The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-13
Iniusti c Done TO WI
mington.

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r..-~a, tarvos ID, ese and said. ~ a0-
rrrs.e of fhl= place. and wili Fe*";-a-
f,.,.ss.g st an tIae committee A7 Z km@"
that fhrre was nothing presented more
Interesting than thi@ Uro""@at3os.
f,.-.f5.-,B- Then that settles IT, Ar.
fIuus. reFsItea s+%a u~t nfc'-ssssAr2aA
but think ms recoWmciaafi"u Mts
have great ssr ~ht" ST. Hume 1ftt@-
wards wrote me that he dist recon
ue,f4d jhe farm Ia the committee ana
ylasst tae committee caEne 90 "a tte vote
D. seems from conversation r'-~
Gently had HJth you and Mr. NA'&ort
THAI There H8~ not q ffD vote ltt .i-
oa5cia sense saaf NJ. Mntaliun. "hH
u.as one of the four FIRST visiting t.te
lands. Was uut present that Mr. Hi
Esore. from hfs own sts4teneHt tail-
e8 geo accent NJ Hume.s report be
cause hs haa seea the county tract a..
the other s5fe az the r"a8 am1 haa
mot heen satisfied wilh that and that
CHG caused SIR Hume Go write "a re-
un.t ta be submitted Tn "a later meet
iuE uf tlte eusUm.ttec-' which was aa-
srlutv1y UUfsT@r4hle 90 fise Corral
farm tAEr Wmityhe8#'s sf -tene g.
tis further advocated tHat an attempt
s.. made 10 get another place. 4a~e
willard
f. aerus Therefore. thar 31r. XII
-o~ 3 views dominated the situation.
thar fu su3te of tha uusiersta aatHG
w hich ~. had fu making ou- subFcrU-
tloa further efforts acre made 81 %ce
p place near willard. and the Garre55
tract was ruled o8L
Now comes tlse part shat we oh5ec
Fn 1bc general impression geo
abroad than Wilmington was turHesa
#as ga
barIlT believed that this was authur-
iZea bt yoUr Department Butlt Z E
.I..+ SsssE@tu~seF direct frogn teTe~aoE
ls3euu. Tans5 it became apparent guaz
the Wilmington EaeaffEa were Hnt bcinz
treated fairly %gNt. & heard that fEe
report made tn the comr1ittee was
very strongly opuosr3 go the Isarrvs4
farm. aHa tnts su tire ffec of Nr
liuma's settlement. he being the oufs
oUe who examined the farm and iu
the face % teXuerts wc could u8t ac-
euuuf far
Later. Mr. = " whitehead of TIA,
Truckers Journal knowing ~ the
Importance to the trucking region at
having Ihe farm established So that
ala the truckers could learn ar mess
crops a1a best methods. went to
tsaleiE4 aH9 appeared before fke Az
rlculfursl Board when he found that
the roWort which had been made fa
the Board vas unfair Go The C4r~cH
tart3, hH asked for cory
~ the reIorc aud 81 VISA
1"u3"H asaa. This iS tHe
second case in which reports nave
been made by public committees .n
questions which concerned whining
toH. and ln which the decision has
been against Wilmington. and Sac which
the reports. which should be public
documents were denied ta the public.
II IL ~ important that private copper
atoms make public reports. is lJ nog
far that public departments which
spend ths publ4c's omney make public
reports
The result of SIR whlfeheads e1-
pianato to your board was that they
were completely surprised and err
lers8 ibze the matter h@ re-opene3
and another investigation made pFac-
ticaiiy the same committee the only
change being your presence and Nr
acCalluuS s absence. came Ia W.T.
n4iuGton again. and the whole mat
ter vas presented fully 30 them
III "a conversation which the writer
had With sou and Dir. k&l<1re "a dssv
or TWO subsequent to this sulaatloIl.
you stated lhal the reason for uot d"-
Gliding QA the Carroll farm was THAI
tUe land Wa~ TOO good. that
1T WIS TOO highly cultivated My
reply yu THAI was that you had over-
looked tnc fact that Al least Lea acres
Of the tract Was NOT cultivated al asl,
aud that We had not exhausted aBY
resources ia making offers and would
clear this land for you f YOU wished
IL You made uo further argument
iu opposition 70 the farm but Mr
hiiEore then spoke up and made an
argument which was uepg In AS after
having worked ou the matter for about
eight months. and having met every
possible objection that haa bs9
raised 40 Ia that time. lie lAr. XII
srorc) came back To gac claim (which
had previously we thought been dis
cartfed by SIR. Hume when we ha1
submitted flne bodies of uniform
tracts IT laud1 aud said that the lara
should h.t uniform 50 that fertilizer
tests would show comnaraflFa. results
as IL Vas one Of the desirable things
90 10 on the farm O4 the other hau8
ar. Hume had told US thai they
wanted good soil bat ga reaEoua bff
variety. 80 thar different kinds of
crouS could Zee grown 60 aava n'a&e aa
each class of soil which Vas best
adapted To them
Your argument that the soiI was
too coed. aa cannot reconcile, ~
course. with the Information which
the governor had. and with the ~ase~
eral impression which ema0ated from
Raleigh that Wilmington bad no lard
As a matter of fact sc WN prove -
any experts thas Wilmington has tn
near proximity and Ia every direction
accessible by the railroads the vere
highest grade Of trucking lands. ard
that the Carroll place In particular IS
very fire. We. further. cannot recon-
ellie these facts with the fact thar 'ts
committee sent out by your board
with the consent Of your board has
suppressed its report SIS far as the
public Is concerned
lgr. whitehead. feeling the Injustice