The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1920-08-26

meetings., De1nS absent from Lne
State in attendance upon the
Democratic National Convention
at San Francisco where l was a
member of the Committee cn
Platform and Resolutions and
consequently did not have an op-
portunity to meet my fellow citi-
zens of South Carolina face to
face and give them an account of
my stewardship in Washington, [
have determined to issue this ad-
dress to the people.
| have been a farmer all my
life and in common with the far
mers l have had a struggle to
make ends meet and I have no
large fund at my service that
permits me to send others from
place to place advocating my re-
election to the senate. If re-
elected it must be upon my record
alone.
In consideration of the services
rendered by me to the agricul-
tural interests of my State and
the South, l was elected to the
senate twelve years ago. On
every occasion I have stressed
with all force in my legislation
for the benefit of the agricultural
interests.
Briefly referring to some Of
the measures which l have advo-
Gated and had passed in the in
terest of the agricultural classes
are:
Agriculture: CD Smith Cot
ton Futures Act, preventing the
depression of prices by the tender
of valueless cotton on contracts.
CD Standardization of cotton
grades. I have co-operated in Sc
. curing this very essential legis
lation.
CD Government comparison
of various grades of cotton, show
ing much greater discrepancy in
price than there is difference in
actual value.
(4) Resolution calling on dip
lomatic and consular representa-
tives of the United States abroad
to furnish information as to the
needs and demands for American
cotton in their respective coun-
tries and the best methods of
supplying it.
60 Government cotton reports.
co Census Department to fur
nish number of bales of spinna-
bic cotton and number of bales
of unspinnable cotton on hand.
This prevented the counting of
unspinnable cotton in the carry
over reports.
CD I led the fight which pre-
vented cotton price fixing during
. the war with the result that it
was defeated.
(S) Nitrate of Soda: Under
the Smith bill, originated, intro
duced and sponsired by me, the
government has constructed a
huge nitrate plant at Mussel
Shoals, Alabama, for the manu-
facture of nitrogen from the air.
This plant is practically complete
and this fall will turn out one
hundred and sixty thousand tons
(160,O00) of As per cent pure nj
trates, which being reduced to
the percentage of nitrate of So
da will amount to 100000 tons.
This output will be sold at saw
ing of millions of dollars to them.
/ am also the originator and
author of the law by which nj
trate of soda was purchased and
sold to the farmers at cost dur
ing the war. The Congressional
Record will amply substantiate
this statement in every respect.
This law brought prices down
from s1l0 and $120 per ton to
$500 per ton, thereby saving
the farmers millions of dollars.
If it had not been for this piece
of legislation there is no telling
where the price would have soar
ed.
60 Immediately upon the
signing of the armistice | secur-
ed the lifting of the embargo on
potash from Germany, enabling
the farmers to secure this year a
partial supply at a more reason
able COST.
(10) I am the author Of the
amendment to section 13 of the
New Banking and Currency Act,
whereby the farmers secured six
months time on agricultural
paper as against ninety days on
commercial paper. This puts the
farmer on an equal footing with
other businesses and enables him
to secure the proper credit for
the holding and marketing of his
crop.
(11) I co-operated in the pas
sage of the Farm Loan Act, an
Act which placed farm lands for
the first time in the history OF
this country where it was pos
sible for farmers to use their
land as an asset on easy terms
to make them pay for themselves
while supporting his family and
helping to support his state.
By virtue of my services in the
senate l was ranking member of
the Interstate Commerce Com
mittee and on the death of Sena-