Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1889-12-20
The Farmers Assembly Of
Virginia.

Virginia.
Its Recommendations to The Legislature
Now in Session.
LOCAL OPTION LAW ON THE SUBJECT OF A
DoG-TAX-A FARMER WANTED FOR COM
MISSIONER OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
TwINE RE-DIsCOURAGING
THE USE OF COUPONs-A UNION BETWEEN
THE FARMERS ASSEMBLY AND THE FARM
ERs' ALLIANCE DISCUSSED.
&C., &C., SIS.
[From the-Richmond Dispatch of Dec. 18th
The Farmers Assembly had session
yesterday morning extending from to II
o'clock.
The Committee on Resolutions reported
favorably upon the paper presented by
Major A. R. Venable Of Farmville, and
the same was adopted. The resolution pc
titions the Legislature to amend the law
giving power to supervisors to supplement
the salaries of various county officials so as
to reduce the amount OF the limit to one
half of what it now is and in all counties
of less than $4,000 inhabitants where the
Clerk is made an allowance in the Circuit
Court to reduce the limit to % per cent. of
What is now allowed. The resolution
further requests that the system of fees and
perquisites be abolished and that all fees
collected be paid into the State Treasury.
BROAD RoAD-wAGoNs.
The resolution providing that the Legis-
lature be requested to enact law to eX-
empt broad road-wagons in the country
from taxation was laid on the table.
WANT PRACTICAL FARMER.
The following resolution was recon-
mended and adopted:
Res0IUed, That we, as members of the
agricultural class of Virginia, urge the
Legislature to elect a practical farmer as
Commissioner OF Agriculture.
REFUSED TO CHANGE THE NAME.
The following resolution was tabled:
Res0Iped, That when this Assembly al
iourn it be to meet hereafter under the
auspices of the State Alliance OF Virginia.
ASSESSMENT OF PROPERTY AND RAILROADS.
The Executive Committee reported favor,
ably upon the following feSolutlollS, anu
they were adopted:
ResolUed, That it is the sense OF this meet
ING that a board or boards OF equalization
should be created by law for the purpose
of securing proper assessment OF the
value of real and personal property OF the
State for taxation.
Resolyed, That it is the opinion of the
Farmers Assembly that every railroad in
corporated by the State be required to keep
it's principal office within the State, and the
General Assembly is requested to enact
such laws as will accomplish this purpose.
THE DOG-TAX.
Directly the Assembly met in their af-
ternoon session the following resolution
ResoIyed. That the Legislature be re-
ouested to pass law authorizing each
county to decide by vote whether OF not
said county will tax dogs the proceeds OF
which shall 90 to indemnifying losses by
depredations on sheep by dogs, and II the
dog-tax exceeds the loss on sheep the eX-
cess shall be devoted to augmentlng the
SchOO1-taX
MANY RECOMMENDATIONS.
The committee to whom was referred the
address of the President and the report OF
the E IKE Committee with the bill to
provide for employing convict labor IN me
manufacture of binder-tWine, made the
following report:
of agriculture that some legislation be had
in reference to railroad Transportation OF
farm products, and recommend the adopc
ton OF an act which passed the House OF
-
legislation. -
3. They recommend that section 1891 OF
the Code be amended by inserting after
the words selections Gf practlca6le) TWO
from each of the four grand DIVISIONS OF
the State the words whose prlnelpa pa
soil (This act refers to the Visitors to
the Agricultural and Mechanical College)
3. It is recommended that the Leglsla-
lature adopt such measures as Will pro
mote the interests of immigration and the
holding of farmers institutes, ana the Gen
eral Assembly is referred to the legislta "a
tion proposed on the subject by the state
Board Of Agriculture who will at the
proper time present bills,
d. It is recommended that the Leglsla-
ture be requested to take some actlon 10
stamp out the hog-cholera.
s. The General Assembly is requested
to enact such laws as will provide against
the sale of unwholesOme meats ana TO pro,
vide for the inspection OF all unsalteo
meat which are exposed for sale anywhere
in the State more than five days after the
same has been slaughtered, such lnspect!on
to be at the expense OF the party oHefmg
the same for sale. ,.,os
6. The committee not being ADVISED ol
the cost of machinery necessary to carry
out the objects of the bill for manutactur-
ing binder-twine in the penitentiary, de-
clined to advise its passage but commenced
the subject to the careful inquiry of the
General Assembly.
The committee recommended that MeSsrS.
Dupuy, Silver, Lightner, Tyler, fllcheri
Anderson. Hacker Of the HouEse, o ana
Dunn of the Senate, be appointed com
mittee to take charge Of the recommended
tions of the Assembly and bring the same
to the attention of the Legislature.
The entire report was adopted with the
exception of section 6, which was tabled.
WHAT THEY WANT FROM CONGRESS.
The same committee advised that the AS
semblv pass the following recommenda7
tons Of the Executive Committee and that
a COPY of the same be sent to our congress
men and to the Secretary Of the Interior
and Agriculture
/. Asking Congress- to extent the Wea-
Their signals to the farming districts to ald
in saving the crops from DESTRUCTION just
as they are ready to be gathered,
2 The extension of the agricultural ex-
pertinent system by providing for addition
al stations in States OF large area, navln9
a variety of climate, soil, and products,
and to add a great central station near
Washington.
3. The taking of energetic measures to
stamp out hog cholera in some such way
as has been done with pleuro-pneumonla
with cattle, -.-..,
formed for the purpose of expressing eth
er producers OF consumers.
s. The adoption of a mode for the nSpec-
ton of food products so as to prohibit in
terstate commerce in unwholesome OF frau
dulent limitations.
6. The termination Of the policy of con-
traction which, by causing a, protracted
money famine, has brought q about } a g r n
exportable farm products, andsaS the best
means for this purpose we ask that imme-
date steps be taken which shall lead to
the oqmplete reconciliation and full COIN
age of silysr.
I. It is recommended that there be a
complete exemption Of tobacco and fruit
brandy from Federal taxation.
The entire report was adopted.
WANT UNION.
Mr.. Mann Page offered the following in
the shape Of an Invitation
Re$oLbed, That we, the delegates repre-
senting the Virginia State Farmers ALI
ance now in convention assembled with the
members of the Virginia Farmers Assem-
hlv do hereby tender to such members of