Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-06-26

for what he had not received, and
that though the farmers paid 100000
Q yoar for inspecting fertilizers the
inspection was q fraud, his guano q
fraud, and no punishment moted out
to tho rogue except TO print his
brand in italicssin report which
not one farmerih fifty ever saw or
heard of. e ,,t N
Only 1900 Of thcse "italioiscd" re-
ports Of analyses were printed in
1880. / doubt Sif twenty men in
Greenvillc, other than dealers, ever
saw one. by tiiyy way, this system
of Furnishing a rogue by putting his
brand of gnano IN sitalics" ought to
be patented. Of course it is we'll
known that the brands may be
changed next scason and the italics
rubbed out. I'll is notorious that
manufacturers will fill sacks branded
in dozen different ways from the
same pile, but then the chemist can
catch the thief and ssitalicize" him
again and why should wc farmers
complain! Oh, my countrymen, it is
this fatal laxity, this dethroncment
of law, this obtuseness Of moral
consciousness, this "political leprosy
that permeates our entire govern
mental fabric" summed up in ono
word, neglect of aslty, that is de-
stroying our very civilization itself.
We punish guano fra9ds with
"italics" we punish lynch law which
is the result Of this laxity with
sitalics," we punish murdcrcrs who
have money with new trials and
'italics," and the people are sick
nigh unto death Of such government
and arc determined to make a
change.
But / must return to my proofs.
Tho law governing the sale of fer
tilizers briefly stated is as follows :
1t provides tliat any one selling
guano without branding tho sack,
giving analyses, manufacturers name,
ETC., shall pay fine of ten dollars
for each package. That the man
who delivers or. receives such fcrtili-
zcrs, railroad agent or other person,
is similarly liable. Any fertilizer
sold not coming up to the guarantee
is liable to confiscation. The inius-
ticc and weakness of the law is that
it is severe on dealer failing to
brand tho sack, but if man puts
sand in a branded sack and is caught
it can only be "confscatcd." This
has mover been done. 1t is only
"italicizcd." Now l will read tho
following letters, signed by response
bic = slntlcmen, to show that the
Commissioner or his agents have on
several occasions knowingly and will
fully refused to enforce this law and
his regulations based upon it.
There is letter from Orangcburg
charging that seventeen tons of
"italicizcd" guano was pointed ont
to the sampler not "in the ground"
but in the warehouse and nothing
was done about it. The dealer who
was so "indiscrcct" was boycottcd by
tho manufacturer:
"ORANGEBuRG, S. c., juno 80, 90.
"Capt. B. R. 7rNman, Ropers, s. O..
"DEAR SIR-,For your use and
information, | will make the follow
ing statement:
"Mr. Roht. Copcs, Of this place,
had lot of guano, say sixteen or
seventeen tons, that was in the itali-
cizcd list (S4 and S5) which he car
ried over from that season. When
Mr.. Buffers agent came here in
1886, March %, he called 1T Mr..
Copes' place of business, as he had
done the season before, inquiring for
brands Of fertilizers he might have
for sale, so as to get samples for
analysis. Now the guan0 that was
carried over was part of lot from
which samples had been drawn the
season before by Mr.. BPS clerk, and
it was shown to him and the holes in
the sacks were pointed out as being
evidence that they were the self
same lot that he had sampled and
italicized the season before, and was
asked why the department. did not
make an effort to carry out the law
No notice, however, was taken OF
the same by the department., and
Mr.. Copes afterwards put the guano
away, as he was completely boycott
ted and could not continue the bust
ness.
"You will clearly see this was an
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