The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-08
GOVERNORS LIME
MEASURE PASSES
SENATE REFUSES TO ACCEPT
AMENDMENTS OFFERED by
MIR. TAyENNER.
SIX NEGATIVE VOTES
FILIBI sTER BLOCKED BY REsOLU-
TIoN TO CUT SHORT ALL
DEBATE At ONE
o'CLoCk.
SIX NEGATIVE VOTES

! First voting down amendments of :
I Tered by Mr.. Tavenner. the Senate
yesterday, by vote of "a to s, passed
the Governor lime grinding bill as
1t was reported by three commit
tees.
Tactics Of delay played by the OPP
position Wednesday We're cut short
when the bill was taken up yester-
day. A resolution was adopted fixing
a vote at | o'clock. Later the time
was extended to 1890 o'clock.
Those voting against the bill were
Messrs. Echols, Folkes, Lesner. Paul,
Smith, Tavenner.
Tavenner Amendment Killed.
Mr. Taveuners amendment. prof
fered Wednesday, to have the State
first make an effort to buy lime from
manufaoturers for agricultural pur-
poses and failing in this to establish
plant of it's own. was killed. 80 to
49, Before the amendment was re-
fused Mr.. Tavenner accepted fur
Their amendment offered by Mr.. Wal
ker to have the State first try TO
make contracts with manufacturers to
fill orders for all demands, The
original amendment called for con-
tracts for amounts equal to the pro-
duction of two plants equal In size
10 the one proposed.
Voting for the amendment We're
Messrs. Blanks. Drewry, Echols.
Fletcher. Folkes. Holt, Mapp, Paul.
Saunders. Tavenner, Walker. West.
Voting against the amendment were
AessTsr----Re<e Fs, - Brock So GatFea,
Crockett, Cummings, Early Edmond
son., Featherston, Garrett. Gayle.
Grayatt. Hartman. Hart, Hobbs, Mas
sic. Parr, Rison. Royal, Smith, Sow
der. Thornton, Tucker. Watkins.
Wendenburg.
Armed with stack Of Illinois re-
ports on State lime grinding and an
array of law books. MIR. Tavenner re-
sumed his argument where he left off
Wednesday. His speech was directed
at the bill mainly on constitutional
grounds. Again he declared it would
prove far more costly To grind lime
for farmers than to buy 1t outright
and sell without profit. He urged
that his amendment be adopted
If the object of the bill was to fur
nish cheap lime for agricultural pur-
poses there was no reason, he said.
for not adopting the amendment. Let
the State first see If IL could secure
cheap lime. That WAS all the amend
ment called for. liz this was impos-
sible then 1t could turn it's attention
TO the industry. He WAS sure con-
tracts could be made with manufac-
turers at better price than the State
could afford TO sell lime.
Farmers tell u.s." said Mr.. Tavern
ner, that there is no particular vir-
tue in ground limestone. Then why
distinguish between limestone and
burned lime? Why Strike a blow at
manufacturers of limestone2 Let me
- "a pf nj hD
this Is a much more serious ques-
uon than many of You think.
Where will IL end. No man can
say IL the State has a right to engage
in the lime grinding business 1t cannot
go into other lines of industry without
end. Who Is to say where We shall
stop? What Is to hinder the State
from engaging in the manufacture of
brick under the guise Of giving con-
victs employment
MIR. Tavenner quoted from Illinois
prison reports in an effort to show
that State has not been successful in
what he termed paternalsm. For
the amount OF capital invested. he
declared. the State was receiving poor
returns. The limestone production
with convict labor was far below what
1t should be.
IF | believed" said Mr.. Tavenner.
that this bill would really aid the
farmers of Virginia. l Would not for
minute oppose 1t. | am not here
representing lime manufacturers. If
the bill was a good one | would not
stand between the farmers and man
ufacturers. but 1t is bad bill 1t
is paternalism."
says VIII Benefit Farmer.
This bin will benefit the farmer"
10 rod I'm Nsat 6ra
for no other purpose. All source of
wealth is. the farm. When anything
is done to benefit the soil the whole
country is helped.
ut may be done indirectly, but all
classes are aided. This bill will bene-
fit the home of every citizen. II means
increased production and increased
prosperity, .s... j..
sg...'' The use eog line H. not an expert
ment. 1t has been tried and has
proven beneficial TO land and crops.
Farmers told you in committee meet
ings what limestone has done for their
fields. Illinois has not regretted the
step she has taken.
''One of the opponents of this bill
spoke of lime enthusiasts as OF
dreamers and theorists, Does he
forget what the world owes to the
Dry? 1t was theory that caused CALI
leo, to discover the world Is Found
instead of fiat. Theory caused the
discovery that the earth revolves
around the sun and that the sun does
not revolve around the earth. II was
theory that built the Clermont on
the Hudson. Stephenson was the
orist and gave us the locomotive. The
DRY has brought all our electrical de-
velopments. 1T is what gives us lines
~ yxrjv rth
III there were no theorists and
dreamers the wheels of progress
would stop"
DIR. Graeatt declared he could give
opponents of the bill the name of
every farmer In Illinois who had
used ground limestone and found it
beneficial.
The bill only awaits the Governor
signature.