The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1893-01-21

mouse bill 43. q bill to enable owners
Of land to convey the crop. raised there
on during the existence of his estate
| thereon. for the payment of debts; as
| amended so as TO limit the term to
! one or more years, for an amount not ex-
ceeding the debt, passed its seversl
readings and was ordered to be en-
crossed
House bill 81, bill to amend chapter
1865 of the Code, by striking out the
words, county fund" and insert
school fund" on motioa of Mr.. Nc
/ Curry was laid on tie table.
House bill SIS bill to repeal chapter
$50 laws Of 1891 repeating the act re
iatlng 10 agricultural statistics, was
taken up. the question being on the sub
sttnte offered by the C mmlttee. making
the taking OF the statistics Of crops to be
made at the same time with the listiu 9
of taxes. to fill the bl;nks furnished bg
| the commissioner of sgficuitute; parties
~llfullY refr sing Information to be guilty
Of a risdemeanor
\ minority report presented the OBJ
! Iecuon that such legislation would en-
gender strife. Mr. Vance. OF Blnro.nbe.
said the original bill was no. strong
enough. The substitute made it stronger
Mr.. Ray offered Al amendment *
clndine Macon county from the orers
tions Of the bill. He had no ooisc ion
- the added cost, but did not want
Macon included.
Mr. Ward opposed Mr. R4y's amend
ment. He wanted every county in the
state included.
Mr.. Blair moved to exclude Montgom
erv county: snd then ameuiments were
fired excluding several other coueties
Mr.. air moved 20 l4v the suostitut,
on The table o. division the motion
was lost by ayes, 81; nays So
NJ. Watson. of Forsyth, said ne dis
rot hink i proper 10 dispose of the bill
after the careful consideration it had r.
ceived in the committee wlthou. civirc
further opportunity for explanatior
Tins bill may be very far reaching in its
effects The condition Of the people
should be thoroughly ascertajnel Oy na
ticnal aid state statistics. We want Il
know what the people are doing. w
must go Il them TO know what it Is 3
fore the statistics are ascertained bv the
tax lister, ali is vague and indeterminate
. ner states GU yht u known what North
Carolina Is doing The trouble with oui
farmers Is that they are running on er
roneous lines. The New England
people are enriched by cheaper
ing labor Ours are impoverlshs d
/ by their neglect, They first carr
hat 1t is possible for them to produce
We don't believe il that principle here
We bring what we need from othe
states We ought to produce on ou
truck patches three f9urths of what i
needed for cur support. Those statistic
would bring matters to our attention
They would prove an object lesson
Every hing would be on record Til,
farmer must possess himself or facts
There can be no useful legislation for to,
peop,e unless based on a knowledge D
now much they have made. or how mucl
theT have neglected to maks oe
few years since the hs:ooS' 500 eAGeps - Sg1
Xgy WlII,a,r5sstsen ae,o7stsen establshS o. p - 4ea D "a
- - ~ -Ae action vi Peturnine
might be unp4latable, but it was needaT.
for remedy and Improvement And til
farmer IS taught to keep books = sno,
what he has done during the year. ho,
much he has made, how much it has cos
him. Such system will make him pros
porous Let him put in in his poo
every bushel Of corn orw heat, every pour,
u Gotten, every hing he has rais, j
then on tie other page put th
cost Of each and he Will be astouished t
md how much he mas paid 10 othe
states. He does not care how Iu iely d
system OF book keeping IS carried out
All he proposed was = lesson OF Thrift
and economV
Mr. McNeill wished to sa7 that h
agreed with Mr. Watson. l. was = mos
: important subject now before the hous,
The statistics for 1892 and those for III
year previous, showing that imurovt
nent was going on. II the bill! VA
passed it would put the state oue of th
line heretofore followed. It was an au,
Hilary to the work Of the bureau Of sts
tistics We ought to pass the measur,
: The only complaint 5mes from the Ii;
? ters because they are not paid, and frol
i a few farmers because Of the tax,
Dir. Grouse was opposed to the amend
ment { # red. The bill ought to provid
for a general law. But he was oppose
. to the whole principle OF the bill II
thought the bureau Of statistics had don
The state harm. 1t was expensive Tn
. farmers were IN no cOnClLion 10 hav
;helT business exposed.
! Mr Merritt rose ii protest against tn
spirit OF opp sision 10 the bill, as subst
tuted or amen led. and against the M
ton to table the bill and also the amend
: meuts. II agreed with Mr. Watson tn
t was q most important measure, Wnc
\ you strike out the interests and indus
tries Of the state, you strike al It's hear
Carlyle had said, The house you gr
building is not the house it will oe yhe
built" The Arabian Nights story pix
lures a cloud or exhaltiou arising fr)r
i he sea. You cannot tell how il Is g0in
y 70 shape itself; il may be q demon
destruction or au angel Of blessing. o.
Y abOr statistics are rev and inCpmpicJ
! They must cost something 10 D rfet
them. Nothing can be re wIthoI
0 cost; everything costs; It's the law OF th
: universe. It is Illuminating to think
North Carolina dickeriDg for few cen
or q Gu stion Of cost Whence does a
1 or strength and suostauoec mel FRI
tie farmers Tn mas jefferson, whe
travelling IN France, was ateG
q tC4tAtb ~ tuAIL LBC CDAltIt9
!. the peasants slyly lift the bed coveria
70 see on what they slept, stealth
raised the Pot lid TO see on what they fe,
Z lie eclsrged his views or STATE sm u hi
/ by learning the ways, habits and r
sources of the humble classes Hsto,
y once busted itself only with the rich an
i great, now il writes It's most i1strucu,
pages about the lives a1d doings of tn
o larger and better class once scorned +
+ lowliness.
| He opposed the exemption Of Mace
county. He wanted to help Macon I
o opposed all the amendments TO str
q out and ne wanted everybody to know i
Harm may have been done under Il
law; harm has been done in the name
! Christianity Tue harm grows out
\ the fact that past measures have been i
efficient Correct them, and the har
will cpasa