The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-08
THE @YALLER" DOG AND RAZOR
HACK HOG.

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Why this oowardice in the legislative
halls? In asking this question Mrs w.
H. FELTON, had in mind the refusal Of the
legislature of Georgia 10 put the stamp OF
its disapproval on the ''yaller'' dog, the va
grant dog and other kinds Of dogs which
are of no use to anybody. but which hep
to keep a very large portion of the state
in a condition of poverty. once Georgia
was quite sheep raising state, but it Is
not now, because the dogs will not let the
sheep live Cotton has dropped below .
cents a pound and people are finding 1t
difficult to pay their taxes. The legisla-
ture is devising new methods 70 get the
means to meet the states needs. But II
is afraid to put its hand upon the worth
less dog, and why? Because there are 50
many worthless dogs, every one OF which
has an owner who has a vote.
And what has the worthless dog 20 do
with the peoples lack of ability to pay
taxes? It has great deal If it were
not for the worthless dogs this would be
a great sheep and poultry raising state.
Every farmer would have a few sheep,
and would have poultry and eggs for
home consumption and for market. Be
cause of the worthless ours which are
permitted, to run at large there are very
few sheep in the state and the greater
portion of the poultry and eggs consum-
ed in Georgia cities is imported from Ten
nessee. Tax the worthless dogs out of ex-
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be doubled in ten years There would not
then be any necessity for leyying taxes
which keep the people poor and prevent
capital and migrants from coming into
the state The increased wealth would
permit of a lower tax rate. The legisla-
ture however. win not strike down the
worthless dog. 1t is with reason therefore
that Mrs. FELTON, asks, Why this coward
ice in legislative halls?
And how about the razor back hog? Is
it not about time that the legislature
showed a little more courage in respect
to this destructive animal. Only a day or
two ago we published a statement from
an expert in pine timber, to the effect that
a reasonable healthy and active razor
back hog destroys young pine trees of the
long leaf variety that, if permitted to
reach maturity would yield naval stores
and lumber of the value of $1,000, And
yet our esteemed legislators are wonder
ing why the taxable values of the state
are declining, and they are piling up taxes
on the people who are not able to bear
heavier taxation.
Why don't they remove those two great
barriers to the growth of the state in
wealth-the "yaller" dog and the razor
back hog? Tax them to death, and lei
their worthless carcasesses be used tc
make pasture for sheep and corn for q
fine breed of hogs and for poultry. What
difference does it make if the owners Of
these worthless animals have votes? Are
they to be permitted TO impoverish The
whole people in order to crafty theil
liking for species of hogs and dogs which
arrest the onward march of civilization
and obstruct the wheels of progress? GIVE
us laws that will exterminate the worth
less dogs and the razor back hogs and i
will not be necessary to deny to the chill
dren of the state a good common schoo
education.