aggressive acuVty
here in our behalf and in trying to further IN every lar
way the legislation your Nauona1 heglsatlVe
and YOUR official representatives have been trying to Sc
cure such as antgambng IN cotton and tarm products
arketng, vocational educaton RESTRICTION OF unoesr
able foreign immigration the cheaper transportation o3
nackages and parcels and the LIBERAL treatment and
the more generous and sympathetic consideration OF the
farmers In this he has aroused the opposition OF the COT
ton gamblers that want the cotton acreage a
prices rendered less stable the large banking interests
that favor the Adrch Central Bank scheme the so-caed
''Money Tust that wants to tighten its awful grip on
the borrowing classes the foreign and domestic ranspo
tation and other selfish interests which seem TO me TO
have been exerng entirely too much influence here in
Washington to the disadvantage of the general welfare
Of all of u.s.
do not know his opponent if he has one, but number
Of have been threatened with opposition for
their Courageous and patriotic stand in behalf of this
needed legislation and would urge that you look care
fully into the credentials of his opponent and make very
certain of the nature character and OF the oppos
on for do know if Congressman Byrnes is defeated for