Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-21

una 'hcmical Company and knows Mr.
Morgan well. The running conversation
between the two was amusing in the cA-
trcmc.
NEEDS OF DEPARTMENT.
Mr. G. W. Koncr. Commissioner of
Agriculture. said he estimated that II
would require from $4,000 TO $4,000 TO run
MS department properly. lie dwelt upon
me necessity Of money TO be used in ad-
Nefusing the natural resources OF the
STATE, and spoke OF the large numbers of
letters ne receives inquirlng as to the
adaptabiiity of Virginia soil TO the cul-
ture OF various crops her minerals.
water-power and other things.
Mr.. j. II. G. Beverly. OF Fauquier, a
member OF tho State Board OF Agricul-
ture, said he though. Il most remarkable
that Mr.. Morgan should say the company
pays the brand-tax, and the farmers
would pay the tag-tax; yet he favored
brand-tax. Mr. Beverly did not think
Mr. Morgan's objection 20 the tag-tax
that IL would be so troublesome TO the
manufactures, was reasonable. lie made
one OF the most sensible talks which the
committee heard.
AT the conclusion OF Mr.. Beverly's
statement tho committee went into exc
cutive session After a short delibera-
again at 10 o'clock this morning The
bill will be reported at tne/ session OF the
Senate to-day and Will be debated at
l2.30 O'Clock vote will almost certain
~ bo taken and The bill defeated or en-
acted into law.
SOME FIGURES GIVEN.
In this connection figures submitted by
Mr.. Glass i'm the course OF his speech
yesterday, contrasting the Agricultural
he q MT
mcnts Of contiguous Southern States, are
interesting. He insisted that II was a
humiliation TO NirBinans 10 contemplate
the difference. Virginia gives her Agri-
cultural Department the pitiful sum OF
$4,000, while North Carolina gets $4,000
from the tOnna Re-tax. Virginia employs
one chemist at $50 per month, while North
Carolina employs six expert chemists ri
a salary OF 5000 each for five Of them
and 81 800 for the chief chemist. The re-
suit is. he said that the farmers Of
North Carolina are protected from Irau-
duleut and worthless fertilizers. while the
farmers Of Virginia are the prey OF any
concern with little enough conscience and
character to swindle them. Virginia. he
said. employs but one inspector Of ferti-
iizers at s65 per month, while North caro-
lima employs twelve at 500 per month.
In Virginia the fertilizers purchased by a
farmer has 20 be used months before he
can get an analysis owing TO the lnefn-
cheney Of the department. In North
Carolina the farmer IS promptly and tho
roughly protected. I'm Virginia half the
fertilizer used wasted because IL IS
misapplied. being ignorantly used without
reference TO its adaptability TO the SOIL
while I'm North Carolina the soil Is ana
lived for the farmer and he proceeds
upon an intelligent scientific knowledge
of what ne needs.
Mr.. Glass stated that the little State of
South Carolina eXpends $4,000 per annum
on It's Agricultural Department; Georgia
spends $4,000. and Tennessee, in addition
TO a tonnage tax of 50 cents. apprOpriates
$4,000 TO maintain its department Touch
ing the question as 10 who pays the tax,
Mr.. Glass said fertilizers are sold for the
same price I'm North Carolina. where $55.-
O0O is raised from a tOnnage-tax, as in
Virginia. where there Is no tax. There
fore II II be true that the farmer pays
the tax instead OF the manufacturer, the
farmers of Virginia have been paying 10
maintain the Agricultural Department of
North Carolina. without any cOmpen-
sating advantage. II is time, said Mr..
Glass either TO wipe out the Agricultural
Department OF Virginia or else make IL
something more than a farce. Moreover,
he believed the talk about the farmer
paying the tax Is largely humbug. If the
farmer pays the tax why are the manu-
f9cturers spending time and money TO de-
feat the tax?