The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1896-02-06
COZ. r. T.1NESBITT
As a Statesman. What He Has Done.

EDS. JoURNAL:-A record is what
proves man to be honest with the
people and patriotic to his country.
And this We mean to show is the
good fortune of one of our men, and
Tor many years hence he will be eu-
logized for what be has done for the
state. Now, We don't believe in
eulogizing man who doesn't merit
it, especially one OF our own county,
because prudence demands this
much, nor do we believe we should
wait until man is dead before we
car say anything good about him,
or that citizens admiration Of a
patriotic and economic statesman
should be withheld because he is a
citizen OF his county. Encourage
and eulogize man for all his wise
and honest deeds, and this will
cause him with other men to use
greater efforts in accom- plishing
more. Curse a man for all his dis
honest and evil deeds and he will
soon think he is a devil, and if he
don't watch he will be. We have
one man in our county who is now
practical statesman, as we'll as
good citizen. Since he took hold of
the department of the state, which
he now has charge, he has made
many radical changes in several
particulars, which should be ap>
plauded by the whole people of
Georgia. Some among the most
important of these changes are as
follows: LIST. When he took hold
OF the Agricultural Department the
best paid oil inspectors were getting
from $4,000 to $4,000 a year, and
the state nothing from that source /;
how the highest saiaried oil inspec-
tors get 81, 500 year, and the state
gets over SIS, 900 a year turned into
the treasury from oil inspectors.
End. The guano inspectors got ST.
500 year; now the long term men
get only $1,000 a year and the
short term men from three to four
hundred, saving at least $4,000 a
year. 3rd. Upon going into office
he soon dropped the office O! Assist
ant Commissioner, by taking the
work into his own hands, and doing
it himself, thus saving the state ST.
800 each year. 4th. He changed
the inspection of fertilizers from
bulk in warehouses, to wherever the
inspector found it, in stores, in
wagons, on farms or elsewhere, thus
giving the farmers better protection.
Not only the above changes is all
that he has done. Soon after TAX
ing up the duties of office, be intro
duced plan of monthly talks with
the farmers, published in $50 week.
ly papers in the state, consisting of
advice and answers to questions,
which is equal in quantity to small
agricultural magazine, and which
reaches about 10000 farmers in the
state. VINO could not he proud of
such man When we know that
he has saved the state during his
time in Office about one hundred
thousand dollars. We, as an in
dustrious end successful people,
can but admit that "the secret OF
success is economy" AS the old
maxim goes, "a tool CAP make
money, but it takes wise man to
save it" So IL is, we have many
men who can make statesmen and
spend the states money-the tax of
the people-but how few we have
who are among the wise, those who
will save it. Heavy taxes without
economy, is bad policy, causing
people to lose confidence in the
honesty and wisdom of men, lose
interest in their government and
thus cause to sink and decay the
patriotism of many true and hons
est citizen. Again, if economy is
used there is no need OF heavy
taxes. Col. Nesbitt has pursued
the right policy upon principles Of
pracGcal economy. linen let our
good citizens continue to uphold
him and thus place before the peo-
pie an example that other states
men would do well to follow. A
farmer is what we need tor the
Office Of Agricultural Commissioner
and this we claim Col. Nesbitt to
be. A farmer is needed in this
Office the same as a lawyer is need
ed in the Attorney Generals Office.
Then we have model farmer, citi-
zen and statesman, whom all Geor.
gia people admire. Let US stand to
this worthy man Of our county. It's
not the worthy and honest states
men whom we should relieve from
duty, but the dishonest and un-
worthy. CITIZEN.