The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-18

even IN the most dluicult, oDsunate Sdnee. -
has cured the Oldest cnses that ever met, ana
in all Of my experience. in all Of my 1000 tests,
l never found another remedy that would cure
one chronic case In ten.
Write me and will send you the book. Try
my remedy for month. for 1t can't harm you
anyway. II 1t fails the loss Is mine.
Address DR.. Shoop, Box 2ss. Racine. WIS.
Mild cases not chronic arc often cured By ono
or two bottle. At all druggists.
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completes attention was particularly
called to this fact.
l. cannot concur in section OF said
report. At present there are many thous-
nnds OF individuals In the State OF Vir-
10 tho state annually many thousands OF
collara In taxes by taking these oysters
and selling them to planters. II they are
deprived Of this privilege. as they must
designated by the majority of your COM
nittee as depleted rocks are rented to
the planters. the result will be that these
thousands OF individuals must leave the
state. and thus deprive the. State OF a
large amount OF revenue.
Again. very large part ofathese
grounds, II not productive OF oysters. or
where partly depleted become large ri ,o clan
is becoming large industry. Many mil
lions OF clans are annually shipped to
the market from the county OF Acconac
lone. These clans come largely from
INCREASED In price In the last five years
from ten cents per hundred to sixty-fvc
cents. After the grounds are assigned to
a planter. the clammer is prohibited from
working thereon. Tho result must be
Z II at again you deprive a large number
q your citizens OF livelihood. and thus
deprive the State Of additional revenue r, Y:
tho ocean side OF the Eastern Shore
counties. the claiming Industry from tho
public grounds in tho ..Bayier Survey
try ever was from the same grounds.
It would therefore seem to me unwise
toi the State. even though she may
temporarily derive an increased revenue,
to throw out OF employment 30 large u
humber OF her citizens.
II you adopt the report Of the major
ity of your committee, thousands OF your
citizens In Tidewater Virginia who now
the State or become paupers. and draw
from your public revenues. for support,
whereas now they are making living
cut OF the waters Of the State, and are
respectable citizens. and are aiding in
the support OF the government.
This real estate, which is now VARIABLE
property and upon which Large taxes h are
the mercantile business f1epende on ms
trade Of their citizens. must dwindle and
decrease. 1t may be replied that these
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signed will give employment to this class;
Well, what proof have you OF 1t? Will
they not do as all capitalists do-employ
the. cheapest labor they can get? It Is
proved machinery In taking the oysters
frcm these beds. which relieves them Of
the necessity of manual labor. Who
today are employee IN the snuekng
cheap labor generally. But grant you
that they will give employment to these
II dependent class side by side with this
element of labor, and convert honorable
c.izens into dependent. wage earning
class?
1t is an undeniable fact, we'll known to
your committee, but ignored by tho ma
7ority. that the grabbing industry Is a
lucrative one. furnishing employment to
many men and children.
The State exacts from this class spe-
cffic tax; 1t prohibits crabbers from going
On assigned ground. To break up this
industry means to destroy many citizens.
The State. ,Tnngier Island, would be scri-
ously injured. These crabbers are not
confined to Tangier Island. but the citi-
zens along the entire re, water front are
II correctly understand section OF the
majority report. cannot concur IN this,
It would seem from this section that the
ouce more seed oysters and. therefore,
enable planters to seed larger areas than
at present. I do not think this will be the
that ii you lease these grounds. you will
Rave the entire seed beds IN the hands OF
q. few, and tho State will then be at the
OF few yqM give nnem font tbs
beginning, these grounds being the seed
p1 oducers, any grounds that may be here
after desired to lease must be leased to
the seed to Plant any area, The effect
therefore must be that those to whom
you have leased yo t natural nat rocks are
y do not need your grounds at your
rrice. You cannot rent them to any. one
else. and IL you want any revenue from,
4, hen en- you must let me have them At my
cannot concur in section OF the ma
yorlty report In saying, that the present
situation Of the oyster INDUSTRY Is crit,
mas largely Increased in the last ten years.
~ ore people ars engaged in the busi-
ness and many times more oysters are
shipped from the s spst m nan when me
Since that time there has been a grad
ual development In the industry, and
tits will increase under, wise LEGISLATION,
ron in the quantity of seed oysters grown
on the natural rocks during this period
Certainly this is true Of the ocean side
OF Accomac and Northqmpton counties
nr r.s sse demand by reason Of the larger
Climber Climber e engaged in planting In the last
few years. BY wise legislation the plant,
Ing business has been stimulated and rem
snoyided FOR the production Of an ade-
afuate supply Of the seed oyster, In my
judgment the proper way to do this is to
the BAYLOR Survey, but not productive I'M
less sheiled, and that are now yielding to
the State no revenue, at q small price Per
acre to persons who Will shell ~, and make Is
zone Under proper legislation, This, cry
az scarcity Of seed oysters IS raised "
Inc large planters, some Of whom FOL