The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-05-22
BUTLER TO TILLNAN.
REPLY 70 SOME CHARGES IS TO
FERTILIZERS.

| CohIMDl>, :. g.. May -. lSyG.
Capt. B.R. Tillnn.r I'm Che news
paper reports OF your speech at Ar-
dcrson ON May 10th, YOU arcrcportcd
as charging, substantially, that the
department OF agriculture has per
mittcd the farmers of South Carolina.
to DO defrautlcd in the purchase OF
commercial fertilizers by failure TO
PUNISH manufacturers whose goods
fall below their guarantees. You are
further reported to have said that
YOU could prove all that you charged,
and quoted from tEc annual report OF
the department. for the year 1856 as
authority upon which to sustain your
| statUmeut
The legal penalty in regard TO dc
1lclcnt fertilizers is seizure, condcm-
natlon and sale, and because Til s.
penalty has not been inflicted yo!i
| ucny that amy other penalty has b cen
imposed.
| This provision of the law cannot be
enforced, for the sufficient reason
that when the analyses are made the
fertilizers have been put in tn"
ground and are out of reach of an
| action OF the kliii prcScril,ol. This
! defect III the law has been reported
10 the Legislature, and could have
been amended if that body had
| thought it necessary or desirable.
That this has not been done, forces
mc t. The conclusion that the rrprc.
! Srnt"Ifci of the people honestly be.
| l,ni hf,
"'"j'' ~ that the action Of the de
PR riN'"nt li>'"lt hNImal" amendments
! u",!Hrr~HarN
h:l", therefore, W" have not
| "/'d ;1,i HUld l"itcicnt fertilizers.
| - 'Et}t' ;lcs"rt'l and exposed uli q,
! .i,:.nci..H. a., H., very rn,n,.i i,.n,,,
! 'h;ri: S>'" quoted SLOWS.
Finding ihnt he luw did rot rcac;,
| -" case Is contemplated, the dopalt-
| tis"nt r".'r!CI 81 tie pliii;vatirn OF
ih;' manufacturers guarantees ;;lon.
| A!>i. ii the official ;;m.lvsr~, nriu;in,,
~ ltEi:'* !:,#.' h:;:ni, r2llirr below
IN" s;;iAIaMt"". i'Mi, ,iir: ctrI nttcu-
i!"n !lI",c,,lutiji - all deficient
hr%uI1. II :9ii,uld hn Understood.
h"W"N'r, that ia" department llas
never u!ii iertnNen to exercise the
I"'il'lai authority to declare which, #
any, ni suci! brands were Fraudulent.
h'H p"Eniiv. voluntarily lnpoaci bv
tn" department. WAS, after detection,
put upon every brand, no matter how
sllght the deficiency. In one case this
ucticlcnrN amounted 20 only one
lunchrdth Of on" per cent. Of potash,
] tho cheapest ingredient used in com
| IN II i.,,t 81,
could not say that this wna Il fraud
amy more than it couId officially pro
nolnlc" other hrnIdA fraudulent
! where the difference wu~ greater.
just what constitutcs fraud is II uucs-
ti"h |" DC determined by the courts
''l0M''
| Illere may be Il difference of opinion
rs TO whether merely exposing the
| uciitl"hry was sufficient punishment
| nui III" Legislature has SO regarded
IT, because II has for ten years; :;tilrd
| TO proTidr other punishment. even
% "fl;.;,lI,. H.. ,t1 'o'rvtS ~ ',,' lHW Iil: "''n
''' I' "'''I irl'"'te'', but th' best 'Y!-
nnn;uh,nn,,t 80 r, '.i'' i,'''''';' 81
'"n,II r'il''''',.'n| IL 'oenI H. the S"h'u-
| MI. nl,n tnf l'i' =. q
brunIt> w;,e f,.t '.' .'',n.S, l,'iS Ht"'l',n' ,n,
An examination of orr ronn,t,, ,.;mcn
| that time will chow tL,t iLn,, Ln,,
been q stc,L,. ;r,,,rnyn,,ont y, 49,,
value of fertilizers. It. wos moi rv-
pcrt"d that it would in one season
result III bringing every brand UP TO
the guarantee, bccnusr new brands
are beng introduced every year. and
'l! ''it 'hll"iRct'ir'rS OF such hranIs,
,,,,'.,iI, ''i' '"rr' "i 'l'H
pGliiiily' nlIGhl take il:'kH that those
WI" htu h'"n one" 'Npo%"d would
.'I''l 4L' '1''> HN"l,i u roSH'hl". Mnh
Ii: I: 'A''!'''"ll "i III" ahlllon:A'Hd ter
'n'"'lH III hn'%l" IctSuii, tE" I'M
pro- '''''''l' III '''r grace Ci i"i'i!'%"fS
tw .'' ''''rli ili'l'N'"; axe i"r instance:
:l'' ,IlA i'l''l' il'a' you SO SarhlHi
u, IL iil'."'i1S your c'iarSes. Ill iH lh"r"
"" 'f,nt''. " a,a':' 'iie nN el'se' o' th' man
nt"'I sn,.:i; = u''t ''''',,S '"' "h'ih"hl-
''>' W '+i'N''H i"f '''''' season were:
iANallhpie pnos. hcld. 81 per cent.
- ihllhlOllla. lis per cent.
o'"hn' Ia? per cent.
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