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THURSDAY, FEBRUAItY 1"-. IS12.
It It 1 N t; (IIT 'III 1: TAX HIM..
The llouce Committee on Finance has
had tome tlir.o in which to formulate
c tax hill of sonic sort for presentation
t" the House. It Is to be hoped that as
speedily as possible this bill may bo
brought out. so that due consideration
may be Kiveti it and some definite
agreement reached us to what form of j
tux equalization measure is to lie
enacted. The days arc slipping by
rapidly now. und every one of tiicm
counts; the sooner u tax lill! is re- i
ported the better will Hie public In?
terest be nerved. The committee has
hod a reasonable period in winch to |
take into consideration the conflicting
views r.r.d propositions and shape them !
Into a compromise measure of some de?
scription. *
Not only does The Times-Dispatch
?arge that the tax hill h? reported as 1
coon as possible, but it likewise would !
point out to the House the necessity j
for Fpecdy action on its part so that '
the bill may go over to the Sc ha to In
time for that body to give It proper
end slmilnrly speedy consideration. Ac- '
tlon on the matter of tax equalisation
Is eagerly awaited by the people every- i
where: nil sorts of doubts and opinions
ere. expressed In the press of iho State:
definite action will moot with .niuch
popul?r approval. As we have declared
before, the tax equalization problem
ir the most vlttil nnd the meist urgent
before this General Assembly; It f?d- ;
'lows that a*, early action t>s possible
it Indispensable. The session i* more
than half gone, but nothing definite
nn>! tangible is } ?.t before the General
Assembly, All consistent dispatch In
this matter rtr.isl be hud. in order that 1
the lax bill may not bo Impeded nnd
Impaired In the fearful rush Of, legis?
lation which 'wiil inevitably begin In a',
very short time.
Let the House Committee on Finance
report without delay, and let the House
act promptly.
FA LS IS ECONOMY.
Certain members of the General ;
Assembly no far afield to discover;
sources of economy In the expenditure
of the Suite's money. Instead of j
achieving great savings by enacting;
pr?at reform?, legislators go pottering
around trying to fill up tho small cat- I
Vi?l? In the bottom ?.f tho door and
leave the hip- cnthol? alone Such
lawmakers avoid reform of iho f.-.
system as If It were a fluty crater;'1
they dodge thu tax equalization Issue
os if it were a device, of the devil;
they deliberately pa?s by the sources:
of great drains and waste, nnd howl-!
lng "economy." try to cripple bone-1
flclent agencies of the Suite.
Buch a policy Is shown In the efiorl ?
to abolish the United Agricultural |
Board. One of the chief arguments tor
tho Rlnehart bill jja, tlo tvway (with)
this efficient org>nUnMofl Is that Itsi
el olltlon will effect an' economy. The
pirate of this bill would save $15,000
to the State?towlt. $u,000 appro-:
prlsted to Blackrhurg, JO,000 to the |
Virginia Experiment Station and $5,000 j
to the Department of Agriculture, tit
If this Rlnehart bill is passed, the'
ti'.ate may lose $20.000 from the United'
States Department of Agriculture ami
.$14.000 from county appropriations, it'
total of 134,000. n possible net loss of I
$19.000. The pass:.).'., of t'nis MM, It
le said, will be the most S'.-vc:.' blow
?which the agricultural Interests of the
Commonwealth have received in fifty
years.
The result of the enactment of this
bill, which has received a favorable j
roport from the Senate Cohiniitte<! on
Flnancu, !r. to destroy the United'
Agricultural Board, which has. In the
opinion of those who ar.; in .1 position
to know, done the Lest work fur;
agriculture ai:d product ,1 better results
in cor.necilon with the United States
Department of Agriculture than sni
other agency for the advancement
the agricultural Interest of the people
of Virginia.
Further, the Rlneharl t :i would '
jilnce the control of demonstration |
work entirely wider the Stale Board
of Education, eliminating! tl ?? ?iiiLed
? States Department of Agrjculttirei;
w"nlch spent Jl'.OOu in the Stute last
year. If the Trilled Agricultural
Board is allowed to continue t'.s work,
thct Federal department will upend
the fame amount this year In (lemon- i
et ration work among whites, In itd-''
dltlon to $3,000 for support 61 gardi n
clubs for white girls In Seven counties
and for colored girls In four counties.
Kighl colored demonstrators will alro
be provided by the Washington duthdr
llles. It will be m<>Kt dilflcult for the.
? United States Department of Agrleul
tune to rsarry on Ith woi"k without tho
co-operri tlon of the United Agricul?
tural Board; It will be .Impossible,
without the oo-operatlon of tiu.t
fcoard, to cover the present territory.
,Jforty-ihroe counties hlWo
wbout J! 1,000 upon the agreement th-it
tlt? United Agricultural Board will pay
?rlc-fouflVi of tho cost of demonstra?
tion work, and that .the Federal Dc
pnrtment of Agriculture will pay one
fo?rth. If tills tannot he done, these
appropriations will doubtless bo with?
drawn and n splendid beriofll to Vir?
ginia farmers will be lost.
I Of course, the Rlnehnrt bill Claims
[ to continue demonstration work under
the state Board of Agriculture with
an appropriation of j.*.,oeo. it 1? ab
SUrd to assert that the demonstration
work can bo carried on In forty-three
j counties for ?r,.0CO. II Is llkily that
fifty counties would unite appropria?
tions this year, but the work win
havo to cense unless a larger appro?
priation is mule, und that work can?
not be carried on at all in tho counties
now In co-operation with the board
without the help of the Unlteu States
j Department of Agriculture, which the
lllnehurt bill cuts oft',
j Last year thirtytIIvc counties made
appropriations, for the work of the
United Agricultural Beard ami (forty
thrCe) or more will do so this year.
What better evidence could there be of
the valuation put upon this work by
the peopie ot Virginia? Twice as
many counties this year as lost year
tire clamoring for a sli ire In the
benefits to be derived from the worit
under the auspices of tho United
Agricultural Board.
It cost less than f:lne last year for
the expenses of the board. No
economy can be urged In this respect, .
for the Board <>f Education could not:
possibly do the work for that amount. .
The Klncnart measure seeks to Justi?
fy Itself because of alleged tlltplleu
tlon and lack of harmony, but fulls to j
specify wherein the duplication exfstto
and the inhamiouiousncsH arises. Co-'I
ordination and co-operutlon?two |
greatly to be desired conditions?have, j
been brought about by the United '
Agricultural Bo.ird. It has done good
work, has st'mulated Interests In ad?
vanced .agricultural . methods, has
shown the farmers of this St.-.io their j
hitherto* unknown potentialities and
possibilities, has transformed lethargic
land Into fruitful fields and wrought '
powerfully for the Uplift and better- j
ment of the great agricultural class of
Virginia. The deinostrntlon work
among the hoy farmers- alone Iths been i
enough to Justify the continuation of
the United Agricultural Board rind Its
appropriation. T'ne Times-Dispatch be?
lieves thnt the abolition of tins most
useful and progressive force for tile
promotion of the agricultural interests 1
of our people would be a false economy j
nml nn Inexcusable mistake. Tho;
Bltiehart bill proposes reversion and
retrogression: the state of Virglhin !
cannot commit Itself to such a policy.!
cnixA coNciruns cms \.
"The giant forms of Empire
On their way to ruin.
One by one llicy tower.
Then loiter to vb cay."
if tho abdication of the Chinese 1
throne by the Manclin dynasty shall
prove permanent?an accomplished fact
?China, In joining tho great historic
procession of fallen empires, us Illus?
trated In Egypt, Assyria, Phoenicia,
Greece, Home, will have afforded an?
other striking exemplification of these !
paraphrased lines. Tin- passing of the !
M.-nchtis will havo marked one of the
most remarkable and most revolution?
ary episodes In the annals of the
world.
We rirc accustomed to spr.-.u loosely
ot the, 300 years of Tnrt.tr. Mongol,
Maiichll, or eh.it not, rule in China.
As a matter of fact. China has not:
been under native rule for about a ?
thousand years, tho break represented j
in the accession of. the Ming dynasty.!
from the close u[ which we arc wont j
to date Inctirslve domination, having '
been in reality only semi-Chin- [
cse. Prior to the tlrut Mongol Inroad,
and tho rounding of the Mongol uy-j
hasty by Kublal-Khitn, the Chinese!
hiid for tl.rc. thousand years or up?
wards hot only been under Chinese 1
racial away, btit in many respects were.
out of ;lu most progressive nations of
t! earth. Thes bad for that era made
tremendous progress In ? distinctive
civilization, its typlile<i 'n a Chinese
art, literature, Jurisprudence, and the
pursuit of ^certain sciences.
Then, fn a comparative sense, espe?
cially as respects these matters, tho
empire enme to a standstill, und passed
: through it dark ago. Intellectually, the ;
people dwelt in the priat. conservatism
became n fottah; ThoufSh' much of the
',ipht of Chinese anti-ldongol dynasty
achievement, in tiic domains indicated. ,
had poh.etra.ted through Korea Into
Japan, where gradually it continued I
to broaden, nt home, save for occa-i
: iiiisht'S, Its gieain remained as!
when usurping, geriii-harburotia over-,
lordship made itp advent. Virtually, no i
Irish oil wus supplied the lump; It |
was friieiy trimmed, and Its rays we.ro j
tllt'ectW lp bringing put of the shadows
61 the past und keeping ibefore the
? y< s and the minds of the people what
China had Uconi not to Illuminating a
path for further utlvance.
Ah we have Intimated on more than |
o:i.- uccafdon in discussing the condi-1
tltinsj arid the recent march ol reform
In ?' .in.., ill,- idea of the immediate
erection, on the ivrciik of the Manchu
order, of a Chinese republic modeled
i:11v r the ?celd?. ntal systems- seems little
short of fantastic, it is repugnant to
??very preconceived Western notion of
Chinese traditions, methods of thought
and eh.i rticter. it would appear to ho
I metamorphosis In the extreme.
Ami yet, dcSplte that view, amount
in;; almost to absolute conviction, when
we reccll tlie astonishing uwakening
In the empire, which begun only u
llttic over two decades a?d the
rapid striding of events slr.ee. it would
r.o more than rash to assume that prac?
tically speedy evolution Into that con?
summation is lmpOBMble Along cenren
. or lines Che transformation has been
I phenomenal. No people have ever fnr
I planed a more wonderful example ?f
I arour.ement from soddeii lethargy and
. assimilation of loreim, concepts of
' governmental regime and education
rind progresslvcnoss In eo short a
Period. Moreover, amid It nlj, and
Inspiring- It nil In sisnlllcunt und
J over Increasing; degree, is a spirit
j of nationalism and self-eonfldeneo
Which had been utterly ubsont In tlie
race for centuries, and which the
?loubthiK Thomases would well lake
counsel or ere seal these doubts be?
fore the world.
Whatever may be In the womb of
time, however, whether a republic or a
ri min of the obi regime in some form,
it cannot be questioned that for the
present nl least China has conquered
China. Equally unquestionable is it
Unit in this conquest the promise und
the prophesy ;,rc the dawning for
China of another day of civilization,
enlightenment and national and so?
cialistic ovolvcment, which, although
the alien MYtnchu giant of empire has
tottered to decay, will check her way
to the national ruin that had so long
seemed Imminent 1
\ STEP IX VI113 itltillT l)llti:t TID.N .
City government by commission in
Virginia achieved a substantial ad?
vance In the passage yesterday of the
resolution submitting to the people in
November a constitutional amendment
granting to the General Assembly the
right to penult cities to adopt "spe?
cial" forthg of government. The pro?
posed amendment Is. of course, not as
stt it plan of city administration would
.belief that tilts concession Is the open?
ing wedge for the complete reform
which lies In til a not far distant fu?
ture. Tito commission plan is yet in
its experimental phase: It la being tried
out, and Virginia will muko the most
of the experience, the mistakes ami
tire benefits of cities in other states.
The unanimous action of tho General
Assembly !n passing this resolution
augurs well for tine future.
Homo rnlo for cities If, of eourso, the
Idea toward which all progressive
eitles are striving. Whan such a prin?
ciple Is engrafted upon our laws, tho
?:."?! Int-rests of the city and of tho
Slate as well will bo best served,
Every city ought to be encompassed
with' the |c.i,st pbssibld restrictions by
tlie Stntp tin to Its government, so that
It may have fair opportunity and tree
room to determine what form of ad?
ministration is best for Its own par?
ticular conditions. The more largely
the l^eg'i.-latute !s divorced front tho
government of cities, the creator the
possibility that the cities will prosper
arid become more efficiently governed.
City home rule will conic by a process
of evolution. Its a.ppr</?.r:i will be
gradual, but none the less Inevitable.
.sec;i.ECvni) vi.Vuiisn hesocucbs.
The value >.* the hickory as a com?
mercial wood product is such that the
Bureau of Entomology of the United
States Department of Agriculture has
issued a special circular recommending
simple and practical methods, which.
If put Into practice between October
I ard May i, will protect tho hickory
from the deadly Insects which destroy
it. The hickory, next to the walnut,
is our most valuable Virginia tree.
Within tlie last ten years the hickory
bark beetle has h.-en shown to be by
far the most destructive Insect enemy
Of th? hickory, and In the. majority of
cases Ik responsible for its present
widespread dying.
It lr: high time that the owners of
forest land realise the great vnltto of
the hickory :.n<i the walnut, which so
often, in Ignorunco of their real value,
are employed for ordinary timber uses
instead of being conserved or put on
the market where tho real value of the
limber could be had. Hickories are
generally cut down ruthlessly and
without any attempt at conservation;
in Patrick county and other localities
s mcj have made fence rails out of
valuable walnut trees, which would
have commanded considerable price:.'
on the. market. By proper conservation
methods, these noble and valuable trees
enn be modo to multiply both In value
nntl number, and this fact ought to be
kept in mind by those who are so
blessed by nature rip to possess them
Because she has steadfastly refused
to take the oath of allegiance to tho
Cnltrd States government, Mrs.
Thomas Anderson, of New Orleans, a
niece, of Jefferson Davis. President or
i he Confederate Slates, ha? delayed
pressing her $50.000 claim against the
government for the burping of her
residence end personal property in
Mississippi by Federal soldiers In the
Wer Between the States. General Leo
took the oath of allegiance shortly
after the war ended.
Great damage was done In New York
by the explosion of a magazine.
Strange to say. It was not the Outlook.
A dispatch from Chicago says four
white murderers thero oMect to being
hanged with a negro Would not be
( irprlsod If they objected to being
hanged with anything,
The Tvxfifl JudgO who got down from
tlie benoh to thrash a man who had
called him a liar and then fined him?
self for contempt of court, must, have
been acting In a dual cnpnelty.
By declining Seth Mullock's Invltn
' lion :o hum buffalo, Colonel Booso
velt Indicates that he Is after "Digger
garni.
The Alabama official who desires the.
reduction of Mr f-alary appears to ih/tv0
few. If any. Imitators In Virginia.
A Chicago woman has been sen-t to
Jail for not saying anything. Would
II r.ot bo more appropriate to send hor
j to a museum?
j The worst money trus! I* for a jtu-m
J which we cannot afterwards collect.
For good reason.*', Madcro l<( not now
I ?s strongly In favor of revolution ns
to a once was.
WASHINGTON
By Roy K. Moulton
Gcorasc-'n Ilody Servants.
Washington, February 14.
Dear Editor:
There Is one unique Institution In
Washington, und I must speak ol it
brcilly or explode. The Institution re- 1
forred to Is George Washington's per- i
Bonol body servant, lit- is a numer- '
oils it/id ubiquitous institution and ran ?
be found in ttto most surprising walks
of lif? . The llrst one 1 discovered was i
running tin- elevator In our hotel.
lie la the only surviving body ser?
vant of George .Washington. It is un?
necessary to prove It on him, for ho Is
perfectly willing lu admit il. There I
nre believed to ho but eighty-five or'
one hundred other only surviving body ;
servants of George-Washington In this'
city', but they uro said to ho scattered i
about through other portions of the
South quite ulscrlmtnately. I have met,
twenty or twenty-live only surviving
body servants, and 1 have been here j
only ? short time, and "'ill probably j
meet the rest of thorn before 1 leave |
George Washington must have been I
surrounded by u standing army of body I
servants.
As I have, slated, the first personal j
body servant of George Washington I
met was running tho elevator lu our
hotel. He told us about it while we
were going from the llrst lloor to the
second. 1'orsonul body servants of the
lute George Washington lose no time.
We sighed deeply and handed him $1
in grateful appreciation 61 services ren
.1? red tin- truthful George. There may
be something in environment, but none
of George's well-known truthfulness
i ver soaked into any of lila body ser?
vants. The body servant i mining I he
elevator looked to he about forty years
old.
? What's your name'.'" we asked, a
fiendish Sherlock Holmes idea having
penetrated our domo of thought.
"Abraham Lincoln Jone? " he replied,
with a face us Innocent of sulle as
that of a standpat congressman mak?
ing a speech in his home district.
"Ah, ha! K you are old enough to
have been George Washington a body
servant how could your name be Abra?
ham Lincoln?"
"W ell, boss, you soo It's dls yere way.
1 'hcrtted It from my fathah and ho
'hcrlted It from my gran'fathah, ?o 1
have got do Job now. 1 am Washing?
ton's body servant. My fathah done
tole me s... My grari'fnthaTi he thought
of it llrst and bold do Job till ho die.
den he turn It over to my fathah an' he
turn it over to me. My son will be do
personal body servant ot Marsc Wasri
Ikigt?n in a few yeahs how.''
Thore was no argument to he used
against that. It runs In the family like
cauliflower ears, pug noses or wooden
legs; and tho only thing to do Is to
hand over tho price. When wq sec a.
personal hody servant of George Wash?
ington loom up on tho horizon now we
simply dig and nsk no questions.
The Washington Monument Is 660 I
f. .-t In height. Tho top Of this monu- j
ment I? the only point in '.Vashlngton
from which it Is possible to overlook
the sins of tho United Stntes Senate.
Von get to the top of the monument
by means of an elevator und you can
come down any way you want. If you
are in n hurry It Is better to jump, for
by dolnn so you can get hack to Wash?
ington In an Incrcditah!-. short space
of lime. From tho top of tho monu?
ment an ordinary citizen en the ground,
looks to be about its small us a flea, j
pome of the statesmen look a pood deal '
smaller than tint, especially' since the:
recent election.
The monument i, heated by steam
and lighted by electricity ln3ldc. but t;
would not cure to use It gs a place of j
residence. The celling Is too high, and
It requires n lot of wall paper to cover j
Ii In tin- spring. Tho monument is'
about fifty feet square at the bottom.;
and is sharp at the top. They probably I
sharpened It .it the top so that no loaf- j
ers would sit on lt. 1 am going up
again to-morrow to see If I can reach
the hifrh cost of living It doesn't cost
anything in the elevator, and lota ot ;
peoplo go Just for the ride.
j Voice of the People|
The "Fluni Perseverance" of Reform.
To The Editor of Ti Times-Dispatch:
Kir.? Whatever your readers may
think or not think of final perse?
verance an a principle of theology,
there can bo no two opinions among
Intelligent people as t.. its correct ap?
plication to tin- lixi i natural laws.
For tho samo reason there cannot be
two opinions as to its application to
those social and community laws which
are based upon elemental Justice..
Whatever Is right will certainly prevail
notwithstanding temporary reverses,
end whatever Is wrong will certainly
fr.il notwithstanding temporary suc?
cesses.
Now lest 1 !>.- further tedious, It Is
with this declaration of fundamental
principles that I announce the final
perseverance of reform, and I will
come Immediately to the application
everybody has in view just now?
namely, equal miff rage, on the ono
Mr. lAnk Gase, some now kind o" n
Hoj hllcan, Is, talkin' o" stnrtln' a
newspaper her,- Silas Tawney Apple's
niece lias put off her weddin' till t'mor
row as she's got a pass fcr Melodcon
Hall FniKht.
THE FARMER BOY THAT DOESN'T SUCCEED
IN THE CITY AND THE ONE THAT DOES.
By John T. McCutcheon.
Uy Jo:.r, T Mr
mm
if.
'i ii.ii: i/i:^ i.r?..?.. j, aoi..mj i rottl U^yiigitt lO
ticrk. "I'm going fu Chicago, where you don't have to
work to bf<zmcd hard. J went to tee a l(t tie gaycty."
tried Chicago and buckled down to hard work tor c
few yearn I'd make a go of it."
2?"Now, this i* better?/ can ?ca aomathing of lifo
up here."
7?"/ hop* to work about at hard hare as I did ot%
th* farm, but I am determined to win out at It."
j " i ncrs sceni* to oc c. com,i.ru^_. . i.u-.-\?ry
boys up here?/ don't teem to ba able to jtct any tort
of a job that payt welU"
t ???> ???"' ?- ??? .j "'"j- .-J?
they say we have higher iduult and better luiitita of
industry."
Moral:?"It ell depend* on the boy,"
hand, and the destruction of the liquor
traltl.: on the -other. .-'.re these re?
form*? That la tho quetslon. Ia equal
suffrage right? Is It right to destroy
the liquor trathe? Answer these ques?
tions honestly, and we need trouble
ourselves very little about tho out?
come. They will arrive.
Incompetent agents find Ineffective
methods may postpone fundament U
reforms for u time, bo may the Inso?
lence of power or the cub.il of cor?
ruption. Who has not "seen tho
wicked In great power anil spreading
himself us a green bay tree. Yet ho
parsed away, and. end. lo, he was not,
yea 1 nought him, hut he could not be
found" Hut. after all. h? has served
it useful purpose, becnure temporary
defeats are often vital to the most
fundamental reforms. They teach us
to exercise, more discretion and wis?
dom In the adoption of methods and
measures. This Is the way It Is work?
ing In the two reforms to which I
have already called attention. To put
equal Etilfra.ee upon a wise, conserva?
tive. Intelligent bafls 1b certainly the
probb-m now before our progressive
nnd constructive, statesmen. Thai It
will lie eventually accomplished there
Is no doubt, whatever, nnd when It is
? lone, nnd your Intelligent, cultured
and morally sensitive women come lo
vote, there will be several Institutions
of n public nature which will "flee to
the rocks and mountains." etc. You
.tnow the rest. People who are Imme?
diately Interested In these peculiar In?
stitutions are not advocating women
Suffrage In Virginia. The same is
true of others, many others, who are
not financially Interested In the out?
come of the movement, hut tbev are
bard up for arguments e.galnst It when
they undertake to make the suffrage
so vile a thing, so mean and un?
worthy of angelic woman, that elm
should never think of stooping to
touch It. Perhaps we do not have
to go very far to see that It Is this
oonceptlon Of manhood suffrage, this
deliberate debasing It. this making It
more than half vile, which Is respon?
sible for that alarming degeneracy we I
are witnessing right now In our
southwest counties, even ? In Virginia.
"God save tho Common weal th I"
Now Just a 1111 In word about the
enabling act by way of application.
How many peoplo do you hear de?
fending Hie liquor traffic, per so?
How often do you I.ear nny one mak?
ing a long argument that It Is a di?
vine Institution, or that It la even a
Idecent human one? Its warmest
friends say that It la evil, and most
of them admit that It Is only evil.
I'ltelr defense la that It Is Inevitable;
j that we cannot get rid of It; that
-prohibition, as we know It. Is a farce,
or a hypocrisy, and that reform Is Im?
possible. To argue against theae -in?
sertions would be Just about oh ra?
tional as to make a serious argument
that the sun would certainly rise, even
though tho day bo cloudy. Wejiave
j far better business. l<Ot US believe,
In the final perseverance of ? reform.
Let us bollevo that tho sun will rise
tbrotiKh nil clouds, nnd In splto of all
clouds.
I^et ua also line up on the side of re?
form, and do It openly, decisively. It
should not ho necessary to Inquire of
any man where he stands with regard
to Issues of so much Importance, moral
and political, nccau.se this particular
Issue is moral ob well ns political
thero arise these charges of Insin?
cerity and hypocrisy. Right ft| this
point is an exceedingly Interesting
Study of human nature, but we haven't
time for that now. . We arc working
for the destruction of admittedly the
greatest evil In the modern world?
be Just na Willing to destroy It In your
private cupboard as nnywhero elso.
T>oe>: the rider Joint In which you are
interested promote dninkennes (a very
common charge)? Bo Just ns willing
to destroy that for the common good
as any other dive on any other back
streut. Cut deep; to the bone If neces?
sary?your own bone.
Gentlemen of the General Assembly,
give us the enabling ait. und nee what
will coma of It. And give our women,
Go.l btcaa 'em. tho chance to vote only
this once on this one question, nnd ee
what will come of that.
B. C. MOOMAW.
Suvar.nah. Vn.
I.ef the, (inme Lnrrn Alone.
To the Editor of The Tlmea-Dlspatoh!
Sir,?I have Just read In your paper |
of Monday, the l?th. the piece written
by a gentleman from Farmvllle, speak-I
ing against n State game law. Thlsll
gentleman bus put up decidedly tho I
most sensible argument on tlie sub- I
Jcct that 1 hnve seen In every way. I
He has expressed the views of every'
farmer (owners of the birds) In this
section. J can. of course, only say j
what the bird - owners In my Immed!-1
in e section want, which is a greater I
port or Appbmattos nnd Campbell
counties. It does seem that tho peo
pie who own the land own the birds.'
feed the birds, should have .some say
so In the matter, but as It Is he hns
absolutely none. We send men to the ;
Legislature, and a few of the town
sportsmen get hold of him, and he !
makes n law to suit those sportsmen, 1
am' I dare say thnt few of those!
sofirtsmen own an acre of land or cer- '
trilnly few of them own the land that
has the birds on It, and what right j
I have they to take away the man's
I right that does own land, birds nnd nll?i
There are few men who hunt qunll and
I kill more than mvself: I have Vorn Irl
I this section for twenty years, and wo!
I had more gnme last senson than II
hnve seen here In any other two sea-I
sons, and there Is an abundance of;
I It left for next year. As the gentle
mnn from Farmvllle said, the hawks'
j hunt 3'>5 days In the year, nnd he's 1
the hunter that'H destroying the game
mostly. Now If the sportsmen or the
Legislature wnnts to save tho game'et
them put such a bounty on hawk
I bills as to Justify people lo trap
them. As I stated above, I can only
"I'fRk for the farmers In mv section
and to put It In plain words, the far?
mers have gotten eon, about such
pame laws, und Just a few more Rams
laws or a little more added to those
v. ? have, and the town man or sports?
man from town will have to his hunt?
ing In town, the farmer pulH all the
blame oh tin.> hunting dubs of the
CltlCS for such laws, and It has almost
'?'??ifhi-il tin point now that unless Mr,
Sportsman lots a cousin out here he
had better not come, because he will
get a wave frorn the farmer's mighty
hand, who remembers that hu was the
man who put up the many arguments
onr representatives to stop hunting.
1 Ills Is the way the farmers feels about
It W. T. STEELE.
Spout Spring
.Needed Ttendlnc for I/eptslntor?.
To the Editor uf The Times-Dispatch:
Sir.? Vour position In reference to
the rosUbrhlsston of the defented con?
stitutional iimendment has made n
ile' p Impression upon me. as has rtlso
your map of the proposed new con
gresslonsl districts.
! am .-'ir. that a larpe majority, If
not all, of the members of our Legis?
lattire wish to do what is right, there?
fore I would suggest that you pub
llsh, fur their Information, the follow?
ing from the Constitution of Virginia:
I. Section giving the oath required
of members of the legislature.
2 Section regarding amendments to
Con si Itutlon.
3. Sec'Ion regarding division of the
Sta'e Int.) congressional districts
(printing the words "contiguous" and
"compact'' in capital letters).
Richmond. W. W. IIARDW1CKE.
Labor Uirhnugre.
To the Editor of The Tlmes-Plsnateh:
I Sj'r.?In order to make our Chamber
of Commerce more useful to the city.
1 would suBKeat that. If necessary, a.
new crmrnlltee from Its body be form?
ed whose duties would be. In con
nectlori with the secretary, to keep a
list of all white persons out of work
a. - ilng omploymcnt. also a list of
ti osi flrnm or Individuals seeking
labor. 3. W. MELTON.
Richmond.
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