The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-07-22

did, but he fails to tell you that, in-
cluded in this bill, was the unwise
postal zone system, which became eff
lfective July list, and which unless
appealed, will increase postal rates on
magazines, periodicals and farm jour
mails to a point which will absolutely
prohibit their circulation.
He charges that | failed to vote on
a recent bill to increase the pensions
Of Civil War Veterans. He knows
this is untrue. He knows that the
Congressional Record published a
day or two after the vote on the
House bill was taken shows that the
roll call was corrected and my name,
which had been inadvertently omitted
by the clerk, added TO the list Of those
voting for the passage Of this bill.
And what is more and better, every
soldier in this district, Civil or Span
fish War Veteran, knows that ] have
been his friend and that ] have re-
sponded whenever possible to his re-
quests.
The Record.
| He attempts, in the unfairness of
his methods, to make it appear that /
lvoted against salary increase for pos
tai employees, r. F. d. carriers, rail-
way mail clerks, etc. And in doing
so he deliberately falsifies the record.
The conference report on this bill to
which he refers and against which !
voted involved in no way these salary
increases, an agreement on this point
having already been reached by
House and Senate conferees.
Judge Harmon refers again in his
last circular to my opposition to the
bill for the establishment of a nitrate
plant to manufacture cheap, (?) fer
tilizer for the farmer. In the first
place it was never expected by those
responsible for this legislation that
any part of this product should or
could be used for farm purposes. 1t
was for the manufacture of munitions
solely. 1t was IN no sense a war meas
ure as the bill passed Congress more
than year before declaration of war.
The committee that framed the bill,
after an exhaustive inquiry, reported
that the manufacture of nitrate
would cost minimum Of $4,000
per ton. Does any practical farmer
believe that he can use nitrates at
such a price. 0nilean nitrate the
only available supply prior to the
outbreak of the war was sold at about
: $4,000 per ton. And our farmers, for
general field products, could not use
Iit profitably at that price. Since that
time the cost of the same product has
advanced to $4,000 per ton, which
: renders it promotive for an agricul-
: tural purposes.
Best Way to Secure Nitrate.
If the judge wants to be honest,
and If he knows half as much about
, farming as he pretends to know, why
don't he tell the farmer that his best
and cheapest system Of obtaining nj
! trate is by the cultivation of peas,
clover, and other regimes which ex-
tract nitrogen from the air and mix
it in the soil as supply for grain pro-
!, duction.' All farmers know this to be
true, and Judge Harm6 Is demagogic
display is an insult to Their intelli-
! gence.
Judge Harmon makes an appeal for
t the farmer vote on the pretense that
D he is a farmer. And yet he never
lived day on farm in his life. He
was born and reared in the lap of
luxury in the town of Greeneville. A
! few years ago he purchased a farm
near there with money which he in
! herited and had received from the
| public treasury through twenty-four
xyaaYo of nfF;aa 4nn,,rn H. an,r1J :, ~
harnes sa mule or strike straight
! furrow to save his life. He never
J planted or harvested crop, or any
! part Of d crop with his own hands.
1 And his tender soncitude for the far
mer never manifested itself during
| mis- entire ffty-five year until he de-
, cided a few months ago that he must
! have another public office, and con-
/ eeived that plan as an excuse for his
: candidacy.
/ AS for me, was born on farm, as
J were my ancestors back to the days of
!. the Revolution. / worked on farm.
} The stern necessities Of life compelled
: lit. And | believe that nearly thirty
) years of farm life and farm labor
I have givenNme better knowledge of
| the farmers requirements, and deep
T Ter sympathy for the splendid efforts
which he has made during recent
years to improve his methods and bet
ter his condition that Judge Harmon
possesses or ever will possess.
Supported Farmers Interests.
During my seven years in Con-
gress have supported every meas
ure which | conceived to be for the
{ farmers interests. | have voted for
/ every agricultural appropriation Bill
which has been offered, and have tried
to have these appropriations increas-
ed. | voted for the bill creating
Z farm banks to loan money to the
farmers on long time at low rates Of
Interest. | opposed any maximum
! price fixing on what, or other farm
! products. Within the last sixty days
/ have twice voted for $500 wheat
instead of 1920 wheat. And in, dur
/ ing my entire public life, have in
thought of deed, been mimical to the
! interests of the farming classes from
whom /, as well as my ancestors
. came, / would not ask them for their
! support.
Harmon Boasts Of Friends
3 In his opening announcement,
Judge Harmon states that he is a
: rich man, and does not need the Of
: fee; that he is candidate only to
serve his friends. ] would like for
{ him to explain how he expects to
obtain offices for his friends under
an administration, every branch Of
! which IS Democratic. Does he expect