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THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1913. THE SEMI-WEEP” JOURNAL ATLANTA, GA., 5 NORTH FORSYTH ST. Entered at the Atlanta Postoffice as Mail Matter of the Second Class. JAMES R. GRAY, President and Editor. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE Twelve months 760 Six months <10c Three months The Semi-Weekly Journal i^ published on Tuesday and Friday, and is mailed by the shortest routes for earlydelivery. It contains news from all over the world, brought by special leased wires into our office. It has a staff of distinguished contributors, with strong departments of special value to the home and the farm. Agents, war ted ut every postoffice. Liberal coin* missioi} allowed. Outfit free. Write R- R- BRAD LEY. Circulation Manager. The only traveling representatives we have are J. A- Bryan, R. F. Bolton. C. C. Coyle, L. H. Kim brough and C. T. Yates. We will be responsible only for money paid to the above named traveling repre sentatives. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. 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The recent report of the Department of Agricul ture, showing that within the past six years the country’s production of beef cattle has decreased thirty per cent, le:.dn a western packer to remark that this condition must be met by the small farmer, “who can raise a few head of cattle, a dozen or so, and get them to market.” The days of the great cat tle ranges of the West are numbered, he thinks; land that was once given over to this industry is being used for wheat and other crops, so that our future supply of beef, in so far as it is produced at home, must come from a variety of limited sources rather than, as heretofore, from a few large centers. Whatever errors there may be in such a theory, it suggests at least one important truth; and that is the rich opportunities which present day conditions afford the average farmer in the South for profitable cattle raising. Though he may not hope to enter the mar- ’ ket on a large scale, he can' at least raise enough cat tle and live stocks to supply his own needs and, with proper management, a surplus for the demands ' of his immediate neighborhood or district. The mild climate, together with the cheapness of forage, reduce the expenses of Buch enterprises to a minimum; and a few years of experiment might convince the farmer that cattle raising - as safer and more profitable than the other lines he had followed, certainly more so than the practice of stocking all his money and labor on a single crop. - By every natural circumstance, the South is the great beef producing section of the future. As the Department of Agriculture has shown, its soil will grow those grasses which are most nutritious as cattle food. Its winters are short and temperate, so that pasturage is possible the year around. There are thousands of acres now idle which could thus be turned to wonderfully productive account. The. fact that the home supply of beef is decreasing so rapidly and that the West ‘ . no longer to be depended upon as a permanent -ource of supply makes the South the veritable center of this industry for the decades to come. The Results of a Health Campaign In the State of Pennsylvania six years ago more than fifty-four persons out of every one hundred thou sand of the population died from typhoid fever. Last year the typhoid death rate was only sixteen and five- tenths per hundred thousand. This remarkable progress in the conquest of a disease that entailed so tremendous an economic and human loss is said to be due chiefly to the thorough investigation of the sources of water supply and the supervision of dairies. The State began its campaign against typhoid and other diseases by enacting well considered laws and providing adequate means for their enforcement. In spectors were detailed in every county to look care fully into the conditions of rural districts as well as cities; and at the same time there was launched a State-wide campaign of education through which the people were shown the reasons for the new measures that were being taken and were aroused to the impor tance of lending them earnest co-operation. ' The result is that Pennsylvania’s death-rate from typhoid has been reduced thirty-eight per.hundred thousand; the State is a vastly more desirable place of residence; its industries are more prosperous and secure; its reputation is brighter; its people are richer and happier. A similarly conducted campaign in Georgia would produce equally gratifying results. The fact that we have no system of vital statistics in this State makes it impossible to reckon our present death rate from typhoid or from any other disease. Georgia is natur ally healthful but no one can deny that its progress is being retarded by the lack of adequate health laws, particularly in rural districts. This is one of the most important matters that will come before the Legislature; it should be given the consideration it deserves. The Test. The most effective speeches, those which have ac complished great e ds and have survived the age or the generation to which the£ were addressed, have been about twenty or thirty minutes long and, in famous instances, -yen shorter. Senator La Follette announces his purpose to speak at least a week on the new tariff bill. As a feat of endurance and volubility, that will be remark able, indeed; but would it not be better for the Sen ate, and for the Senator himself, if he would study and profit by the virtues-of brevity?’ It is rather surprising to the country that so-' called “Progressives” should expend so much time and breath in opposing a tariff measure designed to accomplish a reform of the very evils which they have been denouncing? The issue now before the Sen ate is simply this: Shall we have the new tariff bill, with its reduction Of the tax on the necessaries of life, or the Payne-Aldrich bill with its patronage of special interests? A Foolish Clause ot The Income Tax Bill. The Atlanta Real Estate Board has taken a timely and well warranted step in protesting against cer tain clauses of the federal income tax bill now be fore Congress. As to the general purpose and spirit of the proposed law, there is no valid cause for com plaint, but in some of its details it is manifestly crude and unless revised in these particulars it will result in endless confusion and possibly grave injustice to business interests. Especially defective is that clause of the bill re quiring tenants to hold up at its source of origin the amount of income tax which property owners may be due the Government at the end of a fiscal year. In asmuch as there has been some doubt as to the pre cise meaning of this provision, we quote directly from the bill which has passed the House and is now pend ing in the Senate: “All persons, firms, copartnerships, companies, corporations, joint stock companies or associa-. tions, and insurance companies, in whatever ca pacity acting including lessees or mortgagors of real or personal property, trustees acting in any trust capacity, executors, administrators, agents, receivers, coservators, employers and all officers and employes of the United States having the control, receipt, custody, disposal or payment of interest, rent, salaries, wages, premiums, annui ties, compensation, remuneration, emoluments, or other fixed or determinable annual gains, profits and income of another person, exceeding $4,000 for any taxable year, other than dividends on cap ital stock, or from the net earnings of corpora tions and joint stock companies or associations subject to like tax, who are required to make, and render a return- in behalf of another, as provided herein, to the collector of his, her or its district, are hereby authorized and required to deduct and withhold from annual gains, profits and income such sum as will be sufficient to pay the nor mal tax imposed therCon by this section and shall pay to the officer of the United States Govern ment authorized to receive the same; and they are each hereby made personally liable for such tax.” It is difficult to follow the import of sc Brobding- nagian a sentence; but it seems certain that the method provided therein for the collection of the in come tax would, in some instances at least, be as confusing as the sentence Itself. And more than that, it would open the way for gross injustice. As the Atlanta Real Estate Board points out, such a plan would expose landlords to heavy losses from ir responsible tenants who, after withholding from their rent-payments the income tax as required by the Government, might disappear before the time for official reckoning and returns arrived. That consideration aside, however, it remains evi dent that the Government has no right to require pri vate individuals to collect a Government tax. Such a policy would be unwise and unfair to the tenant as well as to the landlord. Indeed, this entire scheme for holding up the tax at the source of its origin is so ill considered, so unbusiness and inherently foolish that it should not receive a moment’s favorable con sideration. This protest, as we have said, has nothing to do with the general purpose of the income tax measure, which is warmly to be commended; but for the Inter est of the law itself as well as that of individuals this and all other clum-y details should be properly ad justed. i 1 it'. V, •: ; .. ; i l; / . : “ Georgia Demands Further Laws Against Pistol “Toters. ” The waxing pot*er of public .sentiment m Geor- gia against the carrying of concealed weapons be comes more and more evident. In a number of coun ties vigorous campaigns against this evil have been instituted and are producing noteworthy results. Judges and court officials generally have realized the importance of enforcing such laws as we now have and, at the same time, the need of more adequate legislation in this regard. An act of 1910 requiring persons., who wish to carry a pistol openly to secure a license from the county ordinary before they may do so has greatly strengthened the hands of the courts, and given point to the previous and still operative statute forbidding the carrying of concealed pistols. Experience shows, however, that before such offenses can be combated as they should be, the State must establish some measure of regulation for the sale of pistols; and it is to that end that the General Assembly should now direct its attention. Representative Fullbrigh., of Burke, is said to have in mind a bl_' which is cleverly devised to ac complish the desiren-purpose. This bill would forbid t’ o sale of cartridge-, to any persons other than those having a license to carry a. pistol openly and deal ers would be required to keep records and submit to the ordinary sworn monthly reports of such sales as they had made. That would limit the purchase of cartridges to men who had taken out licenses to carry pistols openly and since comparatively few, if any, such licenses are applied for, the chain of the law would be practically complete. Certain it is that the Georgia public will wel come any reasonable measure that will clear the way for a drastic and conclusive campaign against the "pistol toter.” An Injustice to Georgia Teachers. One of the most urgent duties before the approach ing session of the Legislature will be that of provid ing some means for the prompt payment of the State’s school teachers. Under the present system, or rather lack of system, the teachers must wait for their salaries until several months after their work has been done. That is not only a hardship and an injustice to the men and women who are devoting themselves to the all important cause of education but it is also a serious hindrance to the progress and efficiency of the schools. There is reproduced elsewhere on this page a resolution adopted at the last meeting of the Geor gia Educational Association, which every member of the General Assembly should find it profitable and stimulating to read. As this resolution truly de clares, although our judges and other State officials are paid promptly, a gross discrimination is practiced against the teachers of the common schools and par ticularly against those of the rural districts “who must grapple wit.i the most important educational problems in Georgia.” That this is “a reflection upon the integrity of the business methods of our State” no one can deny. Far more than that, it is a barrier in the path of the State’s developme: ? at those points where development is most vitally needed. If we understand the situation, the tardy payment of teachers’ salaries is due not to a laak of funds but to the lack of adequate methods in administering such funds as the State has at its disposal during each fiscal year. It would seem, therefore, that with a few well considered readjustments this defect cr.u be remedied. Certainly, something should be done to assure the prompt payment of the. teachers at the end of each scholastic month. Five Hundred Millions Ready For An Emergency. The announcement by Secretary McAdoo that the treasury department would issue five hundred mil lion dollars of emergency currency, should it be need ed in moving crops, has had a wholesome effect on the country’s financial temper. The issuance of his statement had nothing to do, as the Secretary said later, with the situation in Wall Street. Its influ ence, however, has been none the less seasonable and reassuring for present as well as prospective condi tions. The fact that the Government stands ready to tide over any money stringency this autumn serves as an immediate stimulus and a sustaining power to the market. The announcement is chiefly significant as in dicating that the present administration will use all the resources at its command to safeguard the country against anything like an artificial or a nat ural panic. Should circumstances demand it, the treasury department, availing itself of Its authority under the Aldrich-Vreeiand act, would release half a billion dollars of currency and thereby counteract tendencies that might have set in. Such a course would be especially helpful in the event of a strin gency of money in the moving of crops and it is that particular situation which the Government now has in mind. But the administration’s policy,. as an nounced by Secretary McAdoo, will In effect go fur ther still and strengthen the confidence of business generally; for, It shows a determination to protect tfc > country’s economic intore. ts in any emergency that may arise. Nothing could be more characteristic of the con structive purpose of the Wilson administration or of its practical readiness to conserve all legitimate in terests. Next thing on the program is complaint about the heat. The Balkan Tangle. “It is almost as difficult in these days to make peace as it is to make war,” remarks the Boston Evening Transcript in commenting on the present Balkan entangK aent. So one as the Allies clung together, it seem comparatively an eat. _ uolem to adjust their differences with defeated Turkey. The issue was two-sided and since the Ottoman govern ment was virtually powerless to support any of its claims or protests in regard to suggested’boundaries, the peace plans could move smoothly forward. But when the Allies fell out among themselves, the issue then became manifold and the European Powers who were endeavoring to effect suitable read justments found divers problems for every one that they had previously faced. While this situation will not materially affect the c.arrying-out of the peace treaty with Turkey, it has given rather an alarming prospect of a new war which, should it actually break forth, would be far more dangerous to the peace of Europe than the one whiclv has recently ended. The bone of contention seems to lie among Bul garia, Servia and Greece. Th e Greeks claim a right to Salonica, one of the richset prizes wrested from Turkey. The Serbs claim a right to an outlet to the Adriatic. Bulgaria has show", a disposition to resist both these demands. Afl three countries are in , arms, apparently ready to, fly to battle at the slightest provocation. The Powers are firm in their insistence, however, that all the differences be settied tranquilly. Russia and Germany are acting in concert to devise and en force a plan for peace; and that fact is distinctly re assuring. The Allies themselves seem to have be come more tractable within the past week so that the outlook for a prevention of a new war is grow ing clearer. The Way of the Lobbyists. Lobbyists or, if you will, “representatives” of the Hawaiian sugar producers admit having spent a hun dred thousand dollars in their campaign against free surer and add, with rare guilelessness, that they were prepared to spend an additional eight hundred thousand, had not President Wilson’s plain speech and the consequent investigation by the Senate upset their plans. This is a fair indication of the attitude of cer tain types of men and interests, toward the Govern ment and toward public policies. They regard legisla tion as a thing to b e bought and sold, if not di rectly., none the less effectually through influences set in motion and manipulated by money power. .These gentlemen probably consider the means they were employing thoroughly legitimate, but that fact only proves the more clearly their moral color blindness where public affairs are concerned. It seems never to have occurred to them that a Con gress and a President have been elected for the ex pressed purpose of thorough tariff revision and that in seeking to swerve the people’s representatives from a binding pledge by the use of money, they are striking at the very roots of honest government. If particular interests may spend millions of dol lars to influence pending legislation, while the rank and file of the people must rest content with their vote at the polls, then popular government becomes a, mere fiction. But this evil, like most evils, cannot stand the test of publicity. The true purpose of the tariff lobby is best shown by the fact that, following the President’s blunt statement, it has faded from vie#r. So long as it could work covertly, it had hopes; but once in the light, its cunning forsook it. Continued Mutiny in Mexico. It has been well said that the Huerta government is as bankrupt in a military sense as Madero’s was financially. The cnce dominant general seems to have lost his grip upon the troops nominally at his command, while revolutionary leaders are rallying followers in practically all the districts save those immediately about the capital. Northern Mexico has fallen under the control of the rebels and recent dispatches indicate that the southern part of the country will soon b e beyond federal power. Huerta’s soldiers are so lacking in spirit that only the most drastic discipline can whip them into a semblance of loyalty. It has come to be rather a frequent happening that commanders and their companies go bodily over to the enemy against whom they are dispatched while in other instances troops which are ordered into a particular campaign refuse to move. In these circumstances, it is doubtful that the Huerta regime can hold together until the elections for a new and constitutional President are held next autumn. The wisdom of th e United States in declin ing to recognize this flimsy provisional government becomes more and more manifest. A MAN’S COUNTRY By DR. FRANK CRANE. (Copyright, 1913, by Frank Crane.) Mme. Pedrazza, who was Miss Clark, of Buffalo, returned to America after an absence of five years. She married a Spaniard. Although entirely contented herself she condemns marriages between American girls and Europeans. “Spain,” she says, “is essentially a man’s country. The women are half a century behind the times. Not even a married woman is supposed to go out alone in the street by day or by nighL The American girl either rebels against the artificial restrictions or they break her spirit.” That phrase, “a man’s country,” is a bit of thought- radium, and sends sharp rays in all directions. l/ A man’s country.” That is what is the matter with Spain, also of all continental Europe, and in still more marked degree of the Asiatic Orient and oi sav age Africa. ' Wherever' you find a man’s country you find fixity of absurd custom,, ancient fraud buttressed and im pregnable, injustice established by law and maintained by force. Mexico is a man’s country. uovernment from which women are excluded be comes rotten. Anything from which women are shut out becomes feeble and offensive. If there is anything I detest it is a room where men only are supposed to congregate. The reason the American bar is a dirty place and the French, German or Italian drinking resort is usually perfectly respectable and cheery is that men only are in the one and ladies also frequent the other. The entrance of young women into downtown of fices tfas elevated the tone of these offices 100 per cent. A woman’s place is everywhere. For wherever she goes she invariably brings decency and brightness. I know of no place on earth where there are more glooms to the square inch than a man’s club. It is as exclusive as Sah* ra. It is about as hard to get ac quainted in one of them as it is to form acqaintances on the street. A man-only school or college is a holdover from mediaeval d?ys. The boys tend to become either little bullies or little prigs. Nature designed the sexes to mingle freely. The best thing in the world foe a boy is to associate daily with nice girls. Woman is a born civilizer. Whenever possible she ought to be side by side with man; otherwise he runs down at the heel and becomes second-class generally. Women appreciate literature, art, government and religion more than men do. About all most men are good for is to make money, a business sadly overrated. As Charlie Case used to say, “Woman is superior to man in every wa; ‘shape ind form.’” The only reason I am satisfied to be a man is that I have the privilege of living with a woman. Think of having to live with men only! Tradition has it that the angels are all male. There are no she-angels mentioned in the Bible. If I get to heaven and find it is for men only I surely will look for another place. THE INCOME TAX XII. THE TAX IN ENGLAND. BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Daredevil Photography A naval photographer gets many duckings, and, after a time, takes them as a matter of course. Being thrown into the sea isn’t considered by him at all a serious event. It is during battleship practice that he encounters grave dangers, for much of the work done at this time is from the tops of the fighting masts, which are at an elevation of 120 feet above the sea. During different practices I have taken my posi tion in these masts in order to get detailed pictures. Once in these basketlike tops, the question is how to “stick." The gun fire photographs itself. I suppose you wonder what I mean, hut it is just this:. Every time the big twelve-inch guns fire, the awful concus sion they cause invariably gives the snap to the shut ter of the camera, and the exposure is made.—From “Risks of Photographing Battleships in Action,” by E. Muller, Jr., in the July St. Nicholas. HOO’S HOO BY JOHN V. CAREY. Who pulls a drama now and then that plays to S. R. O. for record breaking Broadway runs—400 nights or so? Who haps to be the guy who doped that “A r i z o n a” thing—his share and more if ne’dr again he makes the bell to ring? Who’s nearly al ways in the bunch “we have with us tonight,” and as to flights Web- sterian is said to be “some kite?” Who figures in — 21 the gossip as —“among those i. mentioned,” wot, rA Hi for all the diplo- matic posts—Pa- ree to No Man’s Spot? W-h o’s whooped ’er for Democracy in tra vail and in joy and really ought to spear a job? Au gustus Thomas boy. The Need of an Adequate Navy. Until the United States has an adequate navy in both the Pacific and the Atlantic it will linger on a treacherous border land between security and dan ger—a condition, which for the sake of our nation’s peace and welfare, should not be suffered to continue. This country has some twenty-one thousand miles of seacoast to protect. It has numerous harbors with large cities; it has coaling stations remote from the mainland; it has Porto Rico and Hawaii and, for the present, the Philippines; most important of all it has the Panama canal with the far-reaching responsibil ities which that vast enterprise imposes. In addition to this great rim of exposed territory, the United States is committed to certain vital policies, the main tenance of which demands a sufficient navy; witness the Monroe doctrine and the neutrality of the Pan ama canal. Our country has been singularly fortunate in es caping foreign entanglements and it is devoutly to be hoped that its future in this respect will be as happy as its past. But our desire for continued peace should within itself impel us to take such measures of defense as will command international respect and not lapse into such a state of unpreparedness as will invite hostility. Battleships, it has been truly said, are cheaper than battles and while American sentiment is opposed to extravagant or belligerent policies it is heartily in favor of a navy strong enough to safeguard na tional interests. To this end, Congress should pro vide for the building of at least two battleships a year. It was the Democratic party under the admin istration of President Cleveland that began a well considered program of naval development. That pru dent policy should be continued by the party today until as we have said, there is an adequate naval force in both the Pacific and the Atlantic. Nowhere else in the world is there afforded a bet tor picture of the operation of the income tax than in England. In its present general shape it has been levied for a period of nearly three-quarters of a century, and during that time the natural ob jections to such a tax have been on the wane until it has now become a part of the per manent fiscal policy of the: United Kingdom. The tax is now levied on incomes aggre gating nearly $9,000,000,000. There are those who complain about it and inveigh against it, some going as far as to say tftat it is the most humiliating tax ever put upon a generous na tion, others that it possesses a maze of averages and bases of calculation that make it a sealed book to any lay mind, and still others who assert that there is infrequently anything about its administration that is ereditabie and often much that is tyrannical But the general verdict seems to be that the tax is a neces sary evil and about as satisfactory as one could rea sonably expect. ... Perhaps the most influential element in freeing it from general complaint is tns fact that the original assessment of the tax is made by non-salaried repre-’ sentatives of the local'gentry. The people have con fidence in these men, and feel that luey are, in a sense, their own representatives. They are largely clrt cumscribed as to their duties, and their work is care fully checked up by the representatives of the British treasury. This combination of centralization and local rule prevents any charges of bureaucracy on the one hand and any loss of revenue by assessments made too low on the other. • • • By utilizing a happy system of choosing what are known as additional commissioners from the ranks of the business community for the purpose of assisting in the assessment of the tax, the co-operation of the business community is secured, and but little trouble is experienced in securing proper assessment of busi ness incomes. Another striking phase of the admin istration of the British income tax laws Is the ab sence of inquisitorial procedure. The British author ities steer a middle course between the laxity that makes a law more honored in its breach than in its observance, on the one hand; and the rigidity of en forcement that defeats its own purpose, on the other. The British authorities aim to collect all possible income taxes at their source rather than to allow them to go into the hands of the taxpayer and be accounted for by him. For instance, here is a man who has an income of 10,000 pounds which comes as dividend earnings in some utility corporation; the government’s share of that income is deducted from the payments before they are made. That is taxation at the source, and it seems to bear down more easily upon the tax payer than if he had to read, down in his pocket and pay it. • • • The British government has kept the tax down to about 6 per cent, and most British citizens are repre sented as willing to pay a shilling a pound on their income. The British income tax laws of today do not burden all classes of income alike. They assume that not every sort of income is equally well able to bear the same burden of taxation, so there has come about a system of differentiation which meets these objec tions, imposing the heaviest taxes upon those incomes most able to bear them, and the lightest taxes upon those incomes least able to meet them. As it became evident the! great incomes were being built up it be gan to b e generally felt that the man with a 10,000, pound incc:ue was able to ; ay a higher rate than the man with 500 pound income, and so the supertax waai brought in. Thus has England gone forward graft ing onto the old tree all the new branches that prog-, rejs demandeu until today her income tax laws meet English conditions and adjust the burdens of taxation' in u gene: ally satisfactory way. » • • It is interesting to follow the present high devel opment of the income tax system in England during 1 the past quarter of a century, or sine© it became a permanent national policy. Before that time there had been a constant improvement In methods of ad ministration as a result of an unremitting effort to correct all unsatisfactory conditions, but the great improvements perhaps date from the early 90’s. At that time there arose a demand for a graduation of incomes, a demand rather generally resisted by states-, men. One step after another in the improvement of the law was taken, some affording abatements on small incomes, others having to do with fraud, savings bank accounts, and the like, until finally, in 1907: Chancellor Asquith came out flatfootedly for a system of differentiation. He compared two men, each with' an income of 2,000 pounds, th© one deriving his from a a perfectly safe investment and the other from a pre carious profession and declared that to say that each should pay the same tax was to fly into the face of' justice and common sense. He thought {hat incomes ought to be divided into two classes, earned and un earned incomes, the one representing the personal la bor of the taxpayer and the ether a simple sitting still and allowing the money to come in. * • ¥ With the necessity of securing additional revenues to finance the old age pensions scheme before them, the British authorities were forced to consider a plan of income tax graduation in the shape of a levy of a higher rate upon all incomes in excess of 6,000 pounds. This is assessed in the shape of a supertax of 6 pence per pound. Since this system of gradua tion has been adopted the rates of taxation vary with, the ability of the persons taxed to pay. In the first place, any Britisher with an income of less than 160 pounds has his tax abated. Those who have incomes up to 500 pounds are entitled to a small rebate on ac count of their children below the age of sixteen. Those who have earned incomes up to 2,000 pounds pay ft pence per pound on their incomes, and those who get 3,000 pounds a year pay a shilling a pound. All un earned incomes pay a shilling, 2 pence a pound up to 5,000 pounds a year. Those who reach and exceed that limit must pay a supertax of 6 pence on every pound of income they have in excess of 3,000 pounds. All persons having an income between the point of exemption, which is placed at 160 pounds, and 700 pounds, get certain abatements, so that the tax In creases as the income rises between these two points. An Appeal for Justice Prom Georgia Teachers The following resolution was adopted at the last meeting of the Georgia Educational association: Whereas, The state has adopted a system whereby the teachers of the state are paid for their work sev eral months after it has been done; Whereas, This system is not only a great injustice and hardship on the teachers, but is a most serious.) injury to our children and to our schools; Whereas, The state pays promptly the salaries of our judges, state officials, the teachers and officials of our state institutions; Whereas, A discrimination is practiced against ouT teachers, especially the teachers in the country school who must grapple with the most important educational problems in Georgia; and. Whereas, This unjust treatment of our teachers is a most serious reflection upon the integrity of the busi ness methods of our state; Therefore, Be it resolved by the Georgia Educa tional Association, That we do protest against the un just treatment, and we implore the legislature at its next session to devise some means by which the teach ers of our state may be paid promptly at Ihe esloae of each month.