The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-07-22
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NEW ERA OF PROSPERITY
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through life without the chance to Sc
cure this very necessary agricultural
education. In closing the speaker paid
pretty tribute to Ashbury +. Lever
saying that fifty years from now peo-
pie will remember what Lever has
done and regard him az the greatest
agricultural leader of his age.
Congressman Lever was the next
speaker and discussed tho subject:
'The Smith-Lever Agricultural Ex-
tension Act and what it means to
South Carolina"
The speaker said that as far back
as 1856 biz! was passed by congress
to encourage agriculture and that at
that time President Buchanan report
cd the bill as violating states rights.
Following that came the war between
the states. He said that one of the
first things of constructive nature
ever secured was the passage Of the
Hatch act, under which the various
experiment stations were established.
On top Of this. said Mr.. Lever, he
made 10 speeches in Missouri last
year and was told, while he was in
Mr. Hatch's district, that Hatch was
defeated by the farmers because she
had done nothing for the farmers"
Yet Hatch made possible the gather
Ing Of scientific agricultural know
ledge by the government. Mr.. Lever
said that Congressman Adams, with
whom he was associated on the agri-
cultural committee in congress, liter
ally died in his efforts to secure an
additional appropriation for the ex-
pertinent station work.
Mr.. Levers sGreat Bill.
Mr.: Lever said ,tlat the government
had tried the work Sf sending college
professors to address tt farmers and
this plan had failed and therefore
the Smith.Lever extension bill pro-
poses to; send the professor right into
the homes cs the farmers, on the tndi-
yidual farmers own farm, and there
to demonstrate 90 the farmer what is
necessary and what should be done.
These men will show that q crop can
be produced by producing 1t. Il am
glad to be the author OF bill which
recongizes the farmers wife," said
Mr. Lever.
Think Of the farmers wife having
to drop a three gallon bucket into a
we'll sixty feet deep and laboriously
drawing 1t up. Yet she must be the
mother of the future generations and
Of future citizens" Mr.. Lever said
that he had studied the farmers or
CARNATIONS. the Grange, the Alliance,
the Farmers' Union and said that
there are two reason why these or
ganizations do not succeed.
One OF these is the fact that they
do not get into close touch with the
farmer which must be had. The new
bill provides that the government will
send into each county about six men
and three women and these will go
from house to house and teach the
people. They will constitute the hub
around which the center Of thought
will revolve. The bill will also help
to distribute the crops after they have
been produced. This will be in addi-
ton to the efforts which have already
been tried of producing two bales
OF cotton where one grew before.
Marketing fs u Problem.
The county agricultural agent is
also made the county marketing agent
under the new bill and It will he his
duty to assist In disposing of the
crops. The question OF marketing Is
one of which is OF the gravest impor-
tance now Mr.. Lever said that he
expects the rural credits to become
much better in this section of the
state when the new bill goes into ef-
feet. and he believes that It will be Inn
possible to get money for longer terms
and at better rates than is now the
case. He stressed the fact that home |
ownership OF farms was one OF he
most important things to be attained
and said that 43 poescent of South
Carolina's farmers sre merely tenant
I'm Washington. under; the direction
Of the. greatest president since the
days OF Thomas Jefferson. we are
working out plan to- loan money to |
farmers at cheap rates and long |
terms," said the speaker. Mr.. Lever
said that his bill was drawn with the !
ola dozen or more and that |
behind II Is the greatest agricultural |
brain work on the part Of these IL |
that the United States can boast OF.
Mr., Lever said thet,dt takes more |
brains to run q farm than any other |
business and he hopes to see the day |
when the farmer wiliSbe proud to |
stand up and say that he Is q farmer |
and 10 able to boast offthat fact. He |
hopes to see the day when the chill
dren OF the farmer will be proud. OF |
the fact that sthey ares AZ farmers |
OF. o ,farmer'a son.
.ssit.i4 Commissioners. Watson.
Y j. Watson, ;comrnissioner Of ag-
for South Carolina, was the
ncxt SpeakerE his aubiecf was. |. ga grill