The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, July 25, 1916, Page TWO, Image 2
A. Frank Level
Viewed
A Live and Wide Awake Re
Who is Always Alert to
Made His Way to the .
Coupled With
,y "Washington, July 19.?"I wish you '
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"would write a story about Congress- i
man Lever for publication in the,
South Carolina papers. He is one of
the most useful men the State has
ever sent to Washington and deserves
"well of the country and particularly
of his own people who should be fully
advised of the high mark he has
made for himself and for tnem fcj
l>%,
his faithful and intelligent service as
their representative in Congress."
This is what the Hon. David F. Houston,
Secretary of Agriculture said
to me the other day and is repeatet
here in explanation of this article.
Mr. Lever was forty-one years old
last January. He was elected co Congress
before he was twenty-seven
jears of age and is now serving ihis
seventh regular term from the Seventh
District in addition to the unexpired
term of the late J. William Stokes,
irihoee private secretary he was, and
Tvhom he succeeded without opposition.
He will be reelected to the next
Congress?the Sixty-Fifth?without
opposition, much to the gratification
of those who know how admirably he
has discharged his duties here and to
his colleagues of both political parties
? whose respect and confidence he has
won by his wisdom in counsel, his
fairness in debate, his integrity of
" -character and his uncommon common
sense in dealing with all problems of
constructive legislation and especially
"witn tnose tnai mave ueen reierreu iu
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his Committee for solution?The
- House Committee on Agriculture, of
which he is Chairman.
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This Committee is Regarded by many
as first among the big committees of
Congress because of the vital importance
of the issues with which it must
deal and the steadily broadening life
of all the people which is based upon
the soil, and it will he conceded that
in. its work this committee has never
been more effective than under the
unselfish guidance and direction of
this modest South Carolinian.
The Committee of Agriculture deals
with suck questions as these:
, The eradication of diseases 01
plants and animals; the legislation
necessary to assure the enforcement j
of the pure food and drugs act, anu
the meat inspection laws; the was
against the boll weevil, the destruction
of the Southern cattle tick; Hlo
demonstration of improved farm
methods; the improvement of farm
management; the development ot j
marketing taciiiues; tne jsumuiiriuziing
of staple products; the regulation
of prices; the application of approved
business methods to the business of
farming, and the accomplishment of
all these desirable and necessary
things without infringing upon the
natural rights of any of the other elements
of the industrial life of the nation.
Some idea of the steady growing
importance of the Committee on
Agriculture may be gained from the
simple statement that whereas the
(Agricultural bill for 1907 provided for
the appropriation of $9,932,940 for the
work of the Department of Agriculture,
the bill for 1917 carries appropriations
amounting to about $24,000,000
and every dollar of this immense sum
is to be devoted, under the most stringent
regulations, to the improvement
of the agricultural conditions ot
the country and the living estate oi
the people?millions for the people
and not one cent for the politicians.
This is Lever's Committee, and it
goes -without saying that the man who
has the energy and brains to sit at
the head of such a committee has a
tremendous influence in Congress
which is not measured by the work in
which he has specialized alone T>u\
which extends as well to the larger
questions with which Congress must
deal in other fields of constructive
legislation. He must he far more than
the spokesman of the dominant party
In matters relating to agriculture; ibe
must be, in fact, the representative of
the whole body of public sentiment of
the country touching all matters affecting
the industrial world, a man of
fcisdom and understanding, of broader
vision than local or sectional conditions;
and it is because he has measured
up fully to his obligations and
opportunities that he has an influence
far beyond the importance of the district
and State he represents. The
briefest reference to some of the
measures passed by Congress uider ,
his guidance will afford the best and
most striking proof of his industry
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in Washington
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presentative of the People .
Their Best Interest?Has
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and influence. Set down to his credit
as a constructive statesman of the j
better sort:
1. The Lever Agricultural Extension
Act providing for a nation wide
system of instruction ior uie laimiug j
population in agriculture and home!
economics outside of the schools and
colleges.
2. The Cotton Future Act?sometimes
called the Smith-^Lever Act?
providing for the regulation of contracts
of sale of cotton for future delivery
in such way as to make the exchanges
reflect the value of spot cotton.
3. The Federal Warehouse Act permitting
the establishment of a system
nf warphftiises licensed bv the Federal
authorities for the storage of staple
agricultural products, such as cotton,
grain, wool, tobacco, and providing a
uniform receipt for the products so
stored that will be negotiable
throughout the United States and afford
all farmers a perfectly sound
basis of credit for the economical
conduct erf their business.
4. The Cotton Standards Bill,
which, has been reported from the
committee but lias not yet passed tht
House, providing for the proper classification
of cotton and the adoption
of a standard of grading that would i
be of the largest value in both inter-1
state and foreign trading.
5. The creation of the Office oi
Markets and Rural Organization In
the Department of Agriculture is due
to the legislative initiative of Mr.
Lever and is rightly regarded as one
of the most important functions of the
Department of 'Agriculture and of incalulable
economic value to both, producer
and consumer. It can be
claimed that Mr. Lever is the originator
of this new method of regulating i
production and prices so that by the j
dissemination of accurate information
as to the state of the market, the j
range of prices, the relation of acre- j
age to consumption, "the regional and
local adaption of crops and crop varieties,"
and other conditions affecting
advanced agriculture there would result
what Secretary Houston had described
as the "stabilization of production,"
which would be followed
naturally by the stabilization of
prices.
These are not by any means all
the constructive and remedial legislative
measures with winch iMr.
Lever has been actively identified. As
a member of the joint committee on
rural credits he took a notable part
in framing the rural credits bill
which assures the financial indepen-1
dence of the American farmer, or at'
least gives him a chance to employ
his own resources in his own business
without dependence upon the
favor of the agencies through which
he has been permitted to operate in
the past. It was while this measurt
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vas under consideration in the House j h<
ha: Mr. Lever made a short speech p<
vhieh. in tiie opinion of ti:e chairman { ei
the committee in charge of the biil. ' ai
aved the situation at a critical point, lei
;i was through the influence oi' Mr. i li
.ever with the Secretary of Auric.;!-; h
;re and the President that the Presi-Jg
Jent consented to the provision In the li
: ill allowing S6.0un.0U0 deposits in S
the farm loan banks to meet default-j
ing interest ana principal, a^i u j
this provision thai saved tlie. rural j |
credits system.
Mr. Lever lias always taken a deep :
interest in the good roads movement j
and the good roads bill which finally
passed both Houses of Congress was i
built upon the plan of the Lever i
agricultural bill in tlie respect that ;t I
establishes a close copartnership be- j
tu-epn the Federal and State agencies j
in the organization and administration
of the service. It was because of
his great influence in the House and
the confidence of the leading men of
both parties in his good faith that, (
although he is not a member of the
committee on roads, Mr. Lever was
selected by the chairman to close the
debate for the friends of the bill on
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its final passage and its most critical
period.
A man with a record like this ought
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to DC &6pi permaaeiiLi^ ux iuc puunu .
service, and his example of good J
work well done with no thought of '
personal gain but only with the Ihigh I
ambition of public service may well 1
be commended to all other men. who i
represent the people in public office.
Mr. Lever stands for all that is best
in government. His people in one 01
the most important districts in South i
Carolina think so much of him that
they will send him back to (Washington
for the eighth regular term in
i Congress as the longer he stays the
better he gets.
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[ mr. L?ever is as .m<xiest, as ?
useful. His strength is not in an
automatic mouth but in a well filled
head. He does not waste time in
rdje discussion to fill the Record and
load th.e mails to catch the applause
of emotional men; but when he
speaks he always has something to
say that ought to be said and that no
one could say better than he. His
; strength in debate, in which lie
i very happy, lies in his thorough pre
paration upon the question under
; consideration. Invariably courteous,
he does not lack the gift of incisive
speech, so that while he is much respected
for his courtesy he is at the
same time feared for his courage.
Mr. Lever is a very human sort of
person. He is not as big physically
as Senator OUie James, he does noi
belong to the same class as Senato:
Jim 'Ham Lewis in sartorial splendor,
nhhodv would ever take him for Sen-1
ator Vardaman because of bis capillary
covering and lie has never figured
on the Chautauqua Circuit like,
Mr. Bryan; but he is just the sort or
fellow the folks at home should be
proud of not for the way he looks
but for the things he does. He is a (
Lutheran in religion in spite of the
fact that his first name is Asfoury
which is explained by the fact that J
his father was a Methodist. He be- ,
longs to a race of hard-working, <
frugal-minded people in the Dutch !
Fork of Lexington County. He was
educated at (Newberry College ana
was graduated with the highest '
[7TTH0UT sacrificin:
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rushing fact when yo
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nomy it offers. In i
LA. test the Maxwel
)22 miles without a i
Touring Car S595; Roads
Fully equipped, includin
JMMER'S GJ
>nors of his class in 189",. He was !
)or in this world's goods when liw j
itered college wearing brogan shoes |
id a hickory shirt; but what he ',
.eked in the adornment of his hack |
e supplied with the gray matter in
is head. What he has done 111 confess
tells the story of a successful
fe devoted to ine service ot his
tate.
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The Smoke of the
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:>f "Bull" Durham in a cigarette
gives you the quick-stepping,
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in it and the crisp, youthhil
(rigor he gets out of it.
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and its aromatic fragrance,
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the last word in wnoiesome,
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"roll your own * with "Bull**
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package of "papers"
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Take Grove's
The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless
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General Tonic because it contains the
well known tonic properties of QUININE
and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives
rct Malaria, Enriches the Blood ana
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\RAGE DiS
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NATIONAL PAY-I'P WEEK ORGANIZED
.MOVEMENT FOR PROSPERITY I
The word prosperity is a magic1
word to most peipie just as other:
magic words are such, because the
great majority of people tio no: un- '
derstand its meaning.
The word prosperity has been a po-1
litical watchword and catch word for ;
generations. Great contests have I
i .1 ?.. ? .,,.^ , I
oeen wage a arounu n ucwusc m n& ,
magic influence over the popular ,
mind.
But the people of this country are !
j realizing more and more that pros- ;
| perity is not a thing to be had by I
| resolutions or by decree nor alto-;
! gether by legislation, but it comes
j through action of the people in keep- j
! ins: moving the medium of pros-!
perity, which is our money,
i We are a credit people. This naI
tion is possibly the greatest credit
| nation on the face of the earth. The
I great bulk of our business is done
ion credit. We credit one another,
j the manufacturer credits the mer|
chant; the merchant credits his cus|
tomer; the professional man credits
j ills customers anu cneni; ami so ol
1 through every avenue of our who^e
business institutions, we find sredit
the one outstanding characteristic.
Credit is a great thing, too, but like
otber good things it is sometimes
abused, and where it is aDused or
j misused it becomes a detriment
I rather than a factor in upbuilding the
business of a city, town or commun\
ity
The man who uses credit judiciously
in his business is an asset to hits
community, but the man who misuses
his credit is a detriment to the gen*
| eral business welfare of his communi
ity, and yet there are a great manj
people who misuse their credit un
intentionally but with bad effecr
nevertheless.
We as a people and a nation are 60
j big, rich and prosperous that we have
failed in our development to consider
some very essential things, and the
matter of credit is one of them. Bui
as our business grows in volume and
the matter of credit is coming more'
and more to be recognized as a tangible
asset, it is being found necessary
to give the matter of credit and the
payment of accounts more careful
consideration; and a week has been
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set aside to De Knc wn as x>auuiiai
Pay-UP Week, -during which time
people throughout the country are
asked to pay their individual debts
so far as possible and in this way
increase the prosperity of the entire
country.
This extraordinary and laudable
movement i^ being conducted by an
association of business men that is
unique in character. The (National
Association or Merchants iraue juuinal
Readers is, as the name might
suggest, a national association ot
business men. These men are individually
interested in the general
prosperity of their respective towns
and communities, and as these men
are in business in practically every
town and city of any consequence in
j this entire country, this movement to
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' promote me payment ui ucuco uuuu^
! the one week of October 2d to 7th inclusive,
will at once be national and
local, and being such, every man and
, woman in the entire country should
5 be interested in it.
National Pay-Up Week is not a
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ace Car?this is the (
$595.
fou do not sacrifice on
f finish, appearance or c
show it to you.
Toum Car S915; Sedan $981
. All prices f. o. b. Detroit.
tors for Newberry, Richland,
gton, Edgefield and Saluda C<
HHHnaBmn
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movement to promote grea'.er buy- V
inir, but it is a movement to promote
more systematic payment of debt?. H
The person who pays his -de ts d..r- V
ing National Pay-Up vVeek is not
necessarily buying more goods, b:;t
he is simply paying for goods that |
l.a'.e been purchasea; ana not only 1
business men, but everyone else?the
/^i thA 1 o w vor rbi..
uuiii&:er, mc icdtiici, m
doctor, the farmer, the laborer, are
all interested in this great nationwide
movement. to
Every professional man has an in- ^
terest in the material prosperity of
those about him because he is serving
them. Every minister in every
church is interested in the material
prosperity of his people, and indeed
those in other churches and those of ^
the community who belong to no 18
church, because it requires money to
/-?/-, n rl 11 r>t Q />ti tioc r\f o y>V> 11 w.V? onH
vviiuuv^v mv civ? awivc v*. a. Vliui VU) uuu. the
teachcr is interested, too, because
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it requires money to finance the educational
institutions of this country. J
And anything that will cause the pi
people of a town and community to
pay their debts will help every business,
every institution and every In- fl
dividual in that community.
Incidentally, this movement Is not S
new, as this same association ?on? 1
ducted a National Pay-Up Week dnr- ^
ing the week of February 21st to 26t*a
j inclusive. During thi3 time hundreds
of towns throughout the country
i Darticiuated in the movement with
the result that thousands upon thousands
of dollars were put into circala- jl
tion. ' ::||i
In Huntington, Indiana, thousands
of dollars were paid during the week,
and all agree that they feel better as
a result. I
vAt Ridgeway, Pennsylvania, the
secretary of the Pay-iUp Week Association
said after the event: "As we
sowed, so did we reap."
Csvn4?Vft Pa 1 1 ,;j
j ill W CCJU ? 1J1C, OV/UIJJ. VAUUltuw, ^>vv
pie became so enthusiastic over pay flH
ing their debts that man/ who did
not have the cash dated checks in advance
so that they would be sure V
that they were paid at the earliest ^fjjj
possible moment after they had money
in bank with which to pay. ||
Hundreds of towns were awakened
to the evils of the unrestricted credit
business from California to Maine j
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ana irom wasuiugmu iu i iunun,
small towns of but a few thousand
population, it was found that amounts
often running into hundreds of thousands
of dollars were due, and in
many instances in these smaller cities M
and towns, amounts ranging from
$50 to $100,000 were paid during f|
Pay-Up Week. V
'National Pay-Up Week is^ one or ^
the rare things that is worth much
yet costs nothing, and the people of
, v..
this town, this community, snoum ms
interested in a great debt-paying ^
campaign of this kind, because w& fl
have our debts here just as people in *
other towns and in other commun- j
ities in other parts of the country
have theirs.
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fb Drive Out Malaria
And Bolld Up The System J
Take the Old Standard GROVE'S fl
j TASTELESS chill TONIC. Yon know |l
what yon are taking, as the formula is >| ||
{printed on every label, showing it 5s n
j Quinine and Iron in a tasteless torm. oh
The Quinine drives ont malaria, the V
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