The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1870-12-07
APPRENTICES.

Scss'ty ana Importance of law TO
regulate and define the relations
and obligations of EMPLOYER and
apprentice. An Intelligent and
industrious workman has within
himself the elements of independ.
ence and rcspectabilty. His art is
his capital, of which he cannot be
divested his labor is always and
everywhere in demand. As illus.
trating the effect of idleness as the
source of crime. it is stated in the
Report of the Prison Association,
lately Issued, that of fourteen
thousand five hundred and ninety.
ak prisoners confined in the Pen.
lientIaries of thirty States. in
1870, moro than ten thousand of
that number, or over seventy per
cent, had never learned trade.
Ihis pregnant fact conveys a les.
son of profound interest to those
who have in charge the training of
boys and girls for the active du.
ties Of life. Framing such law
as ID suggested, the alnplest secur.
ity should DO provided that the
apprentice he protected from cru
city and injustice, and that he
should receive an ADEQUATE
amount Of education.
PRESENTATION OF GAME, AND PROP.
AaArIoE OF FISH.
Many of the States of the
Union have enacted laws for the
preservation of game, by the
prohibition of killing of them dur.
ing the breeding season. AS the
wanton and indiscriminatc shoot
ing of birds and game animals
during the breeding season must
result gradually in their extinction,
and to the encouragement and
multiplication of myriads of des
tructive insects, to the great injury
and destruction Of vegetation and
the crops, | would call your atten-
ton to the matter as worthy of your
consideration. In this connection.
l would also recommend the pro.
lection and encouragement of
artificial fish breeding, by pro.
tecting the owners of fish ponds
from trc'passes and depredations.
a law was passed by the last Gen
eral Assembly, authorizing the ap.
pointmeLt of eight Fish Commits.
sioners, one for each Judicial Cir.
cult, and defining tae duties there.
OF. These appointments were not
made, for the following reasons /:
1t was found that competent men
could not he procured for the sal
airy authorized to be paid, and no
greater results would have been
attained by the selection of incom.
pe'ent men than without any. 1t
was thought best to leave the
whole subject for additional legis-
lation, in the hope that it would
conform to the practice prevailing
in those States which have had
most experince and success in
fish culture, by appointing one
person experienced in the business,
and known as Fish Commissioner.
Mr.. Seth Greene, who has been SO
prominently connected with the ar.
tificial propagation of migratory
fish, has been, during the past
summer, employed by the State
of New York, in restocking the
Hudson River with shad, and has
been Matching from one hundred
thousand to one hundred and fif.
ty thousand daily. He states. in
II published communication, that
he can satisfy any person with
common sense that all the rivers
on the ooast can be stocked with
shad, So as to make them equally
plentifnl with the olden time.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Gentleman of the General As.
scnbly, taxation is the vital DOW.
cr Of all Governments, and | in
woke your serious attention to the
necessity of strict economy in
expenditure, 80 that no more
taxes I've levied than is consistent
with an efficient administration of
the Government. Notwithstand-
ing the constitutional provision
for a uniform and equal rate of as.
sessment and taxation, the taxes
on real and personal property
have become onerous, while rail
roads and other important inter.
ests are virtually exempt. There
is much room for retrenchment
in the salary Of County officers,
and especially in that of School and
County Commissioners, whose
compensation is greatly dispropor.
tionate 10 the trifling amount of
duty performed by them.
Having thus submitted to you
the condition of the State, and
made hose recommendations as to
your legislation which seemed to
me judicious, | might, perhaps,