Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-09-10
COTTON PRICE-FIXING
OPPOSED BY HOWARD
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attempt was being made 10 StaDlilze the
price OF cotton
what does he meanr puzzled Har-
ris
Now. any man with brains knows
what the president meant when he said
an attempt was being made to stabilize
the price of cotton. He meant that
they were trying TO Ok the price arbi-
trariIy.
Now. I've been through two fights
on this cotton price fixing question. and
1 have always at all times and in all
places opposed the plan to the utter
most OF my ability. And 1 will go
through the fight a third time, nghting
tooth and nail TO prevent any price be
ing fixed en- cotton. which should Oe
governed by the law OF supply and de-
mand.
why don't Harris tell you how ne
stands on this question?
The farmers needn't worry about the
plan TO fix cotton prices, however. The
representatives from the cotton states
called a caucus last January and the
wheat growers of the west pledged
themselves TO stand by the south against
New England spinners-
IF the fight comes up. IL will be de
cided 1000 years before Harris gets
into the United States senate.
HardyEick's Ant1-Faruler Record
Piunging into a review of Senator
Hardwick's record. having been told by
the leading citizens of this county that
the race in this section is squarely be-
tween Hardwick and Howard, the con
gresham showed the farmers OF Gwin-
nett that the junior senator. before and
after war was declared against Germany
BY the United States, had shown him
isl DESIGNED
aid them
Senator Hardwick claims to be the
friend OF the farmer and is going about
over the state appealing to the wool
hat boys TO rally to him in this cam
paign.- said Congressman Howard
'Hov he can have the hardwood 10
look the farmers OF Georgia IN the eye
and ask for their support is more than
1 can understand How has he shown
himself their friendsT By opposing
the parcel post act? By hghting the
federal reserve act which now gives
them financial aid ia developing their
farms? By opposing the shipping DILL
which was designed 10 provide ships
10 carry their products to the foreign
markets.
Senator Hardwick fought these meas
Irres tooth and nail every one of them
directly beneficial to the farmer. And
then. after war was declared. he again
showed his great affection for the farm
ers of Georgia by opposing the measure
TO establish government nitrate plants
which after the War, will produce thou
sands and thousands of tons of ferul-
izers for agricultural purposes. He was
especially bitter in his fight against this
bin. insisting that not pound OF nj
trates so produced should be sold To
farmers
That's the kind OF friend Thomas
W Hardwtck has been to the wool hat
boys OF Georgia"
MI Howard then briefly called atten-
ton to Senator Hardwick's opposition to
the various war measures. declaring that
he junior senator first voted to put his
country into the war and then refused to
support measures which would provide
means TO fight with.
Turning TO & discussion of the cam
paign methods of W. ]. Harris and his
managers, Mr.. Howard aroused roars OF
applause by his arraignment Of the gen.
eral Harris plan Of campaign
scores the Constitution
Holding up before his audience the
front page OF the Sunday edition of the
Atlanta Constitution. Congressman
Howard called attention 10 the fartng
headlines and the cartoon on the sena-
toriaI race, in which the state Of Geor-
Efa- President Wilson and Kaiser VIII
helm appeared
They have even gone so far as TO
show President Wilson in the attitude
Of a common ward heller: II is not only
an insult 20 every decent respectable
voter In the state of Georgia, but IL is
an insult Of the most atrocious charac-
ter TO the great president of the United
States
CLARK Howell, in his representation
on the result Of the senatorial race
which Is given seven-colQmn prominence
in his newspaper. predicts that Harris
win carry eighty counties when the vot-
ers cast their ballots on wednesday
But the odd part of it all is that he
can't name ten counties that will go
into the Harris column Harris will run
third in his home county of POLK The
secret of the whole thing is that Harris
is one of the few men in Georgia poll
tics who run better away from home
than they do among their own neigh
bors
I'VE all know how Clark Howell
showed his infallibiIity as a political
prognosticator when he ran for governor
not many years ago. He announced with
great eclat that he would carry fO1
counties, but when the smoke cleared
away he discovered that he had carried
exactly six"
Harris Campaign Fund
Congressman Howard devoted FEW
minutes to certain charges made by
Harris that the Howard campaign fund
had been s1elled by contributions from
powerful private interests
The Harris crowd is making much
ado about my campaign contributions,
said Mr.. Howard
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