The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-06-24
THE FENCE Law.

EDITORS JOURNAL-Allow me
short space in your paper in regard
to the stock law. 1t seems to me
that there is some misunderstanding
as to how we are going to vote
Some say they oppose the stock law,
but they are going to vote no fence.
They contend that the words no
fence means, keep cur farm fences,
while others construe it different,
They say they understand the Or
dinary's election notice to mean,
those opposed to a fence will vote
40 fence on our farms, except pas
ture fences and those in favor of q
fence, will vote fence, but they don't
mean to fence the county but our
farms. Then again we would like
to have some information as to how
the law is to be enforced-is the
county to be fenced or not We
contend it will and at very heavy
expense too, from eight 20 twelve
thousand dollars, and we will have
to be taxed to foot this bill Il
seems to me that the getters up Of
the election ought to give Us full in
formation on all the different points,
but we are inclined to think they
don't want US to have that ioforma
ton till after the election is over.
1t seems to me that the big land
owners are more Interested owing to
the fact that their lands will be turn
ed ont 10 old fields, not having suf
ficient timber to keep up the fence.
Their lands as we'll be turned ont
for one reason as another, for if the
law passes the renters all say they
will leave the county. | think
| heard as many as 20 white rent
ers say they will move out of the
county. am no renter myself
now, but do sympathize with them
for need sympathy myself. |
might like it better than | think,
but DONE care to make such blind
experiment, especially Of so much
importance | want to experiment
on smaller things | want to Iet
some of the other counties try the
experiment first.
| set up another objection our
election comes off first Monday in
July and takes effect 1st of January
next. 1t don't near give Us time to
make the necessary changes, and
then again when my harvest fields
are open, | want my hogs to have
the pasture and that is no small
item this year, for nearly all of my
wheat aud oats fell down. If had
40 fence, my small grain crop would
have been total loss.
| think there will be great many
small any insufficient pastures for
the stock and maybe some of the
stock a little mischievious any how,
and perhaps the fence not very good
and so by the by | think we will
always have accidents one way and
another, so as to have plenty OF
stock at large to do much damage to
the crops, aud so | think this trou
bic aud tha, trouble all mixed, we
will have trouble sure enough.
Again, think it ill be very OPP
pressive on the poor class. They
would like to be allowed to have a
horse or so, hog or two, mich
COW, etc. He will say to himself
have no pasture OF my own, and
my landlord he asked NE SO much
for pasture privileges that | cant AT
ford to have stock, and 81 will sell
my stick, aud there will be 50 many
for sale, there will be no sale for
them. People in adjoining counties
eau come in and buy stock at their
own prices. Beef market fellows
can buy beeves at their own prices,
if they could only hrd one fat
eoough, bat think there would be
the trouble. 1t will be very OPP
pressive on the poor class aud many
poor woman and child will be rob>
bed of the advantages that they now
enjoy, but all is well that ends well,
though | dread the end of the stock
| law. A SUBSCRIBER.