The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-11

presence on the plea chat he bad staked off
tne twenty acres for himself and
hls sln with greater conformity To
ne law than had Mr. Paff, and that. there
Iore, tne county commissioners should grant
10 nlfn and not 70 Paf. Will this so emf
hentiy Virtuous gentleman explain to the
puohc how be, who has elected himself as
the exponent Of all the Conservatism aud
patriotism OF this community, and as the
champion OF those women and children
and aged and infrm," who are so hapuilv
main tanned, could be SO "rapac!ous" as TO
seek 10 deprive these constituents and ax-
pense, payers Of his to Atlanta of a part OF
TINS element OF their felicity At the close
OF thif memorable occasion be told me Ia
ths presence OF witness that he was
oPposeo TO anything that would give al
advantage 20 Paf. and as he Inadvertently
'hslnGates that an honorable gentleman
cannot consc!entlously legislate for the
common welfare, because ne holds two
shares OF the Oemler Oyster Company. 7
have taken the liberty to insinuate that his
opposition Is solely attributable 10 private
personal luminosity. ! have never attempted
to argue With bin about the merits OF the
amended oyster law, and the above, while
walking the distance Of few blocks,
was the longest interview / have had
Wild him upon any oyster question
since the passage Of the law of 1899. Re-
plying 20 the article in the Times Of Sept
J inform you that the Georgia Benevolent
Fishing Society has notified the dealers that
its members Will no longer sell oysters at
former prices, owing to the ruin Of the nat-
uTai beds J heard Of the intention TO Issue
lie printed circular through Mr.. A Won
Nyenheim before the close of the last oyster
season and long before any new oyster legis-
latiCn. That article In the Times is o tissue
OF nonsense and mtsrepresentat from
beginning Ia end
commenced my agitation for a protect
i've oyster law six years ago from desire
TO saws the natural beds from impending
destruction. Maryland has 1873, $50 acres OF
what we're the mos, magnificent oyster beds
on the globe. or seventy times as much as
Georgia, but they have now become SO
much depleted in consequence of the
ignorance OF q class similar to nv
present opponents, that Msryland
oyster packers are removing TO
our state to pursue their industry under our
law. Before its enactment or in 1897, ao-
cording to the report of the United States
fisheries, $50 laborers we're supported by
ravaging the natural beds of the whole
state Now ], 500 Iaborers are employed by
the oyster factories ct Brunswick alone. II
there are any Of my fellow citizsns, who
think that the employment of ], 500 laborers,
the establishment OF five.oyster and vegeta-
BILE canning factories, requiring capital
of 100000 within our borders, the deposit
of $1,000 into the school fund aud the
entry Of 5000 acres more of land
for taxati IN than ever before, are achieve
ments | should not be proud Of. then such,
and such only. should be obstructionists to
future progress On the other hand all
such intelligent enough to argue for the
future from the pass should lend q helping
hand in what honestly consider an effort
to promote the public welfare, and in
which l shall persevere, Mr.. Desvergers 'et
sui generis" to the contrary notwithstand-
ing. A. OEMLER.