Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-08-26
THE FACTS IN THE CASE.

cutlye committee Of the Irrigation Con-
gress, in addition TO the silver loving
cup By Senator Clark for the best tx
hibts OF fruit, should form further in
centlyes to Utah frult-growers to fur
nish a worthy display There 9eems to
be misundersta nding in regard to the
powers s the State Board Of Hortcul-
ture In this connection. y writer to the
Tribune on Sunday, wanted TO know
whether that Board was dong anything
toward getting up collection Of utah's
boastea finest fruit on earth, and then
atked
III here Is State money appropriated
for horticultural purposes " flld II not
be perfectly legitimate TO use reason
able amount. say $500 or $500, in making
up display Of fruit for the great con
test at Ogden?
This was editorlally endorsed, as may
be seen from the following paragraph
that appeared in the same paper on the
same day
THE suggestion that the State Board
Of Horticulture should shoulder the re-
sponsbility seems emlnently proper,
That board Is paid by the state 10 fos-
ter the horticultural interests Of Utah
State funds are appropriated for use by
the board in just such manner na lndi-
Gated IN the communication We see
no reason why the Utah State Board of
Horticulture should nor uphold the
credit OF the state m the matter Of fine
fruit production, al this Interstate COM
petition"
The committee at Ogden took up the
refrain, very naturally supposng that
state funds were at hand that could be
used by the Board Of Horticulture for
the purpose in view, and the papers
were urged to press this matter upon
the board The Deseret News there
upon showed that the board had no
funds for anything but the purposes
specified In the law, hut us members
were doing all that laid in their power
to uphold the credit Of the State" by
helping In the movement for fine fruit
exhibit at the meeting Of the congress.
Now the Tribune editorlally comes back
at the board, in this way:
when public official doesn't know
his business and Is incompetent 20 per-
form the duties Of his office, about his
first cutlery when he Is urged to do any
thing, Is that there are no funds. And
this Is now urged In behalf OF the state
Board Of Horticulture in It's reluctance
TO do It's duty In a fruit exhibit at the
Irrigation Congress. And this In lgnor-
ance Of the law and IN defiance Of US
age
The anlmus against the secretary OF
the Board Of Horticulture. 50 frequently
displayed in that paper, Is easily trace
able to its source. and It is as vicious
as II is paltry. The board has shown
no reluctance to do Its duty" and the
ignorance OF the law referred to, is
that exhibited in the editors assertion
that there are State funds, out of which
5000 or $500 might be expended by the
board for the purpose proposed; Nor
~ lutIt any uSA1t ~ iNiiN a NV
cedent for the demand.
The truth Is that while there are no
state funds that can be legally used by
The Board Of Horticulture 10 aid in
getting up fruit exhibit from this
state for the Irrigotion congress, every
effort possible Is being made by the
members OF the board to gather a
credltable display. The board has Of
fered 10 fruit growers the free use of a
number Of handsome glass Jars for
putting up and preserving fresh and |
perlshable fruits TO show at this eX-
hlbit Tley are deyoting lime and
energy and travelling over their dis
tricts IN the interest OF this work. |
Further thar this they have no author
ity In law to go.
The only exhibit that the board Is |
legally authorized to exptnd funds to
promote is a state horticultural ex- |
hIbltnn with premiums and awards
The State Fair win soon be held at |
which the Board Of Horticulture may |
aid in securing a display Of utah fruit !
But the exhibit at the National Irriga-
ton congress Is not state hortlcul-
turll exhibition and the Board Of Hor-
tlculture has no authority in law to
spend a dollar OF state funds IN the
manner proposed. The assailant Of the
hoard IS only doing harm TO the con-
gress by us attacks Let the fruit
growers be stimulated to personal cx-
ertlons 10 competition for the prizes Of
fered, and Def the horticultural Board
alone, or leave us members to their
good work Of personal aid On this mat
Ter without misrepresentation and
without abuse.