The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-08

fetal Advertisements.
GOOD CRAFTSMANSHIP.
Without meaning to dispa <
say of our other congres n L.
Ion. A. F. Lever, in our judg.
ment is the most active repre-.
sentative South Carolina has at
tie national capitol. It is not
osten that we hear of Lever
c%asing up to the pie counter
ask,ng for a hsnd-out in the
shape of some little political job
fur favorite, We have no
doubt that he gets as much
patronage as any Of the others,
h,.t he does not make the seek.
iag of jobs a speciality for news
paper notoriety. When it comes
q matters material for the mas
sas, Lever is not only active, but
he has accomplished more than
tae rest of the delegation put
together, and now, that he is
me of the majority in control,
I'D occupies the important po-
:. 5ion of chairman of the CON-
n;ttee on agriculture, he is in a
},osition to do more than ever
7cr the agricultural masses.
Lever is always on the alert
% help the farming interests of
= chis country, he does his work
@ithout the aid OF press agent
CT the appointing power to be
- elected. His latest move is
to have the government interest
lSself to encourage the live
stock industry. The Assistant
Secretary of Agriculture and
Congressman Lever have prac-
ically agreed upon a plan, by
which it is proposed to select a
number of counties where there
IS interest taken in live stock,
send to them an expert from the
government to teach the people
II this important industry, and
10 stimulate them to take an
Intelligent interest in it.
The foresightedness Of this
congressman is manifest. He
sees that the future meat of this
country must be raised in the
South; the time is not far dis
tant when the cattle ranges Of
tile West will be extinct, that
nature has provided for such an
emergency in the South's
swamps and lowlands, where
grazing can be had the year
round. Climate conditions are
far more favorable in the South
team on the bleak prairies Of the
West. In this section of the
oo2ntry cattle can be cared for
wf5hout houseing and the other
expenses incident to the Sec
Ions heretofore providing the
meat supply. Congressman
Lever understanding the condi-
lions in the South, especially in
South Carolina, is bringing his
iafluence to bear on this great
government to have it seek in
this direction for the food pro-
ducts, meat and bread.
Through the efforts of the
government, the South has de-
p1ostrated that larger yields of
corn can be raised per acre than
:.nYwhere else, the various gras.
>es which now provide food for
cae stock, but also furnishes a
cover for the soil to prevent its
depletion, is a success in this
section, therefore, with such
advantages there is every reas-
On to believe that Congressman
Lever will be able to induce the
;owland and swamp owners to
take to the cattle. hog and
sheep industry, as a profitable
source of income.
The government is concerned
, tor its future meat supply is
evident, already agents from
the agricultural department
lave gone out into Montana to
induce the Indian to use his
vast areas for the raising of
stock. At one time Indians
were. practically forbidden to
become stock raisers, because,
then the great industry was in
the hands of the white man, but
since then the country has rap.
idly developed, where once was
the rowing place for thousands
of cattle, is now the thriving
and enterprising cities, this de-
velopement has gone on until
there is no longer enough stock
raised to supply the food de
nand, and thiseountry is fore
ed to buy much of the beef from
foreign countries, instead of
being: large exporters of beef
and pork as formerly, the pack
ars of the West cannot supply
the demand for nome consump-
zion; therefore We regard it
great craftsmanship when a
Representative looks forward
70 upbuilding the material in
5erests of his coutry rather than