The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-29
A FENCE MAN SPEAKS.
And Talks About the Golden Rule


Editor Morning Net0S: So much has
been published in favor of "no fence" as to
lead the unthinking voter to presume that
the fence" side has no argument worth
considering, or that they are completely
ostracised from the daily press.
The most plausible address is the one in
to-day's issue of your paper from eminent
citizens of Savannah. 1t is, however, in a
great measure SO sophistical as to naturally
impel one to point out its many fallacies.
It begins by. comparing older and more
thickly settled counties and states with our
county. Every one knows that laws that
are necessary in certain countries and
states are often injurious to others, where
the circumstances and conditions are very
different. A stock law that is suitable to a
country with no wild lands to speak of, is
positively detrimental to one with as much
unsettled lands as has Chatham county.
Ii "the happiest results" in South Caro-
lima consist of driving away numbers of
industrious poor people, as has been the
result in that state, | greatly mistake
the sentiments of our voters if they will
aid in infiicting similar law here. As for
reversing their de iSion where "no fencen
has been once established, it is only neces-
sary TO state that the mo fence law in
South Carolina was passed in the legisla
ture, where the poor people had no opportu-
nifty Of voting against it. The 'no fence"
advocates did not dare to trust it to a vote
of the people. Any one well acquainted
with the different classes of people there
know that the majority of people there
regret its ever having been passed.
1t would be interesting to know whether
Putnam county has really improved, or
whether it is case of 1.-THE rich growing
richer and the poor poorer" as is only too
often the case nowadays.
IL there are only $50, 900 worth of cattle
to 81, 100000 in taxable value is that any
reason why the poor man should not be
permitted to enjoy his mite as well as the
rich man his wealth.
AS to the effects of "feuce or no fence"
law on the health of our people, the conclu-
sions arrived at are more ina Sinary than
s re all 1t familiar il with fact h. k1 5itcR
system of drainage. that the trampling
down OF bitches by cattle is infnitesimal,
aud can be easily and quickly repaired at
little or no cost with the convicts 1t is not
serious enough to warrant us in depriving
other people of their support. 1t is evil
IDENTIFY an excuss of interested land owners,
who infiue need the county commissioners
into an unlawful usurpatlon of rights
Never before was there such an inexousable
waste of public money in solicit
ing votes for a pet scheme. If
Savannah doss return $23, 000O,0 of
the $26,000,000 of Chatham county,
this is no reason why we in the city should
take advantage of the minority of people
outside of Savannah. II this question were
submitted to those most interested in it the
country people in the county, mo fence
would not stand the ghost of a chance.
Hoping that the majority of voters will not
permit few interested and many mistaken
men to bias them against the only just law
in thinly settled county, the subscriber
simply requests every one to follow the
golden rule, which with us means
FENCE
Savannah, June %, 1889.