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Not Much Money Is Found In
Growing Drug Plants as The
Value Is Mainly Social Now
WASHINGTON, D. C-, Aug. 12—In
terruptions of importations of many
drugs. spices, and oils made from
plants has resulted in certain cases in
alnornally high prices for the raw
materials and the products derived!
from them. As a result, many people;
are Icking into t :e possibility of profit
ia growing these crops in the United
States. Many letters are received each
wek at the U. S. Department of Agri
culture asking how to raise this or
that drag plant.
In almost every case, the drug plant
specialists reply that it is doubtful
whether the inexperienced grower can
grow these plants successfully, or. if
he succeeds, will find a satisfactory
market for his crop. The raising of
such plants, they point out, is a dis
tinct specialty and calls for exact
knowledge and skill comparable to
that needed by the florist who, to sat
isfy his market, not osly must raise
flowers but must produce blooms at
certain seasons and with unusual
characteristics. Os even greater im
portance, however, is the fact that the
total amount of drug plants that can
be consumed in this country in any
year is very small compared with our
consumption of any of the staple crops.
Overproduction in the case of drugs is
more serious than in the case of staple
crops because staple crops such as
corn and grain if not sold can be used
for food at home for feding stock or
chickens. The drug plant, however, is
profitless to the grower unless a drug
manufacturer will buy it for use in
medicine
It is entirely possible, for example,
to grow belladonna from which is de
rived atropine and other alkaloids very
valuable in medicine. The total
amount of belladonna plants the entlr.
country uses, however, could all be
giown on a few hundred acres. Be
cause of teh present interruption in
the supply of belladonna, a few dom
estic growers have made a profit re
cently from this crop. A slight e»-
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Americus, Georgia
| pansion of the industry would quickly
I increase the supply beyond the demand
and this, together with importation,
I when hesumed might soon glut the lo
■ cal market and leave little or no
i profit tothe raiser, unless an export
'market were developed.
Digitalis, although one of the most
i important and valuable of heart tonics,
at. a crop has relatively small mone-'
tary value. The drug plant specialists
who have been developing this plant
and testing posibilities of its culture
in this country have done so, not
merely with the idea of fostering an
industry, but because this plant is
important in saving human lives that
should all supplies be cut off a serious j
calamity would result. For the same
reason the specialists have been work-J
ing with many other drug plants. It 1
was believed that the drug specialists
should be ready to raise these plants in
this country if for any reason the for
eign supply should be entirely cut off.
For years, therefore, the department
has been producing many of these j
plants experimentally, but when the
supply of certain of these drugs fail
ed or their prices reached prohibitive
figures, a few’ skilled growers, with
the advice of the department, were able
to raise small quantities of some of
the more important drugs needed in '
the present emergency. Thymol, wide- ]
ly used for antiseptic purposes, is a'
manufactured in Germany from '
a seed grown in India, A few days as- i
ter the interruption of Imports the
price leaped from $2 to 17 a pound.
The department, however, had been ex
perimenting with a common weed
known as pasament, which grows i
readily in the South and yields this |
substance. This horsemint was
brought into cultivation, its drug-bear
ing quality improved, and a sfmp’e
process for manufacturing them
from it developed, with the result last
year that there ’•’PS produced commer
cially a small quantity of the drug. The
j industry, however, can not be widely
extended because the total consun l
i
tion as indicated by previous reports,
is only about 17,000 pounds a year, an
amount which can be produced prob
ably on less than 1,000 acres.
Lemon grass, producing lemon grass
oil used widely by soap and perfume
makers, can be grown in Florida on
land not suitable for citrus fruits. At
' most, however, only about SIOO,OOO
worth of this oil is used per year in
this country, and even if none were
imported, only 2,000 or 3,000 acres of
| the grass could be raised without over
production.
i Red pepper, used both as a drug and
' a.-, a condiment, seems to offer one of
J the most promising fields for replacing
an imported by a domestic article. In
1915 in South Carolina 118 acres,
yielding 152,000 pounds, were harvest
ed. There is indication that this year
nearly 500 acres may be devoted to
this crop. As 1 acre produces nearly
1.300 pounds and our total imports in
1914 were only 829,487 pounds, it
readily can be seen that a limited
acreage would provide all the pepper
this country ordinarily consumes.
Camphor trees, years of experiment
have established, can be grown suc
cessfully in Florida, along the Gulf
coast, and in some coast regions as
far north as Charleston. Only within
the last seven or eight years, however,
have the department specialists con
sidered it at all feasible to grow these
trees as a source of camphor. The
specialists have discovered that in
stead of being able to take camphor
from trees only once in fifty years, as
has been the rule it is possible to pro
duce camphor each year by pruning
the leaves from the trees and distill
ing them. The possibilities offered by
this discovery led to the planting of
camphor trees and there are at pres
ent 1,000 acres of trees growing in
Florida. A second tract of some 18
square miles is being cleared rapidly
and planted. Importations of camphor
in 1914 were only about 3,500,000
pounds, valued at $929,000. A limited
area in addition to that projected,
should supply all the domestic cam
phor for which there w’ould be a pro
fitable demand. The specialists point
out that the domestic product, when
produced in any volume, must compete
i.i price with imported camphor. It is
impossible, therefore, to estimate what
prices growers could obtain for their
product after full importations are re
sumed. This is especially true because
prices for imported camphor in the
past have been regulated more or less
bj foreign control, which, in the face
of domestic competition might make
important reductions in the prices
heretofore charged for the imported
article, unless an export market be
developed.
In addition to the products mention
ed, there are hundresd of other drugs,
oils and spices which are imported
and which it is possible for this coun
try to produce for itself. In the ag
gregate, the value of these imported
articles is rathe? imposing, as the fig
ures indicate that this country has
been bringing in and using about $25,-
000,000 of the various drugs, oils and
condiments. Much of this money un
doubtedly can be kept at home. The
mistake made by most people who
consider raising these crops is that
they are inclined to consider them as
staple crops, whereas the domestic de
mand for them is relatively small, and
no foreign market has been developed
for them by Americans.
At the same time those in charge of
the work realize that here and there in
our agriculture, where soil and clim
atic and other conditions are right,
there is room for certain small in
dustries. For many years there has
been a distinct tendency for agricul
tvrists to direct their energies along
limited lines. This is indicated most
clearly by certain types of agriculture
p-evailing in the South, where the
farmers have confined their efforts
very largely to the cultivation of a
single crop. These small crops may
therefore offer to a few of our farm
ers opportunities in highly specialized
lines of production which will divert
to a certain degree the activities of
capital and labor from some of the
crowded industries and also supply pe
culiar products for which the country
i has been spending money abroad. The
drug specialists point out, however,
THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
j CHURCH SERVICES j
Presbyterian Church.
Jackson street.
Sunday school at 9:30 o’clock Sun
day morning. Rev. J. F. Ligon will
preach at this church on the fourth
Sunday.
Christian Science Church.
Taylor street.
Morning service at 11 o’clock Sun
day. Wednesday evening services will
te held at 8 o’clock.
Golden Text: Psalms 37:34. Wait
on the Lord and keep his way, and he
shall exalt thee to inherit his land.
Brooklyn Heights ChapeL
Sunday school at 3:30 p. m. Prayer
meeting at 8 o’clock, Wednesday.
First Baptist Church.
Sunday school at 9:30 a. m.
Preaching services at 11 a. m., and
8 p. m., by Rev. W. L. Cutts, of Canton,
Ga.
B. Y. P. U. at 7 p. m.
St. Paul Methodist
East Americus.
Sunday school at 3 p. m. Prayer
meeting Thursday at 7:30 p. m.
First Methodist Church.
Rev. J. A. Thomas, Pastor.
The regular preaching services will
be held at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. by
the pastor.
Sunday school at 9:30 a. m., with T.
M. Furlow, superintendent. The pub ■
lie is cordially invited.
Furlow Lawn Baptist Church.
Rev. R. L. Bivins, Pastor.
Dr. John F. Purser, of Atlanta, will
preach at 11 a. m. and at 8 p. m.
Sunday school at 9:30 a. m.
B. Y. P. U. at 7:15 p. m.
Calvary Curch.
Rev. J. B. Lawrence, Rector.
The following order of service will
be observed in Calvary Episcopal
church today:
Holy Communion at 7 p. m. This
will be the corporate communion of
Chapter E of the Church Building so
ciety.
Sunday school at 9:45 a. m.
Morning prayer, litany and sermon
a< 11 a. m.
Evening prayer and sermon 8 p. m.
ENTOMOLOGIST TELLS
HOW TO KILL HOIGHES
The cockroach—and there are mil
lions of them in Americus, is one of the
worst pests with which the housewife
has to contend. They can however be
successfully eontroled and gotten rid
of. Here is a remedy which has prov
en very effective and which is given by
George A. Dean, professor Cf entomol
ogy in the Kansas State Agricultural
College, and used not only in homes
but in many big flour mills in Kansas:
“Get a large pan or a deep jar, the
deeper the better, and place a foul,
damp dishrag in it. Set up sticks or
laths on an easy slant from the floor to
the pan or jar, so that there will be no
difficulty for the roaches to get to the
edge of the jar. The roaches will run
up these laths or sticks and be attract
ed to the damp dishrag within the jar.
for they congregate in such places.
Place this trap in the pantry or kitchen
or wherever the roaches are found, and
leave it over-night, as roaches hide and
are quiet during the day and make
their raids at night. The first thing in
the morning, pour boiling water over
the rag to kill the roaches hiding in it.
Having once eliminated the pest
from the house, the one bit of advice
that Prof. Dean would offer is to rid
1 the house of damp, musty places. Un
less they can find such places in which
1 to breed and hibernate, roaches are
1 not likely to stay. If the house, or any
other building, is absolutely dry and
’ clean, there will be little danger of
being bothered with such pests.
f that prices of these articles prevail
s ing under the present disturbed con
- ditions are abnormal and therefore
f should not be regarded as a safe basis
J on which to estimate regular returns
, from such activities.
a< 11 a. m.
A Series of “BUY IN AMERICUS” Editoriah-No. 5
THE SPIRIT OF THE
HIVE
If you have read Maeterlinck’s “The Life of the Bee” you know the
‘ Spirit of the Hive”—the spirit of working together—co-operation.
The “Spirit of the Hive” is the spirit that Americus must have to grow as
it should.
Americus is fast becoming the “beehive” of industry and the spirit of
co operation is growing—yet there are some who join in the shouting—who
cry “Buy in Americus” and then quietly sidestep and follow their old practice
of ordering goods by mail or going to other distant cities for things they
could buy m Americus.
If Americus is to grow—if the “Buy in Americus” movement is to hdp
Americus, there must he no mere lip loyalty and much more of the sincere,
earnest “THIS MEANS ME” spirit.
The idea or policy of preaching without practicing tends to prejudice
every popular movement—lessens every wave of progress.
Instead of the cry “THIS MEANS YOU,” let the real boosters say: “THIS
MEANS ME,” and then act accordingly. Then helping Americus will not be
an idle thought without form and void, but a spirit that will bear fruitful
results.
Buying in Americus is just as profitable, just as advantageous and much
more satisfactory than buying in distant markets. Americus merchants of
fer equal goods, equal values, equal variety aud better service.
Buy in Americus because you make your living here, because it is your
home, because your prosperity is dependant upon the general prosperity of
Americus, because wherever you live in the Americus district, the city of
Americus is your metropolis, your market place
Get The Spirit of The Hive
The Pinkston Co. J. J. Hardy
Churchwell Bros. Chas. L. Ansley
Allison Furniture Co. The Americus Bakery
Rushin & Speer Sheffield Co.
J. W. Harris, Hardware Planters Bank of
Planters Seed Co. Americus
W. C. Moody Windsor Pharmacy
Howell Pharmacy Buchanan Grocery Co.
Americus Printing Co. M. N. Edwards Fur. Co.
G.A &W. G. Turpin Bank of Commerce
Hooks’ Pharmacy Hightowers Book Store
Americus Can Serve You Best
LE6ISUTOB HAS FATHER'S '
VESI WHILE MEMBER TOO
ATLANTA, Ga., Aug. 12. —An enor
mous vest worn by his grandfather in
the Georgia legislature seventy-five
years ago. when the state capitol was
located at Milledgeville, is one of the
proud possesions of Representative
John T. Dorsey, of Cobb county.
Mr. Dorsey’s grandfather weighed
nearly four hundred pounds and trav
eled to Milledgeville in an old-fash
ioned carriage with his negro body
servant accompanying him.
One of the vests he wore in the halls
of the legislature has come down to'
Representative Dorsey, and he is going
to bring it to the capitol next week
and try it on Representative Oliver, of
Quitman. county chairman of the gen
eral agricultural committee of the
house, and the largest man in the
house, to see if Mr. Oliver is large
trough to fill it. .
By reason of his great size and pro
portionate suffering with the heat, Mr. '
Oliver is the only member of the |
house who is allowed to sit in that
body with his coat off.
The rule requiring members to wear
their coats was waived in his behalf ;
by unanimous consent.
I RIMERS MAY PAY PEN ALTY
OF HIGH PRICED PRINT PAPER
BALTIMORE, Md„ Aug. 12—Immi
nent danger that thousands of union
printers may be thrown out of work
because of the high cost of white pa
per, it w’as said to day. will be a ques
tion seriously concerning delegates to
' the sixtysecond annual convention of
the International Typographical Un
ion, which convenes here Monday.
Marsden G. Scott is president of the
union and J. W. Hayes, secretary
treasurer, while its financial condition
is reported as the beet in the history
of the organization.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 1916
Seaboard Air Line
The Progressive Railway of the Soot*
Leave Americus for Cordele, Ro
shelle, Abbeville, Helena, Lyons, CoD
line, Savannah, Columbia, Richmond,
Portsmouth and points East and South,
12:81 p m
2:10 a m
Leave Americus for Cordele. Abbe
tlle, Helena and intermediate points,
5:11 p. m.
Leave Americus for Richland, At
anta, Birmingham, Hurtsboro, Mont
ornery and points West and Northweal
8:08 p. m.
Leave Americus for Richland, Col
mb us, Dawson, Albany and Interma
late points
10:00 a. m.
Seaboard Buffet Parlor-Sleeping Cal
•n Trains 13 and 14, arriving Americua
from Savannah 11:25 p. m., and leav
■ng Americus for Savannah 2:30 a. m.
evening car leaving for Savannah at
5:30 am., will b* open for passen
gers at 11:40 p. m.
For further information apply to H.
P. Everett, Local Agent, Americus,
>a. C. W. Small, Div. Pass. Agent,
; Savannah. Ga.; C. R. Pv*n, G. P. A,
’ierfolk, Vn.