Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-01-21

sts.e'h "' ~ worked satisfactorily. Inc
o.asc ,a.,S 49,, ieased TO the cultivators ny
i IN ~, T., anal tracts for the term OK
.ns n oasys az an annual rental OF Ten DOL
lars per acre. with the pr.sir on'
five.vear renewals under ~
ditions. There was always r;rc 70.
less uncertainty IN a sconraeed at
newa., az" a,,,siyatiop during the last years
's'.peJl aoso The result has been ,hat the
-, III - ovsters has fallen IN the iast ieW
suppi' - ana non 10 5000 bushels per
yea.' For this and other reasons a move
,re'',,t bas heon made In the LEGISLATURE OF
1T c.ote with a view to cstaDlisn neW
system akin TO that OF IoI ~ ,fl.,.
Nessrs. &. Sidney Smith anu .. a.. sA Gil
of Providence, and A. Il. CapIgu; VI GU,
water. we're appointed q coli n.. ~ the L.
vestioate the subject and report W III. -
',;sIa,rre the results Of their investigation
hI,s'' .a,,a 70 New Haven, ana the COM
.',.s.;o,,are oave them all the iniorlhabioi,
=, .I'o;- rowor throwing open maps anu
1910 f,r their examination ana supply
;n,, tben with the forms used IN tne VOTE
III sornrui ssion. We also accompanied
Thorn down the harbOr, that tnel Il IN ~
The oyster grounds as laid OUT hli9 .ue nlo-
thods employed in surveying anu DuoS ,taS,
them. The gentlemen OF tne d,'t.an ord
they returned home NOT 1hH ,.ri !"
10 rndorstanding of the COHnecucuI
f'.o,.,o Int With decided and openly-e&-
,,sressed conviction of its great merits.
18th IL tho CITY OF Baltimore there are OYSTER
racl,inr houses that " shuck o;VVv pusneis
az oysters per dav. The result, LEU y.
Rhode Islands oyster-plantihg P9ilgS, i'n se
been to decrease the entire ahuuui ~ - W
H. ctota 20 mat enough oysters 70 keep
90 - tbcse baltimore houses running
CHI working days and no more. Such
AL, vas n foregone CONCLUSION. I'noue
ieiand,s ovster-plauters, at an annual INK
e en- Nor acre were in competition WIN
tbc nIantnrs of Connections. VINO bought
tbcir nlanting-ground in fee sllnpie, ~ y
dollar on acre. and the Rhode lsiauu pant
ers wont to the wall. The adFlce Oh -.
ncrts~ whose knowledge OF the oyster -
gained ut the dinlng-table or IunJ;i-uo ~
| ,bo Virginia planter if followed. Briety'
/ tLe situation Of the Virginia planter Is TINS !;
/ Tbo ovsfer-planters Of the Atlantic coast
/ sook n Common market. The painter OF
,,orf;cular section. other things beng
a",,al who can raise the cheapest oyster,
! Gxes fhe price for alt. In mother industry
! is keencr competition. ne planter Nno
| cannot meet this competition must le,iis
He has at all times and in all markets ~
~
nature furnishes the capital tnr' anu lnq
nroIuct from. the natural bed, the natural
oyster can be placed upon the marke'' IT,
,rosontiup butlttle more than the tong,
ino,,sn labor. and frequently the natural
oyster Is better value at It's price than ne
cultivated oyster would be II II coulu DC
sold at the same figure. cultivated of =
tor doesnot reach marketable SIZE uhu'r
three wears. AZ the expiration oi tha' liiiie
To
eolablc. III II bo poor Gas IS often the
from, n variety of causes) II cannot DE mar
Loted that season. The fourth year IL ls
liable 10 an attack of green gllls." ~ can
not rid ifself Of this under whole season.
Tho oysters OF what has been regarded as
ono of the most favored plating Spots M
Tidewater have been tat but once III i've
wears, while the planters OF ChlncOieas ul
have been able to market but TWO cr9ls III
the last seven years. Tho virginia Pi1il.ol
has TO compete with the planter OF Long
Island sonnd. who purchases his land out
rioht tor one dollar anacTe on the ono mana
and the North Carolina planter, who Ouys
ms land from the State outright nj twenty
five cents per acrc, on the other. Unuei
The present laws the Virginia planter pays
his State twenty-five cents per acre eacn
wear. In addition he pays the stare lotly
cents on the one hundred dollars VALUATION
! of his planted ofSLcIS tuu ho Itf " -.
mon ony income he may derive from III.
Industry. Not a single dollar feTpense IS a.
CURED by The STATE IN his betdif, as ne guards M
Oirn property. A. .
ANY disinterestod observer must see thai
the VireinIa planter is already seriously
handicapped IN competing with the, more
favored planters Of other states. ALREADY
the cheaper oyster OF North Carolina ma
taken possession OF tho Norfolk Market 70
The exclusion of the Virginia product
while the Long Island Sound oyster Is M
favorite in the western States. Inc llr
ginia planter has no desire To avoid JUS
Share OF the burden Of taxation. He Is wei
aware of the necessities Of bis state and NJ
pays his present tax uncQmplainingly, IN
when no sees people who have a, htti'
knowledge of his calling as he. has o
theirs putting themselves forward as aau
thority. and advising lines Of action tia
would be as harmful to the state as 10 th'
planter, he thinks it proper that his cxpe
ricnce should be weighed in the balance
with their theories. IIDE"AIEh'