The Russellville Democrat., 1893-02-09
NINETEENTH SESSION.
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executive session then adjourned and at 1 30 p. m the senate did 30 till 9;30 8. n. to morrow.
 The house was called to order at ? ?. .m., the pending question being the bill to abolish the agricultural bureau.
 Mir. Mitchell said while the bureau had been created for the benefit of the agricul. tural classes, it had failed to bring any re- lief or satisfaction to that class If the bureau was of any benefit the same service could be performed by the land commis- sioner without extra cost Commissioner Locke had not been failure, but the fail ure was in the original bill, which did not contain provisions necessary to make the bureau successful He did not believe that any man would vote for the bill on ac- count of any personal spleen. He was in favor of economy at the risk of being called narrow. He was not in favor of cheese pairing policy, for he believed in paying an officer well for the services rendered; but he did not believe iu voting away the peo- ple's money without getting proper re- turn, and he did not believe they were get ting a proper return for the expendi- lures in behalf of the bureau. Every man should look at tLe question of taxation in his representative capacity, and not consider his personal preferences. It was the peoples money which was in- volved. He had never heard of any seed being distributed by the bureau, nor of any papers having been published showing up the resources of the state and attracting capitalists to invest their money.
 Mir Eagle, who had stated during Mir. MitchelPs speech that he knew of two car loads of fine cotton seed being distributed among farmers from which cotton had been raised which sold at 15 cents per pound arose and said he desired to say in explana- tion that he had received only one sack ei seed from the agricultural bureau. He had paid for the balance.
 Mir Rodgers, of Benton, said this was practical subject If the results of the bu- reau were not practicable and satisfactory, then the bureau was failure. His mind was not made up on the subject. He rep resented farming constituency, and for four years had been looking to see if there were any beneficial results from the bu- reau, and had not been able to discern any. There might have been results iu ether 10. ealities. He thought its present name a misnomer It should be called an immi- grafton bureau, for it's principal object was to attract immigration. He thought that probably the bureau had not been given time to demonstrate it's good. If he voted for the continuance of the bureau, it would be because he had hopes of results in the future.
 Mir. Stewart was in favor of tho Adams bill. He did not kuow of any good done by the bureau, but was willing to believe that good had been done, but the same amount of benefit could be derived by placing the bureau under the charge of the commissioner of state lands,
 Mir Gulley said the discussion had taken a wide range, much wider than if should. He was not a native of Arkansas, but he had chosen Arkansas as his place of abode, and was more interested in her welfare than some of those who came here not of their own free will. He then proceeded to make an eloquent speech in favor of the bureau. If it was abolished it would say to the world that the state had all the
 immigrants it wanted, that it's resources were sufficiently developed. Members of the house had said that they knew of no good the bureau had done; that it had done them no good that it had not bene- fited them or their friends one dollar. He did not think it right to measure the good by a selfish measure or by dollars and cents. The people could not afford to take a back seat. Arkansas resources were great and they should be developed, and this bureau was one of the great means of attracting attention to the state and bringing in capital to develop our agricul- tural and mining interests.
 Mr Naill aaid ha had m naraonal faa1ipot toward the officers of the bureau. He did not know of any benefit derived from the bureau in single instance. Bnt if good had been done, the same could be con tinued by the bureau under the charge of the land commissioner at much less cost.
 Mir. Jones, of Pulaski, was opposed to the Adams bill. He regretted that the farmers were not more interested in the bureau, but because they were not, and it seemed would not take interest in it, was no good reason why the bureau should be abolished. If man were to ask Gus Blass, of Little Rock, how much money he expended for advertising, and then how much good it did him, the answer would be thousands of dollars each year, and that knew that he could not afford to stop ad
 
 This same principle applied to the bureau No direct good might to be attributed to it, but he was sure great general good had 
 Mir. Bledsoe was opposed to the Adans bill. He thought people were considering selfish ends. The man who said he had not received one cents benefit under the bill was the same man who would not give seventy-ive cents to have his state adver tised and developed. He believed in hay Ing the resources of the state displayed where people can see what can be gotten put of 1t
 Mir. Smith moved the previous question which motion was adopted.
 Mir. Adams, the author of the bill, took he floor in advocacy of it. He said that ihe imputation that he had animosity to- ward the gentleman at the head of the bu- eau was out of place, untrue and unfair. had introduced this bill in the interest 'f economy and retrenchment. The ex- ,enses of the bureau did not justify it's continuance. A great many people of he state did not have the money with which to pay their taxes, and it was lot right to burden them with the xpense of maintaining this bureau or any 'ther humbug. He had known Mir. Chap ain for ten ears. He was a gentleman. t was not Mir. Chaplain he wanted to re- 'eal, but he wanted to repeal the humbug. The bureau was, instead of & benefit, q i etriment to the farmers. It's crop re. 'orts were unreliable and misleading, and l armers who relied on them lost money by | loing so. It was friend to the farmer l nly in name. Its name was misleading. | t is the vampire that Is sucking the life | lood from the tax payers If these ex- libits were placed in the land comuis toner office they could be viewed by | rospectors equally as well as now
 The roll was called and the bill passed -- yes, 5S; nays, 36.
 Mir Smith sent the following explana- ion to the clerks desk: "I vote aye be- ause the sop of an ounce of tobacco seed, cost of s30, 900 to the taxpayers of Ar ansas, is rather extravagant. favor eOnOmv from fha doma of this canitol fn