The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-02-19
Conventional Interest Law.


Tothc Honorable Members of the Geecrat A.
s>a.bty Of IeRnessee:
Gentlemen:-We the undersigned mem
bers OF Ewell Grange. Spring Hill, Maui
ny county, Tennessee, do most earnestly,
and respectfully, petition your honorable
body to repeal the conventional interest
law, and restore the Sly per cent. interest
law, and enact the most stringent law to
beloved State. The history of the world
shows no example of happy aud pros
porous people, when high rate of inter
est prevailed permanently. The basis Of
all prosperity, both national and individ
ual is agriculture. The burdens of gov
eminent are borne entirely by the produ
GERS. The tax may come indirectly, but
falls upon their oppressed shoulders at
last. A high rate of interest is Cypress
i've on manufacturers and cultivators of
the soil. A tax on labor greatly dep-eci-
ates the value or cur lard- We are fully
convinced that for every dollar brought
into the State, by the conventional inter
est law, that the State has lost thousands
by the depreciation of her agricultural
lands, which depreciation is traceable to
the heavy burdens which the producer
has to be$r In TIE shaEe Of high tariff,
high taxes and high rate of interest, i'm
posed upon the people.
Your petitioners would respectfully
state, that while the agricultural interest
of the State-in which Seven-tenths of
ofyour population are engaged-is Ian
gushing and deteriorating, annually,
tbnr 81
ticulaF, that is almost destroyed for want
of proper legal protection. We ailude 20
sneep husbandry; and we do most earn
estly ask your honorable body to give
this branch of our industry the most per-
feet REotectian, that y4u In your wisdom
can enact. Briefly aud truly the ques=
ton may be stated, dogs aud Ito mutton
or no dogs and plenty OF good sheep meat
to eat, and warm clothes to wear, and tie
State enriched by many millions Of dol
lars. This question has been neglected
by the dead legislatures OF the past, and
we fOndly hope that Your honorable body
will promptly meet this, one of the live
ISSUES Of the day Should YOU fully and
perfectly protect this great interest, in a
few short years the many millions of
pretty lambs, gamboling over our green
lawns and fat pastures, will gladden. your
eyes, th'ng OF beauty and Joy to the
State forever.
We would again cali your attention to
the resolutions Of the Giles County Coun-
ell already before your honofshie body,
and ask for such remedy as you in your
wisdom may devise.
Again your petitioners would respesent
to YOUR honorable body that by a law OF
fhO q
forbidden 10 sell The product OF their la
Dor elsewhere than to licensed dealer
or through a public warehouse. This
law we regard as oppressive and unjust
and in violation of the spirit, if not the
letter, of the Constitution of the Union;
therefore we ash your honorable ho4y to
Representatives in Congress, to secure
the repeal of said law, and leave the trade
III leaf tobacco free and untrammeled,
as are the other products OF the soil.
Last but not least Ee ass, yopr honor
alie body to inaugurate the most rigid
system of retrenchment and re, orm, so as
now overburdened with taxation. And
thus your committee, by order of their
Grange, will ever pray.
IHos. GIBSON,
n F. CHEA1Rs,
". H. BROWN,
4, W. PoTFER,
B, A. ROGERS,
Committee.
P. S. We ask the cordial cooperation
Of all the Oranges in the State. Come
to our assistance promptly, Patrons; send
up your petitions to the Legislature at
o4ca.