The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-09-29


have baen published in the News
aud Courier. L saw no reason for
putting anything more i'm that pa
per than had already appeared
there.
In order to discuss commercially
Mr.. Tillman $ charge of eXtrava-
gance in the disbursements of the
Department, it was necessary to
go into many little details concern
ing the six years work, AID this re-
quired IA much longer communica-
ton than a daily paper would care
to publish. However, it has, as L
promised, all been put in conve-
nient form, and If Nj. Tillman pre-
fers to have it in the NeWs and
Courier, he is ut perfect liberty to
put it there, if the paper will ac-
cOmmodate him. l hope this COW
ers his objections under this head?
If not, / will be very glad to con-
tinue the discussion indefinitely, if
he Will only stick to facts.
AS to his statement in regard to
South Carolina College, which he
says Prof. Joynes made to him, l
will quote Prof. Joynes' letter. He
says: 81 beg leave to say that /
have never made to Mr.. Tillman.
or to any other person, any state
ment similar to that quoted by you.
Indeed, so far as l remember, l
have never made to anyone any
statement whatever on that sub
jcct." Can any statement be more
emphatic? 1t wont do to say that
Prof. Joynes may have forgotten,
for he says, 81 hare nerer made to
anyone any statement Whdterer on
tat SUBJECT" In correcting this
statement of Mr.. Tillman, in the
Augusta Chronicle, l said that he
was "either mistaken or was incor-
ectly reported" AS he did not no.
tice this correction, and as | could
not believe that Prof. Joynes could
have made such a statement, i had
to assume that Mr.. Tillman was
mistaken, and when he repeated it
at Laurens, / again contradictcd it
in the same spirit. Prof. Joynes
says, uncquivocally, that he did
not make this statement to Mr..
Tillman, or anything similar to it;
- Il D say lllttl III tlt llluhc
the statement to him, and SO far
as am concerned, the matter a
rest right there, except that ! will
again repeat that no such PROPOSE
ton was ever made. l think this
disposes of that matter.
But Mr.. Tillnan now says that
the department should have made
some such arrangement. For his
information 1 will state that both
the Department and the College
were always willing to do this, and
had it under consideration some
years in advance of his reformation,
but after investigating the matter
fully, the Board Of Agriculture was
satisfied that the arrangement
would not be foe the best interests
of the farmers, and abandoned it.
1t would have cost just as much as
to employ a chemist, and nothing
could therefore ha>e been saved in
a money poii.t. Mr.. Tillman's plan
Is that the work should be done at
the College and the students
taught to make analyses on the
samples of fertilizers. This work
is Of too much Importance to be
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dents. TIL" farming interests Of
the State require the protection at
forucd by Il proper system of analy-
Sos, and the farmers would be UNI
willing to trust to the analyses
made in the way Mr.. Tillman pro-
poses. Such a system would give,
practically, no protection to on
sumCrS, ana might destroy II OF
the leading indl strics in the State,
the manufacture of fertilizers. i'm
which not only the farmers, but all
the taxpayers of the State are in
tcrcstcd.
When Mr.. Tillman denies that
the official control of fertilizers in
South Carolina, by the Department
of Agriculture, has had the effect Of
reducing the price, he merely gives
his own opinion, and it will be
taken for what it is worth, but if the
price is regulated by the law Of
Supply and demand, why is it
that in 1885 when $4,000 tons of
fertilizers were sold the price was
about II third less than i'm 1880,
when the consumption was only
$4,000 tons? According to Mr., Till
man the demand being greater the
price should have been higher.
In conclusion let me repeat that IL
Mr.. Tillman will tell the people Of
Laurens in what way the depart
mcnt Of agriculture has fail to dis
charge its duty | will undertake to
show that he is mistaken. In other
words let him specify his charges;
let him put them i'm shape to be IN
swercd, and | will try to answer
| them.