The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1886-09-08


inrmcrs, then / am ut a loss to
know how he will ever gain this in
formation.
Certainly not within the walls of
an Agricultural College, no matter
how well he may be trained in scien
tific farming, after graduating from
one Of these institutions.
In order to answer Mr.. Tillman' s
objection to tho method pcrsned by
the department in making analyses
Of frrtiiizors, it is necessary for me
to explain the method. TO make
those analyses before the fertilizers
arc used, it would be necessary to 90
to the ks for tho samples. Sup
pose VIC did this, would any farmer
in South Carolina have any faith in
the results? No matter if tho man.
ufacturcr is honest, would not the
farmers think that tho goods at the
works were better than those sold in
the country? And suppose the man.
ulacCurcrs arc dishonest, (and that is
the snpposition upon which the an
alyscs wovc based, because if they
wcr" always honest, analyses would
bo usclcss.) then tho works are GER
tain]y not the place to draw samples
that may be manipulated and made
TO show any result. The system we
follow then is this : We wait until
the goods have been shipped into the
country and out Of tho hands of the
manufacturer, and beyond his power
to alter or change in any way. We
then send an inspector to the rail
road dcpots and draw samples, and
these are turned over to the chemist
to analyzc. Of course in making
200 analyses good long time is con-
sumcd and the goods arc often haul
cl away before the analyses appear.
But Lot us sec how the purchaser
has been protected. The manufac-
turcr did not know where the sample
was to be taken. Our inspectors go
from ldgo!icld to Marlboro, from
beaufort to Grccnvillc, and in order
shat his goods shall keep up to the
guaranteed. tho manufacturer has had
to N"nd ii" sanr quality Of fcrtili-
zcrs t. every point in the State, for
should hr do otherwise he runs the
risk Of drtrction. AS Il rule. the
farmers do not pay for their fcrtili-
IrrH until tho fail, and tie analyses
n" published before his bills are due,
SO that II" can ascertain if the guar
aNtrC las boon maintained, and if not
h" can Us" our analyses to show that
he has not had value received for his
money. But the ,Jcor Of detection
prevents the manufacturer from at
tempting to sell spurious goods
The publication Of Il deficiency in
the goods in South Carolina not only
loses the manufacturer the trade III
our State, but as our reports go all
over the Union, he is damaged else
where. In order to enforce the strict
cst compliance with the law the de-
partm"n; has for years published the
manufacturers guarantee alongside
OF It's OWN analyses, so that prrchas-
crs could SEQ at glance which
brands arr deficient in any particu-
lar, and last year, and this, we have
printed all such deficiencies in italics.
Mr.. Tillmm has used these publica-
tionS 10 show that these manufactu-
rcrS ar" d"frauding the people, but
as a matter Of fact there was scarce
~ 4 brand that was deficient to such
al extent as to amount to fraud
upon the people, 1t would be much
more conclusive OF the dishonesty of
the manufactures and Che inef1icicncy
of th" department of agriculture if
MIR. Tillman would give one instance
Of imposition upon the farmers of
Inc Stat" 10y manufacturers of fer
tiIiz"rs since the department has
been in thorough working order In
order to give the fullest protection
to consumers the department not
only analyzcs the samples drawn by
its own agents, but offers to land
dors) max" analyses for any farmer
in the State. free Of cost, who will