The Post-search light. (Bainbridge, Ga.) 1915-current, August 31, 1916, Image 7

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ial Extension Tremendous factor In Georgia [nousad People Are Lamps 1 -’ Dire ctor Exten- q t Col. Of Agr. Ga 3 ’ Georgia in many in the Vffto " of agricultural ex- he largest * g^v'/'c'orn Clubs, the " 0 i farmers, farmers a,ui sirls organized ]i and ihe beat pig | (IlFS 1 ,llia Georgia >‘« s fjninber aiiural « or , of any ^tate work of the Georgia III* ; Agriculture ! V W S gml lias grown ’ 0 i 15 field specialists county was in- until , farm agents and .continues rorker These at the l« 1,01116 .., ^agricuini'-e comprise a !» ( AS w ,,rking as a unit 11 ® P a'| report of ^he Director “ service of the College of ha < just been completed, «u matt' - interesting figures ' ,tl; done by this force dur- war*ending June 30, 1916. T L workers are the bear- at ion taken from „ r agricultural know! Sailed by the College of Ag- M X„ more popular move fostered by legislation than ibis of carrying wfonnatlon to the farmers. A ufaimropriations proposed by k | ever bill makes possible L of money with which the colon Enterprise may be undertaken, bit Georgia is gelling its money's k in service Itfen.- 1 assbls inforr litas been 1 till y ears etidered and wealth created, can be judged (he results which the reports lii'iptnc' 40000 People Co-Operating _h annual report of extension work Ljihai 41,000 rural people of Geor- fjte enrolled and had done deli > work In advanced lines of agri (are during Hie year. Of this num • farmers and farmers' wives who are Vedas demonstrators in home eco Cii; work constitute 91.000, the re ■todur being members of boys’ and f clubs. mty Agents In Farm Demonstration Work ftie county agents in farm demon -linn work have shown that farm | wlto have followed methods which r have recommended have more i doubled the yield of corn over average of the slate. The same ■ (me of oats, while large increases lrretealed wil!l cotton, wheat, etc. agenls have started alfalfa gds all over the stale. They have iduceit clovers, vetch, cowpeas ret beans, soy beans and other soil ; crops where they h*id never i grown before. Purebred live ock has been brought in, more than l hogs have been inoculated for olera by these agents during the , 232 silos have been constructed .waterworks, light plants have i installed ami a vast amount of lliier helpful service rendered which limore fully shown in the sumrriaries given further on. Hume Economic Agents Work now has two supervising 416 county agents in home econom The Home Economic Agent bvc charge of Girls’ Canning Clubs, kune 'lemons! ral ion work in home fojnomics and poultry club work. Ac Mug io their reports these agents JV'IS instrumental in enrolling 3,838 pis in canning clubs, of which num 1,40!) completed their reports Ich show that they canned 1,268, pounds of tomatoes which they *' m their one tenth-acre tracts, ‘product worth *29,588.49. The club I turn hers also put up 6,850 jars ■blackberry jam, 7,300 jars of fig pre Iperves, li),9g9 bottles of catsup and I™ Juice. The work done in pout I lo‘tills is revealed in reports of the hi home demonstration work these I women agents had built and introduc- I* many labor saving devices and con l’emenivs Special effort was made I "finj the year to introduce one I vo conveniences and these were fir | cookers and iceless refrigerators, i themss cookers were made P' about 175 iceless refrigerators. ml *2? * 1,,mt ’'tn a de fly traps were J e ' ^ home-made water works **#lwallM. In all 828 women en demonstrators in .home eco ' * le cni| nly agents visited ' 1111,1 t ‘ s . held 3,082 meetings that 1 '"ended by 85,077 people. They nsinbuii'd 14,938 bulletins and 13,164 tUers were sent out. 20,000 Soya In Clubs hh-arly ..0,000 Georgia boys belong •knculiural clubs in Georgia, in- ttoyvp^'" H " ys ’ C ' ,r “ C1Ub8 ' 11,0 thuhn Ge °rgia’u *»e hu. lubs, the Boys' Pour Crop an, i similar organizations. average yield of coni per increased nearly five bush- Clut ' '." 6 acre s ’ Ilce the Boys’ Corn ,, ,J’ organized in Georgia and Ahri'bTe club l. ,be increase is largely . Tbe greatest yield ever . - 111 Georgia was that of Ben d in Wnll/ae 1A14 His ^‘n i i» 2H bushais to the acre. corn club boys who made re- PEOPLE HIE LOOT MILLIONS 0! INEF- Atlanta, August8—State Sen ator E. P. Dobbs of Cobb county, in pursuance of promises made the announcement of his can didacy for the office of comptrol ler general of Georgia, has just ven out the first ot several statements in which he charges William A Wright, incumbent in that office, with the responsibility huge losses of Georgians who invested their money in in come, or guarantee fund certifi cates issned by mutual insurance companies operating upon the legal reserve basis. In the announcement of his candidacy for this office, Senator Dobbs refers to complaints against the department in num- rous letters from citizens of Georgia urging him to run, and says: “The admitted record of unfortunate results following the administration ot this department for the past ten years will, in my opinion am ply illustrate an absolute public necessity for a new- comptroller general and in surance ommissioner, and the installation of energetic and progressive methods for these combined depart ments.” Referring to bis own success in the manufacturing business in Marietta, and in other enter prises and soliciting the support of .friends and the citizens of Georgia generally, particularly those “whose recent contract with this department convinces them that my announcement is opportune.” he concludes: “I will at an early date, furnish the public with the official records of results above referred to, and which will astonish the uninformed by disclosing the amazing number of preventable los ses suffered by the people of Georgia on account of lax administration—a record in which Georgia leads the blacklist of all the states in the union.” THE PEOPLE MISLEAD It is in pursuance of this an nouncement promise that Sena tor Dobbs now proposes to give specific instances. He charges Mr. Wright with an effort to fool the people regarding income or guarantee fund certificates, in that he makes it appear in his report to the Governor, dated January 1,1916, that MUTUAL insurance companies were au thorized to issue these certifi cates. Dealing with the insur since act of 1912, on page 8, Mr, Wright states in part as follows: “No provision of this sta tute has been of more im mediate benefit to the public than the section which I drafted dealing with what is known as ‘Income’ or inter est bearing certificates, is sued by mutual and cooper ative or assessment indus trial companies. The State of Gofrgia in 1909 legalized these certificates.” Mr. Dobbs states that the act of 1909 makes no mention of mutual life insurance companies, but confines itself to any mutual aid, ben jfit or industrial insui - ance oompany incorporated un der the laws of this sta*e upon the co-ope -alive or mutual assess ment plan,” and that the section of the 1912 act, whose authorship 13 claimed by Mr. Wright, ha- no further effect than to repea the law of 1909; that nowhere in the laws of Georgia is there or has there ever been any statute authorizing the issuance of these certigcates by Mutual Legal Re serve insurance institutions. millions were lost It is charged that one Georgia companv has issued more than $1 5000,000 of these certificates, some prior to 1909 and many See How the Railroads Have Helped These Towns Hundreds off Other Towns, Not Shown, Near and Adjacent to These, Have Been Similarly Benefited The hearing in progress before the Railroad Commission of Georgia, which began on August 17th, seeks as one of its ob jects to readjust and equalize the freight rates on shipments between tha- cities and towns wholly within Georgia, by removing discriminations, so that freight rates to and from towns in Georgia, similarly situated, will be the same, and no city can ship at a less rate than any other town to points equally distant and similarly situated. . Unless this readjustment is effected much of the improved condition possible by reason of the readjustment of interstate freight rates, ordered by the Interstate Commehie Commission, and effective in Georgia since Jaunary 1st, 1916, will be lo*t to Georgia shippers. The interstate readjustment has tremendously improved the rate condition of approximately two thousand towns in Georgia. They were formerly at a disadvantage as compared with their neighboring so-called basing point cities, on ship ments into Georgia, or on- what is commonly known as “inbound freight.” The proposed Georgia, or intrastate readjustment, seeks to equalize, as far as possible, the freight rates between Geor gia points equally distant and similarly situated. , The detailed and striking improvement shown by reason of the reduced interstate freight rates, already in effect in the competitive relations with respect to Madison, Bremen, Richland and Ocilia as representative Georgia points already publish ed, has excited such general interest that additional and widely separated points showing the benefits from the recent interstate readjustments are given below. In order to get the full measure of these interstate readjustments, it is necessary to revise the rates within the State, so as to remove all intrastate discriminations. Approximate adjustments are afforded adjacent cities and towns not shown here. Hundreds of similar illustrations can be cited. TAKE MONROE, GA., FOR INSTANCE Monroe merchants compete in tiie same general territory with Athens and Atlanta. Under the old adjustment, rates from New York and the east averaged 26 per cent higher than to Athens and Atlanta. Under the present adjustment, they are the same. Therefore Monroe's improved competitive relation with Atlanta and Athens as compared with her former freight rates from New York and the -list is now 32 cents per hundred .pounds on clothing, boots and shoes, dry goods, drugs, notions, cigars, smoking tobacco, etc., ail of which art cles take first-class rating, and from Louisville and the west, is 22 cents per hundred pounds better off; 25 cents per hun* * dred 'pounds better off on hardware, cutlery, glassware, harness, etc., from New York and the east, and 20 cents per hundred pounds better off on shipments Prom Louisville, all of which articles take second-class rating; 22 cents per hundred pounds better off on ag ricultural implements, machinery, L. C. L., confectionery, etc., from New York, and 18 cents better otT on these shipments from Louis ville and \he west, all ot which articles take third-class rating; 20 cents per hundred pounds better off on bakery goods, crackers, cotton goods, sheeting, shirting, etc., from New York, and 17 cents better off from Louisville and the west, with respect to Athens, and 14 cents better off with respect to Atlanta, all of which articles take fourth-class rating; 17 cents better off on coffee, paper, L. C. L., bur- frap bags, etc., from New York, and 13 cents better off from Louisville, all of which articles take fifth-class rating; J3 cents better off on wagons, machinery, agricultural implements, U. L., household goods, C. L., etc., from New York, and 9 cents better off from Loyis- ville and the west, all of which articles lake sixth-class rating; tt cents better off on rooting and wrapping paper, C. L., bagging, ties, etc., from New York; 11 cents better off from Louisville with respect to Athens, and 9 cents with respect to Atlanta, all of which ar ticles take Class A luting; 11 cents better off on cured meats, lard and.lard compounds from New York, and 8 cents from Louisville, all of which articles take Class B rating; 4 cents better off on grain and grain products, any quantity, hay, C. L., etc., from New York, and 4 1-2 cents from Louisville and the west, which articles take Class D rating. In the following instances, only the classes are given, but the commodities these classes embrace are easily ascertained from the foregoing example: WINDER Winder competes in the same territory with Athens and Atlanta. Pre- jpiously, the rates from New York and the East to Winder averaged 5 per cent higher than to Atlanta and Athens, and from Louisville and the West 19 per cent higher than to Atlanta and 14 per cent higher than to Athens. Under the readjustment rates from New York and the Hast to Winder are the same as to Athens and Atlanta, and from the West an av erage of only 4 per cent higher than to Atlanta and the same as to Athens. Winder’s improved relation is as follows: GRIFFIN Grlffln competes in the territory between Atlanta and Macon. Griffin's Improved relation from New York ami from Louisville is as follows; 1 2-34 5 6ABOD 3 4 A B C D From New York Atlanta and Athens. From Louisville Atlanta and Athens.•• ••• ♦Athens 6c. 3 2 7 4* 11 6 1-2 G rom Louisville Atlanta 1« 14 13 13 10 Macon 11 11 10 11 8 VILLA RICA 7 7 6 1 1 5 9 6 1 1 From Tjoulsvllle the old rates to GrlfHn averaged 27 per cent higher than to Atlanta and are now 3 per cent higher. From New York, the av erage was 5 per cent higher than to Atlanta and are now the same; and 14 per cent higher than to Macon and are now 4'per cent higher. Villa Rica competes in the same tei Rome and Anniston. From New York th 20 per cent higher than to Atlanta, Rom higher than to Anniston. The present rates aver than to Atlanta and Rome, are th* same as to « hi higher and in some instances lower than to Anni representing the West, the old rates to Villa Illc higher than to Atlanta, Cedartown, Rome ent rates are the same to all. Villa Ri lanta, Rome, Anniston and Cedartown i» with Atlanta Id rates to Villa ml Cedartown ! Ric Cedartown, erased il 14 per cent per cent higher rn and in no case From Louisville, •aged 36 per cent Anniston, whereas the pres- proved relation with At- as follows; TALBOTTON 3 4 6 A B C D Tnlbotton competes in the same general territory with Atlanta, Ma con, Columbus am) Montezuma. Under the old adjustment the rates from New York to Talbot ton averaged 33 per cent higher than to Atlanta ami Columbus, 41 per cent higher than to Macon and 13 per cent higher than to Montezuma. Talbot ton’s present rates from New York are the same as to the above cities, except Macon, and 4 per cent higher than to Macon. Talbotton’s improved relation is as follows: From New York _ Atlanta and Rome 20 16 11 11 9 * * Cedartown 25 20 15 15 12 11 6 Anniston ». 16 15 12 ID 8 6 6 From Louisville A An n n Ut«,n 0m . e :.. C . ed ‘ r . t0 . Wn . an<1 34 30 2 S 35 20 .5 IB 12 3 4 6 A B C I> 13 8 7 1-2 NEWNAN Newnan competes in the territory between Atlanta and Opelika. New- >'« Improved relation with respect, to Atlanta and Opelika under tne From New York Atlanta and Columbus Macon Monte/.uma •• From Louisville Atlanta 24 20 18 16 13 21 9 12 5 1-2 5 Macon and Columbus ... ....... ,.J9 17 15 14 11 9 11 12 5*1-2 5 Montezuma 2? 22 20 18 14 12 12 14 6 1-2 « .38 34 30 25 22 16 16 14 5 1-2 2 1-2 .36 33 29 24 22 16 16 14 7 1-2 3 1-2 .18 16 15 12 11 6 6 62 1-2. new adjustment is UNADILLA 5 6 A B C D From New York Atlanta Opelika From Louisville Atlanta Opelika.•• ••• .16 14 13 II 10 .11 It I 7 6 Unartllla competes in the same territory with Vienna, Cordele and llawkinsville. From Louisville and the West rates to Unadllla averaged J4 per m»nt higher than to Vienna, Cordele and Hawkinsville under the old adjustment. They are now the ha me. Unadilla's improved relattao with Vienna, Cordele and Hawkinsville is as follows: 1 2 3 5 0 A B C CALHOUN 7 7 10 5 1-8 6 Calhoun competes in the same t.rritory with Dalto. Atlanta. From the West Calhoun Is now .ubstantlall lty with Dalton and no higher than to Cartersviile, From the East Calhoun is now on an exact equality but little higher than to Atl ton, Cartersviile and Atlanta (Jaihouu’i as follows. Cartersviile and on a rate equal- At lanta or Rome. lh Cartersviile and proved relation with Hal- PELHAM AND CAMILLA As 3 B C I> From New York Atlanta and Dalton ... . Cartersviile • From Louisville Patton Cartersviile and Atlanta 10 10 10 7 6 $ 1 2 5 5 2 8 7 6 5 1-2 From Louisville COMMODITY ADJUSTMENT Rates on special commodifies not included in the above classes have been or 8 nel ' OUTBOUND RATES r!11 be worked out on the same equal chance on rate* •»» that »uch an adjustment ihould be encouraged! THE RAILROADS OF GEORGIA made an average of 45 bushels nn r ,. , uuya who maae re- —— i— » 1O10 ins" „ ur i ng the year ending June 36, during the latter part ot with the knowledge and consent of Mr. Wright; that tv/o other Georgia companies have issued “Usiioi a T.»Ij sere at a cost of 42 cents per ' a gainst the general average ’bo stale ot 15 bushels. more than $850,000 of these cer tificates, making the amazing total of more than $2,000,000 is sued without any authority of law, PRACTICALLY EVERY DOLLAR OF WHIGH IS A DEAD LOSS TO THE INVES TOR. General Wright admits in hia report that “the sale of these certificates caused a financial loss to many citizens,” and at tempts to relieve himself of re sponsibility by stating that “the insurance department had abso lutely no jurisdiction.” Senator Dobbs points out that charters granted to these com panies make them subject not only to the laws of the state, but n y purt of tiie general interntate readjustment, rate, from New York and the Kant to Camilla and Pelham, on October l»t, 1*16, were reduced and made the name an to, Albany and Thomaevllle. Thl* re lation haa been continued. From the West, ratoa to Camilla and Pelham were made the aatne u to Thoma.vllle. This relation ha H been continued JI466ABOD » 5 i r~s ~i r n .hunting out under the proposed readjustment of rotes in Georgia, these above-named representative points will pay hurher rates to any point in the state of Georgia of equal distance, similarly situated with respect to them as to the "h ve named competitive cities, than will be paid from those cities, a privilege not now enjoyed. Your town will have an on rates in and out. There will be an equality of opportunity, interstate and intrastate. Is it not your opinion also to ‘‘any rules or regulations of the insurance commissioner . . . ” and that these institutions could easily have been prevented from taking the hard:earned dol lars of citizens in practically every nook and corner of Geor gia, without the return of any value, had Mr. Wright, as insur ance commissioner, regulated them by proper rules and com pelled them to comply with the laws. ‘‘One of the most unpardona ble and neglectful of the acts that go to make up Mr. Wright’s official record,” Senator Dobbs states, “was his failure to require the Empire Life Insurance Com pany to make the $100,000 de posit as the law requires, for the protection of its policy holders, before issueing to this company a license when it began doing business during 1912.” (adv) Just the Thing f*f Diarrhoea. “About two years ago I had a severe attack of diarrhoea which lasted over a week,” writes W. C. Jones, Buford, N. D. “I be came so weak that I could not stand upright. 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