Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-12-18
PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE

erspooni introduced bill to regulate the .en~
doring Of decisions in the Supreme Court.
~ On the bill to authorize the Governor to
pay certain claims, Co., Mr.. Meetze moved
that the bill should bo made to cover the
claims Of oil who had rendered service under
tho Governors Proclamation previous 10
1876. The motion was adopted.
On tho bill (Lipscomb) to establish Bus
reau Of Agriculture, there was considerable
debate, especially on Section Is, which reads
thus: asl l"Hl HI .5..a
"SEo. Is. That no manipulated guano,
superphosphate or other com mercial fertili-
zer shal be sold or offered for sale in this
State until the manufacturer or person Offer
ing to soil the came shall rst obtain license
therefor from tho Treasurer Of the State, for
which license shall DO paid five hundred dolr
lars per annum for each separate brand or
quality.
"Any person, corporation or company who
shall violate tho provisions of this act shall be
doomed guilty of misdemeanor, and, upon
conviction, shall bo fined or imprisoned, or
both, at tho discretion of the court"
Mr.. 'Wylie moved that this bill be made tho
special order for Saturday at 2 p. NJ. It
was very important bill and he had only
cursorily glanced over it. .
Mr. Lipscomb--It is only Senators who
havo been absent from their soats who hayo
not seen tho BILL The bill was not written
by lawyer and does not therefore need close
watching. l think if tho Senator from Lam
caster had not had his mind obfuscatcd by
his visit to the low country ho would have
found no difficulty in understanding this
bill.
Mr.. Wyle withdrew his motion. IIo did
not desire to throw any unnecessary obstacle
in tho way of the passage Of tho bill, but he
saw in it provision for salary for commissioners
80, 100, cents por milo for travelling ox-
pensea, So per diem, and 80 on, and he
thought that the matter should be carefully
cxami ned into On this ground he gave no.
tice of amendments on the third reading.
Mr. Crittenden moved to strike out Section
Is. Tho $500 license feature was plainly
Objectionable, as its direct effect would be to
cause the manufacturers Of fertilizers to in
orease their prices and that the farmers
would be tho sufferers.
Mr. Lipscomb, in reply to this objection,
said that Section l5 was copied uerJattm ct
h6erdtiw from tho law Of North Carolina,
which State had lately established Bureau
of Agriculture lie, o. first, had entertained
the same Wow as that Of tho Senator ON
Greenville, but upon investigation had disr
covered that thero was no real ground for it.
Fertilizer manu- facturers in Wilmington.
Richmond and throughout tho North gcner-
oily, paid the North Carolina license Of $500.
and in no caso had found it necessary on that
account to raise thoir prices. In fact. the
cost per ton to the manr fauturcrs was, nfter
all, but three cents per ton. IF tho South
Carolina companies could afford to INV tho
North Carolinn license of $500 without raia-
ing their price. they could certainly afford to
pursue tho same course in South Carolinn.
Tho bureau Is imperativcly needed in South
Carolina. The Commissioner Of Agriculture
in Washington complained that ho had more
difficulty in obtaining reliable reports from
South Carolina than any other State. Every
man, woman and child in South Carolina
was identified with tho States agricultural
interests. FL. t
MIR. Wylie-.I hopo tho Senator from
Greenville will withdraw his amendment
This is ono of tho most important, if not the
most important, bills that We have had to
consider, and should be deliberately and OK
hauetively discussed. myself am extremely
anxious to give it the most careful conside.
ration.
Mr.. Crittendcn pressed his motion to
amend.
Mr. Wyio-I find by cursory examiua-
tion of this bill that tho main support of this
bureau is to bo derived from the $500 license
feature, and the idea is to save the State from
being called upon for an annual appropria-
ton.
MIR. Lipscomb--I do not intend to press
this bill. With regard to this $500 license
objection, will just mention the fact that
tho North Carolina Bureau of Agriculture
derived from its operations last year So 700
Now, If, as the Senator from Greenvillo seems
to apprehend, the farmers aro to be the suffor.
ers, would say, in reply, that every farmer
will confer, would very willingly nav f(ty
cents additional por ton on their fertilizers.
MIR. Fishburno was in favor Of tho 18th
Section.
MIR. Crayton-I think thas the Senator
from GrcenVllc is quito wrong in tho DOS sition
no takes with regard to Section Is.
DR. Crittenden withdrew his motion to
allow the bill to paes to third reading.
Mr.. tishburnc moved to raise tho appropri-
State from IS ,O00to $40 900.
Mr.. Lpscomb hoped that this motion would
not prevail. Five thousand dollars was ali
that was necessary, and that amount was
"anted TO give tho bureau q start; it would
soon DO self supporting.
Mr.. Fishburnc withdrew his motion.
Mr.: Taft-I don't wish to fight this bill,
and don't mean to do so. It seems to me
that Section Is is nothing moro than Chi,
nese war. have no objection to tho lice nso
part OF it. / move to strike out in Section
10 oil tho words after tho word Stato-"(for
which license shall be paid fre hundred dol,
lars per annum for each separate brand or
quality.W