The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-30
JANUARY 80, 1871
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nroner officials IF the States OF Tennes
Foo yirxluia and South Carolina, &C
ascertain ii We might hope Tor CO.
lucrative legislation III those States fol
oro. Getting and advancing this Interest,
- far as INTERSTATE stream are o II
r,r.ed and their repli S will tie laid
h,fo,e Won as soon as received.
In Wv of the character OF the labor
AMI the skill required fl the access
fuI nronagaii N of fish as well as the
b...fts which mu t ultimately accrue
tIour peop,e from it, | respectfully ask
that vo,r honorable body recommend
FL asta blishment Of the office of Fish
commissioner for the Safe to be APP
nointed and controlled by your Board.
T, depend On foreign experts is too
.~xnansiye and uncertain, and 10 IN
duce one of our oWn cltiZeno 70 Illake
rhe necessary applicant n TO become
proficient. he most be assured OF reg
ular employment Tor his services. IL
is almost inlpractlcaole TO carry on
this work successfully without "a mau
i'm charge whose whole time n atten-
ton can be devoted TO 1t.
Aud in this connection L trust IL
NAV not be inapproprla'e TO ask your
attention TO another SUBJECT Ct sely
allied to the II under consideration,
VIZ the wantOn and eckles des'ruc-
lion of birds and other game IN II
State. While am aware That no gen
eral game law can be enforced ell CT
ually unless supported by an lntelll-
rent public opinion, yet l feel war
ranted in saying thatfrom an extensive
correspondence with intelligent cltl-
zans in different portions OF the State,
that a law to prevent the lndlscrtml-
nate Slaughter which so seriously.
thi eateus determination to many or
our most valuable species OF game,
would be warmly received anu on
dorsed. Vast numbers OF even lnsec>
tiyerous aud other harmless birds land
which are good friends OF the farmer)
are annually destroyed. The partridge,
turkey and deer especially, are eagerly
DESTROYED without regard to value OF
season, tor mere sport, anc | earnestly
recommend that your Board ask for
the enactment of better laws TO pro-
tect our game.
COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS.
Under a misconception of the true
intent of the Act, apprehenslonS were
entertained by many of u people,
and expressed by several of u papers,
hat the effect of the tax imposed
upon fertilizers would be an increase
OF plice on all brands sold in the
State. and that our farmers, there
fore would have the tax to pay. By
Others it was feared that all t, rtilizers
would be driven from the State. But
all were agreed as to the urgent neces
sity for some Legislative protection
against the imposition that had been
so shamefully p~racticed on our farm
ers. The high prices realized for sew
eral years for Cot on and tobacco, and
especially the former, greatly increas-
ed in demand which readily brought
forward an accommodating and o
responding supply. The readiness
with which our people paid exhorbl-
tant prices for fertilizers, and gener-
ally without any regard whatever TO
their chemical composition or value,
pres nted a field too inviting not to be
occupied, and hence. in the year 1876,
We found Oh our market over one hun
bred different brands for sale. The
imposition OF the tax. and above all
the rigid analysis to which they were
10 be subjected under the law, re-
du ed thai number to tWenty-nine, IN
1877. Our market is amply supplied
To meet all the demands of our lar
mers, and not only has the price not
been advanced on any brand II conse
quence OF the tax. but the repeated
analyses of u chemist show that the
real value of several of the brands
has been incr, ased. 1t is one of the
lpultim2fD ,lCrlilC of W 80,
trade, and has universally occur. ed
wherever in this country, or Europe,
similar laws nave been enacted. And
Wille am Tar rom asserting that all
the brands Wi hdrawn from our mar
ket are worthless, yet | do assert that
the spurious and most worthless were
driven out by the enactment of the
law. l regret exceeding that | have
no data. anle-dating the
passage OF the act, upon which TO base
an estimate of TIL actual saving to
our farmers in the purchase and us. OF
fertilizers, but | ferl safe in saving
mat 1t already amounts to hundreds OF
thousands OF dollars.
The most formidable opposi ion to
The law, aS was to have been expected.
was among the manufacturers. who
ioILhed a strong comb nation to contest
IT'S constitutionality. Their counsel,
representing some of tue best legal
talent of the State, brought a case IN
'olVlng this issue, before our Courts.
mo It's constltutionality was sustained
Inc manufacturers who have paid the
TAX, seeing that they are relieved not
ohly OF competition with spurious
but that The SySt.m .dop 90
LUZ taxing and anaiyz'ng samples, will
pieSehC Their goods fairy anu impair
iS On thtlr merits TO our people,
ne 50 a as | am informed, satisfied
w II the system and the tax. The only
Siolation OF the law coming to my
hro"leoge was the shipment of a lot