The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-03-26
Special Correspondence,

Special alaGorresnondence.
ssHXashspgtQ gtQRtAs March z4.-In the
cos g soqS Of the passing of the
Lever AGRICULTURAL bill, Ezekiel Can
der Of Mississippi, veteran member
or the committee, paid remarkable
triubte to the, chairman, Congressman
Lever. The bill carried $1S.947, ,252.
MIR. Gambler, after describing hissownI
Ions service on the committee ast Civ
ing Kim the right to discuss the mat
ter. ssid in part:
-d9HyiIig Hserysd-on this committee
dtii3 Ed IS SFitse TIL q aistin-
guished gentleman, i have had an on
!rcrtunity to observe how lie does
things. ~ THIS TG0mnittee has never
been ipresideds over in it's existence by
laSfes distihgiiished: patient, atIe, or
energetic ehaiTmAn than it possesses
today and Hiaassert that he has as
muth4h constructive b Legislation to
his credit as any man on this floor
of the SAME aehgth of service (t.oud
Applause Jsta lts
II :7Est y ant ;t51i St0s cali attention on this
occasion q one of the constructive
features or legislation of which my
friend is the author. You remember
that In 1862 there was passed what
YEA AAhO"h Us ~LC AT IOEt GIlS
endowment, support, and mainten-
ance OF at least one college in each
State where the leading object should
be the teaching OF such branches of
learning as are related to agriculture
and the mechanical arts In 1887
there was passed what was known as
the Hatch act which provided for
the establishment of experimental sta
tions and scientific Investigations and
experiments. respecting the princi-
pies and application of agricultural
seieHBe. Then there are .stibseduent
acts, one Knows as the Adams Act,
which emerged the appropriation for
exPS jmeb4al aEaEtons.l
TAen fpl1owed what is knowrf as
he Fever Bill, for the purpose of
carrying the knowledge which had
been accumulated and acquired thro
theSother soR sees 90 the public. The
essential iedRsof the Lever bill SIS to
bring the farmers on the farm thos
information OF scientific truths and to
teacR them the better methods OF agt
riculture which the colleges and ex-
pertinent stations have during Aftsse
years been gathering. Past ieSisla-
ton had resulted In the accumulation
of very valuable information. This
pAAA pAopO0S1l. ~ tAASoSiuiuAto IL III stll0
most practieaE and fes-scacising man
ner through the men in tho field.
"The gentleman from South Caro-
lima is the author Of that bill. He
drew 1t himself. introduced 1t into the
nse, it was referred to the Agricul-
tural Co,cmittee. referred to SUBJ
committee Of which ne was chairman,
and OF which had the honor to be q
member; thai subcommittee unani-
! mousiy reported II back TO the full
committee, which unanimously re-
ported it 70 tie House, and he stood
=, 4. ~ 7TiiSJ.iiszit1Ge anu
when it came To- d vote on the hrAr
/ or the House It received pYactickii
the ur aniuaEs vote or the House and
went to the Senate OF the United
States and there received practically
the unaninnoas vote OF the Senate
ut was rafnsrked by the disfih-
guished Secretary of the Navy, Hon
Josephus DanieIss IN o speech the ptii4
ss CT taay on tIle soil on the States Sf
South Carol Is taat with d man who
can formula aEid psesene 9 sBill
unanimous s.se css che floor Cf tie
House OF Rep 3ent atiVes and the aD-
prevail of .aSSS satsz sstsz. 1f the United
States, 1t Is not necessary to go hack
to the days of &0hn @, Calhoun 70
find q Statesman within the borders
OF The State South iissss-ss bus III
Mr.. Lever, the chairman OF the Agri-
cultural Comfoi ttee. you must recog-
nize a .eoret Eretiye S tesnnAE who