Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1882-10-13
The Mos Law.

!: tie leisure time in calling the attention o
the voters of Adair Co. 10 a matter
that needs attention, and is also ir
some danger of neglect. allude to
the Hog and the Hog Law.
Our County Court following the d.
rection of the law has ordered the sub
mission of the matter Of restraining
swine" to the decision of the voters Of
the county at the coming November
election.
The Hog therefore stands upon =
platform of political Importance
whether this is complimentary to the
Hog, or to the other gentlemen who
are numerously candidates for politica
favors and the peoples money, depends
entirely upon the the standpoint from
which the subject is viewed.
Our mutual friend "says he's for Fill
ley" l desire to say that as against
the field. am for the Hog, first and last
and all the time.
Candidates may rise ard candidates
may fall but the Hog will still live on
forever.
Candidates ripened into officials, abb
sorb the peoples money in more ways
than one, while as a matter of money
revenue to the farmers OF the county,
the Hog interest is second to no other
in value and Importance.
Hence the conclusion is clear and
plain that the Hog being in court Is en-
titled TO a candid and respectful hear
ing
Now in the making of this law the
Hog wasn't consulted at all. The law
talks about "'sst,aining" hogs-its not
the hog that wants restraining-its the
owner that needs the restraint.
No animal on earth is more fond of
good home, a warm bed, a full stomach
and a good clover field than the hog,
and no one is more ready to pay a lib.
eral price Tor such tavors and accomo-
dations yet this valuable and very in.
terestlng animal is turned into the
streets lanes and by-ways to shirk as
best it can, until to-day this thing has
come to be public nuisance that ought
to be abated right speedily: for the
reasons
IS. That its unjust and unkind to the {
hog demands protection. k
end Because it imposes, upon the {
cal estate owners of the county, tax S
n the shape of teneng which has be-
:ome onorous and hard to be borne, I
The fencing timber Of the country has
learly all disappeared, and our annual :
ak for repairing and rebuilding fences :
probably more than all our state and 6
ounty tax combined. \
Our tax list is Soc, 900 more or less v
-$Ioo, 900 won't more than repair the u
nnual waste of fences, and fuly one il
alt Of aNMis is chargeable tothe false a
economy of driving the hog into the q
treet. o
In some mems minds notion has n
'rmed place that the present move r
against The small land owner and in :,
!vo- of the large one. v,
Let US see about this--to fence 40 IL
ere field requires one mile of fence,
lille to fence four times that much h
90 acres) only requires two miles IL
to fence a section, go acres only
quires four miles thus demonstrating ="
e proposition that In proportion, the ~
nall farmer is more largely to be ben eo
tied than the large--the small farmer H
Ids it difficult to fence at all, while the tn
rye one is presumed to be able to w
ar the expense more easily. br
Yes gentlemen the hog is right when IN
demands protection and better treat. II
ant. and the voters of Adair Co. will ~
ly be putting money into their own 90
ckets should they vote unanimously
favor Of restraining swine. More ha
on. L. B. Maltby. ov'
- tin
WE are glad to see our farmers are H.;
ginning to warm up on the hog mo-
estion, and now there is another WI,
estion-that of township organiza- the
ITO work up an interest on, so that ant
ie M0u!d be a full vote at the COM tor
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