The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-01-31
TIE PRIVILEGE TAX
Reduced from Twenty-Five to
Fifteen Cents.
AN INTERESTING OE8ATE.

the Result.

Enusc ToesCgv lie urgrG {: II
,.i,s.
was ou!"sS S''1 ",-'',, ~ ''N -.
TO support Gleason 0".'es'- ." 49,
the argument vA> ;''st t;'e 3s'''i'
would moi be TO the fcrn"r L tie Tx
s+. +.lo, o4 lie Ss6,.. 70 7,Grcs
80 ~ ,,.;oD.z j! It tie
the TAX te 'e0 ','''''S .,.I
reduction 6 t1e tax - u'';-'' '..'
benefited ne t%f@4@sT lia '''e
friend If ticm5pa /: the t&;aue's
were se.sicg TIE hcce6s OF the Sr;N:.s &c
,sx he would cot comr;a'n. Il the
.Yopey went t. :he lp5t;e schools Ah
wonld not c9:n2,a!D ia farmers @ho
nav the r-;vli+s" tax arg generally too
poor TO send :l.ujr soos 80 Ciem>o1 toi,
Iesc. This was an urjGst bntdeu and
should be removed.
MIR. Blythe sai1 Mc. Ashley was beg
eius TIE question. This privilege tax
wss imposed and collected long before
clemson College was thought Of. The
tsx was mt on fertilizers because the
farmers though, il aecesssry to protect
themselves acains, fraud ard deception.
The tax vas f.r the protection Ct the
fsrmer, and no ore else. The present
lsv NAV he amended to advantage. The
tsx was first imposed by Legislature
of farmers and since then there have
Noon farmers here IN the majority and
No change has beep msde. The arsu-
,nent nse6 to brinc about Clemson Col
Iege was that if the State built the Col.
laSe the farmers would support and sus-
tain il. There was compact made be-
tween the people, so to s,eak, that the
farmers would for all time support
Clemson through the privilege tax. He
ar,ued TO show that the tax, If repealed
would do The farmers no good. He
;a3 hs Ard 30 COM plant from the farm
srs about the tax and thought they
wanted it retained.
MIR. MCCULLOUGH sai3 that heretofore
he had opposed ,ie bill but after yoisg
thoroushly over the situation he
thought it best to favor the present
bill. Clemson college is now thorough
ly equipped aud has all the buildings
it needs. He was not opposed 10 q
privilege tax, but he thought such
tax should only be sufficient to DO the
actual analyEing Of fertilizers. The
amount proposed by the bill is ample
for analysis. Iae real issue IS: Shall
you impose more than Is necessary for
the examination? Theu the idea Is
that money should be raised from some
one TO support Clemson college. Now
is it righ, TO run the hands OF the State
into the pockets of the farmers or the
fertilizer men to get this bonns for
Clemson college? Then the Supreme
Court has held that such an Act as is
on the statute books is unconstitutional
The committee tried to patch up = bill
that would pass muster. We are play
ing the hypocrite in trying to patch up
bill that is wrong IN principle and
unconstitutional.
Mr.. Stevenson, Of Ghesserheld, saio
he was opposed to reducing the tax to
ten cents, but favored IS cents tax.
Clemson college last year got Sl02,-
6l3.GS from various sources: Privilege
tax s6O, 900: Morrillfund, Sl2 600;
At 1857 Federal Sl5 GOO. landscr;ps.
Is 000: rpit;cn s. 400: Clemson be-
onest 35l2 Total. Sl02 6I3.0S.
There was no account Of the expeo3i-
tnre. He said the only institution hat
could be and was attacked last year in
his campaign was Clemson, because Of
this apparent extravaganza. If the
authorities Of Clemson DO not practice
sconomy there will be 2 Ehirlwind and
areyolution that will tear a hole into
Clemson and possibly DESTROY il.
Mr. E. D. Smith. of Sumter, said
this reduc tiep of the tax has been one
OF mis- platforms fc. years. The people
who nav the privilege tax are scarcely
ever practically re presented here. The
nriv;icac tax IS extracted from the
bnver and no one else. THE las; ;,-cr
vbo hsotncs ~. ,.:ano must nav Cor it.
Il is entirety wropv 20 tax yaese poor
farmers The tax last v,,, re held
h-onsht IN 500 600 Il H.. doors Of
Clemson are 20 be omen to tee State at
large let her draw her support as o,her
State colleges do. If Clemson is worthy
Of support she will get the money, and
If not worthy the members will know
it.
Mr. Robinson, OF Oconee, thought
the farmers had but little to say on the
measure. He maintained that it was
wrong to legislate for one class against
another. Il would be lust as fair to tax
every lawyers law hook as to tax every
bag Of fertilizer. He asked what goutl
Clemson do if it should be decided by
the farmers not TO buy fertilizers for .
certain year? If Clemson has to be
supported by this sort Of legislation let
her 20.
Mr.. Wingo, Of Greeaville, as a farm
er. said he had heard more against
CIo-.o, oo1to-. ~ g., oF ,so