Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-02-14

and Il would be an utter imposAbiiisy for tie
secretary Of these associations 70 Get tAess
vouchers together and Ole them With the
State treasurer. He bad made . psovision
in House document No. lS4 which TO HE
mind protects the state equally rs well a.
the provision that 10 10 the original draft
"Ail premiums svarded shzll Be paid 10
fall, and the treasurer Of either OF the socie-
ties herein mentioned may draw the amount
doe il by reason Of inis resolve, upon niing
with the State Treasurer a sworn certificate
Of irs secretary that said premiums have
been awarded. together With a bond, TO De
Approved by said State Treasurer conditioned
that said appropriation shall be Gsed to pay
said premiums and for no other purpose
A fair is held, the farmers come in and con
tend for the premiums. the premiums
are actually awarded, so macy dol
lar. and 40 many cents, AMI tn
certificate will show just what numoer oil
dollars and cents have hsen asar'iea- Vow
instead of being compelled TO HE hess
vouchers, which would BE- impossible 70 get
toa4 Their. the treasurer of the society hies a
certificate showing the amount of money
xhich IL drarn for this appropriation. Al
the same time a bond, sirh sufficient sure
ties. to be approved by the State Treasurer
hat that money be used tof thai parp'ss
and no othrr.
Mr Burleigh Of vas.alboro said thai by
resolve OF 1855 800 vas appropriate Tor
each society for the purpose Of encouraging
the dairy ing interests of the State, c4FJ TO-
the purpose Of encouraging the gro~l' Y of
beef and fat cattle and $500 for The purpose
81 encouraging the growing OF sheep Ia
1887 there was another appropriation made
and at that time encouragement; was thrown
out for two great industries-ths ralsing oil
horses and the raising OF poultry. Hal the
President OF the Eastern Maine State so
ciety dealt fairly with the exhibitors. there
would have been DO need of the restrictions
put upon that society This officer asked thai
this money may be paid TO them before It Is
paid out To the exhibitors. 1t is a we'll known
fact that no agricultural society receives its
money until January Of the following year
Il was merely dodge of the gentleman from
Bangor to keep the exhibitors out Of TINS
money for four or i've months.
Mr. Shaw Of Hartland wished to call at
tention more particularly to the latter part
Of the resolve. Two years ago he had been
. member of the Board Of Agriculture and
had had a little experience IN this matter.
At the meetnv of the Board year ago last
January complaint had been made To the
Board by the Turner Center Dairying
Association thats certain premium which
va, awarded to them By the Eastern Maine
Fair Association had not been paid in full
SO l-3 per cent Of the premium bei'g hello
BY that society under rule governing their
sxarls The Board of Agriculture passed
resolutions concerning the action OF the
society because the sum of 81 900 per
annum was appropriat. to be used as
premium for specific purposes, and such
premiums ough, to be paid IN full. No at
lention was paid to this. Last year another
case arose and complaint was made to the
Board of Agriculture. Mr. Gilbert, secre-
tary of the Board, presented the case to the
proper authorities and asked them to with
hold the appropriation until the premium
was paid in full, but they succeeded in
getting their money and with held 81 per
cent Of that premium.
Mr.. Shaw then read the rules governing
the award of pr, m ums where there is no
competition By the Eastern Maine FAIR
Society and of the Maine STATE Agricultural
Society of 1851 The RUE
Of the T.. stern Maine Far
association reads thus when there is no
competition OF but one competitor in a class
the Judges may award the first premium, II
meritorious, and 33t per cent. Of the pre-
mi um will be retained by the society. The
Judges may mention in awarding the pre-
mums that there was no competition, ne
only rule Of the Maine state Society that he
could fnd touching upon this was When
animals or articles are not deemed worthy OF
premium the Judge shall in all cases with
hold them, but no premium shall be withheld
BY reason of no competition. The judges
may award second or third premium accord
ing to the merits of the animal OF article
That is the difference in the rule Of the two
soci. ties aud no complaint has ever been
made ia regard TO premiums of the Maine
State Agricultural Society. At the hearlrg
of the committee consisting OF Messrs. Bur
leigh and Grinde, appointed by the Com
mttes on Agriculture. Mr.. Bass of the East
eru Maine Fair ASSOCIATION and Mr.. Prince
of the Maine state Agricultural Society were
present. Mr.. Prince made 40 Objection 10 IL
whatever. lie SAID that il VAS perfectly sans
factory as it VAS. Mr. Bass made objection
ouly To the appropriation for poultry growing
interests which was 500 while for s~te it
was $500 MIR, Bass thought that the poultry
interests required more, H. Insisted
on 800. The Committee on Agricul
ture when they met in order TO Ike f. pace
with Mr.. Bass, took the method OF dividing
these appropriations for swine and poultry.
making them equal. aud that was the only
point in this resolve to which Mf. Bass at
that time objected. The resolve ~ changed
received the unanimous approval Of the com
mittee on agriculture, aud they IA ported
ought To pass" Last week he Met Nr
Bass and one of his principal objections to
the resolve was that he was TIED up 10 rt-
gard to the payment OF these premiums, ant
didn think IL was right tor the committee to
compel the society or any society 10 rao'
the money to pay the premiums "th before
they could get 1t from the State.
MIR Shaw ventured the statement that
there is not county agricultural society
which doesn't, rs a rule, have to go aud hire
the money to pay the premiums VITA. Why
not only say that all the money that these
societies shall draw from the State shall be
used for the purpose for viii h they were ap-
propriated2 He hoped that the latter amend
meni would not prevail as the bill was rec
commended by the Board and Committee on
Agriculture.
Mr.. Barker said that the gentleman who
had last spoken had said that the only objec-
ton to the amendment is that the money
should be used for no other purpose than TO
pay these awards. He thought that the
gentlemsn's objection bad. been fully met.
Mr. Bass was "ued up because ne Is
obliged to furnish the Sc cretsry of State
with a copy of all the awards and the names
of the parties to whom the awards were
made. and file bond before he can draw a
dollar. The other gentleman. Mr. Bur
leigh said the object was to tie the
money up 80 that the exhibitors should not
get it until the following January. He
would sumit to any gentleman on the aoor of
the House who had read the resolve whether
that money is not payable Immediately upon
the Treasurer of the society filing the sworn
certificate, and bond approved
BY the Stat Treasurer. He had
been informed on good authority
that nearly two thirds of the entire premiums
for beef and fat cattle under this resolve
since 1885 had be en- taken by one man or one
concern. They wanted to get rid of just that
sort of thing. They wanted to give every
man who rsises cattle the right TO come in
and compete for the States money.
Mr.. Burleigh of Vassalboro replied To
Mr. Barker at some length. He said that
these premiums are not contiLed to any one
class or any one man. The poorest man, if
he has one single fat OK can go there and
compete with the richest farmer or the rich
est man in the State of Maine.