The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-02-13

institution, and should endeavor to make it
so worthy, that when the Peabody Board of
Trust shall come, as it viii do in few years,to
decide upon the institution which most deserves
it's trust and patronage, with the purpose Of in
vesting its permanent endowment fund of two
millions of dollars, this school by its pre-eH1i-
nent superiority may win the prize, and bear
the distinguished honor of standing as mon
ument to the memory OF the great bene1actor
| of education-Geo. Peabody. In view OF the
| increased number of students, and the conse-
| quent increased demand for facilities. the State
| Board of Education in behalf of the school asks
an additional appropriation of five thousand
| dollars, ($5, 000)
An investment of Eve thousand dollars with
the view of a possible gain to the State OF two
| millions OF dollars ($2,Oo0,0O0 is an item that
your common :sense and gooG judgment will
not overlook.
CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS.
| Your Committee on Charitable Institutions
| has inst returned from its tour of inspection,
| and hope it has found them all in good condi-
| tion. The reports which have received from
| them are most favorable. 1t has been the States
| policy to be liberal in caring for her afflicted
| and unfortunate children, and feel sure that
| she will continue the same policy. The limit
to which she has gone has been the measure of
| her ability. Three magnificent, well-equipped
! asylums for the insane, most efficient school
for the blind and another for the deaf and dumb
stand as monuments to her generosity To the
| Tennessee Industrial School, which has been
| doing good work for hayward and unfortu-
nate children, she has made such appropria-
! ton as she deemed wise. A reformatory school
! for youthful criminals, an industrial school for
| girls, and other charities which an increasing
| population and an advanced civilization rem
| der necessary, stand out before us as needs
| which the State should, gradually, as she is
| able, supply.
! CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS HOME.
| But the most imperative charity before us at
| DTesPut is the Confederate SOldierS' Home The
| only support, sympathy, or protection for the
| disabled veterans who bravely laid down all
| for the lost cause and for the widows and or
| phans of those who fell, sacrifice in obedience
| to the commands of the state, upon their eoun-
| try's altar, must come from the state. AS the
| Federal Government has spent millions IN
pensions, in monuments and in ornamenting
| the graves of its soldiers so the state, in her
| sovereignty, should stretch forth a helping
! hand to her soldier sons in need. While be-
| lieve that all the states charities should be
! sustained, and while look forward with
| hope to the time when she may be able to sx-
tend her charities, gratitude should place this
| first on the list. 1 do most earnestly ask for
| the needed appropriation to the Confederate
| Soldiers Home.
| PRIVATE CHARITIES.
| Side by side with public charities are many
| private ones for the public welfare which de-
| serve the thanks and gratitude Of the State.
| Among these IhaVe received the report from
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school for all ages and classes of those who can
not attend day school, with its Historical So
| ciety and Art Association. The reports show
| the fidelity of the trustees in carrying out the
purpose of their trust and this institute in
| nection with the Howard Libraro forms a
monument certainly more enduring than
bronze to two Of the States great benefactors.
| AGRICULTURAL APARTMENT.
| From repeated efforts to abolish this depart
ment of the state Government, deem it wise
to set before you briefly its purpose and i'm
| portance. These efforts have resulted, to a
| great extent, from the belief that no practical
| benefits were derived. This opinion has arisen
| from the fact that there has never been a suEli-
! cient amount of money appropriated to carry
| out fully the object for which this Office was
| created and to reach results that would other
i wise have been obtained. This department en-
| compasses a wider field, gfeater number of
| subjects and can be made Of more practical
| financial benefit than any other department of
| the State Government. Some States have two
departments, Board of Agriculture and Blu
reau OF Statistics, Mines, ETC., for the work
| which Tennessee includes in.one.
| The Commissioner of Agriculture should bear
| somewhat the same relation to this department
| that the Superintendent of Public Instruction
| bears to the public schools, and should hold
! farmers Institutes in the several congressional
! districts in the State for the purpose of awak-
| ening activity OF thought upon agricultural
questions, of bringing about an interchange of
1 opinions and experience upon practical prob
| lens, and creating a professional spirit and
pride among farmers, the collection and dis
| tribution Of useful information concerning the
/ condition and yield of the principal crops
! through the growing season and after the har-
| vest, information about the kind of products
best adapted to certain localities, the collection
| and distribution Of the best seed grain, infor-
nation about the best markets for the produce,
a supervision of the inspection of fertilizers, so
| that no imposition may be practiced on those
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| These some Of the offices which this bureau
| is trying to perform for agriculture. This
| is age of statistics. Trustworthy in
| formation must be based on facts,
and such information must lie at the
basis OF all intelligent legis alton, well as of
| business enterprise, therefore this bureau must
furnish statistics of the products Of labor of all
kinds, in the field, the mine, and The shop; sta
tistics of the amount and kind of produce
raised and shipped; the extent to which manu-
featuring is engaged, and the States facilities
for it, togetherSs1th the full information about
the States miNral resources, and sucn other
facts as win be instrumental in attracting i'm
migration and inducing investment. The work
of this bureau has been brought to higher de-
gree of efficiency by the retiring Commissioner
than ever before, and trust it may be made
the means of still greater good to the State.
Therefore, most earnestly recommend that
you increase the appropriation from $4,000
eight thousand to ($lO,OOO) ten thousand dollars.
inspection Of fertilizers adjunct in de-
fraying expenses, this bureau can show results
more than sufficient to justify the expenditure.
GEOLOGICAL REPoRTA.
The demand for information about the min
eral resources of Tennessee before making in
vestments is sufficiently great to warrant the
State in looking into the matter of publishing
the reports of the State GeOlogist. From his
report find that no official geological reports
have been published fer twenty years. The last
report, Safford's Geology, appeared in 1862 but
the book is now out of print, and there is no
printed source for information upon geological
matters and the mineral resources Of the state
which could be distributed. Many valuable re-
ports have been lost. The State will need these
reports, maps displaying the distribution and
kinds of our soils, the mineral and geological
products, and books describing and illustrating
them, more particularly now if it makes an ex-
hibition at the Worlds Fair in 1892, in which
case all its resources, agricultural, mineral,
industrial and educational, should be adver-
tised to the extent of its ability.
WORLDS FAIR.
While fully endorse the action of the Legis-
lature OF Tennessee and of other States in re-
fusing to make an appropriation until the force
bill was disposed of, thereby emphasizing their
protest against an attempt to override the will