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4:2 Document No. 5. [Session
a dog at five dollars a jear, which is certainly a moderate esti-mate,
we find that a million dollars is wasted every year in
feeding dogs in North Carolina. If this amount could be
withdrawn from the support of dogs and transferred to the
support of schools in North Carolina, it would nearly double
the wealth of the State in ten years, other things being pro-perly
managed.
But, besides the actual consumption of wealth by dogs, they
also prevent a lucrative industry to which the State is well
adapted, sheep-raising, and thus doubly impoverish the State.
Suppose a tax of one dollar was levied upon every dog in the
State, what would be the effect ? The owners would probably
kill half of them, rather than pay the tax. This would at
once prevent the consumption ol half a million dollars worth
of provisions, for dogs, protect sheep raising in the State, and
add one hundred thousand dollars to the school fund yearly.
I liiay have over-estimated or under-estimated the results of
levj'ing a dollar tax upon every dog in the State, the tendenc}'',
however, would be as given here.
If to the amount of wealth uselessly consumed and pre-vented
by dogs, we add the amount consumed and destroyed
by the use of ardent spirits, extravagant dre&sing, and so
forth, we will find that the amount of wealth wasted and
destroyed every year is very considerable ; five millions an-nually
would be a moderate estimate. If the State should
apply one-fifth of this amount to the support of public
schools, it would simply apply one-fifth of the wealth now
wasted, to euiarge the permanent wealth of tlie State.
The farmer who ret^erves one-fifth of the surplus produce of his
farm which might be expended upon ex<"ravagance. and lays it
out for the permanent improvement of his farm, will prosper
;
he will leave his fai-m in a better conditif»n than he found it.
And so with the statesman. North Carolina is amply able,
and, in my opinion, willing to pay a school fund for the sup-port
of a proper system of education.
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| Full Text | 4:2 Document No. 5. [Session a dog at five dollars a jear, which is certainly a moderate esti-mate, we find that a million dollars is wasted every year in feeding dogs in North Carolina. If this amount could be withdrawn from the support of dogs and transferred to the support of schools in North Carolina, it would nearly double the wealth of the State in ten years, other things being pro-perly managed. But, besides the actual consumption of wealth by dogs, they also prevent a lucrative industry to which the State is well adapted, sheep-raising, and thus doubly impoverish the State. Suppose a tax of one dollar was levied upon every dog in the State, what would be the effect ? The owners would probably kill half of them, rather than pay the tax. This would at once prevent the consumption ol half a million dollars worth of provisions, for dogs, protect sheep raising in the State, and add one hundred thousand dollars to the school fund yearly. I liiay have over-estimated or under-estimated the results of levj'ing a dollar tax upon every dog in the State, the tendenc}'', however, would be as given here. If to the amount of wealth uselessly consumed and pre-vented by dogs, we add the amount consumed and destroyed by the use of ardent spirits, extravagant dre&sing, and so forth, we will find that the amount of wealth wasted and destroyed every year is very considerable ; five millions an-nually would be a moderate estimate. If the State should apply one-fifth of this amount to the support of public schools, it would simply apply one-fifth of the wealth now wasted, to euiarge the permanent wealth of tlie State. The farmer who ret^erves one-fifth of the surplus produce of his farm which might be expended upon ex<"ravagance. and lays it out for the permanent improvement of his farm, will prosper ; he will leave his fai-m in a better conditif»n than he found it. And so with the statesman. North Carolina is amply able, and, in my opinion, willing to pay a school fund for the sup-port of a proper system of education. |
