Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Offer* Experience And Proven Ability in t« ito N*«n«% H# Will Wait# fioatf to ito ft***!*.—Mm • r«MtrMilva C'aMpsIff*. iMamaatoc Ifn—It •ad National laauaa Vital to Ilia 1‘aopla •! H«oth C’amllM Hath- •r Than llealinc in IVraonaltloa. A criaig confronts South Carolina mod the nation. Agriculture is para lysed. Industry is crippled. Econom ic conditions are worse than for a dec ade. In our State more than 200 banks have closed in the past five years. Farm mortgages have been foreclosed and families driven from farms where they have spent their lives. The first reports of the census disclose that in South Carolina thous ands, forced from the farms by ina bility to wrest a livelihood from this basic industry, and from all the small towns, have flocked to the larger cit ies and to the mill villages in search of employment. This great influx of unemployed from the rural sections has rendered more difficult the prob lem of the manufacturer and impaired the prosperity and well-being of the mill employee. The reduced purchas ing power of the farmer has resulted, not only in lessening the sales of man ufactured goods by the mills, but has similarly affected all lines of business While this deporable plight of the farmer ha 8 challenged the attention of thoughtful people of the nation members of the United States Senate have, after long debates, continued consideration of a tariff bill for more than a year, causing greater uncer tainty in business and finally have seized upon the depression in agri culture as an excuse for placing ad ditional tariff taxes upon the already ovei-burdened taxpayers of the coun try. The only result of their ill-ad vised labor of 15 months is to greatly increase the price of everything which the farmer has to buy without increas ing in any way the price of the pro ducts he has to sell. The farmer has listened to his so-called friendg in the Senate depict his trials and troubles He has heard of “farm relief.” But the only relief the farmer knows is that he ha* been relieved of the fanr he formerly owned. At the time of this economic crisis confronting the people it becomes the duty of the voters of the State to de termine which of the candidates be fore them is best qualified, by exper- ience, ability and sympathetic under standing of their problems, to repre sent them in the Senate of the Uni tad States for the next aix year* Throughout the campaign ! have de voted my diacuasions on the atump to the proNem* and issues involved, de termined as I have been to conduct a constructive, intelligent campaign Political discuaaio»ia have heretofon been devoted too much to the negrr and to liquor and not en ugh to the vital economic queation* confronting the people. Six yeara ago 1 wa* a candidate for the Senate and out cf a total of ap proximately 200,000 votes I lacked only 2221 of being elected. 1 aguin submit my candidacy, firmly convinced that by reason of my experience as a member of Congress for 14 years, m> intimate acquaintance ami influence with members of the Senate, m» st of whom aetved with nu* in the House and my knowledge of the people of South Carolina and their interests, 1 can be of service in helping solve the problems with which we are new ac aorely troubled. It has been said that Farm Relief has been accomplished by establish ment of the Farm Board and an ap propriation of $500,000,000 for use o.y that board. But the price of cetton ia six centg a pound lower today than it was on the day thi* appropriation was granted. Senators idly talk about reducing cotton acreage in S^uth Carolina, of fering this as a lemedy. This great increase in acreage, from 32,000,000 to 47,000,000, has occurred, not in the Southeast but in the’ Southwest. One factor in that increased acreage in the- Southwest has been that Mexican peons have been permitted to come over the Irordoi without restri:tir*n and, living under stave conditions have made possible increased acreage and increased production. South Car olina farmers cannot hope to compete with farmers of the Southwest who employ this cheap Mexican labor in growing cotton or in the production of fruits and vegetables, and. although South Carolina is spending the tax payer’s money to en:outage the grow ing of fruits and vegetables because of the -iodine content in the soil, until the competition of slave labor from Mexico i s removed by immigration re- atrictions there will Ue little hope of aorcess along this line. • In 1929 the Farm Loan Banks ac quired possession of 3,072 farms with a total investment of $12,669,480, which, however, does not tell the whole story. On December 31, 1929, there were pending 1921 foreclosures repre senting unpaid principal of $6,000,- 000,000. During 1929 the Farm Loan Board sold more than 3,000 farms The effect of a continuance of thia pol icy will be to destroy rural life to America and bring loaa to tba bolder* of bonds in tbesa banks. It will drive from the fana« men who are onabto _ thif year bat who, haesaaa of j the lisv* oi home, wtb same aoarev mt than any norma tn wham batter by fjvmf mm hg eal tof lands. But while this is true it is idle for a Senator to introduce a resolution asking the Faim Loan Banks to with held proceedings. The officials retort that they must pay the interest on the bonds of the bank because these bonds were purchased in good faith by the investing public. Therefore, tj»e Con gress must direct the Secretary of the Tieasury to pay the coupons on out standing bonds of the banks. The banks could then extend the time for the payment of the installments now due. If agricultural conditions im prove, not a dollar would be lost. If agricultural conditions do not improve, there will be no hope for the future of America. But suppose conditions do not improve and the government should lose a million dollars by reason ■cf its guarantee. Our government which has appropriated millions fol the relief of Russians and Germans in distress, of the suffering one* in the Far East and for the relief of Porto Ricans in their financial disaster, can assuredly afford to help its cwn peo ple in distress, not by dispensing char* ity, but by merely extendirfg time for payment of amounts now due. 1 believe that Congress can grant relief to agriculture, but it can never be secured by a Senator denouncing conditions and offering no remedy. I believe that the, solution lies in the cooperation of Senators from the South and the West, a combination of cotton and wheat, of bread and breeches. The flght for the debenture upon agricultural products must be continu ed. Without it the cotton fanner carv- not survive. The tariff bill will fur ther reduce hi a income next yeai^sA debenture of two cents a pound eti cot ton exported would mean $10 a bale to the farmer and help offset the higher tariff taxes. They say it is unsound, but eight nations now give this aid to agriculture, and if it is economically sound in eight nations, it should be economically sound 20 America. The admission into this country, duty free, of <occanut oil from the Philippines has resulted in driving our cottoa seed oil out of the market and depressing the price of cotton seed. We sh'uld grant independence to the Philippines and thereafter place a tariff tax. for revenue only, on Philip pine products and restore our own to their rightful marketable value. There has been pending for years the Bill for government operation of Muscle Shoals. A« a principle of gov- emment, J do not believe in govern ment ownership or operatren, but since during the World War the government acquired this plant at a cost of more than $100,000,000, it should not be permitted to stand idle simply because the Pow«t and Fertilizer Trusts op pose its operation. 1 should advocate that, for six months, Muscle Shoals l»e offered f r lease with the provision that it shall be operated to produce fertilizers at lower cost andjwith some restriction upon the price td be charg ed for power. If the government is unable to lease it within six months, then as a matter of expediency the government should then proceed to operate the plant and sell the fertili zer to the farmers of the country and the power to the communities of the South at a fair price. I unreservedly favor the payment by the government, in cash, of the ad justed compensation certificates held by World War Veterans, not only be cause these ex-service men are in need but particularly m view of the fact that the federal government has greatly reduced its debt, and has turned back many millions in income tax refunds to big business. Further more, while the government has re duced the rate of inteiest being paid by European nations borrowed during the war to two per ‘cent., the ex-ser vice man is being forced to pay six per cent, cn mcney borrowed on his ceitifieates through the Federal Re serve Bank. I hoi is no way .to judge a man’s possibilities for accomplishments in future except to review his accom plishments in the past. With no spir it of boastfulness, but merely as a matter cf infermat en, I call attention to my record in Congress. I found that bills had been initio* duced in Congress by 25 members all providing for Federal Aid in road construction. In a conference cf these members called by me we agreed upon one Bill at my suggestion, and I helped draft that Bill, which, after (Passring the House, was amended hy the Senate, the result being the ap propriation of $1)00,000 to experiment in Federal Aid projects. Of this I secured $10,000 for South Carolina and the first, road completed m the United States with Federal Aid, un der direction of the Buread of Public roadi, was built across Aiken County I from Barnwell to the EdgeAald I toes In the next Congress I initiated Movement to rroate • ceauaittae naaAi aad hecaae a Men* her thrvesd w«h tn* edtov aweahaes tosfki rm0 f to I toa jmi u» Mi Che ■ anrvtoa el Ms ttow aai to tide rrtoa I pftadge jwa the heal that la to «e ef mtod and heart Faithfully. JAMES F. BYRNES Hear James F. Byrnes In Hia Radio Speech Monday Night. Augnat 25, at S OHTock from WBT, Chdrlofte. (Political Advertisement.) HOPOCATRUC By G. Chalmers MeDcrmld Now, that this column has been running for several weeks we are get ting requests as to our reasons for naming 4t HOPOCATRUC. Just to remind you—we are trying to get you some timely information each week on hogs, poultry, cattle and truck. . Our column is named for the first letters cf the words, hogs, poultry cattle and truck. Had the privilege of touring three counties last week—Beaufort, Jasper and Orangeburg. Went with the County Agent’s Farmers Tour, and saw plenty. | Young Geotge Getsinger’s corn in Jasper will be hard to beat an the . South Carolint corn contest this year. Twenty-seven farmers made a guess, or rather estimate, as to the yield on this acre, and the average of the guesses was 107 bushels per acre. With a little more timely rains he sheu’d beat even, that figure. Ct'tton in these three counties look ed fine, with the exception of some crops in the Holly Hill and Eutawville Dorr SACRIFICE TOOT COTTOW CHAS. G. HOUSTON COTTON FACTOR i AUGUSTA. GA. i FHONE«4« WWa ywa mI) pear r* maikat valaa, weight* sad fire, while to transit I M accept ■Silly tfce highest tod' Let me get ye* lea All cottoa seat to me bp track to insured f<r fall snHw sga asi see*.tons. Many crops in that part of Orangeburg County were showing signs of “rust”, and other foims of potash hunger. Mr. Bostick’s cotton crop near Bur ton in Beaufort County also showed rust, but it is a cracking good crop for the Coast. Orangeburg and Dorchester Coun ties have splendid sweet potato crops. A great many of them are properly fertilized this season with 8-3-10, and we look for the winner of the State Sweet Potato contest to come from one of these counties. Mr. Harford Eve, of Beaufort Coun ty, has a good looking ton litter of cross bred Hampshire hogs. He told us that they had gained about 500 pounds in the past 30 days—11 pigs from one sow. He is feeding them corn and fish meal and cull tomatoes. Mr. Charley Stroup showed us a bunch of hogs he was feeding on cooked number three Irish potatoes and fish meal, and they were a smooth looking bunch. Gus Durant, Clemson’s Livestock specialist, states that cull potatoes when cooked have a value of $3 per bushel for hog feed. Looks like we have another medium here of utilizing farm waste through out, folks, and see what your neighbor 'is doing. Make the farm tour with your County Agent. ' ■ . *s v . Re-Paint or Repent Which Win You Do? It’s a fact that unpainted property goes to pieces fast and that the use of Good Paint is a Good Investment. 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