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TO INVBSTIGATE CLMDON. Xoue Paues Resolution.- Much Discussion Condemuative of Methods and Bapse. Olumbia State, 16th. ,The house yesterday pa3sed the resolution providing for an investi iation of Clemson college. Mr. Browning called up the matter Mr. Browning went over the report of the legislative oommittee recent ly published and condemned the ex pense account of some of the mem 'bers of the board of trustees. Mem lers who traveled hundreds of.mi-Kes did not draw as much as a man who lived withi" four miles of the college. Clemson college was established for the farmers. It cost $325.25 to keep a boy at the farmers college against &n average of about,$225 at o..*ther institutions. Ze condemned the manager of th-farn who had done nothing but railroa&work until elected. He took chargCof four head of thor -oughbred cattle. The herd was now .mongreL Referring to the fertilizer tag tax they had been informed that samples had been sent to Clemson and no an swer received until Clemson found out whtt company the samples cam6 from. He could corrborate this by a statement from a representative, from Florence. . An Invesmgation Asked. The farmers' union favored an investigation and it was only de Itated by the representative from Xershaw county-Mr. .Richards the union-had demanded that the tag tax be reduced to 10 cents per ton but the resolution was defeated. . . The farmers made demands for correetions and the corrections were never made. One .employe was said; ta be running a blind 'tiger and a member had begged Mr. Browning to remedy conditions on the ground that the boys were being ruined. Mr. Richards.. Mr. Richards said he hoped for an iavestigation. He had never been, * ilty of. sharp practice in the farm es union. DHe did not have to re - sert to this. He had taken the posi *on that there was no extravagance at Clemson college 'and opposed a reduction in the tag - tax. He was the man who urged~ an investigation by the Farmers' unionl. He resented the imputation of -sharp practice. Mr. Browning said he had never iatimated sharp practice.. He in tended only to say that Mr. Rich ards had by his work defeated the effort to reduce*.the tag tax from 25 oents to ten cents. Mr. Richards, a trustee, urged the h'ouse to investigate the college personally he knew there was noth ing wrong up at the college and if there was he would help remedy it or reBign. He hoped the house would adopt the resolution because it was a redeetion on'his character. -Mr. Man. Mr. Mann, another trustee, of the imstitution favored the investigation. There had been unrest and dissatis Mtion for -four years and a cloud 4 uspicion hung over the board that should be cleared or proved. A~.nsweri~ng Mr. Browning he said that'he had. said that there were ne ,eesities for a more rigid discipline. He had seen things he did nbt like -and wanted it brought out. Answer ing Mr. Mauldin he said the life and aate trustees often did not always agree. Mr. Dixon asked if he wanted this ~ivestigation just to vindicate him self and .other men1bers of the board. Mr. Mann considered the investi tion absolutely necessary. Mr. Wingo defended the college ad complimented the board. Mr. Dixon opposed the proposed investig'ation and held that it would militate against the institution get ting~ a high class man for president. Mr. Duvrall .did not think the is vastigation would have the desired result but he did think the legal in -vetigation would settle the status of the State as to the -control of the milege. Answering questions he said the eport by,his committee Thowed nel potism. 'A bill passed by the house remedied this but the committee also found disagreement betweeni the members of the board and the pres ident. Mr. Patterson said he did not think GCengson college had done everything posble for the farmers. ,He favor ed the investigation. Mr. Browning rose to a question of personal privilege and stated his reasons for asking for the investiga tion and said if it was not held the college would not be able to secure a first class president. The house on a roll call by a vote of 61 to 41 refused to strike out the enacting words on motion of Mr. Winsgo. There was another roll call on the amendment by Duvall and Lawson that it shall be the duty of the inves tigation fo go into the question as to State control of the college. This was adoped by a vote of 70 to 26. 'The ,bill was amended as to the time when the investigation should be concluded making it in May. Kuniipal Ownrship- Objections Bviewed. Editor The Herald and News: Referring in the pr'evious article to literary talent employed to dis courage municipalities from owning their own plants, the stron st known to the writer was from the pen of a Prof. Fessenden. Even so, the professor undertook to combat them only on engineering considerations, and even makes the concession "that. from the very essential nature of the matter only a 'certain class of engineering under takings can be efficiently and prop erly operated ;by states or munici-p palities. It is evident that he wrote in the interest of manipulators of a cer t.1n other-class of publie utilities, n:t impugning the honesty of con victions based upon the false reports made by agents employed for the purpose of misrepresenting the sue cess of trials undertaken in Europe; which will clearly appear farther en. "Important developments general ly come,'" says Prof. F., "only from the hands of individuals or - bodies responsible only to themselves and provided with the incentive of large profit." Mark that well, Newber rians! "The elimination of self re sponsibility," the professor sees through clouded glasses-no self responsibility in having charge of great public utilities! Think of it! "and incentive'' (of 'a large profit') "would inevitably produce a condi tion in industrial and scientific de velopment anologous to the dark ages." Would that the present dark age (in some respects) which evolves such purblind, universcity. professors whose vision is circumscribed by the "Big Interests" that support them4 may soon be relegated to oblivion, and educational freedom advagece to the emancipation of the world! It is strangee that Prof. Fessenden did not take us to view- the darkiage brought about by Bismark in Ger many when h.e nationalized the rail ways, telegraphs and telephones, etc. -and illustrate the dark ages in Switzerland by picturing a ride on the railroads of one thousand -miles for *iour dollars, and then peer into the treasury and see the profits, even on that, going to relieve the burden of taxation. And so with publidky owned railways of other ceuntries. Something of a suspicion will not down, that professors and others attacking the- public ownership of lesser 'power plants have an eye to the 'prresting the trend of public sentikient in favor of taking oyer the greater. So far for the opinions expressed by Prof. Fessenden.. His arguments shall constitute .the subject for oar next. Vidi. 'fo Arrest Attention. Lady-I want to put. in this ad vertisement for a cdok. It will go in three lines, won't it? Clerk (after counting)-No, mad am. 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