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Show ANOTHERPROTEST The Proposed Horticultural Measure Condemned BY HORTICULTURISTS In Mass Meeting- Assembled at Springr-vilie Springr-vilie An Imposition on the Taxpayers and Poor Men Un-American and ArbitraryThe Arbi-traryThe County Will Join in the Protest. Pro-test. A mass meeting was held at Spring-ville Spring-ville recently to protest against house bills No. 68, 69-70, and C. B. 15, all of which are intended to regulate the horticultural interests of Utah territory. terri-tory. A copy of these bills was sent by Mr. H. M. Dougall to a certain gentlemen prominent in horticultural matters at Springville, An examination of the bill caused great costernation, and a mass meeting was called to consider what would be the results if such a measure was really enforced. There were between one and two hundred men present. The adoption and approval of the following protest was heartily unanimous unani-mous and it will be sent to all parts of Utah county for signatures: To the Governor and Legislature of the Territory of Utah Assembled: We the undersigned citizens and taxpayers tax-payers of Utah county desire to place before your honorable body our remonstrance remon-strance against the bills now pending before the house Nos. 68, 69 and 70, and council bill No. 15 in relation to creating creat-ing and establishing a territorial board of horticulture, and appropriating appropriat-ing money for the expenses thereof; for the following reasons: First Because said bills are unwieldy and will 'cost more than all the benefits derived from their enforcement. enforce-ment. Second Because the methods of enforcement en-forcement are despetic and tyranical,to-wit:The tyranical,to-wit:The bills provide that the agent and commissioner shall inspect property, and if he finds eggs, or larva, or pupa, either in trees, fences, boxes or houses he shall order the same to be destroyed in a given time, and should they fail to accomplish their destruction within tne said time, he is authorized to summon said party or parties before one or more of the commissioners of said board, and they shall condemn said premises and order the same abated, and shall proceed to destroy the person's per-son's premises. This may include his orchard, fences, barns, corrals, sheds, woodpiles, and granaries, and should his dwelling-house be lumber or logs all will have to be destroyed, because these worms v: ill crawl into all Biich places and deposit their larva, and if moths, deposit their eggs. Then to cap the climax charge the po r man up with all toe expenses of this outrage, and sell his piece of land from which the buildings have already been destroyed, and turn him and his faimly out on the wide world homeless as monuments of this unjust legislation. And we feel as citizens citi-zens that these bills are an insult to intelligent in-telligent men, For these and many other reasons we pray your honorable body not to pass any of these bills. While we as citizens citi-zens are in eympathy with you in the destruction of the codling moth and vine pests, we the undersigned would mt st reFDectfnllv netittnn rnnr hnnnr. I able bodies that the destruction of the-e pes' s be left to local towns and cities, as we believe the charters of all cur cities are ample to authorize the councils to pass ordinance to this end, and enforce them. And those who have not by their charters the power to regulate and control said matters, that your honorable todies pass an act enabling them to do bo, and by this means be a great Eavinu of public money and still accomplish the desired end. And your petitioners will ever pray. |