Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1885-12-24
dries:" In 1880 there was no need ;fr

Y1lo. In 1907 Cne porter Cost pASof
Ia 1888, money being plentiful. a jam,
itor at $132 and porter at $l06 are
hired. In 1884 the janitor only gof
$75 and the porter $92. Indeed, al.1
though the receipts amounted to or$2ss,:' !
$40, and there was no emigration bu;,
reau, the board was out of funds bes
fore November /. The chemist had
to wait for months salary, and sha
junketing tour or inspection of the
phosphate mines" had to 20 abandon;
ed-or if it was ma e, oae item ia,
charged for the-expenee. En- pesssaat,.
it may be mentioned that the Special:
assistant in the phosphatedepartmentl
wes absent from his post seyera}
months in lSS4-l8S5 drumming foy
the New Orleans Exposition, or in al.
tendance there arranging the exhibit.
AS the phosphate royalty increased.
however, and the duties Of watching,
those interests for six months were;
performed by Mr.. West, at asalary
of $25 per month-at least one would !
infer that he was employed for that
purpose-we cannot help thinking the
annual inspection is not necessary,
and that the special assistant is not
over. burdened with work in perform.
ing his duties. z
To return, however, to our scum
dries In 1885 the porter cost $f535
aud the chemist had porter too at a
cost Of $l92, and then he had to have
az assistant at a coat of $i4l; and
yet ne is so ovsrworked that he has-
been unable to .analvzs two samples
of minerals sent from this county,,
Edgefeld, several months ago, by 4
Hon. w. s. Allen and Mr.. j. B. Aa.
ams.
In 1884 gas fitting and plumbing
cost $42s. and yet 1885 shows an item
of $S7 for the same thing: Office
fixtures, &C., have coat, all told, $675.
What blessing to our farming in
terests it is to have department Of
agriculture which thinks more of the
house in which it resides than Of the
interests it was. designed to- foster,
and what a luxury it is to have a
board who think more of fish. and
phosphates and how to "show" our
resources than how to "deyelop" our
resources-who think we can be edu.
Gated downward rather than upward,
and whose only hope, seemingly, iato
attract emigration and capital from
abroad-"Northern brains and capi.
tai as the phrase goes. They want
.S11Sss0 . ~
within, and all must confess that thus
far most lamentaole failure. 1could
bring fol ward many more arguments,
&c., to show how utterly unified these
five (" honorable" gentlemen have pro-
ven themselves for the grave iespon'
sibilities they have been entrusted
with, but must stop.
I only wish to notice in closing the
claim of the commissioner that the
New Orleans exhibit twas a grand
representation Of our resources and
was of itself the highest evidence OF
the efficiency and usefulness OF the
department" This is non sequster,
and 1 don't think it proves any such
thing, but it gives me pleasure to tes-
tify to the effect that our exhibit there
was in every respect creditable, and
that the State got value received for
the $4,000 expended on it; and
whether 1 am right or wrong, at.
.tributed it to the fact that the com.
missioner was not "bossed" in the
execution of that job by any board.
B. R. TILLMAN.
Hamburg, S. O., Dec. S, 1885.