Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-10-24
Judge Harrison Refutes State
ments of Self STYLED Farm
erS Candidates.

to take notice of certain state
ments contained in the political
Implications of Mr.. Dabney c.
Harrison in regard 10 my record
In Congress. / have no fear
that those who are acquainted
with my political life will attach
any importance to these state
ments, but / feel that my consti-
tuents are entitled to a true
statement of my record on mat
tiers affecting their interest. !
have before me one of these
cards, and l quote directly there
from
Statement ID HE voted to
make the minimum price of
! wheat $500, when it was
proposed to give us So. so.
That deprived us of 80 cents
| per bushel."
This statement is wholly false.
| In the second session of the
65th Congress strenuous fight
arose by the friends of the
farmers to fix in the agricultural
bill the price of wheat at $3.50.
and an amendment by Mr.. Nc
Laughlin. Michigan. was offered
to that effect. l append here a
letter from the Honorable Will
liam Tyler Page, Clerk of the
House, in whose official custody
are the records of Congress:
Hon. Thomas w. Harrison,
Winchester. Virginia.
my dear Judge Harrison
Replying to your inquiry as
to what the Congressional
Record shows concerning yourl
votes in the House of Repre-
sentatives during the War Con-
gress OIL the subject of Fixing thsl
Price Of Wheat, / take pleaSureI
ia testifying to the following
facts to wit:
THAT on April Is, 1918.
Second Session, sixty-hfth
Congress-, an amendment was|
offered by Mr.. Mclaughlin of
Michigan, fixing the price of
| wheat at $3.50 per bushel at thel
principal interior primary
markets, on which a record vote
was taken. You (Mr. Thomas
w. Harrison) voted in favor of
| the amendment.
t'Also the Congressional Record
of July 6. 1918. Second Session,
Sixty-fifth Congress. shows that
| the subject again came before
the House, at which time Mr..
Mclaughlin of Michigan made a
motion to fix the price of wheat
at $40. This was compro-
mise proposition. The Senate
and House conferees having been
unable to agree upon the price.
Ion Mr.. Laughlin's motion a
record vote was taken, which
shows that you (Mr. Thomas
w. Harrison) voted in favor of
the notion
| Following up this letter of Mr..
Page, one of the leading Re.
publicans of the United States, !
will state furthur that Presi-
dent Wilson vetoed this agri-
cultural bill because it incor-
porated the price of wheat at 81 :
| 40. On July 13, 1918, a vote
was taken in the House as to
wether the Presidents veto
should be sustained. I voted to
override the veto in favor of
$40 wheat. The necessary two
thirds not having been secured
however, to override the veto
the proposition was defeated.
| Statement (2.) He voted that
banks which were establish.
ed for the benefit of farmers
should charge us 6 per cent
when we had chance to get
money for 5H per cent. TIE
farmers lost millions oil
dollars"
| This statement is also wholly
false. l produce here a letter
from the Secretary of the Farm
Loan Board
my dear Congressman.
In response to your inquiry,
allow me to advise that pur.
suant to order of the Federal
Farm Loan Board the rate oil
interest charged on loans
made by the Federal Land
Banks was reduced from :
per cent to 51a per cent
on June LIST. 1922, Since tina
date this rate has prevailed.
Il Under Section II, subdi
vision b, or the Farm Loan.
Acts. the Board is authorized
II to review and alter at its
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