Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-15
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,r,,, ,n-couptry and down" ,yo,.,ny
iHs w ,.rnuerablo wr1ngles' ha'"e
nave ,,...,gen, Views az 90 wha' 'e''
sharpH -, oxpected from the oys'e'
nue. S"'1' .or,e,imes findlng the oys'e'
i"'e''s - means agreed among 'ne'"
me" - = oo wonder that our s'a'u,
seN'S' c,,od with vexing ana iu''s
DOORS Nevertheless. there nae
neon a gradual Improvement o. a new
- ,ne Raylor survey was nav, of
-, enacted. and then 'ne ..,,,,t
-" -. n,as created. Ana '"e
-. c,ate's relations 20 the o''
u '"". .a-aov I'm a more hopeiui co''''
ton than ever before -. orr laws.
Won %, , Nurse we do not say that our '. or
Va ,,,s,ratIon OF them, are ~,
OF inc co., means; but the pispatch -
| oo,,,,,ced that the Iegisia'u'o '-.,,rc-
| = Good foundation for so''' ra,,ornes |
! - ond that II the net .hore
/ Ia continue 20 increase ""N 49,.
snou'I ;. Gradual cessation Oh 'ii'
ST. - IN the Legislature, pupHc Se"'
! ,neut will be satisfied .,so obser-
me- ygo have been led to make these jus
=, this time by seeing III NV
I rgfi
,l-,o,,sh,,re Free Lance letter iroii
nv q. w. LeCato' stare 80,
o., Accomac and Northampton III ""
90 o,d much practical advice gwen az
,,,.,u,s advanced that agree III 'ne
Ian those expressed by the Disp"'."
-, o,,otn Among other things ne
says: 80. ore..hird
oeseeeable values in the oyster
,,s.,o, have been directly or lholi
,e~i,,ed from our fisheries, the S'a'e a.
s..a, ,ded and is bound TO exact
49, ,a,,opne from these industries
80. question how this revenue Is ~
49, md whether the means shaH -
devised by Tidewater or up-couhuS "a
= resentatiyes. 1t is well known ina 1o'ored a
ioritv in the last Asseiho,s rbe &C.
J oi-o' or sale OF our public beds. ne ~.
: CASTOR was most unpropltiou' orlv
! 1,taoro,or section The state no' 80
a,,srnnted an actual deficit in me 90
80 but n threatened deficit IN Tue ~
y 10 -. .r,asurv Necessity demanden
= - doucn of appropriations, LOT hioo -,
B our eleemosynary institutions - A
,be noeagre salaries OF state ON tor
crieis had been reached III ~" ~. iaoie-
7 o,oetior never known before III t'e -
n quesu"" 49, state. and attorneys "a
i lot lon ffi4.
Ni,,,, cornoYations gathered IN thS ~
r - u,itb the tempting offer OF h "I.u.,,9
~ ~ uameonde of dollars for our o@''.i
% PERHAPS the oystermen nave ~,
- ra,iized how nearly they were eoi'
q out" .co.o tbe
o. =, chic crisis. says DR.. IeCato' on'
= ,oor, of Fisheries bill was inteiposeu
nooorse in the Judgment Of Underwater
On .,,rosoptatives IT offered the best pTAcu
or ~ COMPROMISE. And "for once h
n s.,tos "tbe common perir' induced al
en- the representatives Of the oyster e'""''
IL 10 stand together.
AT "The hill" he continues, feceiNou
- Tidewater vote; every vote IN tile go -.
DE hut one, and every vote IN IN. ,,o.yl
le six. | hope and believe tll's NV
,rapirnous acceptance OF TINS nl7''u 90.
Ell has heen the happy solution or the "!'
Ia 49,. nrohIen and the timely salNSuon
,at onr Tidewater Industries. IT rescued me-
49,, 80, The arena of politics ana sectIoh'
antaoonisms. and for the first time i
'N cognized the oyster Industry ar a -
m ness. 10 stand henceforth on 10 Wv
merits II provided a business hedN' -
nes fret concern Of which was 10 prot-'t "
a fisheries. and all persons ana PrOpei
engaged therein; TO ADJUST the 1f'' .
an' lions of the oystermen; to distribute d.
ub- o,,olize the burden of teXation on
as alike. and. especially, to recommend
cont future LEGISLATION on the oyster ques"'
ho- as suggested by a practieal aequn.''i ~ VI
with The needs of the Industry. W 2 no
UNI already seen that. while the law mas
ing, nosed no new burden OF taNauOu'
and revenues derived will likely sausy
80. ao,oands of the State. I; only RENAL
for the oystermen themselves TO acc'
He II In good faith, and prepare TO give
h"s' proper support.
pro- The Doctor breaches the right doctr
most mo think He is correct when he s
most that "the State will be placed at us
the ends for three or four years to meet
Mr.. annual expenditures (but we are g'
the IN come out all right the Dlspa
ma thinls,. correct. too, when he recalls
, as emnhosizes the fact that the board
the created upon "the distinct understand
1t that il should bring the State reasons
and. revenue" He thinks section OF AT
made Y NJ the State Constitution will sool
after ca far amended as 70 allow specihc
ting TO be imposed for taking oysters
con- tongs." and il seems to him that II
ecord eouities Of the state can be met by
losty nresent rate Of taxation II would be
as wiser TO accept the burdens we air
erted have than TO tempt disaster in some
favor shane" Therefore. he trusts that
that factious opposition will cease. and NJ
It FOR CARDS appeals TO the courts 'on
been constitutional bubbles as both IN
made and dangerous"
~, as That advice is sound and wholes
10 the '.,The oyster question has well-nigh
,tched out the patience of the people anc
lrpose legislature would rejoice to be rid
I'd his altogether, or at least 10 have IT pres
in a more practical shape than heret'
.ations DR.. LeCato's letter encourages II
.a,io,s hone that that happy time Is ne
MIGHT The mass of Vrginians only ask
at an souabblng shall cease and that the
pbuin- bods Of the Commonwealth shall pu
,at the the public treasury fair amount
o. phn. revenue each year. The terms that
40, ran been prescribed are probably better
g no any that could be made now or mere
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10 ANU MILK AND DISEASE.
.n1o,,, The Board Of Health of Syracus
=, 80 Y have hit upon an unique but
90 tho rently very practical plan of elimil
- impure milk as a factor in producin