The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1914-07-30

Ny 0SOl Id IL UlQ not let CnOm
have some information which
l have regarding Hoke Smith, Cor
don Lee and the census man, Mr..
Harris.
Doubtless the readers of the JEFF
fersonlan will remember my expos
ing the gin reporting fraud and the
lake law governing the same.
The only part that Gordon Lee has
played with me in this matter, is that
he wrote met and | have his letter.
that he would not read any thing
further which [ might write him, so
you see there was no use wasting my
time writing him. But this only con-
firms what l heard he said at the
close of the first speech he ever
made in his race for Congress. He
said at the close, Servants, obey
your masters" 'Be subjects to them
that have the rule over you, and
with whatsoever things We have,
Herewith be content" Of course we
know now he meant all this for such
fellows as we, anad not for such as
he to obey.
When I got that letter from Cor
don [ then turned to Hoke for help,
and I have his letters here where he
promised to help me, but kept beg
ging me to wait until we got our
new man, Mr.. Harris
Well, they got their man, Mr.
Harris, not Chas. Barrett. That
gang of cotton thieves wouldn't have
had Barrett for the world.
They got their man Harris, and
I haven't had line from Hoke since,
except a circular letter telling what
great things Hoke had done for the
farmers. It is not for what he has
done, but didn't do, that should
make every farmer in Georgia vote
against him.
Since the government cotton re-
ports have such tremendous in
fuence on the price of cotton, it
stands to reason that this reporting
business should be mighty clean
thing and the law regulating it
should be a mighty strict law, and
a man found guilty of padding re-
ports to depress prices IL cent per
pound should not just have a small
fine of $1,000, as his padding has
gained for the market thieves on
100000 bale crop $25, 100000,
and if the padder got per cent of it
for his dirty work he could pay
$1,000 fine and never miss it. No,
he should not be allowed to pay
fine. He should be sent to the pen
for at least 10 years. Now, brother
farmer, you send and get that law
and see if you can get that fellow at
ALL
Now, Brother FARMER, I ask who
would be interested in making these
cotton reports come up short except
the farmer, and you know you have
no voice in the matter except to ex-
press your disgust for such one sided
laws at the ballot box. Now 1 wish
to show you what Hoke Smith did
not do in this matter and | am the
man who knows whereof I speak.
I found in this (Haralson county,
that we lack eleven gins of having
our prorata in the State. I went to
work to find how many other coun-
ties were in the same fix, and I found
Carroll, our neighbor county lacked
thirteen. But bear in mind [ never
got any of Hoke's help to find these
facts, I found it by some mighty
hard work and spending lot of
valuable time which 1 should have
been giving to making living for
myself and family. Now bear in
mind, they had all this information
UP at Washington, d. c., and all
asked Hoke to do was to get this
little information for me, but he
asked me to wait until Mr.. Harris
took charge Well Mr. Harris has