The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-06-25

tain Tillman in Some OF his i'eceh
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Col A L. but1e', COMMISSIONS %
| Agriculture, has sent TO the daily
oaners of the State q reioinder to tLt
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Greenviiie ara either places oul"s
the State CANVASS nov in progress.
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false oapi. lA'in;'H s'''cln'''' ,n's' q.
the Bureau has made no honest el,
| fort 10 protect the f"Gmerf agalns;
being sw;ndled by buying guano be-
! low The guarantee and that ii
! has not; enforced ITS own regula-
tens.
..U.,,! Tillman's third statement
that altogether the law is known to
! be detective and the punishment IN
adequate. no attempt has been made
ov the Board OF Commissioners to
have + amended. except that the mat
Tor was mentioned in one of the De
,,a,.tmeat reports several years ago.
! he likewise knows to be untrue, but
! being more specific can be met in q
more positiye manner. At my request
several bills we're introduced in the
Legislature at different times Two
of these may be cited: One by Col.
3. +. NcIver at the session Of 1885,
which passed The House and failed
in the Senate, (see House Journal,
session 1855, pages 12G, 15G, l75, 335
and 340,) and another at the session
of 1887, introduced by Senator You
mans. but failed in the Senate.
Col. Butler then declares that he
and the Department have made every
effort to punish the sale of fraudulent
fertilizers, and that he, knowing the
defects in the law, after consultation
with Attorney General Miles, brought
the matter to the attention OF the
Legislature; that in 1886 (the year
cited by Capt. Tillman) there were
but three defective brands out OF
over 200 analyzed. lie says that II
1882 the makers Of the Cuban Bird
cuano lost between $4,000 and $780,
00O bnca,1se the DEPARTMENTS analy-
ses showed that article to have been
heIow Standard and below guaranty.
He cites the case OF Mr.. C. N. CoYing-
To-, To- cf T1orence Who accented one
fo11rfh oftba nrice of fertilizers exam
mod Nv thn Henartment and found
dofcioy+ He saws that the analyses
hoTe bo5 om,,ln circulation by publ
cst;on % 1 IN tho ranorts and bulletins
of The Department and in the daily
and week!v News and Courier. AS
~ Mr.. Connon's statement. Col. But
1er a 1 soys he deficient fertilizer was
nnvar no called 10 his attention, nor has
The SAMPLER any recollection of it.
:.But Mr.. Connor fully and amply
iustifes the Department and the
Legislature in another way. He says:
No notice, however, was taken OF the
same by the Department, and Mr..
Bones sent the guano away. as he
vas completely baycotted and could
not continue business. Why was.
Mr.. Copes boycotted? Simply, as
Nj. Connor writes Capt. Tilluan, be
cause the Department italicized the
deficient guano. Was it no punish
ment to Mr.. Copes to be boycotted
and have his business ruined! Was
it no injury to the manufacturers to
have their goods returned to them!
Capt. Tliman says that not one Tar
mer in fifty sees these publications.
Is EEr. Connor o farmer II not; Why
was Mr Copes boycotted? WeneW
that the operation and the result OF
our method of italicizing deficient
brands was as Mr. Connor stated, but
We had no hope Of proving it so
clearly by Capt. Tillman or his W.T.
nesses.
Col. Butler calls attention. to the
fact that Mr.. Connor was member
Of the Legislature, and yet took no
steps to improve the law.
The case of Mr.. S. ". Gardner,
Col. Butler declares, does not fall
within the law touching analyses of
fertilizers. That was case Of ''short
weight not of deficiency. "This
charge is Oh a par rwith another made
some time since in the presence OF
Nh. J. E. Tindal and Mr. n. \. Az
crum. Captain TIlman then charged
similar failure to discharge my duty
because he lad bought cotton seed
meal adulterated with rosin and his
neighbor had purchased cotton seed
meal adulterated with hulls. At the
time the charge was made Captain
Tillman knew that both lots had
been purchased in Georgia, and yet
he endeavored to injure the Depart
ment by a charge that he knew to be
utterly unjust and untrue!
$50 much for the certificates. 1t
should be noticed, however, that
tbaco arc dated Nav 3lst. June Sd