The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-03
The FARMERS BILL.
me- Stewart, lis Author, Discusses
Inc Purposes Of The Measure.
1T IS NOT INTENDED AS ATTACK
Iither Upon the insurance Department
or the A. and N. College.
IT IS INTENDED TO HELP AGRIcUL TURE
The Necessity for the Bureau Which II
Is Proposed to Create Is an Anpsrent
One and Can Not Be Disputed.
IT IS INTENDED TO HELP AGRICULTURE

austin Texas, February 2.-As announced
IN these dispatches III advance Of ~ H.
reduction, Messrs. stewart ana Brelsford
on January 20, introduced IN The houss
pin TO create an agricultural bureau.
uiNotce entirely from the department Of og
l'eulture' insurance, statistics and history
On January 10 the committee on agricult.
ure' to which the bill was referred made
favorable report upon 1T, recommending
It's passage The bill has been printed ana
was this morning laid on the speaker's
desk, '4Ae4
MI Stewart, referring to his bill this
morning to Post correspondent said.
! am q farmer and It is part Of my bust.
ness to make q close study Of all the needs
OF the farmer. The department of agrl.
culture, insurance, statistics and history
was Intended, with other things 10 be OF
special benefit to the farmer along some
llneS, but this department is not broad
enough IN Its scope in this directions fur.
tAermore it deals more with insurance com.
panies than anything else. No assault is
meant by this bin upon this department
1T is grave fact that the time has
come In Texas when the agricultural inter.
ests Of the state must be looked after in
every way possible, II Is the duty III the
state TO give, not only such profession "a
these interests that !, can practically, but
10 give needed lul formation and ass stdAca
IN combating the evils that ues't us lie
cotton districts are ravaged by bon worms,
Mexican boil weeylls and other pests that
Cacn year ior some years past have cost
cotton growers millions of dollars and NIL.
lions Of dollars taken yearly from tue state
Is loss 90 serious that It makes every
thinking man pause and think The grain
growing regions have suffered just as Ve-
Nerely from the pests that destroy the ce-
reals II these interests can be protected,
can be given the means Of defending Them
selves from loss ought not the state TO do
itE
THE amount to be expended only
SG35Oo, Is q bagatelle In the scales with
the losses that have been sustained and
that viii be prevented II this bill becomes
a law
cultural aud Mechanical college or its corps
Of entomologists aud veterinarians, whose
buties II is to teach these sciences TO the stu
dents Of that most useful institution, nor
upon the experiment stations and bulletins
Of this college Al that is desired Is 10
establish medium for the help of the
farmer and of the stock raiser, bureau
that will work with an eye single 10 these
interests. interests Of Importance 50 far
beyond all other interests as all prosperity
depends upon the farmers success, that
they have but to he named 10 be appreci
II is due to Mr.. Stewart 10 say that the
foregoing Is not in any sense an Interview
in detail nj his hill but the substance y
brief of a cursory conversation on the OUl
/ Ii Is understood that both the department
Of agriculture, insurance, etc, and th'
/ Agricultural and Mechanical college people
are disposed 10 antagoniZe tho bill, but THU
may not he the case.