The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-02-24

cessfuI, Industrious and intelligent of the
farmers in North Carolina, as well as
one of the best legislators the State
has known in this generation, has in
troduced a bill to appropriate fifty thou
sand dollars from the State Treasury
for the construction of this building rec
commended by the Board o. Agriculture.
Mr.. Scott must see, the Board of Agri-
culture must see, that there is no avail
able money for this. Therefore, when
the bill comes up Mr.. Scott should ac-
cept an. amendment to read like this:
THAT this appropriation shall be paid for
out of the funds of the Agricultural Dc
partment, twelve thousand five hundred
dollars each year for four years. And
it should be mandatory, so that the Board
of Agriculture would be justified in the
economies they would have to practice
to secure this money by the mandate of
the General Assembly.
We publish below the views of Repre-
sentative Scott before the Agricultural
Committee some days ago. His views
are eminently. wise and practical
We believe they fairly represent the
views of our farmers who pay the fert'lt-
ger tax. The States exhibit at st. Louis
is very desirable and will be a great adj
vantage to the State, but it should not
-, ,,,o1o 81 tho ovro,eo of the farmers
Of the State and paid for out of the fer
tilizer tax if to do so would prevent The
construction of this greatly needed build
ing at the A. and NJ. College. The Nyri-
cultural Department should do everything
in its power toward the exhibit at st.
Louis. 1t has much that could be sent
there already on hand, and a compare
lively small appropriation to add to tif2
exhibits already in shape, supplemented
by exhibits by private parties in North
Carolina, would present North Carolina
very creditably in ST. Louis. This State
ought to be represented. but Mr.. Scott
is correct when he insists that the first
duty of the Agricultural Department out
side that of fertilizer inspector and
analysts. is the development of agric4.-
ture in the State, and the snrest ana
the best way to build up our agriculture
and to help our agricultural people for
today and for all time, is to develop tho
agricultural instruction and equipment
of the A. and NJ. College.
Mr.. Scott is deeply in earnest in press
ing his bill for the agricultural building
at the A. and NJ College. When the bill
came up before the Agricultural Commit
tee Mr. Scott presented his views strong
ly. and they met the approval of many
who heard him. He said in substance
that while he did not propose to
discuss the merits of making the
ST. Louis appropriation, and did
not want to be understood as opposed
to it. but that he did not see why the
Agricultural Commission, composed of
farmers, should be asked to endorse this
measure, when it was a measure that
concerned the whole State, and moved
on this account that it should be sent
The Agricultural Commissioners, by an
almost unanimous vote, had asked for an
agricultural building at the A. and NJ.
College, and between making this ap-
preparation and the agricultural building,
if the State cannot do both, it is wisest
to have the agricultural building He
took the position that since the Agricul-
tural Department had appropriated
money to make an exhibit at the Worlds
Fair at Chicago, at Charleston and at
Buffalo and Paris, it would not be I'M
reasonable to expect that the Department
would be asked to appropriate money
sufficient to make this exhibit, and If
it had money to spare for such purposes,
as it had in the past, it might come to
the rescue and put UP an agricultural
building. That while these exhibits
might be of some benefit, he took the
position strongly that it could not COM
pare to the building of a strong agrcul-
tural college in the State. He went on
to say that the college had able agri-
cultural professors, but had no building
suitable for the purpose of giving in
struction in agriculture; that they had a
fine textile building and that it was a
Iellet ZION upon the ldiLhSio anu Ih0y
were to blame themselves if they did not
stat by this college and present it's
cal the public. With considerable
saruaatuess he pointed out how the ag-
FleulJural ga of this college had been
neglected the past and two years ago
only sevel tcen boys were taking the ag-
rioultaFa. course, now over one hundred,
an t1al DR. Winston was determined to
give BE farmers boy of North Carolina
as good an opportunity as other States
are doing for their boys along this line.
South Caro- IA aa ginia both have
splendid equ MEME eing q farmer he
felt the neet sErb ming as is given
at these coz contended that
nearly ever! l the agricultural
course woul 1854. or a farm, and that
his knoWled @ aiming would be an
object lessor .. ... rt rlbors, and it was
| impossible e .n lla the great intiu-
eDce these young mcu would haVe-as
they settled al over orth Carolina,
upon the development oL agriculture and
the improvement Of he rural country
generally. The ZINE a-4 come to stop
spending money in te}iua to induce poo