Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1863-12-09

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Justice to the citzens Of Georgia and to *he great
cause in which We are struggling, requires thst
invite your attention to matter which / consider
Of vital inportsncs and urge upon yon to take such
seton Is will lead to the, application Of the proper
remedy for an existing evil For tho last eighteen
months have repeatedly stated, that in my honest
opinion, our greatest difficulty win be IN maintain
Ing our supply Of provisions. z xe can do this,
abused; We have nothing to fear from the power or
armies Of the enemy Deeply Impressed with the.
Importance Of this subject considef tho waste Of
the neeessaries Of life as highly culpabs. and any
action Of the government which causes such waste
unfortunate aDdsdhwise" -
eEnsertainiag these views ! am obliged to con
clude that the tithiDg system adopted by the Con
gress Of the Confederate States MAS an unfortunate
error which can only be retrieved by entire and
early change1f policy.
Think it safe to estimate that 1t least one.third
Of the amount Of 1.-THE Of tax in kind OF this State
will be wasted and lost, an account Of the want Of
store room, and the management and carelessness
of the government agents who, unfortunately, are
seldom practical planters, but are in very many
cases young or inexperienced men, who have but
little practical knowledge of the business 10 which
they are engaged. The result is that large quanti-
ties of shced corn are thrown together in heaps,
6Gu must ana SpOli, OF 10 Oe WaSteu ny EOSS
and other stock on account of the insuffciency Of
the store rooms to protect it. Fodder or hay in
bales is hauled to the common place of deposit and
is there thrown out without cover and permitted to
take the rain as it falls, and Is rotten. Pota-
toes and other like productions collected in places
remote from the army are alnbst an entire loss
Much of the meat if collected at the time fixed by
law, will be thrown together in heaps before it is
well cured, and will be tainted and spoiled.
1t is not reasonable to suppose that all the govern
ment agents appointed as they are, will look after
same care and diligence exercised by planters and
producers in looking after their individual property
Again, il every agent were faithful as he would
be in the management of his own affairs, it il not
possible, in many cases, for them to procure store
houses in which they can safely keep such large
quantities of provisions must be collected in many
counties ofthe State. And it is also worthy of con-
sderation that in large number Of counties in the
State the storehouses are far from railroad trans
portaton that it is worth nearly half the tax in kind
to haul it to the road when, in these very counties,
there IS not on account Of the absence Of SO much
of our productive labor in the military field suR-
cient supply provisions to sustain the lives Of the
people. The consequence is the government must
pay . very large amount Of money for hauling the
tlthe out Of the country. and the State must then
appropriate money out Of her treasury and purchase
corn elsewhere. and pay largo amount to haul it
back TO the same pl.ce to sustain the lives of sold
iers' families ...-- -
This system is not only working badly, and eau
sing the waste of a large quantity of provisions
greatly needed by our people, but is has far as
am able to learn, given general dissatisfaction.
The people are perfectly willing to pay in the cur
rency OF the country any amount of taxes which the
necessities of the government may require till we
are through this struggle But they not willing
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them to deliver, and which, after all their toll they
often have the modification to see wasted without
benefit to the government or any one else.
In the present condition Of the country, it seems
to me- that there is but one course left for the gov
ernment to adopt which will do justice to ALL sus-
tain Cause and be sustained by the people; and
that s to repeal the tlthe law 60 into the market
purchase its supplies at market value, and impose a
tax payable in currency, sufficient to absorb all that
portion of the currency which it cannot induce tho
people to fund, and which is in redundoncy OF
healthy circulation. This would not ouly be .tho
best regulator of prices but it would relieve the ag
ricultural class of the unjust and uneqnsl burdens
which areuiSppssed upon them, under the impress
ment acts as now executed and cause the burden Of
sustaining the government to fall alike upon all
classes of our people,
therefore recommend the passage Of q joint res
olntion by this General Assembly. requesting cur
Senator'S ana Representatives IN congress TO use al
tner ihnaence ana 10 al 10 their power 10 procure
the speedy rePea o. me law wnlcn PROVIDES Tor tns
imposHlon sna coecuon OF n1 IN Kind; ana 70
procure suSn moonSsllon OF the 'mpressment act ~
viii comPet .ne government 70 pay thc market VA:
ue as just eompehsa''on Ior property impressed by
IT, ana 70 urge tne passage OF such laws as VIII re-
qurc tno tax IN tutaFe 70 Dc e''ceel,'a Currency,
caused BY tho paymea: Of just e,mpensation 70,
properly Purcnasea oy .he government -,
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