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SOUTHERN SALONS
LAUNCH DRIVE
NAME BANKHEAD CHAIRMAN OF
committee on drainage and
RECLAMATION POLICY
WASHINGTON, Jen. 21.—A repre
sentative number of members of con
gress from the coastal bounties or
districts of the Southern and South
eastern states met in the flood con
trol committee room for the purpose,
as Outlined by the chairman, Butler
B. Hare of South Carolina, of formu
l&ting a more definite and uniform
plan or national policy for drainage
and reclamation in Southern and
Southeastern states.
After considerable f discussion by
Representatives Bankhead of Alaba
ma, Kemp, O’Connor and Derouen of
Louisiana, Edwards of Georgia, Hare
and Gaeque of South Carolina^ Lyon
of North Carolina, Reed of Arkansas
and Yon of Florida, Representative
Edwards moved that in view of his
familiarity with the work and his
active interest in drainage and re
clamation legislation, Mr. Bankhead
be made chairman of a committee of
six to formulate a plan and draft a
bill providing for the/ establishment
of an enlarged, more definite, concrete
and uniform drainage and reclamation
policy by ttfe government. The en
thusiasm evidenced at this meeting
unquestionably means united and
concerted action, and those present
are very hopefuf of getting substan
tial results.
“The other five members of the
committee,’ Mr. Bankhead said, “will
be announced early next week, when
a meeting of the committee will be
called afid a consideration of the
matter urged just as soon as pos
sible/'.—The State.
Hare Resolution
Provides For Re
fund of Levies
ILLEGALLY COLLECTED IN ‘60s
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23, 1933.—
The judiciary committee made a fav
orable report today on a resolution
of Butler B. Hare, the same having
been introduced a year ago.
The
PRIMARY FUNCTION OF CONGRESS ■
TO CONSTRUCT PUBLIC HIGHWAYS
BUTLER B. HARE OUTLINES PLAN
FOR RELIEF OF THE
^ UNEMPLOYED
The Johnston Herald
When Butler B. Hare, in his key
note speech at the recent meeting
otf the Saluda County democratic con
vention, outlined a plan where'U he
suggested that the scope of our W.
P. A. activities be broadened so that
existing industrial enterprises may
be enlarged in order to give the un
employed an opportunity to earn a
fair wage 'jnd decent living, he made
the moot feasible 'and practical sug
gestion we have seen or heard looking
to the solution of the problem pf the
unemployed, and one that really holds
out some hope for them and their
families.
Under our present scheme or pol
icy they are eking out a subsistence
but they can make no plans for thp
future, and they do not know what
day they may he laid off. Heretofore
everbody seems to have gone on the
theory that times would get better
and the policy would be abandoned,
but this has not happened. As ^
matter of fact, the number of unem
ployed ha^ been and Is still increas
ing froth year to year. What the
future will be no one knows. How
ever, we are inclined to think that
Mr. Hare struck the nail on the
head when he suggested tihat their
labor should be utilized in erecting
enlarged or new plants for existing
industrial enterprises and when com
pleted the workers should be offer
ed an opportunity to go inside and
go to work.
We have not analyzed his plan
critically and there may be some
objections made or alterations sug
gested, but we have heard of no oth
er plan that offers any real and sub-
staatial hope for these people, al
though we think it high time that
some definite and concrete action be
taken to assist them in securing per
manent employment, and we share
with Mr. Hare the belief that the
gfieatestf opportunity jlls by enlarg
ing existing industrial activities
or by inaugurating new industrial
enterprises. At any rate, if these
people were assigned to the construc
tion of substantial buildings, under
competent engineering supervision,
the money expended by the govern
ment would be invested in something
permanent and worthwhile.
We read a full account otf Mr.
Hare’s speech aa It appeared in the
Saluda Standard and we congratu
late him in giving r.s something new.
original and substantial to think a-
bout regarding this great problem
of unemployment, and we see great
possibilities in his plan for the ben
efit of the unemployed, a 6 well as
opportunity for expansion in both
agriculture and industry ,
Confederate Dead
Will Get Marker*
resolution puthorizes governors of
the various states to bring suit to
determine the constitutionally and
recover taxes on cotton and other
commidities alleged to have been il
legally collected by the federal gov
ernment in 1$66, 1867 and 1868/
It is claimed that the taxes refer
red to were what is known as direct
taves and, therefore, in violation of
the constitution of the United- State
Efforts have been made for the past
70 years to have the goveriftnerlt re
fund the taxes to those from whom
they were collected but this is the
first time favorahe action has been
■tr.ken by a committee of the House
of Representatives.
The resolution pfrovidbs -that all
defenses shall be waived except the
constitutionality of the laws under
which the taxes were collected, it is
estimated that the total taxes amount
to approximately two hundred mil
lion dollars, the taxes on cotton a-
mounting to about sixty-five million
dcdliars. If interest is to be paid
South Carolina would receive approx
imately twelve million dollars, but
if interest is not paid, her share will
be about four million two hundred
thousand dollars.—The State.
July 11, 1927.—There is no reason sections or states. In my opinion, it
worthy of consideration why the gov-, is no longer a debatable question as
ernment should not construct and t0 ^ ie r ^^ lt United States gov-
... „ ! ernment to construct or aid in the
maintain public highways, Congress- ConstrUction and maintenance of Carolina came to the rescue and led
man Butler B. Hare, of South Caro- public highways hut, on the contrary, the fisht in behalE of the fru it and
lina, declared yesterday in an address it is one of the primary and funda- vegetable growers of Southeastern
HARE TO RESCUE
OF MARKET BILL
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 28.—
1930.—When it was proposed In the
House today to strike out that para»
graph in the appropriation bill for the
District of Columbia providing for a
farmers’ wholesale market in Wash
ington Congressman Hare of South
HARE FARM NEWS
BILL IS DEFEATED
HOUSE VOTES DOWN $1,030,006
FOR MARKET SERVICE BY 5S
TO 53 VOTE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19, 1928 —
After a spirited fight lasting nearly,
two hours, Congressman Butler £L
Hare this afternoon was defeated bF
a close vote of 59 to 53 in his effort t*
before the United States Good Roads mental fuctions of the government St^es. The contention was whether' have the agricultural appropriation
Hare Asks Amendment
For Haugen Measure
Now Before Congress
Convention. The roads could be paid
for by funds realized from all excise
taxes. Mr. Hare stated.
His address followos:
“There are certain interests as
.well as a. number of leading men of
the country who .feel that the policy
of road building as inaugurated by
the United State* government a few
years ago is, either wrong, or unnec
essary and should, therefore, be ter
minated. Some take the position that
the policy 1b not in keeping with the
spirit of the Constitution, or is tres
passing upon the rights of the states
and is, therefore, fundamentally
Wrong, whereas, others contend that
since they have a complete system
of good highways in their section
or state they should not be required
to pay taxes fw the construction and
]mainteaian»ce of highways in other
and one that should have been exer- tbe niarket should be located in the
cised long ago. It was evidently WG stern or eastern part of the city.
bill amended so as to add $1,000,Ofl#
to the appropriation for marketing
thought so Qa d actually contemplated ^ are argued that 70 per cent or! news service to furnish information
by the farmers of our Constitution more of the fruits and vegetables con
fer in defining the powers granted tq, sume<i in Washington come from the
congress, it was specifically provided Southern or Southeastern States ( and
that congress shall have the right tbat tbey coul< * be Placed on the mar-
and power to . establish 'postoffices ket frora 12 tp 25 hours earlier if the
and post roads. Certainly this power rm,rket is lo £ at ed at the site provid-
to establish post roads carried with e( * for in ^he bill than if located at
it at least, the implied, if not the ac-' either 0,1 the other proposed places,
tual, duty and obligation to do so.! * <0n6 of the great Problems of the
and in practice we find practically | farmer > a® well as the trade, is
no other right or power vested in con prompt, uniform and economic dis-
grass which has not been exercised, tcihUiLfdn,” he said,
and \^hy should it refuse to recognize P ro P°sal to strike out the por-
this one,
In thi s connection I wish to invite
attention to H. R. No. 5980, which
in effect, would provide for a per
manent highway fund.—Savannah
Morning News.
i
Would Protect Workers Naval Committee
From Enforced Idlenes
CONGRESSMAN HARE WOULD RE
QUIRE INDUSTRIAL CONCERNS
TO GIVE NOTICE OF CLOSING
DOWN
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 16,
1923—While the House had under
consideration tpday the Haugen bill
providing for the creation of a new
division to bq known as the co-opera
tive marketing division aul carrying
an approprtaition of $255,'(D00, . (Ccu?
gres?man Dai tier B. Hare offered an
amendment providing that the divis
ion of markets in the department of
agriculture be enlarged to take care
of the activities provided in the Haq-
&en bill. He indorsed the other pro
visions of the bill and -made it clear
that he was highly in favor of cd-op-
orative associations of farmers, but
didn’t hesitate to register his disap
preval of the creation of another bur
eau when it had been admitted. in
debate' that, te work proposed in tho
bill has been and could be perform-
de by governmental agencies already
established and provided for. In
conclusion, Mr. Hare said in effect
“My amendment Will not only accom
plish the same purpose but It will
eliminate duplication of work, dupli
cation of positions, duplications of
office equipment, duplication of ex
penses and save tho taxpayers of the
country at least $125,000 annually/’
—The Augusta Chronicle.
WASHINGTON, March 7. 1929 —
Congressman Butler B. Hare has in
troduced in the House of Represen
tatives a bill requiring manufacture
Listens To Hare
BILL FOR BUILDING PROGRAM AT
PARRIS ISLAND FAVORABLY
REPORTED THURSDAY
WASHINGTON, June 5, 1930. —
Congressman Hare registered another
victory fer his district today when he
succeeded in getting the naval affairs
agraph was lost by a vote of 40 to
86 and Mr. Hare scored another vic
tory for th’e fruit and vegetable grow
ers of the South who patronize the
Washington market.—The State
ors engaged in interstate or foreign ’committee t G make a favorable report
commerce to give written notice -to on hi s bill providing for an appro-
th eFederal Trade Commission of the
closing of their plants and the reasons
prirtion of $1,209,000 with which to
begin the building program at Parris
therefore and the probable duration ’ Inland where id is proposed to ei’ect
UNUSUAL—AND
WELL DONE
One is not surprised that the analy
sis of the Hawley-Smoot tariff bill
made by Representative Butler B.
Hare has attracted attention. A clev
er, lucid, and strong exposition otf a
complex measure of legislation, carry
ing inherent evidence of studious ex
amination, of real work, products by
a Southern member of qpngress, has
the charm of novelty.
The absurdities and enormities of
protective tariffs “got by” often for
the reason that only those con&re--
sional agents of the privileged indus
tries thdt receive the profits bother
their heads about them. A new tariff
t6 producers which would enable
them to dispose of theit* crops in the
least congested markets.
The amendment would have beo*
otf particular importance to prodW
ers of 4ruit and truck.
Representative Hare served m-
tice last Saturday, that he intcudefi
to propose the .amendment. He let
the fight for it today, and was
sisted by Congressman Bankhead, of
Alabama; Larsen of Georgia; Moot*
of Virginia; McMillan of Soutfc
Carolina, and others. The vote wiM
along tParty lines, n?*>9t of the Demo
crats present supporting the amend
ment and all of the Republicans op*
posing it.—^Beaufort Gazette.
Change Is Advocated '
In Farm Loan
MR. HARE URGES HOUSE GR01H»
to Act on proposal
ttf such closing or suspension. The new and additional barracks for the j
law is Passed, the people numbly re-
Representatdve Hare (Dem.) of
Saluda, S. C., testifying before th*
House Committee on Banking and
Currency, March 4, advocated favor
able action on his bill (H. R. 816TI
to authorize payment of farm loan
mortgages with bonds issued by the
mortgage banks.
His proposal would amend section
27 of the Federal Farm Loan Act
by adding a new provision, as fol
lows: “Any person having obtained,
a loan from a Feder al Land bank, or
bill further provides that if it ap- enlisted men, as well as quarters for C , 5 \ e and scarcely are aware tka t ( a j 0 i nt stock land bank may buy
pears to the Federal Trade Commis- officers of the United States marlnej tney are paying'l^penaUies - tHey| ^ (srm loan boI1( i 3 Issued ^
K only know that they are poor and
sion that there are probable grounds corps. . . TT , .
It Is understood that the Was! “ r - has -
facilities at the marine barracks are rt tae ne ^ V ailft oC ao0mlUa Uons ^accept bonds at psr value when pr«-
i ... that farmers will under-
the mortgagee bank, and any such
b.nk is authorized and directed t»
for telieveing that any such closing
or suspension by two or more ma-nu- . . | -B I
facturers or shippers of competiitve such as to make.it dangerous in case in 1 “ inne } seated by a mortgagor in payment o£
’ Of Are or a heavy wind storm, the ; . 8ta " d »”? io has made mam that. nny ;n , la llment duo under a moct
present buildings were erected during !, :,:I a • * e armors o e, g a g e — , r ]n f u [] satisfaction of a mort
the war. They are only temporary t-mted St»t<a »re to need, not »o much & ; ge after it %as hoen fn full ;fore*
and effect for a period otf, five year*.
Provided, that where a mortgage^
goods is the result of an agreement
or conspiracy in restraint of com
merce or a violatio'n of any Act of
Congress which the Commission is structures.
authorized to enforce it shall be the The congressman has been at. work |
Hare Introduces Bill
Interest Farmers
Feb. 17, 1928.—A new fdrm relief
ibill was introduced in congress today
by Butler B. Hare of South Carolina.
The measure provides for a $250,-
000,000 revolving! fund and its purport
as indicated by the congressman^ is
to coordinate th e existing financing
and warehousing agencies already
provided for by the government.
“The bill,” said Mr. Hare, “provid
es a connecting link- between these
agencies for economic handling, stor
ing and removing from the market
the estimated surplus of any non-
perishable farm crap in the hands
otf the producers.
An outstanding feature of the bill
is that It carries no fee, tax or liabi
lity on the part of the farmer and
leaves the administration of the act
largely with the producer or organi
zation of producers. It says nothing
whatever about price fixing or price
standards, these matters being left
entirely to the producers or their
organizations.—News & Courier.
•duty otf the Commission to conduct
investlgatons 1 and other proceedings
as may be necessary to prevent the
violation of any such act. The pro
visions of the bill will apply bnly to
manuC icturers employing more than
one hundred persons-
In speaking of the bill Mr. Hare
said: “The purpose of the bill is to
obviate the possibility otf the larger
manufacturers closing their en
terprises as a result of colusion or
conspiracy for the purpose of reduc
ing the price otf raw material usee
in their plants or throwing their ope-
.ratives out or employment without
notice and without just cause ”—iS
C. Gazette.
,on this project for two
.ybars. When seen today he appeared
of “farm relief’’'legislation as of the
relief from legislation that taxes
or three | the f tie wllat.. wbteh is to say. tank wa ; the purchaser'at'the"^
enrichment, of the manufacturing in
MAILS ON HOLIDAYS
ANDERSON—Jan. 10, 1927.—The
Daily Mail has called attention a
number of times to the unfairness
otf the matter of rural mail patrons
getting no malls on holidays, and
there are lots of holidays, and more
are created. Mail trains run and
mail clerks on them work on holidays
the same as other days. There is
usually one delivery in cities on holi
days, or the patrons can get their
to be gratified. He expressed hia
appreciation otf tho services anq co
operation rendered by the people
generally around Beaufort and Port
Royah particularly the
chamber of commerce. He expos
ed the hope that the bill might be
reached on the calendar and enact
ed into law before congress adjourn
ed.—The State.
Congressman’s Name
Emblazoned High
“I realize that the re-districting
plan adopted at the last session of
the legislature practically eliminates
m e for the present. I plan to go
hack to Saluda and for the present
reopen my law office and lobk after
my farm.” These are the words of
Congressman B. B. Hare, as given
out in an interview in Washington
Saturday.
Mr. Hare’s friends in all parts of
the second congressional district
have eagerly awaited his decision.
Although hopeful that he would con
tinue in public life, yet they realiz
ed that the odds were against him.
dustries.
Mr. Hare f who is not personally
known to The News and Courier, has
done a thifig simple enough in it-
Benufort s< ^ but requiring an intelligent man’s
labor, and, therefore effective. ’ .
The News and Courier congratulat
es the Second District on having a
representative whose mind turns to a
subject larger than that of district
post offices and grips it strongly.—
News and Courier.
mail at the post office at certain hour^
But the rural mail patrons must do The Advertiser hopes that ait some
without and when a holiday comes future time there will be a shifting
on Saturday or Monday it is still of the political scenes that will make
worse. I it possible for him to be elected to
Congressman Hare of the ;,*scond congress’again. Of the hundreds of
South Carolina district has introduc- congressman in Washington not one
Special to The State. *
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. —While
that provision of the army appropria
tion bill was under consideration pro
viding $206,000 appropriation for fur-
nisblng headstones to unnamed grav
es otf soldiers of all wars, Congress
man Butler B. Hare, succeeded in
having an amendment inserted to
molttde Confederate soldiers.
This is the first time such a pro
vision has been made 43or Conted-
erate soldiers, except those buried in
national cemeteries. Should the bill
pass the senate as amended and be
come a la’sr the provisions will net
be available before July 1*
Hare Takes Stand
Against Sales Tax
WASHINGTON, March 14.—Repre-
senlalive Butler Hare, of the Second
South Carolina district, announced
today that he is opposed to the man
ufacturer’s sales tax provision of the
1932 revenue hill row being debated
In congress.
“Ilf additional revenue Is necessary,
I believe the government should bor
row some money rather than adopt
a sales tax,” Hare told the Daily
Mail’s correspondent. He said ho
would vote against the sales tax sec
tion of the bill when it comes to a
vote the latter part of the week.
Hare ridiculed all the talk about
the government going broke. He
said it was silly to say the United
States government was near bank
ruptcy in view of its vast holdings.
The South Carolinian has little pat
ience with those who become alarm
ed over a deficit.
“I •wish there had been a deficit
two years ago,” he said. Explaining
this remark. Hare said a deficit held
down governmental ajppropriiailons
and this was what is needed at this
time.—Anderson Daily Moil.
ed a bill in the house by which the
post office department would he re
quired to have substitute carriera de
liver mails on rural routes on holi
days, and it should become a law. Mr.
Hare’s bill provides that such serv
Ice shall be paid at overtime rates,
and there is little doubt but that the
regular carrier or his substitute would
deliver thq mails on those days
may be all right to obeerve, such as
Chri3tmos > Thanksgiving Day,' and
Fourth of July, but there Is no sense
of nrral mail patrons being deprived
of their daily mail on certain lega:
holidays, when the mail carriers are
the only people observing it and ev
erybody else at work.
There is no reason why rural mail
patrons should not be on a parity
with those otf the city.—Anderson
Daily Mail.
Is more loyal or more faithful to his
constituency than Mr. Hare. Always
on the job and keenly alert to be of
service, he has made hie value felt
in countless ways to those back
home. Furthermore, Mr. Hare was
instrumental In securing the passage
of national legislation which has not
only written his name high in the
official records ptf Washington but
There are some holidays that it' has Proven his worth to the entire
POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT
Hare Starts Work
For Hail Sufferers
SALUDA, June 6.—Congressman
Butler B. Hare returned to Saluda
today from Bamberg and Barnwell
counties where he had offered his
service to those who had suffered
loss of crops as & re.'wlf of the hail
and wind storm Monday. The con
gressman hag taken the matter of
securing aid up with the Red Cross
and the" secretary of agriculture. He
says that he visited a number of
fields where there was not a vestige
of vegetation left.—The State.
country, as well as to his own dis
trict. The passage of the Philippine
Independence Act alone established
the fact that his influence in Wash
ington was felt and that it bore fruit
in the deliberation of Congress.
Mr. Hare is a prophet wbo is
appreciated and honored by his own
people.—Edgefield Advertiser.
CHURCH MAY GET
CIVIL WAR LOSS
CHURCH THAT WAS OCCUPIED BY
FEDERAL TROOPS MAY GET
MONEY FROM GOVERNMENT
The Passing of
Butler B. Hare
Foy the past eight years the sec
ond congressional district of South
Carolina has been represented in the
national house otf representatives by
a shert, stocky son of the clay hills,
known to his friends as Butler B.
Hare. B|e Colls Saluda home, but
in fact the entire district hag been
home to him for the past .eight years
The latch string hangs on the outside
of the homes of his constituents*
They like Congressman Hare. fie
has done well by them. He deserves
their commendations.
Changes com e and go. Same are
benefi.ited thereby, while others suf
fer. Such is th© case here, with our
friend on the losing end of the game.
Early in the 1931 session of the gen
eral assembly a bill was introduced
seeking to re-district the state. Un
der the terms of this hill the old
second district was slated to g^, to
be so cut up as to become parts of
three otf the remaining districts.
Representatives from Beaufort coun
ty, and other counties of the district;
were successful in keeping the meas
ure off of the floor of the house dur
ing the session. The matter had to
be disposed Of m some manner. A
re-distrioting bill was passed late
during the session, practically in line
with the original bill. It eliminated
the old second district. Congressman
Hare’s home county was placed in
the old third district. It meant the
elimination of the genial solon.—
Beaufort Gazette, June 30, 1932.
WASHINGTON, Mch. 30, 1928.—
Congressman Hare today secured the
Passage by the house of his bill to
pay $5,000 to the congregation of Car
teret Street Methodist crurch at
Beaufort, S. C., for damages, loss and
alienation caused by the federal
military forces during the Civil War
and reconstruction. The bill now
goes to the senate for consideration.—
Beaufort Gazette.
POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT
Tribute Is Paid
Congressman Hare
While s peakin.g on the Farm Relief
Bill in Congress a few days ago. Con
gressman Charles G. Edwards, otf
Georgia took occasion to expres a his
endorsement of the amendment offer
ed to the McNary-Haugen Bill by
Congressman Butler B. Hare and in
so doing paid him the following tri
bute: “Congressman Hare of South
Carolina, who Is a recognized author
ity on economics, who has the confi
dence and respect of the whole Con
gress offered an ammendment to pre
vent gambling in cotton and cotton
futures by the board which is cheat
ed by the McNary-Haugen Bill, and
even this has been voted down/ 4641
Congressional Record, February 23rd
closure Sale and still has title to the
property, the mortgagor shall iiav*
the right to purchase and tended
such bonds in full satisfaction ot
the mortgage indebtedness and re
deem said lands, the bank being re
quired to execute deed for s^me.”—-
U. S. Daily. (
j
Hare Asks For i
Inspection Office!
WASHINGTON, Deo. 17, 1927. —
Sperial—Congressman Hare, of Soutk
Carolina, In a conference with oil’
cials representing the fruit and vag*-
table division of the Department of
Agriculture today urged the ostafe
lishmenf of a permanent inspectU*
office in his district. Mr. Har© poin^
ed out that at least 50 per cent ot
the fruits and vegetables shipped te
car lota-from South Carolina origte-
ate in his district and stated that ite
his opinion the business justifies th*
ectahlishment of such an office s*
that growers and shippers might hav^
governmeut inspection service te
their command at any time.
The officials were not prepared te
give the Congressman a definite an
swer at thi timse, but assured Wdk
(that they would finvesitiigjate tJte
matter, and that Itf they did no®
find the business sufficient to jwrtli-
fy the establishment of an offltea
they would, Ij\ cooperation'wMi ttte
extension depalrtmenit, guarantee te
furnish ample inspection servtoe
throughout the district during tte
shipping seasons.—-News & 'Coorlte
good for mr. Mare
* ' ' "■*
March 28, 1930^—The action
Congressman Hare In asking for
propriations to mark 'Revolutionary 1
battlefields in this State' is moo|
commendable. It is not the gettln®
otf money from the federal treasury
that i s important but the foot
historic points are to be suitab'ft mtifilc’
ed. In these days of so much out-of-
door life and constant travel mtcfc
markers add much to the attractive,
nesg of a State.
Th e markers will not only dnter
visitors but will stimulate studenta
and others of the State to learn who®
they are about.
In like mannor the memorial which.
Congressman Fulmer ig seeking to b«
erected at Eutaw Springs means an
other point otf large interest to visi
tors and to natives.
Such memorials and markers maks
travel in Virginia interesting. Streams
of visitors equal to those who go to
historic places in Europe are st&rteg,
and others follow year after year.—
Not only is information disseminate!
but the people otf the whole nation
are bound together by common ms
mories.—The Columbia Record.
1927—March 3, 1927—Hampton Gates
disn.
---A
POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT