The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-04-15
THE CONGRESSMAN FROM THE
SECOND DISTRICT SPOKE FOR
MONEY FOR THE FAMERS.
BEST SPEECH OF SESSION
Terrell County Statesman Has RULED
ReU Line Between PlOw Handles.
Carried His Point to Increase
Agricultural Appropriation.


Agricultural Appropriation.
Washington dispatch says Judge
Jim Griggs, with his old gray mule
fought valiantly the other day for an
increased appropriation for the bu-
reau of soils to make more soil sur
yeys, and his congressional brethren
are asking the question if he is
real farmer. In the course Of his
speech. which created great laughter
and applause, he alluded to his early
experiences on Georgia farm in
which he was intimately associated
with a pillow and gray mule
1t was his witty but logical speech
which had much to do with carrying
the provision. The amendment intro
duced by Mr.. Humphreys of Miss1s-
sippi was to give the bureau of SOILS
an additional 100000 with which
to carry on what has been termed its
utilization" work; that is, the work
of experimenting with plants on the
soils to see what actual results can be
got from the various soils. The mem
bers of the agricultural committee
had agreed to stand by their bill, and
claimed that as this utilization"
work was the proper work of the bu-
reau of plant industry and the bureau
of plant industry had already been
doing it and it's chief had agreed to
do all proposed by the bureau of
soils, and without any additional APP
preparation, it was useless and harm
full to give the soil bureau this addi-
tional money. Nearly all of the demo-
Gratis, and especially the southern
members, were in favor of the addi-
tional appropriation, though the
members of the committee, Messrs.
Lamb of Virginia and Lever of South
Carolina, voted against it,
Judge Griggs' speech, say reports
from Washington, was one of the
brightest and best of the present SEES
sion of congress.
Mr. Chairman" he said, 81 am
very much afraid that the agricultur-
al committee is making a personal
matter Of the soil survey. They seem
to stand in solid phalanx against this
amendment to increase the appropri-
alton. I do not blame the gentleman
from Missouri (Mr. Rucker) the gen
tleman from Kansas (Mr. Scott, the
gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. Pol
lard), all of whom represent states
where they only have to throw corn
out of the windows in the spring and
get their wagons and gather it in the
fall without labor. daughter and
applause.) They do not know any
thing about farming. (Applause.)
They know absolutely nothing about
it; nature does it for them. l am
surprised, however, at my friend
from Virginia (Mr Lamb. AS |
ride through Virginia and look at the
red hills, with the soil all washed
away, and when | ride through the
state of my friend from South Caro-
lima (Mr. Lever Laughter and APP
plause).
At this stage Mr. Cocks of New
York attempted to interrupt the
Georgian, but Mr.. Griggs refused to
yield, declaring:
When | call to mind the condition
of the state of my friend from South
Carolina and see the bald and barren
spots, with cotton growing six inches
high-we call it humble bee cotton
in Georgia, (great applause and
laughter and think of his opposi-
ton to soil surveys or anything else,
Mr.. Chairman, for the purpose of
enriching the land and enabling the
farmers to utilize it. am indeed sur
prised. / confess that Georgia needs