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- fx TWO McMORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. C., Thr.i*sday, August 11, 1938. A Constructive Record In Congress U. S. CONGRESS SOON TO ADJOURN Below is submitted a partial record SHORT SESSION MARKED BY of Mr. Hare’s services in Congress during the past five years: 1. Author of Anti-dumping or Produce Agency Act, which makes it unlawful for commission merchant a to make a false report to the shipper as to the condition, sale or disposi tion of any perishable farm prod uct. 2. Assisted in passing act enlarg ing consular offices abroad to locate and assist in expanding foreign mar kets for American Products. 3. He aided in reducing federal taxes to the extent of $600,000,000 within five years. SPLENDID EFFORT OF SALUDA CONGRESSMAN TO SECURE FARM AID. Jan. 31, 1929—While the South Car ' olina legislature is grinding along on matters some of which are of intense interest to all people of the state, the Congrss of the United Staes is about to go into the last lap of its present short session, in all probability to be followed by an extra session called by the incoming president at ant early 4. Succeeded in having Federal' da t©, and perhaps with the attention Trade Commission make the invest!-, ig being given the state legisla- g&tion for Department of Justice Which resulted in the conviction of ture it might bo well to call attention SC of th© large fertilizer manufactur-! briefly to some of the high spots in iaxg companies for violation of the the work that is being done by the anti-trust law in fixing prices and South Carolina members in the na- entering into agreements among them celves to prevent competition. 5. A member of sub-committee tional legisature. The Qongressiona! Record since DODGING POLICY FLAYED BY HARE WASHINGTON, May 14, 1931- Congressman Hare has no patience with those Democrats who think their party should run away from or ganizing either house of the present Congress, which meets in December. When encountered here today the South Carclini.tn said that he had Republican Party Abandons Its Traditional Policy June 1929.—The Republican party has abandoned its traditional rolicy of a tariff for protection and has sub stituted a tariff for extortion. The new Republican tariff, which to Washington to attend to haS Passed the House under gag rule. that conducted hearings and secured early in the present session of Con- passage of resolution providing that gress has reflected the splendid ef- Bureau of Mines conduct experiment, ^ o£ Congressma n Butler B. Hare to locate potash deposits in United if * . States, the result being that 50 such 1 a£ Sal uda « representing the second deposits of strata were found in the district, in behalf of ’ the ogricvltur- first experiments made in the State rt Texas. 6. Urged Congress to pass bill authorizing Secretary of War to pur chase and hold as much as 3,000,000 bales of cotton as a munition of war. 7. Introduced and urged passage of bill providing for a special High way Fund in the United States treas ury to be used in the construction and maintenance of roads traversed by rural free delivery routes. 8. Insisted upon passage of bill al interests. Congressman Hare led the fight on the House side of the capitol for an increase in the appro priation for the market beWs service of the department of agriculture, pointing out that the justification for the increased appropriation was that the government is already providing similar service for the manufacturers of the country through th6 agency and efforts of the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, and that he legal holidays except Sunday, there by giving patrons on R. F. D. routes more regular and more efficient ser vice. come some matters of interest to constitu ents, but of no particular news val ue. He was then, asked what he thought of the argument that if the Republicans are allowed to organize congress the prospect will 1 be better for the Democrats in the presidential election next year. Mr. Hare immediately repudiated that contention. ‘^It is only the Weak-kneed a*id fainthearted,’ he. said, “Who stand back and say we should let the Republicans organize congress, hoping to win the presiden cy on their failure after taking charge. The reel Democratic party is a militant., constructive, and ag gressive party, and I am in favor of making every possible effort to or ganize the house, outline a construc tive program, and go to the country pledged to certain and definite gov ernmental policies. “I feel,” said Hare, “that we have a good .chance to win because I be- ieve that the people are again real izing that the long-established prin ciples of the Democratic party are more in harmony with the interests, purposes and desires of the public than the Republican party; and if a definite courageous and conStnlc- tive stand is taken it will inspire new confidence and justify success. I have little respect for the sugges tion that we should sat down and let the ' Republicans take the initative and then go to the country and ask for endorsement just because they have failed. “In order for us to win long enough to set up new and successful govern mental policies, ‘‘concluded the con gressman, “We must take a position that will command respect and mus’ outline a program that will justify support. That Party that does is a tariff to make duties higher and prices higher. It is a tariff practically to eliminate the possibility of foreign competition BUTLER B. HARE FOR RE-ELECTION AFTER SIX YEARS OF DI3TIN GUISHED SERVICE IN CONGRESS SALUDAN OFFERS FOR PLACE AGAIN—HAS OPPONENT May 15, 1930.—The only political ANTI-DUMP LAW SHOWS RESULTS HARE PRODUCE AGENCY ACT IS PROVING BIG AID TO FARM SHIPPING INTERESTS. WASHINGTON, May 15. 1928 — announcements we have for publica- eItect of the produce agency act, tion thus far this week comes from or raore commonly known ias the anti entirely new front. Hon. Butler i ’ dum Ping act, engineered through con an and s° to make monopoly easy in; dacy for re-election to the important B. Hare, congressman from the Se-: S ies s last year by Congressman/ Hare, cond District of South Carolina and ^outh Carolina, is proving to ba a Saluda man, announces his candi all restraint as to the prices it shall charge for its products. It is the well-known habit of mono poly not only to charge high prices for its product but to limit production in order to make prices higher. And this limitation of production not only reduces employment for la bor but also reduces the market for raw material. Therefore, this tariff for extortion and trustworthy position. imore valuable and far reaching than was anticipated, by some at tb© time of its passage. Mr. Hare is now nearing the end | * n a statement just issued by the of his sixth year as Congressman department of agriculture it is ob- from thi^ district. There is no need ' ser ved that heretofore it has been for Us to dwell upon his record in 1116 Practice of some commission men congress for that record speaks for u P°n receiving a carload of produce on consignment to sell the car or part of it to themselves, possibly at the lowest market preie, and then retail it, making returns to the ship- itself. Congressman Hare has served his district and state faithfully and well during the six years he has been in Congress. He has been not merely a per , after deducting commission on policy which the Republican party ( representative of a few but he has' price received on the track. In has embarked upon Is a definite men- been the representative of all in his this way the commission merchant ace not only to the great consuming district. In this issue in other col- w ouI d receive a ccunmissdon of gay 7 public of the United States, but to u ^nns we carry, merely coincidentally, per Cent - ° n the sale to himself articles which bear impressive test!- then the profit on the resale, mony as to his faithfulness anl abili-1 T* 16 department has ruled that, un- ty in looking after the interests of the der the la ' w '» the commission merenaat is required to return to the shipper snaking provisions for rural free de-j wanted, by his amendment, to pro- Itvery by substitute carriers on all vide a corresponding seivice fo- agriculture. It was in line with these efforts for agriculture on which Mr. Hare based his -apposition to an appropriation o-. 9. Introduced and urged passage So me seven or more millions of dol- of hill that would prevent the closing i ars £ 0r an appropriation for an ad- of factories or industrial plants by d itional house office building at this collision or conspiracy where such time. “I have thousands of people something will get farther, even if closing appears to b e for the purpose! in my district/ he said, “who are it m^kes mistakes, than the party of reducing the price of raw mater-1 suffering from one of the greatest which has a do-nothing lal or throwing employees out of em- crop failures in history, and through j News & Courier, plyomeiit without notice and with- me> their reprasentaitive, they are cut just cause. j asking that this government come to: 10. Author of hill which resulted their assistance and lend them such In the passage of v an Act making it aid as will enable them to li\e aud unlawful to-misbrand or adulterate make a crop this coming year. Theyj seed for planting purposes and then are in need—many of them in dis- 1 sell or offer to sell such seed for such tress—and I, for one, think that the | purposes. * i l erection of this building should be P 1 j 4-V. ^ .11 ♦ /-v the laborers and also to the farm ers. The workers and the farmers are bit in two woys not only in the pos-1 p e0 pie Q f his district and of the State sible limitation in demand for what and ggetion generally, they will have to sell, but in the as- 1 suredly increased cost of what they have to buy. 7 There is another aspect of this tar iff for extortion which Will probably affect the farmers and, to a degree, the working man also. The absolute exclusion of all farm goods is going to result in retaliatory measures by foreign nations tc ex clude in return the products of Amer ican factories and of American farms. The country has prospered under a legitimate tariff for protection. There is no reason for departing from this national policy either in the direction of unreasonable reduc tion of the tariff or in the direction It can truly be said of Butler B. Hare that he is every inch a man. He is not a politican. He is far more than tha/t. It has been the happy privilege of the writer to know Mr. Hare since earliest childhood irom about the time the latter graduated from Newberry College, and ever since that time he has known the present Congressman from the Sed> ond District as a man who has been always rendering worthy and com scientious service for his fellow-men and for his county, state and nation. As an- educator, Mr Hare has left his rich impress and uplifting influence upon the many whose happy fortune, and privilege it was to be under his on the basis of the pay received for the sales through hi s store or indivi dual market, in case he sells to him self. The department bases its posi tion on the fact that the .supreme court of the United States as well as the state courts has held that an agent Cannot sell to himself a nd then pro- fit by the resale.—News & Courier. REPUBLICANS WILL PLAN FARM RELIEF WILL LIKELY FRAME MEASURE SIMILAR TO ZONE BILL OF REPRESENTATIVE HARE _ . . , . . , WASHINGTON, May 22, 1926.—In o„ an oppiessive increase of the tariff; a j^ e and ifaithful instructfon. As a, 3 las t desperate effort to appease the Representative Hare of South Car-! churchman Mr. Hare has been ever! far mer3 of the \ve s t the Republicans olina is a farmer and a Democrat. As ; i active and consecrated in his earn- are Preparing to report a ‘.‘relief” bill est desire to be of policy.’’^— Hare Bill Aimed. At U. S. Refund On Old Cotton Levy WASHINGTON, Feb. 13,—A new f useful and unsel- is understood thut it will be drat^n 3 promotion of the! along ‘/intelligent” lines so that De- , , . . i , , ,, „ .. u a ge what this outrageously oppres- 11. Endeavored to have provision postponed and the money used to approach to the problem o. semiring; siye tariff real]y mcans ^ relieve the ditsressed conditions in*; for Southern States a refund of tax- in farm relief MU that would author ize and direct the Board to institute proceedings before the Interstate Commerce Commission to secure low er freight rates on farm crops. 12. Assisted in enlarging Market News Service which furnishes daily reports over radio giving prices and qualities of fruits, vegetables, etc.. On the larger markets each day. 13. Assisted in drafting and in pass age of farm loan seed Act. 14. Secured passage of Act appro priating $30,000 for construction of bridge across Archers Creek, near Port Royal. 15. Obtained favorable report from Naval Affairs Committee providing appropriation of $1,209,000 for repair and construction of marine barracks at Parris Jsland, the final building program to cost abbuT' $4,500,000. 16. Asssited in securing appropria tion of $1,300,000 for dredging and constructing locks and dams to faci litate .water transportation on the Savannah River between Augusta and Savannah. 17. Aided in securing $805,000 to assist in the construction and re* building lef federal aid ’roads and bridges destroyed in Socth Carolina by the floods otf 1929. 18. Secured location of Farmers Wholesale market in Washington, D. C., that should prove to be of great vdlue to fruit and vegetable growers of South Carolina and other South ern States. 19. Secured Authorization and ap propriation of $12,500 to he used in establishing a station to conduct ex periments for the eradication of tbe wire worm in the lower counties of the district and the coastal counties of the State. 20. Favors amending the Federal Reserve Bank Act so as to insure de posits in all banks. 21 -Supported bill to increase pens ions of Spanish-American veterans, and voted to override President’s ve to of same. 22. Voted to override President’s veto of World War veteran* Act, mipported Senate resolution to the bill and voted tfc.r the final passage of the bill carrying increased aLow- aoce for disabled World war voter ens. He advocated the passage of the bill providing for the immediate payment of all adjusted service cer tificate* and Is in favor of pension for widows and dependent children of World War veterans. 23. Has Introduced bil^ which is now before Banking and Currency committee providing an amendment to the Intermediate Credit Bank Act so that the Bank will he able to make loan* direct to farmers. 24. Ha* introduced a bill provid ing for the suspension of foreclosure of mortgages held by Federal Land Ranks and Joint Stock Land Bonks South Carolina, Georgi^ end Florida caused by the excessive rains and storms last September.” The daily press has carried the story of the efforts of both South Carolina senators and all the mem bers of the House from this State to secure aid for the storm sufferers •and the personal appeal which was made to the president by Senators Smith and Blease and Congressman Fulmer- for his support, and the deaf ear to the appeal which was turned by the president.—Saluda Standard. Hare Endorsed By Countv Convention RESOLUTION May 5, 1938—WHEREAS, our fel low citizen, the Hon. Butler B. Hare, served our county, district and state in the United States congress for several ye a rs with credit, distinction and ability, and; WHEREAS, under the reapportion- ment act and the census of 1930 South Carolina’s representation in the, lower House of Congress was re duced from seven to six members and; WHEREAS, P became necessary for our state legislature to redistrict our state accordingly and; WHEREAS, the second congression al district, represented by Mr. Hare was practically abolished by being divided and placed into three other districts and; v • WHEREAS, following this misfor tune he conducted himself in such a statesman-like manner and in a way that appealed tc- the good and unselfish judgmont of his friends by not offering for election in his new district at that time and; WHEREAS, we feel that with his training, experience and ability ho can be of conspicuous service to his country at this time by being return ed to congress; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, that the democrats of Saluda County, South Carolina, in regular convention assembled do hereby endorse the Hon. Butler B. Hare as a candidate for congress in the third congressional district of South Carolina, and commend him to the consideration of the voters of this district.—The Saluda Standard es collected by the Federal govern ment on raw cotton in 1866, 67, and 68 is now being advanced by Repre sentative Butler Hare, of the Sec ond South Carolina district. It has been the cherished goal of hundreds of Southern Congressmen since the Civil War to secure pas sage of a hill returning to the States the money collected by the Federal gcvernnient on the cotton tax which it is contended, was in violation of the^ Federal Constitution. Scores of ibilis on the subject have been introduced in both House of Congress directing a refund of the tax which if authorized would place in the South Carolina State Treas ury $4,172,420.16. Representative Hare, approaching the problem from a different angle, h a s introduced in the House f joint resolution proposing to consent that certain States in which the cotton said other direct taxes were collect ed may sue the United States to re cover the money collected. Haire’s resolution .provides ‘‘that the United States consents that suits to recover taxes hereafter mentioned may be brought against it and heard and determined in the Supreme Court or in any District Court.” Hare today told the independent’s correspondent that he is going to wage a determined fight to return to the States the money that was taken from citizen* in violation of the Con stitution by such legislation as the cotton tax. The resolution has been referred to the House Judiciary com mittee.—Anderson Independent. a farmer and a Democrat he has had the courage to protest against the at-j fish serviCe in the r '.'\ ° t •!* f ^ 1 ’ mcr 111 tlenG ^i Christian good both inside and out- mo-cra.ts may support it without abuse Republican tariff bill I s : de of the church of his faith. In to their consciences. " 1 ' - a. o . made a list of se erai numeroUs 0 tl>;-r ways he has served SAME PRINCIPLES \ , i ran ary articles Dong it by the av- county, state and^nation worthily' The new bill will embrace essential ! end well, a nd now hs Congressman features of the measure proposed from the Second District he is rend- some time ago by Representative But ering the same worthy and unselfish ler Hare of South (Carolina, service.—-Saluda Standard. G. O. P. LEGISLATION • | Because ho i s a Democrat, it would Spectator Recalls , ‘T 0 ^ 0 fo1 : Mr - r* t 1 ° f oblmo11 the measure bearing Butler B. Hare I his uame - Republicans insist that if nny ’egislation is enacted, it must be Republican legislation^ But. Mr. erage farm family during the yen* He gave the price of each article! without the tariff. And then he gave' the tariff charge on it, most of which - the farmer will have to pay, too. Farmers should study that Rsl. It! shows in plain, understandable lang-! for a period of two years in case of emergency. 25. Was successful in bis effort* when he appeared before the Inter state Commerce Commission protest ing against increase in freight rate* on cotton, bagging, cow peas, soy bean*, watermelons, etc.—Edgefield Advertiser, Aug. 13, 1930. POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT Hare Leaves Congress Those who know Butler Hare are not surprised at the announcement that he will not offer for reelection to Congress in the coming election. His district was eliminated by the redistricting of the state m a de nec* essary by the last census figures, and his fine sense of the fitness of things does not permit his offering for a fellow congressman's teat. Yet the country can ill afford to lose the servires of Representative Hare. He is a product of the soil and grew up in the lean years of half a century ago amid surroundings that properly tempered him for hard work. He entered the service of the public early and has been painstaking, con servative and diligent in the dis charge of his duties. Representative Hare has not been mnch in public print until recently when his Philippine independence bill brought him into the spotlight. He has not had as much to sey as some of his contemporaries for the reason that he never said anything until he had something to say. But he ha* On a $10 set of harness, for in stance, Mr. Hare show's that the tar iff will be $3.50. The farmer will pay the $10, and a big share of the $3.50 also. That is a funny way to help him. But let us go further wdth Mr. Hare, On a $20 suit of clothes the tariff is $11.50. That is an even funnieh way to help the farmer, by raising the price of a $20 suit to $31.50 or thereabouts. And here are some more of Mr. Hare’s figures: Article One mirror Two hats for W'Lfe One pair shoes .. One pair scissors . One safety razor . One pair kid gloves One w*ool blanket One wool shirt ... One tooth brush . Aluminum war© .. (One clock Plow* Nails On© cross-cut sg,w . One pr. wagon harness 10.00 But these are only a few samples, Other articles are taxed In the same proportion. There is even a tariff charge of $50 on a $100 tombstone. As Mr. Hare puts it, a family of five will have to pay out between $250 and $1,000 a year mofe than they do now for necessities of life, or death. Two hundred and fifty dollars a year is a big burden to add to the average farmer’s budget. A thousand dollars a year is a staggering burden to saddle on the farmer and see how far he will stagger along un der it. Representatives in Congress who have deliberately tried to saddle it on him will find that they have tried to fool the farmer once too often. That $100 tombstone is likely to adorn a good many political grave yards at the next election—and there’s a $50 tariff on it, too.—De troit (Michigan) Times. Value Added Duty $ 2.90 $1.00 . 8.00 2.00 . 5.00 1.00 .50 .42 . 2.00 .70 .. 2.00 1.00 . 3.00 2.40 . 2.00 1.00 . .50 .25 . 10.00 6.00 . 10.00 9.50 3.50 . 10.00 3.50 .. 5.00 3.50 Real Statesman '/i Newberry Sun. (By Spectator) ’ime and circumstances- play strange tricks. Amcng the candidates for congress I see the name of a man who suffered one of the queerest.’ quirks that cun be ascribed to the whirligig of time or the vicissitudes of politics. N Hare will -support any bill containing tke essential features of his me.asure, an d the other members of the South Carolina delegation will f a ll in line it is believed. Representative Madden, Republi can, of Illinois, and Representative* Crisp of Georgia and Tucker, of Vir ginia, Democrats, have spoken in ad vocacy of the HaVe idea. While tho Do you remember Butler Hare?; farmers w r ant actual money from the W ell, memory may be short but he government it i s indicated that the Congress without pressure would 3.50 was a distinguished member of Con gress, author of many measures of first-rate importance and highly re garded for his statesmanlike quali ties. Butler Hare even Ipoks like a statesman. Now what happened to him? While he was in Congress, serving usefully and attracting na tional attention by his vision and grasp of national needs, our Legisla ture re-disfrieted the State and dis tributed Butler Hare’s counties a- mong other Congressional districts, leaving Mr. Ha-ie himself outside of his old district. Now if that wasn’t the oddest oc currence that ever occurred to a man in public life, why you just name if. Mr. Aare swallowed his medicine like a man; he didn’t whimper; he just stepped out. Now Mr. Sare offers himself for Congress again and his friends--and they are not. only loyal but enthusias tic—call attention to his record in support a proposition similar to that of Mr. Hare.—Greenville News. , Butler Hare Wins National Prominence Just as He Loses His Seat in House WASHINGTON, June 7. (AP) — Fate must be in an ironical mood when it cam© to shaping the destiny of Butler B. Hare of South Carolina, Having long ago, a® a congression al secretary, conceived an ambition to sit himself in. th© seats otf the mighty in the house, he was to reel* that goal in due course, attain a committee chairmanship just in the nick of time to write his name as Congress, a record, I repeat’, showing 1 alL -hor on a bill designed to add an his fellows in and out of Congress; and has steadily controlled his course of action to high purposes. Th© country needs men of Hare’s type in the control of its government al business. His home town, Saluda, would gain much by the reopening of his law of fice there, but there is no doubt a sufficiency of lawyers there to take care of the legal needs of the com munity. He should take a vacation, if he feels the need of it, but continue to give to his state and the nation the benefit of his personality and exper ience that are just now ready to qualities of statesmanship not com mon in the House. I used to hear the suggestion of Mr. Hare for Governor-General of the Philippines—later the High Coramis- sionership—and I must believe that if Mr Hare had loafed around Wash ington and lobbied his bretheren in Congress he might have received a good appointment; hut he came back to Saluda, to his own people, re sumed his life among them, and now offers his services to the dis-trict in which he finds himself. Of course Butler Hare does not re member Spectator, but Spectator liv infant member to the family of na tions, and then to h a ve the said Beat yanked ruthlessly from under him. MAN WITHOUT A DISTRICT For Hare, who in effect Ilf not in fact wrote the Philippine indepen dence bill that was sent to President Hoover by congress just before New Yeair’s day, after four successive terms in the house, “did not offer for reelection” to the next congress a® his «utobiographical sketch puts it. Not that hig congressional ambi tions are satisfied by a long shot or cd in old “Saludy” two years while tbat he is in that class of housn a country school teacher and knew Butler Hare as a rising young candi date. Tempos ifugit, Butler, also O tem pera, O mores! CONGRESSMAN HARE HONORED I , come into their full fruition.—Green- steadily acquired the approbation of| vilie Piedmont, June 13, 1932. POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT * June 12, 1930.—The grave of Leri Case^ a Revolutionary soldier and a statesman, was officially marked and dedicated on May 18, by the District of Columbia Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution. Congress man Butler B. Hare made the dedi catory remark®, a favor which was hloally ftplpreciated, an honor to our State and to it* society otf the Sons of the American Revolution.— Saluda Standard. lame ducks” who were defeated at the primaries or the polls. He is of that other group of non-repeaters itt the present house whose seats van ished in the congressional reappor* tionment. Hare didn’t have a chance to carry on. Before that unkind fate befell him, however, chance gave the South Coro lini a n a boost into national promin ence he could not have expected. Look over his record as an educator, as a govemnment expert before hi® congressional service and as to his Personal preferences and you discov- ed that hds chief interest lies in ag ricultural economics. One official account has it that he ha* been studying that problem for more than two decades and surely agricultural economics is & front-row subject now.—The State, Jan. 8, 1933. POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT J