The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-03-14
FOURTH EDITION
NOT MUCH DONE.

| NOT MUCH DONE.
Very Little Business Transncre,.--
Fniton's Bill to Tax Bonds md Mort .
aaEes-A Number of New Bills to BE
Introduced.
Correspondence OF the Republican,
Dover, March 13, 1S93.-As 1 pre-.
dicted In my letter yesterday. there
was very little business transacted by
the General Assembly to-day. The
SENATE was to have met at 8 o'clock
tlls afternoon, but at that time no one
except MIR. Pyle was present. He
called himself to order and then unani.
mously adjourned until IL O'Clock to-
morrow morning.
Inc House was to have met at Q
O'Clock. but as there WINS not auoru m
present Speaker Whiteman adjourned
Tue meeting until Z o'clock this evon-
ing, but nothing was done even then.
ne OBJECT OF the evening session was
10 give an opportunity for notice to
be given OF several bills that would
have been introduced tomorrow.
WANT AN AMENDMENT.
The Philadelphia, Wilmington and
Baltimore Railroad Company will
nave bill introduced for an amend.
ment to their charter.
| This amendment provides that the
com pany can elect as many vice presi-
DENTS as are necessary to carry on its
business, who may or may lot be
stockholders In the company. All the
vice presidents are to TO mem bers OF
the board of directors eS-oillcio.
THE TAXATION BUSINESS.
The bill prepared by j. Alexander
Fulton. which proposes to tax bonds
and mortgages, will be presented this
week. tut IL IL not probable that action
will be taken until after the report OF
the Tax Commission is received. The
bill Will meet with considerable oppo-
sltlon, and 1t is scarcely probable that
IL will pass.
The general opinion seems to be
that II 1t should become law, 1t will
be the borrower who will have the
amount OF tbs tax to pay in the way of
an additional bonus. When this mat
Tel was agltated two years ago, it
/ caused considerable money to be sent
out of Delaware for investment else
where, and there is no doubt but such
law would make money scarce. aud
subject borrowers to considerable
trouble and Inconvenience,
| THE PEACH YELLows
There is no doubt but the peach yell
lows matter will be taken up, anu u
! strong eiiort made TO pass tile propos-
ed amendment to the present law.
As n matter of fact, the Legislature
Will 10 )iiged to do something in this
matter, otherwise it IL but question
OF very short timo before Delaware
peaches are shut out OF tho markets
! ff Nav York ,,1 llIIn,tnI1LIn
trees of New Castle County have been
almost all destroyed with this disease,
aud now those OF Kent County are
being devastated. Strange as 1t may
seem, some OF the growers OF Kent
are opposed to any law that will COM
| pei them TO kill their diseased trees
and have sent several petitions to the
Legislature protesting against any
now law and asking that the present
law~may be repealed, as far as Kent
County Is concerned.
This does not suit tho growers of
Sussex County VINO are now practical.
ly exempt from the yelloWs. and they
| Will endeavor to have u very stringent
law passed, which will sta mp the dis
ease out of existence. As they will
have the members from New Castle
County and part OF those from Kent
with thom 1t Is very probable that the
| IiiilBeilb uiiltIulilbIlLS proposed by
the Farmers Institute and majority
OF the fruit growers of the state Will
bo passed.
| MILK INSPECTOR WANTED.
The Philadelphia Milk Exchange has
| backed up the request of the State
Board of Health for milk inspector,
ana have sent q communication to the
General Assembly asking that such an
| Office be created
Thus far no such bill has been in
troduced, or even police given of it,
and while it is probable no action will
lie taken on the NATTER such a law
might prove beneficial to consumers
y meat inspector Is needed in Will
mington fully rs much as a milk In
spector, as there IS being n considera-
bic quantity of diseased meat sold in
that mi fiet. This meat Is generally
bought and consumed by the poorer
classes, who are attracted by the low
rate at which 1t is sold. 1t is, However.
doubtful il any bills will be puesed
creating new offices, as since The ex-
periance with the Durney coal oil bill,
the Legislators have become suspi-
clouS, and lis Don AS n bill OF this ma
ture is spoken of. commence at ouce
to search Tor the Niger in the wood
pile"
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