The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-19
HOW PRESENT ASSESSMENT SYSTEM WORKS

tImony of practically all VINO foiiow-
cd him as far as the general recltai
was concerned. He began. however,
nv falling how he had been arrested
for feeding the distillery waste con-
trary to the prohibition ordinance,
sJe had been fined $50. For seconn
conviction he had been hned sioV'
and had appealed To the Hnsungs
Court Attorneys Pollock and WISE
represented him before Judge WIZ,
They succeeded in having the nned
reduced To S2e, thus saving him $50.
Regardless of the ordinance ana
the ffnes imposed for violation. all
the dafryrnen continued to feed the
swtn. The ordinance. he said. mao
been declared effective in 1904. TWO
years before DIR. Levy went into or
Ace.
The dairymen then decided to ein-
pIov counsel To represent them before
Or. Levy, in order that they might
be allowed To feed the mash LIT
Levy had told them that the proauct'
II properly fed. was an excellent 1000
They believed that Or. Levy's permits
sion was sufficient This permission
thew instructed their attorneys TO
nrocure, They did not discuss the
means: no restrictions or methods
were even discussed, They wanted
the permission. they were willing 10
pay for It, and they told their attor-
neys To get It.
Finally it was reported to them
that they could feed the product
openly in their barns during the day
time. instead of In the woods ana
swamps at night. The $500 fee
agreed upon was then turned over to
Messrs Pollock and Wise. and the
matter was considered closed.
In all the transaction they had not
attempted to conceal anything, they
said. They did not consider that they
had done anything wrong. There
was a certain regulation which was
Objectionable; they had retained two
lawyers to find relief This relief had
been found. delivered and paid TOR,
and that was all there was to 1t.
Besides Mr.. Taylor, the dairymen
who testified to and built up this
com posite story OF the deal were:
Messrs Walden. Lipford. l.. Kemp,
Jr., ]. w Barnes, Thomas Deane.
b. II. Ferrand, j, NJ. Miller and w.
Brittle Another tiatryrnart, NJ r:
"A. NJ Moore, also examined. pro-
tested that he didn't know anything
about tho matter. He was accord
ingly excused taSnost Immediately
NJ. ~
ne entire hearing and took many
notes Several times he made BRIEF
statements when the dairymen would
refer to certain immunity" which
lad been granted pefore the ordt-
rance was finally amended.
Circular OF Warning.
The mysterious circular was men
toned several times, but was not in
PRODUCED According to those who
ave read copies OF this paper, the
chief heath .siicer. four wears after
he prohibition ordinance went into
Fect. notified the dairymen that they
would be given until a certain date
10 stop feeding the swiil. or. in other
words, that they would be allowed to
a the swill--prohibtted by the or
dinance, which was net being en-
forced---untii certain date. III they
hen persisted and were apprehended
they would be fined and the licenses
evoked.
Though never placed on the stand.
-ounciimen Pollock and Wise invited
the committee to ask them any Ques-
ans they might desire. This was
done several times to establish dates
and minor details.
During the examination of one of
he witnesses Mr.. Wise was given per-
mission to make verbal statement
m show the position he had occu-
pied. He declared that the ordinance
prohibited the feeding OF 'swiIl.
Under this general term were ciassed.
according TO common belief. good
food and bad food. He and Mr.. Pol
lock, he said. had merely shown that
good food, or mash" was improp-
erly classed under the term 'swill,"
nd had Induced DIR Levy TO consider
..swilln az apply to improper food
snly. H had merely asked Tor q
broader Interpretation Of the rHie,
he declared. and hAd never tntilh&ted
sthst ~ wanted ~ I'm broken.