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HlE BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER GEORGIA, DECEMBER 28, 1933.
GEORGIA
R.L.C. COLUMN
Edited by
r c. WALL, Ellaville, Ga.
See. Ac Treas.
Restoration of Salary CutB
Through recent tress dispatches
. " Washington it has been an-
from , t h tt t President Raosovelt is
lloun ‘ te d. as authoriatively favor-
restoration of one third of the 15
Tent salary reduction of federal
W °The rS conimittee having charge of
nnropriotions for the independent
a ^L P has practically concluded
°, inM of proposals for the next
o'* 1 war, and it is understood that
favor of restoring the full 15 per cert
, the workers, and he states that
:Lr members-of the committee
!hare this same opinion with him.
The executive order in which was
contained the order providing for the
« tier cent reduction in wages only
Ls to Jan. 1, and it is hoped by all
federal workers that President Roose-
•oit will give them as much of the cut
ck at the beginning of the new
neriod as will be consistent with gen
eral conditions. A full restoration of
the salary cuts would meet the hearty
.proval of all postal workers, due to
e fact that the <cost of living has
gadfly increased for the last several
oaths.
Retired Carrier Buried
jaformation through press dis
patches informs us |Oi the untimely
[death of Bro. Wm. H Hart, a retired
ira l carrier formerly employed as a
carrier out of the Vidalia post office.
[Brother Hart’s death occurred at the
pme of his son in Macon on Satur-
lay, Dec. 9, after a short illness. He
*as buried in Bethany cemetery,
Washington icounty, on Sunday. He is
survived by is widow, two daughters,
koto sons, four sisters and two bvoth-
rs '
Brother Hart was retired from ac-
j ve service on Oct. '31, and did not
: but little over a month after his
.etirement. The rural carriers of
Georgia join in extending heartfelt
sympathy to the bereaved family.
As our ranks are constantly in
vaded by the grim reaper, Death, we
ire ever confronted with the question
“Who will be the next one?” Recent-
at a meeting attention was called,
■b the fact that the majority o"f those
attending the affair were well past
the age that we might term middle
age, and the white heads were very
such in a majority?
This to a great extent is attributed
lo the fact that our avocation is what
night be termed a lifetime job, an-i
he brethren who entered the service
then it was first instituted have now
other retired or are fast approaching
pe retirement age, either through
irs of service or have reached the
_j limit, and we are just wondering
[hat the next 10 or 15 years will tell
reference to the personnel of the
ral delivery service.
These grizzle-headed old veterans
pve made the service on6 of the
eatest agencies that has ever been
ablished for the citizens of this
untry, and' the younger fellows
Ight to honor, cherish and reverence
eir every activity that has meant so
ich to the ongoing of this great atl-
ncement for the rural population.
We hope to be able to devote a
ge of our news columns some time
ing te coming spring to giving in
ae small way due credit to these
ial brethren who have stuck by the
verament during all these trying
pis—and to give a testimonial for
service they have rendered our
ciation. \
newhere, each day,” I hear them
say,
see ,-ui old friend’s passed away”
who the next may be, none know
he old friend of the fleeting years
"arrow is gone, and we’re in tears
Postal Service Still Grows
1 Dec. 2, many dignitaries gather-
1 Atlanta fo rthe /purpose of dedi-
2 the new federal building which
to the facilities of-handling
ever increasing mail volume
goes through the Atlanta post
| each day. Atlanta is the termi-
* the whole southern territory
' a mount of mail handled there
1 d »y is almost inconceivable.
[ n J* decking on incoming mail in
an y post office in the state
server will note that almost
e mail matter received daily,
I ^nates in Atlanta or comes
. ^hat city on its .way to the
Ration.
■ ® eor Rian has an Interest in
new building in At-
l n „, We fe ®l proud that our
i a b ea R< H Cnunent ' h as provided
Ue fl j„ U , structure to facilitate
of the mails
P build;
n 8 is equipped with every
device of the latest design that will
aid in the handling of the mails,
speedily and with accuracy. It is lo
cated between the two terminal sta
tions and tunnels are provided be
tween these through which conveyers
carry the mails to the trains.
Cost of R. p. D. Service
There has been much discussion re
garding the excessive cost of the op
eration of the Rural Delivery service
above what was realized as are income
from the operation of the routes. To
look at it from a narrow point of view
you can readily be shown that-the
service is not self supporting, but I
venture the statement that had it not
been forthe rural delivery service that
the postal service would not have been
developed anything liko it has, as it
has grown by leaps and bounds since
the inception of the service.
To begin with, the first saving made
by the operation of the rural service
the Postoffice Department has been
permitted to discontinue counties?
thousands of little postofficcs, thereby
affecting an enormous saving in this
channel, which incidentally has never
been credited to the rural service.
Through the discontinuance of these
little offices, the service has been ex
tended to reach the door of practically
every citizen in the remotest corners
of the country. This has boon a saving
to the individual citizen beyond meas
ure, and at the same time affording
him a better servee.
There are 120,000,000 people in the
United States who are served by the
postal service. Of this number, prac
tically 30,000,000 live on rural routes;
thus we see that onefourth the popu
lation of the Unite/ States is served
by the rural delivery service. It cost
the government in the neighborhood
of $750,000,000 to give this service to
all the people. Of this amount, $95,-
000,000 was used to maintain the rural
delivery service or about one eighth
of the total.
Where we figure on cost, it appears
that critics should base their claims
on some .other part of the service, for
it only costs the government one
eighth of the cost to serve the one
fourth of the population that resides
ore rural routes, so the excessive costs
of operation must be some where else.
The people In the rural sections
arc as much entitled to good mail fa
cilities as are the citizens of the city.
I contend that they are entitled to it
even more so than the city dweller,
due to the fact that they are isolated
from thfe chance of equal opportunity
with other citizens of the country.
It was the inception of the rurai
delivery service that brought about
the parcel post business, and the re
ceipts derived from the more than
700,000,000 parcels handled each year
should be credited to tho rural de
livery service. We all are fully aware
of the fact that when, a patron- .orders,
a package from a mail order house
that the postage is almost always in
variably included in tho order, so
naturally he must pay postage on the
majority of the packages he receives
and on all that he mails himsolf.
Of the 700,000,030 parcels handled
each year, it is fair to suppose that
60 per cent of these are handled on
the rural routes, or 420,000,000. Re
ports show that rural patrons send off
six pounds of parcels for every 102
pounds received, which is one-seven
teenth; therefore, we have delivered
on the routes 394,110,000 per year and
25,900,000 collected.
Taking into consideration the fact
that the rural route patrons are pay
ing the postage on the outgoing pack
ages and the majority of the incoming
ones, and figuring the other sources of
income derived from handling first,
second and third class mail on the
routes, we are force to insist that the
rural service is self-supporting.
It would be surprising to take some
period on your route and keep an ac
count of the postage ore packages ancr
use- it as an estimate for the above
figures. Striking an average you would
readily see that the parcel post with
in itself would afford more than three
fourths of the cost of the operation
tho rural delivery sorvice.
Of course the rural delivery service
does reot get credit for the incoming
packages, hut everyone will admit
that the purchaser almost invariably
has to pay the postage, consequently
the cost of this service naturally de
rives or eminntes from tho rural
route.
Take the time out sometime and
figure it out for yourself and it would
give you an interesting picture to
present to your congressman regard
less of the dost of tho postal service.
It would also be well for the 1 pa
trons of the rural delivery service to
become interested in the future main-
tainance of the service that means so
much to them in their every day life.
They should insist upon thoir repre
sentatives ire congress supporting such
measures as would enhance the value
of it instead of enacting legislation
that would tend to retnrd or decrease
COUNTY AGENT
By
G. C. DANIEL, Agent
WIIAT PLOW-UP CAMPAIGN
DID .FOR GEORGIA THIS YEAR
The 1934-1935 acreage reduction
campaign like tho 1938 cotton plow
up campaign will depond for its suc
cess on the loyal support of tho
farmer. There is no room in this pro,
8 ram , -for selfishness nnd very little
selfishness will be exhibited in 1934
i;," 1 ® farmer W >11 study the contract
While this is a reduction campaign,
as a matter of fact a large number of
Georgia farmers will be permitted by
tho terms of the contract to actually
increase their acreage and be paid
rent in addition. This can be under
stood when we consider that Georgia
farmers, (some of them) started with
high acreage in 1928 nnd had reduced
to a low in 1932. Tho overage in tills
case would raise the acreage permit
ted to be planted in 1984 under the
p.nritract. The rentals would be figured
off this average for the period, 1928
thru 1932.
T1 je Texas farmer on the other
hand will reallv do the reducing since
he started with a low In 1928 and
when averaged with his high of sub-
senuent wears would brine the figure
down to the base instead of ure to base
ns in the c«se of the farmer of the
Snuthonst. This is not true in every
esse. There ‘will be exceptions in
Georgia.
,, The one thing to be remembered in
this campaign is the fact that our
goal 1r t-o reduce portage. The gov,
eminent, hns no enrthlv use for the
rented land on It’s own account, ex
tent in tyt far as +hio net will r«dorend
to the benefit of all eotton farmers
bv reducing snnnlv which elwavs in-
eronsou demand "mressing it’s self in
higher prices. While the farmer is
p-ondv na.t^ fer hio cooperation, he
should enter into the onlrlt of the
movement n-d rant to the government,
ns an aet of helning not only himself
but, his fellowmnn.
* T c'v fret-tin tt to the eontton of this
ertielo. A survev of 49 oonntioq
e-o,ei, pnwn n»,l n f
the 1933 plow ltn i»omnn?au. p.'lloct-
formers pmthered ?9 009 bales of cot
ton this year valued at mo*e tf'nn
$1,000,000 as against $350,000 ire 1932
Cotton agreements brought an sd-’k
tional $150,000 to the cooperating
farmers.
Sumter county reports that little
cash was received in the county from
Seed Loans in 1933 but a total of
more than $100,000 has been receiv
ed for plowing up cotton acreage.
Over the state as a whole business
has increased in agricultural towns
from 30 to 100 per cent as compared
to November 1932. The report states
further, “schools remain open, sev
eral thousands of dollars worth of city
and county improvements are in sight
and tripled bank deposits have com
bined to restore confidence.”
The farmers of the state have put
at rest the old adage that farmers
will no cooperate; times are gradual
ly improving, and we are gradually,
and not too laborously, scaling the
heights to our chosen goal of pros
perity under the wings of the blue
eagle.
BARRETT COUNTY PLANS
CONTEST FOR GEORGIA’S
FUTURE FARMERS
(By Georgia Newspaper Alliance)
Atlanta, Ga.—As part of an elabo
rate agricultural development 1 pro
gram, the Barrett Company, distribu
tors of Arcadian, the American Ni
trate of Soda, will conduct farming
contests not only in Georgia but in
many other southern states as well.-
The contests, details of which are
to be announced later, will be inau
gurated soon after the first of the
year and will be. especially designed
to interest youthful agriculturists in
better farm management. They will
be conducted in 'cooperation with
county agents and agricultural edu
cational institutions and will consist
largely of field demonstration work.
Participants in the contests will be
drawn from 4-H Clubs and the Future
Farmers of America.
Details of the Georgia contests
are now being worked out by repie
sentatives of the Barrett Company
with G. V. Cunningham, state 4-H
Club leader; L. M. Sheffer, supervisor
of agricultural education in the de
partment of vocational education; M.
B. Mobley, assistant ’ supervisor' of
agricultural extension, and others.
County agents will cooperate actively
as will state experimental station... It
Is exneoted that details for at lea3l
two Georgia contests will be an
nounced early in January. It is known
that valuable prizes will be offered in
each of the contests as an incentive
to voungsagrieulturists. 1 -
The Barrett Comnanv will assign
to the agricultural develonment rrn-
gram representatives who nvn not only
well versed in the various phases of
agricultural education work, hnt who
also arc men of wide experience as
practical fanners and as fonner coun.
^Through such representatives the
Barrett company hones to ^ of dis
tinct service in fostering agricultural
education and promoting *ar develon-
ment generally in coonerntion with
county agents* agricultural extens.on
services, experimental stations an.1
others. The comnnnv hones to he of
much nractical aid to the south thru
the field demonstration work tnat is
Pl Thc C< contests wBl be conducted un
der rules prescribed bv existing of
ficial agencies, the cemppnv nrovidinr
the arizes and cooperating in every
pm,"tv.nl way with county agents and
others.
C. W. A. Approves Phony
Peach Eradication Campaign
U. S. Peach Disease Laboratory,
Fort Valley, Ga.
To strengthen the work of the
phony peach eradication campaign the
OWA has approved a project for tho
destruction of wild peach trees in
45 peach producing counties of Geor
gia, where tho phony disenso is so
serious ns to threaten the future of
the peach industry. Taylor county is
included in this project.
It is important that, as far as is
humanly possible, we destroy all of
tho wild peach trees in the areas
where the phony peach eradication
work is carried on, ns these trees nrc
a serious drawback to the commercial
Industry. Wild peach trees are not
only of no value whatever but, unless
they can be eliminated, they will con
stitute a permanent reservoir of rein-
infection for the phony peach disenso
nnd will harbor other destructive
diseases and insects.
Growers and all others who are in
terested in the industry can be of
much assistance in promoting this
work if they will furish information
concerning any groups of wild peach
trees along woods or at places where
culls have been dumped, either from
packing sheds or canning factories.
Such information should be sent to V/.
F. Turner, U. S. Peach Disease Field
Laboratory, Ft. Valley, Ga. ,
SOUTH MAY LOSE
HEAD OF WAYS AND
MEANS COMMITTEE
When Congress reconvenes the first
week of tho new year tho House com
mittee on ways and means may* have
a now chnirman.
Representative Doughton, of North
Carolina, the present chairman, would
probably accept an appointment to
the tariff commission, whero there I.-.
a vacancy by tho recent death of the
late Representative Collier, of Missis
sippi. In the rcdistricting of his state
Mr. Collier lost his seat in Congress
nr.d his appointment to the tariff com
mission' was ono of tho first mude. by
President Roosevelt.
Should Mr. Doughton foll -w his
predecessor in tho chairmanship of
the ways and means committee from
that powerful legislative post lo a
place on the tariff commission, llen-
resentative S. B. Hill, of the State of
Washington, would succeed Mr.
Doughton at the head of 1 tho • ways
committee, which has been holding
on the revision of existing tax 1 laws
for Severn! weeks.
Upon his return from conferences
with the President at Warm Springs,
Ga., tho Acting Secretary 1 to the
Treasury, Mr. Morgcnthau, after con-
sultation with Mr. Hill,- announced
that the treasury department would
submit specific recommendations for
revenue legislation for consideration
by the ways nnd ' menns committee
well ire advance of the reconvening of
Congress.
This menns that the administration
and democratic leaders of the house
hnve begun to cooperate ire the form
ulation of n tnx program which the
President will nsk the congress to
ndopt at the coming session.
As his ndvisor ore tnx matters, Mr.
Mnrgcnthnu has appointed Frof, Mn-
gill of Columbia University, wbo will
represent tho treasury department in
consultation with the subcommittee of
which Mr. Hill is ohnirmnn.
The fact thnt Mr. Doughton would
prefer to round out his nublic service
ns a member of the tariff commission
nnd that his appointment would bring
nnd menns committee, mm m«i.ms njipninimenx wourn ormg
By occupation’ Mr. Doughton is n to tlln ^airmanship of the ways and
rmer and stock raiser. He saw serv-' r ncnnf ’ '•ommittee a man of the nbilf-
* 4-1.^ i i-.u e tv nnd oxnf*rinn.rn .nf Knnrnannfnffv®
farmer
ice on the board of agriculture of
North Carolina before his election to
^Congress.
Mr.Hill Is a lawyer by profession, a
graduate of the University of Ar
kansas and has had experience botlias
a prosecuting nttornev and as judge
of the superior court for seven years.
He was elected to tho 68th Congress
nt a special election in 1923 nnd hns
been reelected to each succeeding
congress.
Mr. Hill is now chairman of the
subcommittee of the ways and means
ty and oxocrience of Representative
Hi'l of Washington makes it nroba-
able that President Roosevelt will
look with favor upon Mr. Doughton’s
nsnirntiore. 1 *!•
The two most powerful committees
of the houso are tho committee on
ways nnd menns, which recommends
to tho houso how money should he
raised to run the government, and
the oommitttee on appropriations,
which tells the house how the money
should be spent. 1
First of a series of advertisements explaining the benefits of the new
electric rates to various classes of customers.
Qets a Welcome from Mrs. Smith
Mrs. Smith is a customer who has been using very little electricity
in her home. In fast, she rarely has paid more than the $1 -a-month
minimum charge. Let’s listen in on her conversation with a rep
resentative of the power company and see just exactly what the
? ’ neid rates will do for her.
■ MRS. SMITH—‘Tm not much inter
ested in electric rates. We use so little
electricity in our home, just a few lights.
So our bill seldom runs over the dollar
minimum.”
■ REPRESENTATIVE—“Wouldn’t you
be interested to know that the new rates
give you THREE TIMES as much elec
tricity for your dollar as you’ve been
getting? From now on, you get fifteen
kilowatt hours, instead of five, for your
dollar a month. That’s ten more kilowatt
hours every month absolutely FREE!”
■ MRS. SMITH—“I’m glad to hear that.
Now, tell me what I can do with ten
kilowatt hours.”
■ REPRESENTATIVE—“For one
thing, you could add quite a lot of light
ing. You can have three times as much
light without increasing your bill.”
■ MRS. SMITH—“Mr.'Smith would like
that. But could I use an electric iron?”
■ REPRESENTATIVE—“Yes. Your.ten
free kilowatt hours will operate an elec
tric iron for 18 hours, or a waffle iron
for 16 hours, or a vacuum cleaner for
48 hours.”
■ MRS. SMITH—“Could I do all of that
with my free electricity, without in
creasing my bill?”
■ REPRESENTATIVE—“I’m sorry,
Mrs. Smith, if I didn’t make myself clear
on that point. Ten kilowatt hours would
not do ALL of those things. It would do
any ONE of them. Of course you prob
ably wouldn’t want to use your waffle
iron 16 hours a month, so you can di
vide up your free electricity among dif
ferent appliances. I would like to make
it clear also that these figures as to the
number of hours each appliance can be
operated are the AVERAGE figures.
They might vary somewhat, up or down,
but I believe you will find them approxi
mately correct.”
■ MRS. SMITH—“I understand it now.
You mean that I can now go right ahead
and use three times as much electricity
as I have been using without increasing
my bill above my dollar a month pay
ment.”
■ REPRESENTATIVE —“Yes, Mrs.
Smith, that’s exactly it—you can begin
today.”
Remember, too, that whenever Mrs. Smith get. ready to
add an electric range or refrigerator, the can huy the extra
electricity to operate it at REAL BARGAIN PRICES.
For further information, call at
our nearest store—or ’phone, and
a representative will call at your
home. Or, if you prefer, mail the
coupon at the'riyht.
Next week, in this paper, Ad
vertisement No. 2 will show how
the new rates benefit a customer
whose monthly bill is usually in
the neighborhood of $2.50.
WATCH FOR IT.
Georgia Power Company
MAIL TODAY!
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
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1 GEORGIA POWER COMPANY:
Picage send me “More Light, More Lei but e, for
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electric rater.
your booklet about the new
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