Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-08-14
To the People of Georgia:

40 tHS FeODl0 OF GeOEBld'
Six years ago you did me the honor
Of electing me to the United states sen
ate. In announcing as a candidate for
reelection to this high office, It seems seems
appropriate that / should call Afternoon
briefly to some of the things nave peer y
able to do in spite of the fact that .ne
Republicans have had substantial ma
jorities in both the Senate and House
My candidacy is based solely on my
record of accomplishments: which nope
has merited your approval.
Realizing that our farmers. laoorers
manufacturers and merchants were ~
need Of substantial assistance. l naVs
spent my time laboring for them IN :
constructive Iu,., way n rather tnah
It Is we'll known that nearly all ieglsll
lation is framed in committees, and
am fortunate in being next TO the RANK
propriations, the most important OF al
Committees. I am also the only
member from the Southeast on
the sub committees OF eight memoers
each that handle all approprdatd, e no s8l
offices. rural routes, rivers ana naTpors'
military posts, hospitals, Labor and In.
terror Departments, in which the peopie
of Georgia are vitality Interested
At the time of my nomination and cleo
ton in 1918. our brave boys were fgne-
ing in the greatest and most destructive
war t Of all 1s.t history wg,a do sneTs
thing in my power 70 help win the wal
and get our boys back home. went to
France when the war closed, at my own
expense, to see about the health ano
comfort Of the Georgia soldiers, and there
arranged for many Of them to come
home before the soldiers of other states
was the only Senator to do this. II
has been my privilege to render assist,
ance to thousands of veterans during anc
since demobilization. also helped e
amend bin so that one Of the five big
hospitals could be located in Augusta
Georgia.
have supported woman suffrage and
prohibition and have at all times beer
on the moral side Of every public ques'
ton.
in the matter Of immigration. During
my first year in the Senate introduced
a bill prohibiting all immigration for q
least five years, and have consistently
urged the passage Of such a measure
of which / am a member. and on the
floor of the Senate. While ! 1ailed "
my efforts to stop altogether the Flow
Of foreigners to our shores. was honoree
by being designated as one Of the five
conferees from the Senate to meet WIFE
the five House members and took an act.
i've part in framing the new immigratior
law, which Is by far the best the Con
gress has ever passed.
After the war came reconstruction WIZ
the terrible financial crisis to the farm'
erG upon whom all our peOplo must o0
pend for prosperity. 1 am member o.
the Farm Bloc, and am confident tn.
Record will show that no Senator has
worked harder or accomplished more FOL
the farmer than I have during the las
Among the measures for the benefi
Of the farmer that I originated or active
ly supported, and have been largely IN,
gtrumental in passing. may be mentioned
the following:
Stopping the discrimination agains
Georgia hog raisers by the meat packer snr
Amending the Law 30 that farm prod
ucts could be stored In Federal licensed
warehouses, Of which there are over tw'
hundred in Georgia. and thus secur
cheaper interest and insurance rates
Changing government reports of esti
mates Of cotton acreage. amount g1nned
etc,, to prevent Wall Street gambler
@peculating in cotton.
Persuading President Wiison not 70 H.
high as forty-five cents. Northern an
Western Senators urged him to fix ia
price at fifteen cents pound, whicl
would have meant loss Of millions u
Georgia farmers.