Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-07

mer on Mr.. T. l.. Harman's place
near Lexington.
of cotton. the wealth of the South.
He favored fixing the price of the
staple by legislation or otherwise.
The government fixed the price of
wheat, why not fix the price of cot
ton.
The war board is fixing the price
of manufactured product. The mills
now make about 80 cents profit on
everv pound of cotton. There is
a surplus of 8 million bales now from
last years crop. he said. due to the
fact that only about II million bales
are consumed annually. Favored put
ting Federal money in good roads,
Lever claims to have given UP chair.
manship of agricultural committee tc
run for Senate for patriotic reasons
but. in my opinion, Mr.. Lever enter
ed the race to satisfy his own person
al ambitions. Mr.. Brantley declared
that he was more Interested in cotton
than anything else and if elected nd
promised to do all he could for the
cotton farmers of the south.
Congressman Lever.
Congressman A. F. Lever, seek
ing reelection. was received with COZ
dial applause. He said that he only
had 80 minutes to reply to 80. cTake
your time. Frank" said a friend in
the audjence.) Said he had always
beeY opposed to indiscriminate lmnl'
: gratih. and on this he opposed the
Presidents veto. He then branched
off into a discussion of the cotton
situation. declaring that. with only
96 Southern votes, against an over
whelning majority. it was impossible
to get d bill favorable to fixing the
price of cotton to pass. He had pig
eor-holed two bills in his committee
and th!:ere the would stay a5 long a,
he v-2:- in Congress. Mr.. Lever said
th:t Zimmerman l:c2t shaking his
foro-:c~ts # h:n and Re Uever}
did re- rke :. HIr. Lever said that
he ,.od nore NAM things that the
peop:a knew nothing about. lie said
k;,d it not been lor his efforts the
people of this section would not row
be able to get flour. Favored in
creasirg the shipping facilities as
much as possible. Said that Congress
was powerless to act in the matter OF
idleness among negro women-that
! is a question to be handled by the
State laws. He declared that no a.
, dult woman. white. black. rich red O:
blue has the moral right to eat idle
| bresA when bows are dying in France
Mr.. Letter next read letters from
Champ cask. great democratic lead
er. to show 8tat he was looking afte.
his duties in Washington: and also q
letter from Mr.. Clark showing why
the nitrate bill was Sent to the com.
mittee on appropriations Instead OF
to the committee on agriculture. Mr.
Clarke said that the rules of Con,
gress would not permit the bill to &c
to Levers committee first.
Mr.. Clark said that Mr.. Lever hac
won his present high station in the
house by hard intelligent and honest
enCeavor. Mr.. Lever said that the
first cotton futures act had been de.
clared unconstitutional. the court
claimed. because it was a tax meas
ure. He said he had later gotter
through an exact futures measure
with a slight amendment. and nobody
lost anything.
n conclusion. Mr.. Lever said thai
nore of his opponents had offered
! single reason why he should no. be re
tu1 Led to Congress. or a single rea
-o:: WIZ they should BE-. II va:
warmly apr,la"4ed 60 &c SIT Goan.