The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1892-11-17

q the departsncat it was found impos-
sSbfe 70 ,naks ah iaspecteosp IN This way,
and that inspeosecns in buik were una
voidable th&s the business might be con-
Quoted without delay. Realizing the
insuthciency OF these inspections l
presented a lHH to tAe last gen
eTRl assembly which Esde radical
change in the system. THIS bill became
the law and does, l believe. furnish a
perfect proGoeSeoa against any ordinary
effort to place spurious goods on the
7agE4sst sud renders any class or frauo
almost certain of detection Already,
under its operation. honest errors made
By manufacturers in sacking goods have
been discovered snd the mistakes rccss-
FED TO the advantage Of the farmers.
The prov6lonS Of the new law ore
such that She manu. actuFer or deaies
who sells goods below the state standard,
places himself in danger of rendering
void all transactions for the year, ana OF
having the state prohibited for sunse-
Quent sales. The opportunities ana
chances for detection are 50 great tnse
no dealer or manufacturer would r1sk
fhe great loss euCaiied by discovery OF
illegltimate se]ss FOR the sake OF the
benefits that world be derived from
fraudulent transactions That acttotally
abolishes all inspections in bulk, ana all
fnrpeczions are n,ade after the goods
leave the hands OF the manufacturer or
dealer. Briefly stated it provides tA&e
al manufacturers or dealers must regis
ter.the guaranteed analysis Of the brand
of fertilizer they sell or propose 10
osge- for sale. This guarantee is placed
on record in the office and is also
branded on tho sack, that purchasers
NAV ascertain without difficulty the
standard up to which the goods must
come. In order TO maintain high
standard, the law also requires all am
mo8iated goods to contain two per cent.
OF ammonia, with a total Of eight per
cent Of available phosphoric acid and
potash. To give further protection, and
TO better enable purchasers by. name
and without reference to the guarantee
to know something Of the goods pur-
chased, passed an order, under the
power conferred BY the hill, requiring
all fertilizers offered for registration,
inspection or 5aio branded as either Of
the following Ammoniated Super
phosphate, Ammoniated Dissolved Bone.
Amm0niated Guano, Guano, Fertilizer,
or in other words, implying that the
same is an ammoniated superphosphate
The guaranteed analysis must claim
that it contains not less than two per
sent. Of ammonia actual or potentiaD
After registration the manufacturer
OF dealer may order as many tags as no
sees proper, specifying upon what brand
or brands they are to be used. These
tags are now, more properly speaking,
registration tags, rs they do not signify
that the fertilizer has been actually.
sampled but only that the conditions
precedent to selling or Offering for sale
haTs been complied with When the
sales arc made ii is the duty Of the
mLptacturer to notify the department.
Of The number Of tons, the name Of the
cousiguee and whore shipped. A failure
on the part Of manufacturers to comply
with these conditions renders tho sale
absolutely void. The inspectors are
tiIecJed where to mako inspections, as
each sale is recorded in the office, They
are also sent out ON general trips through
the territory assigned them, taking SAM
pies wherever found and reporting to the
department the name of the brands, with
the guaranteed analysis found on the
sack. While samples are not taken
from every shipment, the fact that a
large number are drawn in every part
Of the state, and the inability Of the
manufacturer to toll from what sanplea
analysis win be made, upon which de-
ponds his future business in the state
and mis- collections, furnishes, we be-
lievo, perfect safeguard.
lu regard to tho price OF fartlhaors III
the state, it ia grstifyiug 10 report that
oar farmers Sre able to purchase at IS
email cost az IN ANY tate in the union.
ON tonnage tax is SO low as not to he
considered IN l1abinr ,he selling price.
which was net tha case whilo the tax
remlinod at fifty sent per ton. While
the lGG IS only ten cents per ton, it will
be seen by She receipts from this source
chat q sufficient sum is raised TO main
tain the entire inspection system, and
without tn1atiop, protect our farmers
from many frauds and impositiGns Did
the manufacturers add ten cents 10 every
ton of goods sold, which they do not,
the farmer could well afford to paw this
small lee to insure him against adul-
terated and spurious goods, and secure
for him service that would otherwise
cost him from ten to fifteen dollars Sc
firmly am / convinced of tho necessity
OF thorough system OF inspection that
We're 1t necessary to support ii by gen
eral taxation, | believe the state would
be compensated by the amount savel
from burdsnsome litigation that would
result did no ZACH SYSTEM exist. How,
ever, tho preseat tonnage tax has proven
far better than sny other method and
supporting itself, adds several thousand
dollars annually to the school fund o.
the state.
CHAMBERS.
AS your Exoollency is aware, through
the Executive Departments, and direc'
to This department, many complaint.
have been ma,ie by letter, snd in caseS
of alarm, by telegram, Of glander
among stock in the state. Our law
make no provision for such cases. anC
through your Excellency l would re
spectfully call the attention of the
General Assembly to the necessity o
providing some means To suppress anG
prevent the Draad of this iOatheOTnt