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r Senator Gives Aceount Stewardship and Asks 4 ?.- - Which to Serve * the People hWiffTET) TO INTER ESTS OF FARMERS of the Measures He Has feted and Had Enacted fofefire Benefit and Protec tion of Southern Farmers ~ ^ ca&ato?^. D. Smith, who could not . be present at the opening meeting of the Sefiatorial campaign Tuesday by reason) of the fact that he is a dele gate to the National Democratic Con vention in San. Francisco, sent a state ment to Chairman . J. H. Clifton l^eifly recounting his record of ef fort and achievement in the line of| V ^^ce io the people of South Carp ? Ihaa, which was read to the meeting. ; T5be statement was as follows: ^2 Jt is not merely in the gratification personal pride but with the belief p-^wS''expectation' of doing something, |^fe; bem^ of service to our great Dem-i 1 party that I am to be absent" the State for the first few meet dhiring the campaign to select ai linee for the United States Sena-] 12 would prefer, for some rea*- j t^ be at home among my own for when we representatives j people go to Washington and ithe constraint of thar atmosphere ? real delight to get home again ;&e angle of observation and ?t of the people who make the] what" it is. 2 realise that the opportunity T have enjoyed fo represent in part at the nation's capital has me an- acquaintance with men affairs and issues which, may be; useful to my State hr the coun-j of ' the/ party,, and this expert- j $hce places me under a debt to the; in- my State to serve again in in^ ^ay that I may in selecting a J^todard" bearer. I participated in pt&i great gathering at ; Baltimore ago when the unbroken of our delegation madej Selection of a man who) r, a man who has been< le party leader, in aj ?"^fejoa1 "which has been more trying tbaar arry other hour'since Valien? ffertgr^that I cannot appear be **Tfe^tb<e people of my native county | talk with them of events and af in. which -I have participated in :? last few years, but I know that theyi^^uire it my* hands no formal] accounting of my stewardship. How ever,, ?s this is the opening day of the; campaign, I will trespass upon your: patience to recount briefly a few ofj of the matters of legislation in which 1: have the privilege of sharing. While j ? I. am proud of the record which Ij |P|&e made in the effort to get useful -and remedica; legislation, I feel that irr the next administration I can ac ; complish more: Another six years is rapidly draw ing to a close. During this period I _have striven faithfully to meet thej duties and responsibilities of the of ice of United States Senator. During both terms of my office as senator 1 have endeavored to serve the best 1 interests of . the State and the nation. I. recognize that the foundation of-our j prosperity and South depended large ly upon the prosperity of the agricul tural Interests. I have devoted a large portion of my time to the interests oi the farmers of the South. No sec tion of the world had such a mono poly of a world's necessity as the ^South had in her cotton crop, and yet r 8he became absolutely impoverished, in the production and sale of this ar g?cle, There were two prime reasons for j this condition. First, the cotton ex changes had established certain rules] / -and regulations that gave them abso lute control of the marketing of cot jv ton. They had so arranged these rules j ' that they in a large measure nullified the laws ot supply and demand. ? 'The second force that operated against the producers of the South ? wais the old banking and 'currency j law of 18SS. Und^er the operation of this law, the^supply of currency was absolutely under the control of a few and on account of its inflexibility.the | situation was such that the more, we j produced .the less money per unit of production we had. So that when Ve made a crop sufficiently large to meetj in some measure the demands of thej world-?the less we got per unit I introduced and had passed a bill to regulate the cotton exchanges so asj ' to make their transactions reasonable,; fair and just, so far as legislation could do so. After several years' trial it became necessary to amend this i law. The reason this amendment be came necessary was because when the j bill first passed the number of grades j of cotton standardized by the govern ment were about nine, and were of | such a nature as not to affect serious ly marked transactions in their de livery. The bill .provided that certain standard grades should be delivered on contracts. Under the provisions of another law the agricultural depart ment was empowered to standardize the grades from time to time and to j promulgate the same. This it did, in-j creasing the number of grades to 21 or 22, taking in such character of cot ton as to make it possible for the ex-j changes' under the law to perpetuate j approximately the same abuses as I they had before practiced. I then Tn trodaced and had passed an amend ment to the "cotton futures act" re stricting the number of grades that! might be delivered on contracts so' that these abuses might not be prac-i tieed-again, i^-y When the hew banking and cur recy law was under consideration,' I realized that there' must be specia' provision made in that bill for farm ers. It is not generally appreciated that the characteristic difference be tween the farmer., and. other produc ers is that the farmer has to wait for six months or so before he produces a commercial asset, something to sell to meet the obligations incurred in production. The manufacturer ;or ar tificial producer offers a complete commercial article every day anc therefore has something to sell tc meet the debts he has incurred in itt production. The ordinary 30, <50 anc SO day credits granted to the manu facturer or artificial* producer did not meet the requirements of the farmer, or natural producer. . f therefore introduced an amend ment to this bill and secured its pas sage giving six months for all notes drafts and bills issued for agricultur al purposes, thus giving the farm ers time to produce something tc meet the liabilities incurred in pro duction. 'he Federal reserve Act properly i ^mistered has proven itself to bt greatest piece of consructive legis lation as affecting vthe prosperity and development of " this country, ever passed in the history of Congress, and 'the liberal treatment therein accord ed the farmers has done more per haps than anj-thing else in bringing about the present prices for his pro duce and his consequent prosperity.! Throughout the Southeastern section! -of this country including pre-emi nently my own State the production ; of our land is dependent upon artifi-j al fertilization- ; The most essential ingredient and the highest prices is nitrogen or ammonia. The ordin?r} sources of supply were not adequate to meet' the full demands op agricul ture and the prices were consequent ly very high. There had been dise?v-: ered and patented ? process of ex tracting nitrogen from the air. Th( quantity to be derived from this source was unlimited. I introduced and had passed a-bill carrying an ap propriation of twenty million dollars for the estblishment of a plant 01 plants by the Government for tht manufacture of this substance to b' sold to the farmers during times O; peace at cost. Immediately after the passage of this provision we entered the war and the Government realiz ;ing its dependence upon nitrogen for munitions purposes as wefl as for agricultural purposes, has practical ly completed a plant at Muscle Shoals, Alabama,. which will in a measure when in full operation largely meet j the requirements of this section for nitrogen. There is a bill now pend-, ing before Congress which I had thei j honor to favorably report for . the j Agriculture Committee creating a Government Corporation to put into practical effect this constructive piece of legislation. The Government has! increased the appropriation to some thing like eighty million dollars. Dur ing the hearings of this it was shown that it is practicable to produce acid from phosphate rock and from siiicia potash bearing rocks of the country to extract potash and to com bine these two ingredients with the nitrogen, thus producing at the same time a complete fertilizer. When the. problem of a cheap and adequate supply of fertilizer is sol-, ved the prosperity and well be'ing of this country is solved. Bread; and meat has been and always will be the foundation of the prosperity of any country and I am glad that I have been able to contribute something to the permanent solution of *his; ques tion. After the war broke out the price of nitrates of soda soared to such a price in hands of manipulators as to lay an almost prohibitive burden on the farmers of this country- Chili was the country from which we got our supply of nitrate of soda. I found that the price in Chili was such that if it could be bought, and transported by the government 'that a material saving for the farmers could be se cured enabling him at less cost to produce for himself and for the country. I introduced and had passed a bill appropriating twenty millions of dollars and authorizing the Gov ernment to; purchase this soda and sell it to the farmers at cost This was done at around seventy-five dol lars ? per ton delivered. The prevail ing ^price previous to the introduc tion and passage of this bill was from ninety ,to one hundred dollars per ton and1 in many localities higher than this. No one can predict where the price would have gone had it not been for this; piece of legislation. Of course .it was impossible to secure a supply of potash during this time as our sources of supply were in German territory, but..immediately upon the signing of. the armstice I took such steps with the War Trade Board that resulted in the lifting of the embargo on potash which resulted in the farmers receiving this year at least a partial supply at a more reasonable figure. , During the latter part of this ses sion of Congress I had a resolution calling upon the Bureau of the Cen sus to ? give the number of bales "of cotton held in storage that were of recognized spinnable grades and the number of bales, including linters, that were unfit for ordinary spinning purposes. A short time after this res olution I had passed another authori zing and instructing the State De partment to require our consular and diplomatic service in foreign countries to ascertain and. report the needs for American cotton in their several countries. I have pending a bill to create a commission in the in terests of agriculture and to study market conditions in foreign countries for the benefit of the farmer, this commission to be composed or repre sentatives of the terming interests of this country. This is a partial re- , view very incomplete, of my activi- : ties in behalf of the agricultural in terests of this country. I have en- ' jdeavored to meet my responsibility to every other interest D?ring the period of the war I was elected chair man of the Interstate Commerce commitee and had. charge of the tre mendously important legislation ef fecting the transportation systems of this country during the period of'the war. I also had charge of the legisla tion that \gave to the President con trol of government control. I devoted every energy to having a readjust-' ment of the shipping rates to the South Atlantic and Gulf ports. One can scarcely realize the enormous handicap that the South has been laboring under in the unjust and dis criminatory rates between the North ern and Southern ports. This adjust ment was made. I devoted the same effort to have the import and export rates similarly adjusted. This was al so accomplished. One of the most essential things for the proper development of this country is good roads. While rank-, ing member of the Postoffice and Post Roads Committee I collaborated with other Senators in securing the passage of the Good Roads Bill which authorized the Government to co -operate with the States in the con struction of permanent highways. The solution of- our transportation^ prob lem will largely be met when We have a permanent highway system thro ughout the country. The convenience, comforts and prosperity of the farm er is largely dependent upon the con struction of good roads. There is no public service that excels this in im portance. While Chairman of the Immigra tion Bill restricting the influx of un desirables, into this country. I believ ed then and believe now-that there is no greater menace to our; Government and institutions than the uncontrol led infulx of undesirable aliens into this country. \, ? The period of readjustment is now ?jpon us and the burden of taxation will necessarily for a . long time be heavy but I .believe that it should be so adjusted as to encourage and not "iscourage the progress and develop ment of our wealth-producing re sources. It will necessarily take time to bring about the proper adjust ment. The present law is necessarily nore or less crude or imperfect be cause of the necessity of meeting an mperative emergency. But now that the emergency has passed it is the duty "of ^Congress to address itself to ;his problem and so adjust the bur den of taxation that it shall be fairly and justly distributed, and that the revenue shall be derived from such sources^ as will least burden those upon whom the prosperity and de velopment of the country depend. 1 I have steadfastly supported "the Democratic Administration since the time of its ihuaguration. I do not be lieve that any administration in the history' of American legislation has done more to put into practical ef fect the genuine doctrine of demo cracy than has the present demo cratic administration. If re-elected to the Senate I shall continue to do as I have done in the past, worked for and supported those constructive measures that will bring substantial prosperity and comfort to the people. It has been- charged that I have devoted my time to cotton, I be flieve what the last few "years has demonstrated, that thfe being our source of revenue if we could realize anything approximating. its intrinsic value it would become the source Of development of other businesses and other resources. Merchant and bank er and professional man in the South have been dependent upon the same source for their income. What manu facturers we had were largely the in vestment of outside capita? and what profits accrued therefrom eleswhere. j The profits that have been realized have liquidated old debts, have given opportunity for investment, have stimulated every business enterprise in the country by home capital and will if we can maintain it ultimately make us independent of any one j jsource of revenue. Good roads, bet-1 ter marketing faciliities, still further j | permanent improvements in ouri hanking and currency laws," the per fection of our rural credits and our farm loan bank, the establishment of more direct trade relations with foreign countries from our section are some of the problems that waft for additional legislation. ' My committee appointments are such as to give me an opportunity to use to the fullest my position as Senator along the lines that I have indicated. This together with my ex perience and with the established confidence and' respect of my collea gues places me in a position where I can be of more service in tne future than I have in the past. Plan to Nomi nate McAdoo Name Will Be Presented to Con vention Without His Consent Kansas City, June 22.?Burris A. Jenkins, a clergyman and newspaper publisher, issued a positive statement today that W. G. McAdoo would be placed in nomination before the Dem ocratic convention, with or without the consent of McAdoo. Kansas City, June 22.?Jenkins had" been selected to make the nominating speech before McADoo declmed to allow his name to be placed before the convention. He wrote whether he would nominate McADoo or whether j someone <else would, "This muci is ' certain,' his name will be placed in j nomination," Jenkins said. New York, June 22.?McAdoo today I telegraphed Jenkins requesting that his name not be suggested for nomina tion. The message was -sent when he learned that Jenkins announced that his name would be offered with or without his consent. > i Candidates Speak Large Crowd Out to Hear of fice Seekers SMITH NO(T PRESENT Candidates For Senate and Con gress Appeal for Votes' The candidates for the United States senate and congress addressed the voters of Sumter Tusday morning, and all were given a good .hearing by the voters present Mr. J. H. Clifton called the meeting to order at 11:30 and read a communication from Senator Smith which is published in j another column. He introduced a9 the first speaker of tbe occasion, I^r. W. C. Irby of Laurens as the first candidate for the senate. Mr. Irby said that he \ could not give all the facts that he" wanted to as the time was.short. He will discuss the various matters before the country today, at the various speaking points. He said that he only wished to take a little j time to discuss some principles thS.t affect the very happiness and pros- | perity of the nation of today. He I gave a brief account -of his record in j the state legislature and told of the efforts he had made some years ago to make arrangements for the farmers to hold their cotton until they could j obtain better prices. *He spoke of I the present high i; cost of living and proposed a remedy for it. The packerst j and others of the north are not alldw- i ing the farmers a fair price for their products. Mr. Irby proposed a plan \to reduce the high cost of .living'by ithe government establishing local packing plants, storage houses and exchanges. The farmers ar^ to have charge of the packing houses, the consumers have charge of the ex changes and both together controlling the storage houses. This is to be paid for by the government issuing noteSv which would be retired by means of the profits that- these establishments would make. Mr. Irby said that he would speak of this in more detail at a later date. ? Mr. Pollock was the next speaker. He promised to uphold the democra tic platform to be adopted at San Francisco, if it contained democratic principles, but he stated that if a clause was inserted into that platform repealing the 18th, (liquor.) amend ment, he would withdraw from the race as he could not uphold that. This statement was greeted with much applause. He spoke at some length on the present'tax system and advocated the taxing of a man in accord with , his ability to pay. Mr. Pollock said that the present congress was too extravagant and something should be done to curb this. The United States does not need any immigrants lor the next ten. years and he will oppose opening the doors to them. He gave a brief sur vey of his record while in office. Mr. Pollock was the. first man to introduce a bill into the Senate caaling on con gress to appropriate $300,000.00 to wipe out the strain of illiteracy in the country. He was the first to intrq, duce a bill into the state legislaturo to obtain state aid for rural schools. He told of the efforts that he had made -in getting an appropriation of $200,00,00 for roads in the United States. WThen Borah. Lodge and Knox were fighting Wilson the league ques tion, Mr. Pollock arose in Coongres4 and pointed them out to the nation as the men who were fighting the League not because they didn't want peace but because they hated Wilson. If elected. Mr. Pollock promised to go back to Congress and fight for the league of nations and against Republi canism as he had done in the past Hon. George Warren of Hampton! was the next speaker. He spoke of the j present unrest that has spread all I over the country. He gave as the re%-j son for this, the change in our form j of government. It is changing from a' democratic to a form of autocracy.! The central powers are being added! to *and the state rights being taken away. Mr. Warren spoke of CalhounJ whe said that state rights should be! kept inviolate, and ^f the men who fought in 1860 for . p' nciple. The people of South Carolina cannot af-! ford to say that Calhoun and their! I fathers were wrong, but they must stand ~fc>r. state rights. The men of 1860. fought for a principle and Mr.' Warren intends to fight for that same j principle in this campaign, he will j carry the issue from the mountains to the sea. He spoke of the various! amendments that had been made and I proposed. ^^^t??^^sta^B&^^i morals, and rothers are carrying -the-} matter too far. ^He: spoke of the fsthf amendment, and- said that 'because he has said that this was a state ques tion he was being spoken of as an anti-prohibitionist, which was untrue. The women are crying for the vote, but what will it profit them if fhey gain the vote by Federal amendment and thereby lose the sovereignty* of their state. Mr. "Warren spoke of the present tax system and advocated simplifying the taxes. He spoke of the method of retiring our war debt and advocated the changing of the schedule so that they would be re tired in 60 to 100 years instead of the present plan of 20 years, so that fu ture generations could help pay for the advantages that they were reap ing. Farmers and labor in . general should be protected,-they do not de mand special privileges, only protec tion against oppression. He spoke of the convention at San Francisco, say that he had read the platforms adopt ed for 60 years and that judging from the past, the convention would reaf firm the old principles. Those princi ples, Mr. Warren said, were the ones he was upholding and seeking office on, they are good enough to live by, land if heed be, they are good enough ! to die for. This cocnluded the sena torial candidates and the congression al candidates were next heard, j >Mr. Fulmer spoke first. He dwelt 'at some length on the need of a pro I gressive business man for Congress. ! He said that there had been too much talk and hot enough action in .con gress. He spoke .of the red tape that bound everything and advocated good roads, vocational training for soldiers' and' the helping of nhese men so that j they might become prosperous citi jzens and a credit to the country. I Hon. Ed. C. Marn was the last [speaker of the morning. He spoke?of the hard time he had to fill Lever's shoes and said ths.t 8 months ? time was not enough tc get started. He told of the committee that he was a member of and the work that they were doing. Mr. Mann introduced a fbill into Congress calling for $35,000, [000 for hospitals for wounded sold iers. He had introduced 7 bills and the first 3 were ir. '? the interest of farmers. These bills were for the standardisation of fertilizers, and to ?protect the farmer in the marketing of their vegetables and fruits. He J answered Mr. Fulmer's question as tc ! why' some things were done and left j undone by Congress by saying that he had been there only 8 months 'while Champ Clark had been there . 24 years and he had not been ? able jto get anything done under Republi can domination. He affirmed his ad ! vocation of -democratic principles and asked to be sent back to com plete work that had been started. The meeting then adjourned. China Joins the League Ratification of Austrian Peace Treaty Admits Her * Peking, June 22,?China's ratifica jtion of the Austrian peace treaty was ! promulgated today. It is held that i this entitles China to participation in j the League of Nations. -, {Another Census For New York j Biggest City Dissatisfied With Government Figures New York June 22.?Disatisfied with) the Government census figures which showed that New York gained less than expected, nine hundred enumera I tors are making a recount in Man | hattan districts. . - _; Poles Come Back Bolsheviki' Repulsed With Heavy Loss, Warsaw. June 22.?The po'es have repulsed enemy attacks in the Smil gal Szaozina region, inflicting consid erable loss on the Bolsheviki, accord ing to the official statement. Federal Solicitors Named Washington. June 22.? Fre'd Nielsen, of Nebraska, was named to-' day as Solicitor of the State Depart ment. Roland Mathany, of New York, was nominated for Solicitor of the j Department of Labor. ? Leaders Expect. Anti-Saloon Forces to Bring Pressure Delegates begin . to arrive Municipal Auditorium Being Prepared For. Convention San Francisco. June 22.?While hotel lobbies began today to resem ble a national, convention only a few democratic chieftains have arrived. Direct developments of the day-werfe confined to the preparation of the municipal auditorium for the conven tion. Out of the talk came an in creasing ramble of wet and dry man? euvers. Xo definite statement has come from the leaders already here but they clearly indicated that they expected a fight on the floor of the convention over the efforts to make the plaform advocate a modification of the prohibition enforcement through beer planks. Watching the Strike Government Doing Nothing To Combat Spread of Switch men's Walk Out Washington, June 22.'?The switch men's strike which began in Philadel phia., and Baltimore several days ago and spread to other railroad centers is* ^eing watched , by the Government. So.far as learned today no steps to combat the spreading, of the walkout* have been1 decided on, officials relying m the recognized. Union" heads to bring about the return of the strikets. Turks Attack Mersin? French Warships Bombard Tow^i During Fighting Paris, June>lO.?The Temps si#s .oday that Turksish fortes attacked! Mersina, oh the Mediterarbean and hat the French Warships in the .Harbor Bombarded the, Turks. London-Derry, June 22>-Firihg was resumed in several parts of .'the jity today after a comparatively quiet night. Several were -kille?* in the rioting yesterday and scores were wounded. . ? ??:', , v ... Earthquake D^es Much Damage inglewood Suffers Most in Last Night's Shocks ^ Los Angeles, CaL, June 22.?A sur vey of the damage done byjjtie earth quake here last night indicated that >* Inglewood. 10 miles, southwest of here, suffered more severly than Tfrst reported. 21 business build" ^ were practically destroyed and . .? - town ' deprived of lights and gas. -Spores..of dwellings were seriously damaged. Many platei glass windows in Los ? Angeles were shatered^and several buildings were otherwise injured. Persons truck by missiles reported minor damage. r ?' _ Los Angeles:, June 22.?Another slight earth shock was felt *n the Glawerwood district at five o'clock this morning there was no additional ; damage, ?' -.-.--_?- ; , Notification of t Candidates HardiHg Will Be Informed of His Nomination, July 22nd Washington, June 22,?With the dates fixed for officially notifying the \ candidates of .their nomination repub licans today are awaiting the announ cement of the personnel of the exe cutive committee which will, have general charge of the campaign. Harding will be notified July 22nd and Coolidge five days later. LUMBER Lumber Flooring, Ceiling, Siding. Casing, Moulding1?, Framing Lumber, Red Cedar Shingles, Pine and Cypress Shingles, 'Hardware Paints. Oils Brick, v> ?1 1? Locks, ?t, B?ddings^ Plaster, dates, Fire Brick, JkM m >?lSa\\?, Fhe ciay. 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