The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-23
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
THE FERTILIZER LAW
ITS EFFICIENCY IS CRITICISED BY A HAMMER

The SOOln-SayefS~lnaNe been LeItIn8 that inspection taxes have all been going to educate the farmers chill dren. but rural free delivery has open- ed our eyes and we refuse to be satis-
 Now. will some one please tell us what other class of our citizens has a special tax on their business to edu- mers pay taxes on their property to support the tso. .ernmant in all of its branches including public schools and cate farmers children and maintain schools for them as is done for uni- versailles and other schools of higher education of the wealthy and more
 A fair and new deal wanted Now. ye solons of Alabama,. deal fairly with the farmers. nothing more do inspection law. that class and unjust guano on. it's own merits as other
 Provide for the education of far mers' children as do the children of the wealthy class.
 fertfiiae1s HasG' under ns sa iSss and ali iipi pasia avaffable. Give us q law Compelling dealersSte print on ~ach sack or pack. from what source derived. potash and from what source derived, nitrogen and from what source derived. and
 
 ufacturer Of dealer sells to a consu- mer compel them to take samples and i'll an eight ounce bottle and give to contents in guaranteed- peroentages, sealed with his seal and given to ths purchaser:. then should the. purchaser or user ,,,t thsreor not De sntisiisd with with to send said sample to the { Commis- sioner of A-riculture. who shall have same analyzeS; should it fail to of guafantsed analysis Of one or all the ingredients the purchaser shall have ,tke right to plead failure of
 Ys law makers of Alabama apply to the farmers of Alabama the Golden Rule and the farmers boys will re- main ,,,,21, on the farm We will A then need run our manufactories. It will be done by our own kith and kin. the best of Gods crsatuisS; a' wm. r Pee.
 centreviiie, Ala, Jan. 8, iso7.
 The Negro and Education.
 Editor Advertiser :-,I am amazed be- Hon. Alex Troy against the education Of the negro. That ne speaks the sentiment of large numbers of our peo- are are commending q mn the course of I the e Gov ernor and the present Legislature for the prtncely sums proposed for educa- ton. here Is one of the most intelii- to withhold not only higher education. but the rudiments from the negro race. He doesn't want them to even know how to read and write. All the faults and crimes of the negro ne lays on the. attempt to educate him. He would turn him back to slavery or to a con diticn where forever he and his pos of wsser for the ef wSts raes It sounds strange in the light of the nineteenth century to hear one talk of dooming whole race to darkest fg- would be only one step further. back to go to doom certain classes of whites forever to ignorance. Then we would have reached tho place where the ed. own way. If the position be correct 5. then the Almighty made an egregious blunder in bestowing on the negroes an intellect susceptible Of cultivation. Is when he thinks he can make better living another way? If so, many thou sands of the white race are criminals tSa 3f deepest fs dye for they are quitting not in many cases they make a mls, take; but they don't think so. sup. pose the negro abandons the farm for the very same reason the white man does-to make an easier living another way. He commits crime exactly like white rpan and for the very same req sons. HOW can &l De CnarEeQ 10 eau cation? Dense ignorance is responsible for more crimes than anything else. It is the negro's ignorance that makes him drink the white mans liquor and cocaine. Under their influence he is prepared for any crime.
 Rob any race of any color of ambi- tion for themselves and their offspring make 1t impossible for them to hope for anything in the futre for them selves or their children, and you at once destroy the only tfing about them that makes it possible for them to be- come good citizens. There Is not a syl- lable in this that squints ln the remot- est degree at an excuse for the negro crimes or at social equality. That can never be; nor can 1t ever be. in the age in which we live. that any ambitious youth, of any race, can be prohibited from securing an education. Every State and every good citizen of every State should encourage him and extend a hand to help him.
 MontnomArv Ala