The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-21

III NTlIe tact 6is t1At{ s.sWiiei aiHdn sui
5lutc indvoendence for the purpose OF
the conrroratiot,st OF men into commit
mites, lie distinctly GRANTED the right
or Legislation based upon the rule of
the greatest good sfor tne greatest ',ts,.
for the general welfare directly or
Indirectly, and Is not prohibited by
law. Ia we'll within the province OF
good government.
t'Sh IIronti Views Needed.
After all then, are not all matters
OF this Important character too grave
and far-reachinE in their effects to be
Judged by q narrow rule, but are not
they rather the subject for broad
views and far.sestns 'uagmen fag, ,,,,a,
ownership. has at all times and IN
all countries had IN the body polite,
peculiar dignity 1t has been recog-
Enized as the basis OF all real pros
perity. Around 1t have been thrown
peculiar safeguards as to its owner.
ship and transfer, not known to per-
sonal property. 1t is the chief source
of supply for fast increasing popula-
ton. and upon 1t mainly depends the
revenue for the maintenance of gov
eminent. II means to the Anglo-saxon
all that. is conveyed in patriotic
thought OF home and country.
In an address advocating the bill
now under consideration. delivered be-
lOEe lnG t''NIESl ulb foldLC -
stitute" at Its last annual meeting, I
pointed out that years OF unscicntifc
cultivation, followed by g. great social
and economical revolution, have left
our soil in Virginia in deplorable
condition, and that we are, ana nave
with vast virgin and fertile tracts
| OF land OF the West. which. aided by
cheap freight rates, fix the market
price of agricultural products.
| The greater partsof tho land in Vir-
| GINA IS acid, and all or II needs lime.
At present lime Is a luxury to the
| farmer Public policy requires that
| 1T should be regarded as Il necessity.
Agriculture in other States has pros
pcred, and their people and their sons
have remained upon the soil. while the
sons of Virginia have become wander
crs in the land, because of her desc
/ lation.
a great and helpful effort is now
Us to rehabilitate our soil, and to up
lift the condition Of farming life In
| the State.
Professor Wheeler. Of the Rhode
(, Island Experiment Station. the great
| est living expert upon lime and it.
effects upon soils. tells US that the
use of ground limestone will undo
! what poverty and desoAtion have &C.
complished. Would you hinder thu
farmers Of the State in this CRANE
L "Ork Dy aCdQeIQlC NulSCu6SlOH.
some OF the Results.
Tho ground limestone to be pro.
| vided by this bill, and paid for. not
| given to the farmers of the State, VIII
| rehabilitate our impoverished farms. II
| Will increase values for the purposes
| of state taxation enormously, and Will
enable all parts Of the State in their
| Increased prosperity to assume their
| full shares OF the burdens of govern
ment. Such legislation, with such
] purpose. and effect cannot be proper
lily or Justly stigmatiZed.
| Tho farmers of Virginia are not
without precedent In their demands
| The state of Illinois has. under a gen.
era, law, ground and supplied ground
| rhinestone to her farmers, and her dis
4 tinEuished Governor bears hearty and
| willing testimony to the benefits de-
| rived thercfrom by the farmers of his
| State.
| 1t may be that should not offer
| so progressive e. State as Illinois for
| example. These sturdy Western peo-
! pie. without tradition, or disposition
4 to constitutional disputation. have suct
| an uncomfortable way OF doing grea,
| things, OF projecting great enterprises
and of making their people prosperous
1 and happy, that neither In prccept 81
! example will they. perhaps. appeal t.
/ latter day Virginia craftsmanship.
Perhaps Great Britain may furnish
1 more acceptable. and certainly q strik
/ ing, example of State aid to agricul
tural endeavor. She is quite at on
with US in the matter Of tradition. AM