The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-02-13

On account OF their HtneSS 10f thdL pldce'
You arc taking these men and putting
them at the head OF a great business con-
cern that they may be utterly incompe-
tent to manage.
Mr.. Daughtridge: After giving the bill
| a great deal of consideration have
come TO the conclusion that it is not in
the interests of the farmers. and that il
is impracticahle.
My patriotism is broad enough to be in
the one gallused man and the State
| Treasury Of North Carolina.
Mr. Mclean: If the State will spend
| $129.C COO to raise peanuts and things like
/ that, can she not spend $4,000 to save
| IS, coo. coo in ten years to the farmers o.
| North Carolina.
Mr.. Daughtridge: Peanuts and other
things raised by the State have cash
value in the market. Fertilizer has to be
sold on time.
Mr.. Mclean: ] want to ask the gen
tleman if he owns any stock in a fer
tilizer manufacturing company.
Mr. Daughtrdge; / hardly think the
question is a fair one, but | viii answer
| that / do However, my farming inter
ests are greater than my interests in
the fertilizer company as ] only have
about $500 in the plant. | have the
greatest regard for the gentleman from
Scotland, and / oppose the bill not be-
cause | love him less, but because | love
the state more.
KEEP MONEY IN THE STATE.
Mr. Blalock: l believe it might Re
profitable if the State We're to start on
a very small one at first. If it sup
ported itself. they could add to it. My
advice would be for the state to *
pertinent with it before going into it
deeply.
| am a farmer and have to pay my
hands. / can't see why the State farms
don't make money when they don't nave
! to nav their labor. 1t must be bad
| management.
| | say. let them make anything they
| can make at a profit. / have been rry-
ing to convince my neighbors for long
time that they can save five or six dol
! lars a ton by making their own fertl-
lizer with a hoe I believe that we
ought to keep every dollar in the State
| that we possibly can
! Mr. Alexander. of Rutherford. oppos-
| ed the bill. He said he did not think
| State institutions could produce as
cheaply as private concerns.
! Mr. Audrey, of Mecl1lenburg: / don't
| think the state ever invested in any,
thing of more benefit to the farmers
than the 2Oc tonnage tax. l do not be-
lieve the farmers would be benefited
by this bill. and it would require more
capital than the State has at it's dis
posal / would be rejoiced to see our
convicts i'm eva = county of the state
| L f,n,p dc md roll
Mr. Thompson: When com3ina.icLS
! get together against the people of the
! State, it is the duty of the State to pro-
! tect the people, and the question is,
! ought the State to do this? 1t is argued
that the State cannot compete with
private enterprise. ] say it can COM
pete with them, with it's free labor. If
/ a fifty thousand dollar bond issue Will
! help the laboring classes of this State,
] Will not hesitate to vote for the bill.
Mr. MacKethan spoke in favor OF the
j bill. Competition is unavoidable in any
! line of work. This bill would supply Ter
lizer to the farmer Very safely, and
therefore would help all the people
MIR. Zachary: 1t is claimed that
every kind of work at the penitentiary
creates competition. There is one class
of workers that will never complain of
competition by reason of the convicts'
work, and that is the public road work
ers.
Mr.. Smith, of Gates, thought the State
| should at least make fertilizer enough
! for it's own use. If this bill shall es-
! tablish the fact that fertilizer can he
made at a cost for less than it is sold
to the farmers, it will have done a great
work in showing the farmers at What
cost fertilizer can be made.
! Mr.. Smith then introduced three
| amendments intended to carry OUT Mi.
Blalock's ideas of experimenting on a
small scale. These amendments wele
! lost.
A roll call vote on the bill was de-
manded and it was defeated on it's sec
: ond reading by vote of 3S to As. The
! Noes We're: Messrs. Alexander, Allen,
! Of Columbus. Audrey, Baldwin, Ba~co,
Bivens, Blythe, Brim Britain, Burli-
son. Burnett, Galloway, Carr, Carson,
! Collins. Conner, Daughtridge.. Dean,
Duls, Ebbs. Gather. Hoey. Lane, Ling,
Mann, Mason, Mastin, Mauney, MeIn-
tosh McIver. Nicholson, Payne, Pear
son, Petree, Robertson, Rountree, Shan
nonhouse Sheets Simms, Smith, Spain-
hour, Weaver Welch. Whitaker, of For
| syth, Whitaker. of Guilford, Wi!IaI d,
| Wright Zachary-4S
! The ayes We're: Messrs. Barnhill Bed
dingfield. Blalocl1. Carraway. Carlton,
/ Craig, Daniels, of Vance Dees. Ellen.
I Garrett, Gattis Graham. Green. Jen-
kins, Little, MacKethan, Mclean, Nor
gan, Nichols. Oliver, owens. Page, Rein
hardt, Richardson Robinson, Ross,
Rothrock Russell Seawen, Shelton.
! Stewart Thompson. White, of Halifax,
| Wilson, YarboroUgh-3S
THE DAYS PROCEEDINGS.
| The House convened at $3.50 o'clock,
with Speaker Moore in the chair. and
was opened with prayer by Reg. w. ID.
Hubbard, of the Tabernacle Baptist
church, of this city.
| The reading of the preceding Gays
! journal was dispensed with, on mo-
! ton of Mr.. Curtis. of Buncombe
| PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS.
! BY Mr.. Winston, petition of S. u.
/ Barnes and others, asking that A. Bass,
disabled Confederate veteran, be
! placed on pension roll.
/ ~ Mr. BurliSOn petition of la names