The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1918-02-01
Public Opinion Favors Repeal
Of Ordinance Prohibiting
Porkers.
HELP TO INCREASE
HOG PRODUCTION
Upon Plan Presented Hogs
Could Be Raised Without
Endargering Health.

AI lLS next regular meeIlHgy on
Tuesday night, February IL, Mayor
A. B. Scates and the members of the
City Council are called upon to mani
fest some interest in the suggestion
to repeal the ordinance prohibiting
the keeping of hogs within the corr
porate limits of the City of Paris.
This suggestion, which was made
some time ago by The Partisan, was
treated with silent contempt by the
legislative body which refused to con-
slider it as worthy of even an aftirma-
tive or negative answer.
The suggestion was first made by
The Partisan only after several citi-
zens had expressed themselves as be-
ing desirous of raising their own
meat and stated that they had suffi-
cient range and surroundings to per-
nit of hog raising without endanger-
ing the public health of their imme-
diate community. After the atten-
ton of the city council was directes
to this matter, numerous other Pa
risians became interested and wanted
to see some action taken.
There is now a strong undercur-
rent of public opinion in Paris
which favors the repeal Of this ordi-
nance. Sufficiently strong, at least,
to induce the legislative body to peer
from behind its curtain of aloofness
long enough to say "yes" or mo"
That the people are interested in the
matter is reflected by the fact that a
number of people have expressed
their approval, either in person or by
letter, of the stand The Partisan has
taken with regard to same, ana
pledged their support IN the effort TO
have the city fathers take some ac-
tion instead Of ignoring the matter
altogether.
One letter, received Tuesday, ex-
presses the entire situation in few
words. 1t is as follows:
"With the scarcity of hogs, the
high price, of meat, and so many large
lots that are lying idle in Paris, it
does seem that the City Council would
grant some people ofaParis-t the priv
ilege of raising their own meat. There
is much good, nutritious, kitchen slop
going to waste for the want of some
thing to consume. Quite bit of this
slop is poured out on the ground be-
cause there is no pig to give it to.
1t would not be wise policy to al
low hog in the back yard of every
person in the city limits, because
some of them are really too small.
But, there are quite number OF
large lots in the corporate limits in
which hogs could be kept without in
conveniencing anyone and at the
same time be quite source of con-
servation to everybody. For every
hog raised in Paris would mean one
hog less to be bought and in many
cases would mean one more hog to
be sold. Every pound of meat that
we can raise means mucn more meat
for the country. Other cities are
doing it and many of them are as
large or larger than Paris and just
as modern as we are from sanitary
standpoint. 1t should be an easy
matter for the City Council to desig-
nate the size of lots in which o hog
should be kept and a system Of sani-
tary inspection. If the people were
granted the privilege of raising pig,
they would not abuse that privilege
by violating the sanitary restrictions.
Give the people trial before the
project is condemned.
1t has been pointed out that the
civ of Paris could, by repeating this
ordinance take a long step toward
increasing the hog production in this
county--a move that is sanctioned by
the United States Department of Ag-
riculture and the State Department
Of Agriculture. The production just
now is wofully deficient as compared
with the demands, and The demand Is
so keen in other markets that local
consumers have been almost unable
to connect with Henry county pork
ers. Should favorable action be ta-
ken by the Council in regard to this
matter, the people of Paris would
within a year be almost independent
of the hog raisers of the surrounding
country, thereby releasing practically
all hogs produced in the county for
other markets and bringing the pro-
duction back TO nearer level with
the demand.