Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-12-18

ne oio not know what the people
at home would dc TO him for telling
such things, but he was going Ia
run the risk, as he had been with
Jordan and others when they were
making their trip and he knew what
they wanted him to say. Now,
write this to show how we were rep.
resented in Richmond. This man
George was Ananias in Richmond
and Sapphira ut Weems, and / also
wish to show him up publicly and
show what the longer and men
interested in the oyster business
have to contend with on account of
the Benedict Arnolds among them.
Now, my space being limited,
wish to be as brief as possible. What
will be the results Of the passage of
the Jordan bill? Thousands of
worthy, honest people will be de-
prived of a means of earning liv.
ing. Women and little children will
cry for bread. The State will lose
over 800, 1000 in revenue from de-
probation In the taxable property in
Iidewater. Thousands of Metho-
dists, Baptists, Episcopalians, Pres
byterians and people of every denom-
lnation will be wrecked by this SWELL
ing of the Jordan. Thousands of Ma
sons, Odd Fellows, Mechanics, Red
Men and members of other fraternal
organizations will be swamped in this
whirlpool of one man, wanting the
honor Cor dishonor) of having it said
that he was the patron of bill that
made the revenue from the oyster
industry go from 100000 to $685.
600. An avalanche of lawless-
ness will sweep over this section
of Virginia that the Spanish Inqui-
sition will be only protracted meet
ing to, for when man gets hungry
ne will satisfy the cravings of that
appetite, aud when his family cry
for bread be will come mighty near
getting it. 1t will cost the State of
Virginia millions of dollars to keep
law and order here. 100000 troops
or more would be required to keep
order in Tidewater, and Virginia in
live years would be poorer than at the
close of the Civil war. 1t will make
Democratic Virginia Republican.
Men that followed r. E. Lee, Ia Tide
water MANI their sons and grand
sons, who have been Democrats all
their lives, would be driven from
the party.
Now, l might go on and give
many other results. Icould show how
many honest girls, daughters of vir-
ginia, would be driven from homes
of plenty out into the world to earn a
living; how the struggle with pow
erty would eventually blast their
fair name and cause them to be drag
ged through the mire of degradation,
and their old mothers and fathers
60 down to their graves cursing old
Virginia and the men that have
brought them down to such dis
honor.
Am | overdrawing this picture !?
No. Think for yourselves, and see
the enormisy of the crime that such
men are trying to put upon us, and
let as arise in our might and crush
them.
We realize that those up-country
people want revenue. If they want
that have suggestion for them.
Defeat the Jordan bill in the SEN
ate, and pass bill taxing every man
who takes out license to catch oysters
with ordinary tongs the sum of So,
to be paid before he takes any oys-
tiers. This will bring in three times
the revenue that the Jordan bill will
and it will do away with all of those
results that l have mentioned that
would follow the passage of Mr.. Jor-
dams bill. Take the appointments
out of the hands of the Board
of Fisheries and let the people
elect the inspectors. Put proper
safeguards around the law to
protect the oyster and the man. We
are willing to meet them more than
half way. If they want revenue
adopt this plan. If it is lawless-
ness. starvation, dishoror, crime, ETC.,
they want, why, pass the Jordan bill
and you will get it.
Mr.. Editor, next week will try to
tell our people the necessity of or
ganization.
AUNTY SPEC.