The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-08-12

| Persuading President Wilson not to
fix the price of cotton, which later
sold as high as As cents Northern
and western senators urged him to fix
the price at IS cents a pound, which
would have meant a loss OF millions
to Georgia farmers.
Including calcium arsenate in the
bill which passed the senate last year
Iappropriating ten million dollars as a
revolving fund to buy nitrate of soda
to sell to farmers at cost
Appropriating $125,000 for market
news service so the farmers OF our
section could hnd without expense,
markets for their products.
Appropriating funds for and locat-
ing in Georgia pecan and peach ex-
detrimental stations, the only stations
of the kind in the United States
Reducing parcel post rates on farm
products, such as eggs, butter, vege-
tables, etc My bill has passed the
senate and is now on the house cal
'endar
Arranging with the secretary Of
agriculture to notify farmers daily by
radio of the price of cotton.
! AppIOpIldtluS p1UOOO duuItIOlldI III
boil weevil work, $4,000 of which is
for experiments in developing cheaper
processes for the manufacture of cal
cium arsenate and other poisons; SIS
600 for Investigations by the u. S.
Geological Survey to determine the
various sources of arsenic ores for
making calcium arsenate and $4,000
! for experiments by the Chemical War
| fare Service in poison gasses to kill
the boil weevil. Last year l secured
$4,000 for this purpose.
Appropriating $4,000 additional for
tobacco Investigations by the Georgia
Coastal Plains Experiment Station at
Triton; $4,000 for study of storing
pecans and cane syrup in bonded fed
eral warehouses under my amendment
broadening the warehouse law and
IS5 1000 for study of more effective and
profitable utilization OF the rapidly in
creasing production OF peaches in
Georgia through packing and canning.
Appropriating $4,000 for new
Ibranch office of the L. S. foreign and
domestic commerce bureau in Allan
ia to find foreign markets for our
merchandise and agricultural products.
Preventing Oriental oils from food
ling our markets and competing with
Georgia peanuts and cotton seed oils.
| have worked and voted to place
the burden of taxation on those most
able to bear it. | opposed that part
OF Secretary Melons plan which re-
duced the taxes twice as much on
large incomes as on small incomes.
Two wears ago Secretary Mellon op-
posed my amendment fixing lower
tax rate on earned incomes or incomes
derived from wages, professional SER
vices. etc, than on incomes from
bonds and not from work. The re-
publicans at that time voted it down,
but this year Secretary Mellon rec
commended my plan and it became a
law. | favored lowering the taxes tar
more than Secretary Mellon and |
urged exemptng married men whose
incomes were less than $4,000. | also
urged an amendment that would have
relieved from payment of any income
about IS per cent OF all the people
of Georgia who now pay income tax.
When the 10th amendment OF the con-
stitution was passed it was intended
to collect taxes on large incomes only
A majority Of all Georgia banks are
small and under the original law couid
mot be members and secure cheap IN
terest rates of federal reserve system
banks. | made the fight to change the
law for these country banks and now
they can get ali advantages OF large
city banks
When gasoline was selling cheaper
in northern states than in Georgia |
introduced a measure, which passed
the senate preventing discrimination
in prices OF gasoline.
! One OF the first things | did after
NV election to the senate was to urge
The changing OF the southeastern head
quarters of the army, then at Charles
ton. s. C., to Atlanta, the logical place.
This brings to Georgia more than
million dollars year. =,
opposed the Esch-Cummins ran
road bill which advanced freight ana
passenger fares, and have worked
hard for reduction of rates.
A bill of mine recently passed the
senate preventing wooden cars from
being placed between steel passenger
cars. 1t will save the lives OF many
| passengers. t1 H.
president to name three democrats
one OF whom is Judge Crisp, Geor-
gian. on the U. S. Debt COMMISSION
70 collect amounts due us by Euro
pean governments.
The federal government spends
more money in Georgia than IN any
other southern state, which helps Our
neople. While l believe in economy
IN Government expenditures and IN
keeping down taxes, have done all
could to secure appropriations Tor
worthy measures in my state. Respect
ali, yours VIM. J. HARRIS.