The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-17
THE BRADY BILL.
What the Fertilizer Men Say About
It-What the Bill Provides.

/ What the Fertilizer Men Say About
It-What the Bill Provides.
"Wiil the Brady bill pass = is a question
in which the fertilizer manufacturers and
merchants Of this and other cities in Geor-
gia are,deeplv interested. Many of them
are fearful that the bill will become a law.
1t passed the House day before yesterday, as
1t has done twice before. Each time prior
10 tho last time that it passed the House it
I was met by stringent opposition in the Sen
ate and was defeated Whether Represent
/ tive Brady's persstency viii weary the
members Of the state congress out and Sc
/ cure the passage Of his measure is ques-
I ton which those who are best posted even
/ cannot say.
/ III the bill becomes law, the guaao in
/ dustry in Georgia is a dead letter, said
member of one Of the largest fertilizing
companies IN savannah and in the state
/ yesterday. The foolish and antagOu site
legislation" he aided. will crush out one
OF the largest industries which the south
can boast
In former years the bulk Of the fertilizer
used IN the south WAS brought from the
mort 1t is not so now. The recent build
ing OF the factories all over the south ardes-
peciallyin this state has crU5 ed cut the sale
OF imported guanO, AMI in ONE cases south
tory CT northern concerns. 1t Is an industry
tnat has fairly got on its legs in the south,
and the success of it SO far Is a guarant g
ot ITS progress in the future, the guanO
merchant said
The first section of the Brady bill pro-
Woes that any purchaser OF commercial
fertilizers, gualos or malures, who shall
give q pr3mlSsOry note, or any other instru-
ment in writing for the same. NAV plead
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state, failure Of consideration of said in
stfument when said fertilizers, guanos or
manures, have proven worthless or of no
practical value
The second section of the bill provides
that no waiver Of warranty, or any other
waiver, promise, agreement, condition or
undertaking expressed in any promissory
note, or other instrument in writing given
1or commercial fertilizers guanOS or ma
nures shall defeat the right of the maker
thereof to plead and prove failure OF con
slteration Of the same
Ihe third section provides that no trans
Ter OF any prOmissorY note or other instrr-
ment IN writing, given for commercial fer
tlhzers, guanos or manures TO any pers N
claiming to be an innocent purchaser with
out notice. or holding the same under anv
other contract or agreement, shall defeat
the right of the maker thereof to plead
aud prove failure of the consideration of
the same
The fourth section provides that any
agent Tor, or dealer in, commercial fer
tllI1ers, guanOs or manures, or any other
person who shall sell the same, and who
snail take negotiable promissory note, or
any otnor negotiable instrument for the
same, and snail fail, refuse or neglect to
s1ale IN the lace OF said promissory note or
instrument in writing. that the same is
given for commercial fertilizers, guanos or
NATURES, shall be guilty of misiemeanor,
aad on conviction shall he punished as pre-
scrlbed in section 4, 3l0 of the Code Of 1892.
During the last twelve months over SljO.-
OJO nave been expended in the equlpInent
OF fertilizer factories in Savannah. This.
III addition TO other guano factories of the
south, give to the planters of Georpia ad-
Vantages eXcelled by those of NJ other state
IN the country. The industry IS one of con-
siderable moment when it is known that
Georgia alone uses 202, 007 tons of guano.
en- years ago she used but about so 600
tons The bulk of this is sold to
Uhe merchants on time and their
papers are taken and negotiated.
Inc Brady bill, merchant explained.
VIII put an end TO this arrangement. Not
one-quarter of the guano. he added, will be
sold, if the bill becomes a law, for the rea-
son that manufacturers will sell only for
cash. They will not take papers whose
negotiabllity is destroyed, neither will they
run the risk of losing the value of their
product when purchasers plead a failure of
consideration of the instrument, whenever
they are so inclined. 1t matters not if the
seasons are unfavorable, or the
fertilizer not adapted to the
soil, the bill provides that the
purchaser may plead and prove the worth
lessness of the guano, In order to protect
themselves the manufacturers say that
they will not sell on time, aud it will
prevent the majority of the farmers from
using fertilizer, since they are unable to pay
cash for it, The merchant said that it will
necessarily be the policy of the guano manu-
tacturers to abandon the industry so far
as reliance upon Georgia consumers is
concerned. II fertilizer is made in this
state, 1t will have to be transported to other
states and disposed of. This will be the
entallment of great expense. but it will
certainly be less burdensome to the manu-
facturers, they say, than to be defrauded
of what they make. The manufacturer
added that the fertilizer industry, which is
Just now glowing with fervor, will receive.
If the Brady bill passes, a blow which will