The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-25

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 MT. samford-win the gentleman permit 8 question?
 Mir. Palmer--Yes. sir.
 Mir. Samford-You had to pay 50 cents per ton to have that dirt anal yzed?
 MT. Palmer-Yes, sir.
 i MT. Samford-Under the present jaw? ? MT. Pslmer-No, didn't send 1t | there
 MT. samford-But you did pay the | 50 cents a ton. It had a tag on it.
 MT Palmer-But what am contend | ing Is this, we want 1t analysed, but 1t does not cost any fifty cents a ton | to do 1t. 1 believe a nickle ton will pay the cost. But gentlemen, under | stand me. l do not object to the fifty ! cents. but after you get it out of us, put it where 1t will bring in some re- l turn. Put 1t into the common schools, or else make these agricultural schools indeed. what they ought to be. MT. Rogers (Sumtcr)-In speaking of what it costs. the State received this year in round numbers ninety-six thousand dollars from the sale of these fertilizer tags. and the expenses were about seven thousand dollars, and about three thousand dollars was ap- | propriated for fairs, and they convert ed into the treasury of this State about eighty-six thousand dollars.
 Mr. Palmer-Well, that is a heap of money; more than I ever expect to have.
 MT. Greer-May I ask the gentleman l a question?
 MT. Palmer-Certainly.
 Mir. Greer-I will ask you If you know what 1t does cost to analyze this 1 fertilizer?
 Mir, Palmer-No, I do not
 Mir. Greer-I will state for your in- formation. have been talking to MT. Adams. and he says that it actually costs about ten cents ton. | He also suggests, and-I want to cor rect that. that he thinks I am mistak- en in regard to the analysis of ferti- lizers. That came from the Clerk of Committee appointed by our club, and my remarks were based upon the result of inquiries made by said Con- mittee. I do not want to do any one an injustice. However, the Clerk. MT. | Adams. agrees with me as to the cost of making the analysis.
 Mir. Palmer-Gentlemen, when you collect this tax. put it in the primary schools: put 1t where the children can reap some benefit and learn to read and write. Put 1t in the academies, unless your agricultural schools | DS HiduC ONhCOAo indeed. Every boy that goes through and gets free tuition ought to be made to do two hours work a day, and if he does four hours work a day, a poor boy can go through free and be educated. They do it at Starksville. and why cannot we do 1t! We can. and gentlemen. I spoke to two gentlemen, trustees of that school where live. and said gentlemen, we ought to make this an agricultural school. or withdraw the appropriation. | They said, yes, you are right, but 1t is in our district, and let's get the money. I live within six miles of it.. and can send my children to it, but I want the school to do what it should, or not make the appropriation. | Now, gentlemen, I thank you from | the bottom of my heart that you have listened to me. It Is my first speech. the first one I ever made in any Con- vention in my life. I have been as green as a gourd, and afraid to open my mouth, because l was afraid somebody would spring the question on me, and I don't know how many things you have got to shut fellow up here. Loud applause.)
 Mir. Pearce-Mr President and Gen. tlemen oi the Convention, it Is very embarrassing to me to attempt to make a speech on the present occasion, on this proposition, under the existing circumstances. 1 am very peculiarly situated. 1 am from a County where there is one of these "guano schools as call them, and I am in the pres ence of ninety-six men who are learn ed in the law. I was raised at time when school facilities were very pooI and my language will be very poor, ane consequently I am further embarrass- ed.
 It has been insisted by the gentle man who has just preceded me, thai if you tax the guano at all. you ought to put 1t into the public school fund Well, I must confess that will be milder piece of class legislation thar the other, but 1t will still be class leg islation. It would be asking the farm CT to specially add to the school fund after he has paid his taxes on his oth' CT property, but 1t would be milder anC better than to put it into these guanC schools. So far as the guano schools in different sections of the State-anC excuse me for calling them "guanC schools" because I am not much of z man for pig words anyhow, and there Is too much of that other name and cannot remember it all-the people 1T my county who go to that school and get the benefit, if any one gets any benefit. are not the people who pay thu tax on the guano. They are usually the sons of men who are not farmers or to a great extent they are, and thel do not use any guano. and besides al of the farmers need their folks a home. and usually cannot patronize th' schools. But we propose, and WI come out and say as Democrats, tha we are in favor of a government tha stands for equal rights to every mar and special favors to none. As l un derstand Democratic principles as pro mulgated by the Democratic party that is what we represent. Now, sir if to have equal rights to all in thi' country, and special tavors to none, Il to have the farmer taxed fifty cent' ton on the guano he uses. do no want any equal rights in mine. I dC not want them. It has been insisted on this floor, by some gentlemen. tha the farmers have never complained O this tax. Well. I am here to tell vol that they have complained O it. and know what l an talking about. and l expect tha the gentleman who makes th' statement in all probability is a law yer, and the farmer would not ltkel, go to the lawyer and complain to hin about his taxes, because the farmer expect the lawyers to hold office, an they would not expect him to go to tn Legislature and relieve him from it.
 It has been insisted here that it wa very important to have a tax on guanC in order to protect the purity of 1t. l | my judgment, and my judgment made up from a long experience, it entirely unnecessary for that. ar