The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-04-30
CHOLERA SERUM
IS BONE
OF CON E|gII0N
~ JOHN c. TRlcE.

ny JOHN c. TRlcE.
Tallahassee, April 2s.-The much
discussed hog cholera serum bill car
rying an appropriation of $4,000 q
year was the bone Of contention at the
session OF the house yesterday. It
passed by q large majority. Before
doing so though 1t was under fire for
more than an hour, and was bitterly
opposed by the leading members Of
the house from the main hog growing
sections.
The bill was a special order Of the
day, and was called up by Mr.. Green
the original introducer of the PROPOSE
ton in the house.
Mr.. McRae, of Washington county,
lead the opposition to the measure. He
said he came from a hog raising Sec
ton, but that the principle involved
In the provisions Of this bill are wrong.
The money goes to the wrong place.
he declared, and for that reason he wac
going to oppose it.
Mr.. Surrency, of Nassaue county. Of
fered an amendment to the bill cutting
the appropriation carried In the bill
from $4,000 to $4,000. This was voted
down.
Mr.. Jarman. Of Santa Rosa county.
favored the bill, from the viewpoint
that the hog growing is one Of the
most important in the state, and is
increasing at very great strided. Hhe
argued that anything that would pro-
mote the industry was good for the
whole state. and not only one section
Of it.
Mr.. Lewis, Of Jackson county. said
he had never voted for any appropria-
tions like this since he had been COM
ing to the legislature. and that he never
would. Is it fair, he asked to offer a
halt. "A loaf to the farming classes. as
this bill does. and hand out a whole
loaf to the citrus growers. as another
bill does. that the house Is likely to
pass. The farmers of this section of
the state, he declared, are honorable
men. and are not biting at this bait
held out in this bill. He intimated
that the no, fence law ould do more
than this measure toward stamping
out hog cholera.
Mr.. Bryan: Do they not have a no
fence law in Georgia.
Mr.. Lewis: They do.
Mr.. Bryan: Do they not have hog
cholera there also.
Mr.. Bryan: Yes. sir, and they will
have it just as long as hogs are raised
And they will have citrus canker in
this state just as long as this legisla-
ture meets every two years.
DIR. Dawson. Of fernando county, said
he did not want to make a speech on
the subject. He merely wanted to
point out that some mems consciences
seemed to center in their pocket books
Touch the pocket books. he said, and
their consciences became nightly ac-
tive. He said further that he would
support any appropriation that helped
in the fostering Of any of the grea,
institutions OF the state.
Mr.. Jones. of Nassau county, pro-
posed to get to the meat in the cocoa
nut. Hog serum was only one Of the
pretexts for appropriating money from
the state treasury. He was opposed to
all OF them. The benefits OF the use
OF the virus and serum. he declared
was no longer necessary. Let the hog
raisers buy it themselves
Mr.. Green offered an amendment to
the bill making the amount of serum
TO be furnished 10OOcc and that II
should be free as first provided in the
bill.
This was opposed by Mr.. Futch. OF
Aiachua county. on the ground that
anything which was free would be
wasted The amendment was killed.
MT. Merchant, Of Madison county.
declared he had come to a point in
his life which he wished he had never
nad TO face. Rut having met it, he
would have to vote against the bill
he could pot see the fairness, he said
IN having to- all the bill for doctorins
children and dividing the bill half
and half with the state for doctcrinc
hogs.
Mr.. Stokes said he opposed TIL, bill
Tor many reasons. The first one was
II involved q principle he could not
stand Tor. and 1t made no difference
what the other reasons we-e.
Mr.. Moore, OF Franklin county, took
q httle shot at the lawyers in the
h:'ls Sc for tn. u ,animity Of their oppo-
sis.on to tn. u.l.y.i3.. II seemed to
MIN the PROPORTION was a good thing
az los tering one OF the states greatest
industries. Every man. he declared.
was interested in it. II no. dir.ctly in
terested in hog raising they were all
interested indirectly in the price OF
meat which could re lowered by fDs-
terms the industry. He was not . hog
raiser. hut favored the matter from q
purely unselfish standpoint.
Mr.. Wicker, of Sumpter county. de-
cIared he did not know anything that
woule be more beneficial 30 him than
the passage Of the bill. hut as a
farmer and proposed beneficiary he
would have to oppose the bill on prin-
ciS1e. The whole principle here I'M
volved he said il wrong. He further
stated he had q long petition from
his home county requesting him te
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