Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-05-04

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boys with their own brains and others
capital succeed in the business which
they undertake. We have been told that
the farmers want this bill, but we have
no positive assurance that they do. We
have resolutions which passed in their
| councils, but have been told on good
authority that those meetings We're
| packed for the purpose. L do not believe
that the farmers want the bill.
Senator Pyle-farmers, mechanics
and business meu of New Castle county
are almost unanimously opposed to the
bill and have so expressed themselves
here through their representatives. |
| lived on farm AZ years. Then |
thought a man who resided in the city
lived in luxury but when went to the
city to live | learned | had had mis-
taken impression. There arc times
when business men want money and
! they want to borrow it as cheap as pos
sible. If the tax contemplated by this
measure is levied they will not be able
to borrow cheaply.
| Senator Lacey-This is an important
measure and demands consideration. 1t
| should not be smothered. Every man
ought to be willing to support the gov
| ernment according to his ability.
| People are very anxious to get hold of
mortgages and certificates of indebted
ness even il they are not property.
Why do they want them: Because
they pay more than land. Few farms
in Kent county pay q per cent, and
most Of them do not pay over per cent,
II yon are so unfortunate as to own
piece of land, my friends, you have got
TO pay the tax on it or sell it. Senator
| Pyle quit farming because it was not
| remuneratiVe. ..-..
Senator Pillng-I am not trying to
escape paying county or State tax. |
am paying more State tax than any
| farmer in Kent county. have over %
acres of land and pay 500 in county
and school taxes. am as true a Della
warean rs ever stood on this floor. lii
33 years | have never had law suit,
never a strike and never shirked public
or private duty. | object to Senator
Lacey's insinuation that am shirking
| State tax.
Senator McMullen-I want the credit
Of being simon.purc farmer AS
farmer and III the interest of farmers |
say that that the measure, unless the
bond and mortgage business is wiped
out, will work disaster. | believe the
national government discrimnates
against farmers and laborers but am
not going to discuss that | believe
capitalists, under the National Bank
laws, have privileges that only capital
lists enjoy. There are planks in the plat
forms of both parties which say some
thing about equalization of taxation but
if there is a farmer here | want to ask
him whether he was consulted in refer
eEcc to framing them. They were not
drafted bysfarmers feel kindly dis
puscd~to our friends who are trying to
relieve us by this kind Of taxation but
| will not vote for it. | wish il distinctly
understood am not asking for this kind
of protection. ! think know the senti-
ment Of the farmers of New Castle
county Only one farmer has personally
asked me TO support the bill and | can
not tell how many have requested me
to oppose it, have not made personal
deal with any senator on the question.
Ii you want to benefit the farmer vote
against the bill.
Senator Records administered more
medicine. He said he could not sup
port the bin but he thought its friends
ought to be given opportunity to frame
another. He, therefore, again moved
that further consideration be postponed
until next Tuesday. The motion was
defeated by a vote Of 5 to A.
The death Of the bill occurred at noon
On the motion to adopt the amendment
the vote stood as follows;
Yea Alessrs. Lacey and Wats0n--2.
Nay,-Messrs. McMullen, Pilling, Pyle,
Records, Ross, Williams and Houston-7
Senator Records moved that final
action be postponed, which motion was
defeated by vote of to 1.
The bill minus the amendment was
next taken up.
Senator Lacey--It would be waste
of time to read the bill now. move
that further consideration be indefinitely
postponed. His motion was adopted.
Senator Williams buried the corpse
beyond the hope of resurrection. He
moved that the vote by which further
consideration had been indefinitely post
poned be reconsidcred and the motion
to reconsider be laid on the table The
motion was adopted by u vote of 5 to 4.
Senator Pilling-Fhe motion of Sena-
tor Williams applies only to reconsider
ing and laying on the table. 1t does not
prevent the introduction of another bill
on the subject
Surprise was created this afternoon
by the House naming General j. Parke
Postles for membership in the Board of
! Directors of the Street and Sewer De-
partment of Wilmington.
The committee on municipal corpora
tlOns, through Representative Spruance,
reported with amendment House bill
(subStitutcl to increase the membership
OF the board. The amendment suDsti-
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