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THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL
iTLAITI OX., • MOBTH FOMTTB IT.
Catvrvd at tW Atlanta Postofflc* as Mat-
Matter of the SacoeJ cure.
©bat,
President and Editor.
• VMCTIPTIOX PBICS
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•*! riMar, tad M waned by the abort
eet rentes fby aarty delirery.
|t euUits new* trnen all ew tfc « wsrid,
braagfct by «p«*tai Irered wires Into «■* of fee,
h bae a staff as dwtlßfaahed eretritretore.
wtth steaaa tVyartmeata st apaeial valve to the
teres* and the fam,
A»»U wasted at rerey sreWffre,
CMntuUMoa aiirered. OMftt free, TH* t°
h.B. BanMbh flisreUtta* Manatee.
The rely uaeeyat mMnMm we bate are
fee tooney paid to the aboee ranted travolls«
’ FI|HX TT) TIIIT ci.
votim ra isnoinni
The Übe{ >:red fee addressing yre»
paper *&>wa |be tlse year
Vxplrea. fly re»*U| at lean tw»
week* before the date re the label, yon
taanre taeniae er* ire.
In prJ.rlßg pape* be sere
to wsatire yosy aid. as well aa root
pa*, addreaa tt aa a wel root*.
M«aee give the roots mraiber.
■ We cannot enter •wbecr’ptiona tn be
gin with back somber* Rrestttases
abreld be sent by peetnl order or region
' terwi mall.
•evartmeht to THK BtMJ-WtULT
I JOT RNAU Atlanta. Oa.
Address all orders and notices for thia
With hay it K7 » -ton, breakfMt food
noemia expensive.
MHUonatres who write letters to ladle*
should uno typewriters.
By comparison. Tuesday and Wednes
day were almost cold days In June
Tn Jun* you can hardly expect any
thin* but one hot day after another.
Mexico seems to be acquiring the new
Mexico spirit.
Generally speaking, a patriot is a re
formed politician.
If the orators will do their share of
abstinence, we shall have a sane Fourth.
Reciprocity. seems likely to be passed
by the senate despite the opposition to it.
“Poartugai fears Royalist invasion."
Maybe it is Dias trying to obtain a new
rule ,
This weather may be hot. but then you
escape that troublesome cold in the
head.
May the rain come soon enough to
help out the cause of next fall's corn
•how.
••Nocturnal rainbow at sea.” Probab
ly a sea serpent as seen through sea
sickness.
Socialist Berger can talk as much in
print as an avowed candidate or an ex
* >reslder. t.
Dorothy Arnold rumor has
been printed, which shows how long a
rumor can survive.
The mayor of Springfield. Ohio, has re
duced his own salary. Refreshing. Doub
ly refreshing from Ohio.
The first blackberry doesn't get any
space in the news, but it is just ae mo
mentous an arrival for all that.
According to a North Carolina paper,
snakes don't bite cowa WhM do the
makes do, bU* calves or cower’
Where is the old-fashinned bartender
who arranged his four in hand so it
woald not hide his diamond stud*
Everything in Boston curries the ate
mcepbere of the town. Eve® a theater
there has been named the Puritan.
What a dilemma! *Some people can't
decide whether to attend Mr. Taft’s silver
wedding jubilee, or the coronation.
Despite the high cost of living, we
keep on living, but we don't live as high
as we would if the cost were lower.
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat says
thar Barbank has made the cactus edible,
but that he has given up prunes as a
bad job. )
git is surprising that while the supreme
court was going after the tobacco trust.
It didn't also take a rap at some of these
stogies.
It may be hard to discover exactly
who makes the profits on beef, but it is
assy enough to see that the consumer
fidoea not.
Twenty-five thousand Bibles are being
shipped from New York to San Francisco.
Can't some other city ship 25,000 Bibles
New York*
John D. Rockefeller pleaoed with the
Cleveland reporters to let him alone, and
there are thousands of others who plead
with the reporters not to neglect them.
Bummer styles in bathing suits ought
to be interesting just now. Come to
think of it, there aren't any winter styles
in bathing suits.
The Panama bond issue will be a sue
cess, according to a financial authority.
Os course it will, w‘th the whole south
and gulf coast to back the canal
The New York Bun says that these in
coherent conductors are reciting maga
zine poetry. Bxrt does anybody read mag
aalne poetry, much less recite it.
The demand for fried chicken Is just
as strong as tt over was—stronger, even
—despite the large number of poultry
enthusiasts who are supplying the mar
ket
• It is a safe assumption that Mr. Col
lier has withdrawn his subscription to
the American and that Mr. Hearst no
longer .takes Collie- s. except, perhaps,
on their exchange lists.
Now Mr. Vanlman, W«Uman*» corn
pan lon on th* across the sea in a bal
loon flight, is going to try to cross In
an air ship. The idea Is commendable,
but leave the cat behind.
One thousand and sixty-three saloon* in
Memphis were raided for selling whisky.
We didn't know there were that many
saloons in any town, not even Savan
nah.
Mayor Fl tags raid i« surprised by the
fact that the girl* of Boston are willing
to - marry but the bachelors are not.
But fa Boston any different from other
eftfes"
Tl}^rarest June days are the coolest.
. Where is the old-fashioned rustic cut
l wjffCho went out joy riding In a buggy
■Mth a dosen cold bottles stored in the
Hodder tn rear?
fact that hay is selling at C7 a
|Hn tn Chicago must m-an that the
there haven't be*n producing
|K ch this spring. Will Macon plea-*
quotations*
jM*he president us the United States
HH king of England and the governor
general of Canada are to have suits of
clothes from the first bale of cotton.
Hope the king wiU get his in time for
*k • ,-re—re Mreaa
THE SOUTHEASTERN CORN SHOW.
The Southeastern Corn show that will be held in Atlanta next
autumn under the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce bids fair
to be one of the most stimulating and broadly profitable events of
the year.
Few subjects are more vitally important to the business as well
aa the agricultural interests of this state and section than that of
grain culture. This is a prime factor in the new era of progressive
and independent farming. As the corn crops of the south in
crease in volume and quality, she will become more a mistress and
leas a servant in nation’s market.
To encourage this movement will be the chief purpose of the
Southeastern Corn show. By bringing together examples of what
has already been accomplished in this field, it will quicken a deeper
and wider interest.
But there will be not only a display of the grain that has been
produced, but also of the methods through which these harvests
have been brought forth. A series of exhibits showing the progress
of the past quarter of a century in agricultural appliances will
also be a striking feature of the exposition.
In addition to this, it is- the wish of those behind the move
ment to arrange for a number of excursions to Atlanta from every
section of Georgia and neighboring states with a view to bringing
to the show members of the various Boys’ Corn clubs throughout
the southeast. This is a particularly happy idea. The Boys’Corn
club is one of the most effective agencies now at work for the
agricultural development of this section. In Georgia alone there
are ninety-two of these organizations, embracing a membership
of more than five thousand alert young farmers. Whatever en
courages them in their efforts is a stimulus to agricultural ad
vancement.
In promoting the corn show, the Chamber of Commerce in
vites the co-operation of our manufacturers and merchants, both
wholesale and retail, and also of the real estate men and the bank
ers. There is no doubt that from each of these quarters will come
ready and loyal support. For, the city as well as the country
measures its progress very largely by the production of foodstuffs
in general and, particularly, of £orn.
WHAT GEOLOGY DOES FOR GEORGIA.
There appears elsewhere in today’s Journal a timely and en
gaging article by State Geologist S. W. McCallie on the geological
survey and the part it plays in the commercial development of
Georgia.
Science was once popularly considered a thing apart from the
bustling world of affairs, a sequestered realm of learning where
bespectaled gentlemen went about with alembics and microscopes
and delved into mysteries far removed from the everyday needs
and tasks of life. The fact is, however, that every mile of the
world’s material progress has been blazed by science. The farmer,
the manufacturer, the laborer, the miner and the housewife a.l
share in the golden results which the patient work of laboratory
investigation brings forth.
Especially is this true of the investigations promoted through
geology, the science of the structure and the mineral constitution
of the earth. Our state geological survey points out to the people,
where and how Georgia’s natural resources can be developed. It
opens the way to the exploitation of mineral treasures, It discov
era and directs the use of road-building materials. It gauges
streams and water courses, determining their value for industrial
purposes. It probes through the earth to underground waters that
may be converted into artesian wells for public supplies or for
irrigation. It takes the first step necessary to the drainage and
reclamation of swamp lands. It examines and classifies the soils
and thus lays the foundation for an important province of moder j
.agriculture. Indeed, there is no industry and no section of the
state that is not practically benefited by the work of the geologi
cal survey. I i' '
This department has already accomplished much but it could
do infinitely more for the people if it were liberally supported by
the legislature. This is notably true of three important enterprises
—the gauging of streams, the survey of soils and the preliminary
survey of swamp and overflow lands. The United States govern
ment has offered to co-operate with Georgia in all of these under
takings and to press them to completion if the state will contrib
ute the comparatively nominal sum of five thousand to each of
them. In view of what the geological survey means to the state’s
development, the legislature cannot afford to let such an oppor
tunity slip. •
THE INSURGENTS' INCONSISTENCY.
The clamorous Insurgent Republicans are fast making for
themselves a place among those false prophets who arise and
“shew great signs and wonders.’’ A year ago they were vehe
mently denouncing the burdens and the broken pldges of the
Payne-Aldrich tariff act. Today, the maority of them, particular
ly those in the senate, are fighting the practical measures that
are advanced to remedy these very ills.
Such is their attitude toward the Canadian reciprocity pact.
Under this agreement a number of the injustices in the existing
tariff will be righted. It is a definite step toward the goal which
the Insurgents have professed to be seeking. It is an instrument
ready at hand for advancing the cause they claim to have es
poused. And yet, when this great popular measure stands im
perilled by special interests, they doggedly refuse to support it
and cast their strength with the very powers they have con
demned.
Senator LaFollette assails the reciprocity bill on the pretext
that the president has overstepped his executive bounds in attempt
ing to drive the agreement through. It is deeply disappointing to
find such a leader adopting tactics like these. Naturally, the sen
ator from Wisconsin is not disposed to aid the present administra
tion, but he should remember that reciprocity is a national demand
in which personal politics has no rightful place.
The Insurgents are likewise opposing the farmers’ free list
bill and the Underwood wool bill, despite the fact that both these
measures are designed to relieve the people of the yoke which the
old guard Rpublicans imposd. How can the Insurgents square
their deeds of today with their words of yesterday!
The fact is the people have learned the lesson that they can
expert no substantial relief from either wing of the Republican
party. Their only hope of freedom from an unjust tariff system
lies with Democracy. The Democratic house has proceeded united
ly to put through measures of tariff reform that help the public
without hurting legitimate business. In the course they are fol
lowing, they are at once earnest and effective. Insurgency, on the
other hand, has shown itself entirely ineffectual and now the
denth of its earnestness is becoming doubtful. _
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INSTITUTIONS MOST IMPORTANT
RELIGIOUSLY AND POLITICALLY
We are In the midst of the season of
college commencement*. Thousand* of
young men and young women are pass
ing out of our institutions of learning
to take their place* in society. The
eyes of parent* are turning toward*
these educational center* with profound
interest and tender concern.
It is a good time to consider the
value of the colleges to the country.
Many good people do not estimate them
at their true worth. Their influ
ence on the welfare of the nation i*
not appreciated a* it deserves to be.
The work done in the college op
erate* ao silently so gradually, and
■o invisibly upon the life of
the nation, for good or ill, that it Th ac
counted by *om* as a negligible factor
in measuring the forces that affect the
national welfare. Commercial and in
dustrial enterprises are so bulky and
tangible in comparison with educational
enterprises that many imagine them to
be far more important and valuable
than institutions in which quiet, medita
tive men impart instruction which does
much to mould public sentiment and di
rect public life for years to come.
The older nations of Europe under
stand this matter better than do our
people. Take for example the purpose
of German publicists in the establish
ment of the University of Berlin. That
institution vvas founded in 1810 to re
trieve the national defeat at the battle
of Jena, by the creating a center around
which to unify the national life. M.
Ernest Lavisse tn his Interesting story
of its foundation says that King Fred
erick William of Prussia declared the
reason for its establishment by saying
‘‘lt is necessary that the State supply
by its intellectual forces the physical
powers which it has lost”. Schleirmach
er said in support of the project, “When
that scientific organization is founded
it will have no equal: thanks to its
interior force, it will exercise its benev
olent rule to the borders of the Prus
sian monarchy. Berlin will become me
center of the entire intellectual activity
of Northern and Protestant Germany,
and a solid foundation will be prepared
for the accomplishment of the mission
assigned to the Prussian government. ’
The history which has followed has
more than his words. The
University of Berlin did more tnan any
other one th.ng to unify the New Ger
many with wnich Napoleon 111 had to
deal in 1870 and by which he was over
come and the Napoleonic dynasty was
destroyed.
In our own country Yale college at
one time saved the nation. When Dr.
Timothy Dwight came to its presidency
he found in cofnmon with all the
other educational institutions of the
young republic thoroughly infectei
with infidelity. The president—the
greatest Yale has ever had —drove that
evil influence from the institution and
revived religion at its altars. During
his stay at Yale He waged continuous
war (against all scepticism and imm >r
ality, and held i-.rteen revivals among
the students. By consequence there
went out from the institution a group
of able and incorruptible statesmen
(John *2- Calhoun among others) who
served the country witn conspicuous
ability and unselfish patriotism for half
a century. Moreover, hunureds of the
young men educated at Yale during
Dr. Dwight’s presidency became minis
ters of the gospel, who supplied the
"Northwest territory” with the word of
life when it was in a most destitute ana
dangerous condition religiously and
morally. The spirit which prevailed at
Yale was soon communicated to
institutions, cleansing them of the evil
infection of infidelity and purging thefn
from immorality; for it is a property
of one good college to constrain it*
competitors to follow its lead in the
pursuit Os truth and righteousness. It
is not; saying too much to affirm that
to this hour the influence of President
Dwight of Yale persists as a wholesome
and saving influence in the United
States. It is impossible to over-tfsti
mate the debt which the country owes
to him for the work he did during his
presidency of that institution. With
all its wealtn and power the Yale of to
day does not exert haJf so great nor
half so good an influence upn our na
tional life as aid the poorer Yale of Dr.
Dwight’s time. Nevertheless Yale and
all our colleges are doing much to co
lour public opinion and control the
course of national life. He is a greatly
mistaken man who is indifferent to
what is going on in these institutions.
The poorest of them may be setting in
motion now forces that will mightily
affect the industrial, commercial, polit
ical and religious history of the future.
There ,is one class of them which some
men among us affect to despise, but
which more than all other institutions of
learning most vitally influence the life
of the nation. Reference is intended to
the colleges of the churches. They are
more numerous than all others, and in
them a majority of all the college stu
dents of America are found.
They are Important, not alone for their
number, and for the extent of their pat
ronage, but still more for the character
of their work. Their courses of instruc
tion in science, literature, and philoso
phy, do not differ materially from the
courses offered in other institutions of
like grade; but a rellglpbs atmosphere
’envelopes them and a religious life pre
vails in them not’ found elsewhere. This
fact places them in a position of com
manding power, and imparts to them a
far-reaching Influence. It was Guizot
who said, “In order to make education
truly good and socially useful it must be
fundamentally religious. It is necessary
that it should be given and received in
the midst of a religious atmosphere, and
that religious impressions and religious
observances should penetrate into all its
parts." This religious atmosphere and
these religious impressions, to which the
great' historian makes reference, can not
be supplied at state schools under our
system of government, and the moral
life of the state school* would be even
lower if there were no church schools
in the land to affect them by competition.
Indeed our whole system of public edu
cation would be most dangerously con
stituted but for the existence of church
schools offsetting Jn many ways the ever
present tendency of secularism in our
THE ROOT AMENDMENT IN A NUTSHELL
A terse and trenchant analysis of the amendment which Sena
tor Root has proposed to the Canadian reciprocity bill is made by
the St. Louis Post-Dispatch when it declares—
Tbe effect of this amendment. If adopted and accepted by Canada, would
be to eliminate wood pulp and pulp wood from the operation of the agree
ment. If it ie an honest amendment, it is made for the sole benefit of
the paper trust! If it is not an honest amendment, it is a sneaking
method of killing the measure. In either event, it exposes the motives of
the opposition.
This is the situation in a nutshell. If they dared face public
opinion the foes of reciprocity would vote outright against this
measure. Lacking the boldness to follow such a course, however,
they are seeking to send it to death by covert stabs. They are de
termined by hook or crook to protect the special interests with
which their political fortunes ar6 identified.
If the senators who propose amendments to the bill are in any
sense acting in good faith, they are serving only the monopolies.
The reciprocity agreement must be ratified as it was originally de
signed, or it will never go into effect. ..
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BISHOP W. A. CANDLEB.
education. Victor Cousin declared. "Any
system of school training which sharp
ens and strengthens the intellectual pow
ers without at the same time affording
a source of restraint and countercheck
to their tendency to evil is a curse rath
er than a blessing.” The authoritative
religious element in education, which
the church schools only can furnish, is
of immeasurable value to the moral life of
the nation, and it is most fortunate for
the country that all the churches have
established colleges in which culture and
piety are looked after with equal care.
It is a blessed thing for a young man
during that impressionable period, when
habits are forming and opinions are ta
king shape, to have at hand instructors
who are perfectly free to supply the pa
rental ihstruction of a religious kind that
is withdrawn, or which at best operates
under the disadvantage of distance, while
a boy is in college. Hereby multitudes
have been saved from lives pf vice to
careers of Christian usefulness. Who
can say how many were thus saved by
Dr. Dwight at Yale?
But besides this (being moral influence
which a church college exerts bver it*
students, it is in position to impart hab
its freedom of thought in political
matters which is also a fact of the great
est Importance. This phase of their mis
sion was forcibly stated in a recent ad
dress by President Snyder of Wofford
College in South Carolina. He said,
‘There are so many questions upon
which, for obvious reasons, the tax-sup
ported Institutions must keep silent.
City councils and State legislatures are
their task-masters, and they may not of
fend them. For example, what State
university president would dare take a
stand upon the prohibition issue or speak
out boldly against a reigning political
party or criticize even justly some wild
act of a demagogue-led legislature? The
possibility of decreased appropriations
and the loss of needed buildings have too
frequently gagged the convictions of hon
est men. To have institutions in every
Southern State which are not frightened
into silence when justice and righteous
ness are at stake, but which dare to
speak out upon the great questions of the
hour, is to furnish, light, leadership and
courage. There must be, therefore, among
us institutions that, without having to
count the cost in appropriations, may
join hands with an untrammeled press
and an uncringing pulpit in the battle
for sane, unrestricted thought and civic
righteousness. This sort of an institution
the Church College may be, if we will
have it so. Moreover, in occupying such
a position it will naturally be training
men within its walls for that kind of
leadership wnich we are going to need
more and more in the political, social,
and industrial re-adjustment through
which we are passing.”
These are wise x and true words of
President Snyder, to which men concern
ed for the welfare of our country will do
well to take heed. They explain why
so many of the greatest and bravest
statesmen of the past have come to the
public service from the denominational
colleges, and they point us to the source
to which we must look in future for the
larger supply of such men.
The church college supplies the moral
nourishment and the political freedom
needed to produce the most clear-headed
and courageous leaders of public opinion
and national life. We have many such
leaders, and we need many more. We
do not need politicians skilled in the
arts of compromise; we do not need men
a'ddicted to create a public sentiment
which bad men will fear and good men
will rejoice in. The most natural meth
od of t.-aining such leaders is to have
schools in which religious influence pre
vails, over which moral ideals reign, and
through which freedom of political
thought penetrates. Such are the schools
of the churches, and being such they
deserve the support of all men who
seek the Highest good of the people
and the preservation of the noblest type
of Christian civilization in the land.
REGULATE PROFITS
OF COMMON CARRIERS
CHICAGO, June 17—Investigation was
begun today by a committee represent
ing the National Association of Railway
Commissioners toward regulating ex
press companies and curbing the accum
ulation of profits.
The committee which 1* composed es
railway commissioners and members of
public service commissions of every
state, plan* to shape further legislation
and formulate rules pertaining to ex
press carriers relative to the maximum
amounts they shall charge for service
A subcommittee will study the problem
and make a report concerning further
co-pperation between the Interstate
Commerce commission and the state
commissions in controlling sxpress com
panies.
This subcommittee will hold a se
mlnerals and ores are made free of
ries of meetings in Chicago during tn«.
next few months while making it* in
vestigation. • ,
Facts About The Farm
Fighting to Save the Grape Crop
The rose-chafer or “rose-bug” i* a
rather common insect in many states
and especially in tne east where there
are many accounts of its ravages
The literature of economic entomol
ogy abounds with records of the de
structiveness of tuis insect It injures
grapes and cherries to a greater extent
man other plants, but it has done se
rious damage to apples Nor are its
ravages confined to these fruits, since
much loss has * recorded on rasp
berries, blackberries, strawberries ano
flowering plants, due to the appetite of
this ravenous insect The beetle attack
ing the flowers can do an immense
amount of damage in a short time, but
it is chiefly owing to its great numbers
that it works such havoc In’ one in
stance in a New York vineyard these in
sects were so numerous that every clus
ter was a mass of the crawling beetles
They soon ate the’blossoms and thus
destroyed the crop In 1909 the two
acres of in this vineyard gave
a gross income of 12.35 which should
have yielded a crop worth about |2OO at
the prices paid that year. In 1910 these
two acres gave a gross Income of |99.90,
which was about half the amount an
average crob should Lave sold for. The
increase in the value of the crop was
due to control measures which were
conducted in 1910, but since the mate
rials used on many of the vines were un
successful in checking the rose-chafer
the Idss on these sections was still very
great. This made an average decrease
of nearly |IOO in the gross receipts.
The continued depredations of the
hordes of beetles, with the inability of
vineyardists to cope with them have
been the cause of the pulling out of
many vineyards in Jersey, Ohio ana
Pennsylvania during the past 20 years.
Breeding occurs in waste, or weedy
lands, an din the early stage the insects
apepar as small white grubs, feeding on
the roots of all sorts of plants from
trees and shrubs to grasses. They re
quire only a single year to come to ma
turity. This beetle is a sprawley, long
legged yellow chafer which reaches its
maximum in June.
In a well cultivated orchard the in
sects do not breed and as a matter of
are situated on light soil, next or very
THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GEORGIA
What It Means in the Development of the State—lts Past
Accomplishments and Its Present Work
BY S. W. MoCALLD, State Geologist.
The commercial object of the people
of this state might be summed up m
the on* word, “development." The ob
ject the geological survey Is to point
out to the people where and how the
natural resource* eon be developed. It
is the purpose and the desire of ths
geological survey co-operate with
every county, with every district and
with every citizen in the development of
the states resources, and to point out
her future possibilities, Large inves
tors at the present day new realise the
value of peientific repavt.* and ba*®
their investigations upon these reports
because they are authoritative, unbiased
and free train exaggeration,
The undertakings of the geological
survey es Georgia, are so varied in
character that they should vitally ap
peal to (he necessities of every sec
tion of the state, The following work
of \he survey shews clearly what it
is doing,
1, The examination of the mineral
resources and the geological formation*
in which these materials occur, with
special reference to their commercial
development,-
8. The examination of the roaa
building materials, The location and
the best methods es utilization of the
same a r « pointed out,
3. The examination es the streams
and water powers es th* state, with
special reference tq their commercial
davMopment and thq future preserva
tion of the sources of the water pow
ers through the protection es the for
est*.
4. The examination es the under
ground waters of the state, with spe
cial reference to the sinking es arte
sian wells for public supplies, farm
use, irrigation, etc., and the protection
of those underground waters from pol
lution.
6. The examination of the swamp
areas of the stale, with special refer
ence to tha drainage es these rich area*
—to show hew (hey can be made avail
able for agriculture *nd jhus add to
the paterial development and th*
wealth of the state.
6. The examination of the soils de
rived from, the underlying rocks, wim
the physical classification of the sama.
Preliminary reports have been pub
lished by this survey on marbles, co
rundum. gold, phosphates and marxs,
clays, granite* and gneisses, iron ores,
beauxltes,'coals, ocher, manganese, min
eral resources, water powers, under
ground waters, artesian wells pad roads
and poad Jjuhdjng materials, gny pt
which pan be obtained from the geo
logical survey hy calling at |h* office
or sending the Required postage. These
report*, besides general distribution
throughout the state, gre sent to libra
ries and Individual* |u al| th* states,
and eexn to foreign countries.
Thg mineralogical work consist*
chiefly in the examination of numerous
mineral specimen!*, which are constant
ly being brought intq the office for
identification. The identification pf
charge for |be pwnerg of |he property
upon wbici) they are found, and when
ever they grg 3'uch as have’ p commer
cial value as much aid In their bevei
opment is given' as i* practical without
trespassing upon the rights of profes
sional mining engineers. The survey
receives inquiries from those pf pthex
States in regard to her minerals, which
Information, whenever possible, is al
ways given.' l Thg survey Is, and should
be, g bureau pf informat'idn regarding
the resources of the state.
Where mineral deposits are small or
do not warrahf expenditure ot money
tinder present conaTHOn*. truthfuj state
ment* regarding such ars made with the
Intention ot forestalling certain fail
ure whjtejf would attend their pxpiofta
ti-oh. Failures dhe "to ignorance regard
ing the--naturte 'rend yteltte ot mlbe'rai de
posits kmj rtidsfc tfud to tursp reports of
Unscrupulous promrttetx, plways cause
a -serious retardation of'thb development
of a region, amj ii often take* years to
overcome th* effevt c Os a single disas
trous faflute. The gewogfral survey, by
mafclng- srirntjlfc ertutffea and accurate
reports, ean tn a large iheisure prevent
faflnrri* and thslst In the development
ot these flepoxfts which warrant exploi
tation arid thereby does a valuable ser
vice ter the state.
The geolagibal formation? pf |he state
carefully studied with regard
to the more important eoanomlc miner-
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structural details; enlarged.
fact, the only sufferers are those that
near to waste or scrub land.
Insecticides are not practicable, ths
beetles being very resistant to all poi
sons. Practically the only thing to do
is to work out the infestation gradually,
by bringing into cultivation the waste
lands on which they breed, and tha” is
being generally done in localities where
they have been most troublesome in ths
past
When the grapes are blossoming the
rose-chafer may be found, in some lo
calities, in large numbers.lf ths in
festation Is sever the flowers will be en
tirely destroyed in a few days. Having ,
destroyed the blossoms of the grape the
beetles then attack the leaves and the ,
berries, and after feeding on the grape
for from ten days to two weeks they Hy
to other plants, which include every >
plant that is in blossom at that time. ,
They are especially fond of the rose ind 1
spoil many by eating the petals- It
was because of injuries to roses that the
insect received its common name.
When the larvae are in cultivated soil
the number of adults may be decreased
by harrowing the vineyard. Three har
rowings will not only destroy mqny in
sects, Mut the frequent cultivation is
excellent for the vineyard. This methoo
is not claimed to be a sure cure, but it
is recommended as a valuable aid in
destroying the rose chafer.
al* and it is only through a scientific
study of these formations that ths ge
ologist is able to give reliable data as
to the nature and occurrence of mineral
deposits. For example, in etilmadng
the available tonnage of the ores, ccals,
cementing materials, *tc. Dr. T. Pool*
Maynard, of this Survey, is at present
engaged in the investigation of th* ce
menting materials and limestones of
North Georgia. But few persons have
any conception of the manifold us*« of
cement and its revolutionizing effect on
structural work. This investigation is
most timely, and th* report will rep
resent authoritatively possibilities await
ing development. A knowledge of the
geological formation facilitates the study
of the road building material* of the
state. In the coastal plain region of
Georgia, th* people should especially
realize the value of a thorough knowl
edge of the rocks and Mays available
for road construction. The cost of trans
portation of those materials Is expensive
and they are often carried from a con
siderable distance when suitable mate
rial* occur at hand. A report has l»een
issued by the geological survey on
i road* and road building materials of
Georgia in which the following ques
tions are discussed: The value* of good
roads, road construction with regard to
location, surfacing, maintenance, and
repair. The road materials of th* fol
lowing physiographic provinces, namely,
the coastal plain. Piedmont plateau, the
Appalachian the Appalach
ian valley, and the Cumberland plateau,
are presented; and the report is con
cluded with a’ discussion of the equip
ment, methods of road working, and
materials, by counties, and the rela
tions of topography.
The examination of the water row
ers has been carried on in co-operation
with the United States geological sur
vey, and preliminary river surveys and
stream gaugings have been made in the
more important drainage basins, namely,
the Savannah basin, the Ogeechee btaln,
the Alta maha basin, the Appalachiaola
basin, the Mobile basin, and th* Tennes
see basin. Sufficient data have been col
lected to know that at the lowest known
annual stream gauge an approximate ag
gregate of 500,000 horse-power is attain
able. By the use of storage dams, fully
1,000,000 horse-power, at a low esti
mate, could be made availabla Further
investigation of the water powers of the
state will be carried on in co-operation
with the United States geological sur
vey. ,
A knowledge of the underground wa
ters of the state can only be ascertained
through a thorough investigation of the
water-bearing and adjacent strata. The
study of the geological formations, pre
liminary to the study of the under
ground waters, has been completed by
Mr. Otto Veatch, of this survey, and
Dr. L. W. Stephenson, of the United
State* geological survey, and will be
published at a very early date. While th*
great economic value of this report may
not be recognized at once, it will be of
considerable value not only in the further
tsudy of the underground waters of Geor
gia, but also will be the basis of th*
future investigation of the mineral re
sources, including clays, marls, baux
tles, fullers earth, etc., and will' be of
great aid in the soil studies which ar*
planned for this portion of the stata
The examination of the awamp area*
wae begun many years ago by this sur
vey, but on account of the lack of appro
priation by the legislature to carry on
this work it has been delayed. The study
of the soils and the physical mappint: of
the same, i* planned in co-operation with
the United States bureau of soils, and tt
will be of the greatest possible value to
the farmer in the study of the adapta
tion of crops to soils.
The survey desires to make a detailed
search throughout the state far rocks
which are the source of our potash, the
supply of which has become a vital prob
lem to th* American farmer.
The very foundation of our agricul
tural wealth depends on the source of
those materials, namely, our mines and
our quarries.
The Importance and th* possibilities
of all the lines of work outlined above
as having been undertaken and as pro
jected will readily appear to any thought
ful person, and if the state is to devel
op with ner sistfer states and hold the
enviable position she now occupies anong
them, she should certainly provide th*
means to carsy on the work necessary to
collect the data for bringing into aeces
ser future development.
elble form the information neoeesary for
