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nBACCO MARKETS OPENING DATE TO DEPEND ON CROPS of premature AUC fears tions in GEORGIA HELD GROUNDLESS. _ t ___ is little ground for the alarm There certain sections of the feeing felt in reports fceorgia tobacco belt over the Georgia markets will be hat the before the leaf ipened this year • big is ready, since the com rop send “circuit riders” ToThe • each year first-hand Georgia belt to get m prefixing tion as to the condition of the m rm the date for the be :rop the auctions, it is pointed 'inning ef ut. weeks ago when it ap Back a lew eared that Georgia’s tobacco would earlier this year than usual there ‘ the markets might vere re ports that about July 20 if there were no pen the outlook. Since that hange in however, weather conditions time, nfavorable and demontra , a ve been u say that Georgia’s tobacco crop ors 20 days later than it dll be about last year, when the markets -a pened early in August. The date of the initial 1928 auc tions will be fixed by representatives { the tobacco association of the Jnite d States at a meeting to be eld m Old Point Comfort, Va., on une 2nd. At that meeting the eir uit r id ers will submit their reports. The big buying concerns, both for jgn and domestic, have shown a riendly attitude towards the Georgia obacco growers ever since the crop jecame an important one in this sec ion, warehousemen say, and is not Conceivable that they earlier will than start they the sales this year any lave in the past unless the condition If the crop warrants such action. [ [neeting Unusual interet attaches to the the of the representatives of [obacco association of the because United States this year, not only that body sets the date for the open ing of the markets in all the belts, but because of the reports that some )f the markets, where the offerings were unexpectedly small last year, will not be given buyers this year. Requests for the establishments of pew markets will be passed on also, ftmong such will be one from Madi )on, Fla. Tobacco growing in that lection has attained important pro portions during the past year or two, ind it is believed that if any new narkets are opened Madison will be Deluded. V t T t 7 YTI Y Y YY'Y Y y T"T Y"Y fTTTTTYTt T Tty T'f YV t'Y'Y'Y T Y t’T f T 1 * llll fell Q i HI ► ► ► ¥ ► ► - 'ci S rn c - V V i Over 80 c % of all who try them ; f say they’re best ? - T HE above is r statement MICHELIN based on written reports from several thousand mo torists picked at random from COST the great army who are try ing out Michelin Tires and IS Tubes. It pays to change to these remarkable tires—built by the manufacturer who NO specializes in making one quality only, and who not MORE! only produces the best tires but produces them wore economically . The Battery and Tire Store —SALES AND SERVICE— MICHELIN TIRES - FORD BATTERIES PHONE 248 CHILD HEALTH DAY WILL BE OBSERVED IN GEORGIA MAY 1 SLOGAN WILL BE, “MAKE EV ERY DAY CHILD HEALTH DAY.” Governor L. G. Hardman and fifty Georgia mayors are expected to issue proclamations calling attention to May Day—May 1— as national “Child Health Day,” and urging the people of Georgia to observe the occasion ap propriately at some time during the last week in April or the first week in May, it has been announced by of ficials of the State Board of Health. Dr. Joe P. Bowdoin, director of the board’s division of maternity and in fancy hygiene, is directing the observ aance } n Georgia in so far as it touches the health board, which is sponsoring the state’s part in the af fair. Mrs. C. A. Ver Nooy, Athens, is chairman of the Georgia executive committee arranging for state-wide observance. Nationally, the movement is being sponsored by the American Child Health Association, officials said, the organization having mailed to a num ber of ministers in Georgia printed material on the subject to be used in connection with sermons. “Make Every Day Child Health Day,” is the slogan to be used throughout the country, Doctor Bow doin said, adding that governors of at least thirty-five states are expect ed to assist in nation-wide observance of May Day by issuing official pro clamations. The annual observance of “Child Health” day is five or six years old, Doctor Bowdoin- said. A resolution now pending in the national House of Representatives and already passed by the Senate, he declared, would officially designate May 1 each year as national “Child Health Day.” The creed of the observance as out lined by Herbert Hoover in his “Child’s Bill of Rights,” was given as follows: “The ideal to which we shall strive is that there shall be no child in America: “That has not been born under proper conditions. “That does not live in hygenic sur roundings. “That ever suffers from under nourishment. “That does not have prompt and efficient medical attention and in spection. “That does not receive primary instruction in the elements of hygiene Any other kind of business would have quickly curtailed its service to meet new conditions, but railroad management cannot economize by discontinuing service, even when that service is not used. It must secure permission from the state regulatory agencies concerned, and permission has been hard to get. The railroads realize that if their service is less satisfactory to the pub lic than the motor bus or the automo bile the roads will inevitably have to drop out of the picture, so far as local traffic is concerned. The roads have the right, however, to demand that competition be put upon a fair basis and that commercial motor busses shall be taxed and regu lated in the same way as railroads. The roads also have the right to demand that they be allowed to con duct their business on a businesslike basis. Where they cannot compete for traffic they should be allowed to discontinue the unprofitable trains they are now required to operate at a loss that runs into startling totals. Nobody knows what transportation developments the next few years will bring. Railroad passenger service must stand or fall upon its merits. But it is certain that the roads can not continue to operate empty local passenger trains, unless they, are al lowed an increase in their rates on other traffic that will compensate them for the losses that such trains involve. CITY TAX BOOKS NOW OPEN. The city tax books are now open fc: all property owners to make their returns for 1928. I want to urge everyone to make their returns, so that there will not be so much confusion later on with the equalization work. Please attend to this matter without delay. MISS HATTIE MAULDIN, City Clerk. Miss M'-iry B. Greene of Cincinnati, has completed 33 years of service as a steambor.t czptam. THE CAIRO MESSENGER F RIDAY, APRIL 27, 1928. and good health. " 1 hat has not the compete birth right of a sound mind in a sound body. “That has not the encouragement to express in fullest measure the spirit within which is the final en dowment of every human being. Declining Passenger Traffic. By PUB. RELATIONS COM., A. C. L. Railway. In spite of the tremendous develop ment and the large increase in popu lation in the southeast in recent years, the Atlantic Coast Line in 1927 hauled almost 200,000 fewer passengers than it did in 1903. That fact emphasizes one of the very serious problems with which rail management is faced today. Raiiroad passenger traffic is showing steady and alarming decreases for which no remedy has thus far been discovered. In 1927 the revenue passenger miles of the railroads were 5.1 per cent less than in 1926 and were 28 per cent below the record level of 1920. “In fact,” says the Bureau of Railway Economics, “one must turn back to the year ended June 30, 1916, to find a smaller aggregate demand for passenger service than that of 1927. All of the increase that occur red between 1916 and the peak in 1920 has now been gradually eaten away by the various forms of compe tition.” ' The principal competitors of the railroads are the privately owned automobiles and the motor bus, which on account of their convenience, are being used for local traffic, with little regard for cost of transportation. That the local passenger travel is a think of the past is shown by the fact that where in 1903 the distance traveled by the average passenger on the Atlantic Coast Line was aboutj 42.1 miles, in 1927, it was about 123 miles. But whereas in 1923 the Atlantic Coast Line handled its passenger business by operating trains about 5 million miles, in 1927 it operated its passenger trains about 10% million miles. That is to say, because of changed conditions of travel it had to operate its passenger trains more than twice miles in order to handle 200,- i as many 000 fewer passengers. The reason was that while its local passenger business had largely dis appeared, it was forced, at a heavy loss, to operate about the same local trains as in 1903. The increase in train mileage was necessary to take care of the increasing through travel. PROSPECTS GOOD ' FOR CATTLE MEN MEXICAN COWS IMPORTED AS DEMANDS FOR AMERICAN BEEF MOUNTS. Much better conditions for the hog I grower and a continuance of prosper ity for sheepmen are seen by live stock experts in the actual and im -' pending cattle shortage. They declare that it will be im possible to supply the American mar ket, with its 120 million consumers, I'vith beef during the next few years I and as the American people must) have meat, a much stronger market 1 for pork products is indicated. In this connection it is pointed out that hog prices have already been ad vancing in recent weeks and now heavy packers are selling for eight l cents a pound on the Moultrie market.; South Georgia cattlemen are also said to be fully cognizant of the situa tion and are conserving every pos sible calf showing beef breeding in order to increase their herds. While the hog market has been low for sev eral months, beef cattle have been commanding the highest prices they have ever sold for at the stock yards here and the industry gives greater promise of becoming a big business than it has at any time since the meat packing plant began operation here 14 years ago, livestock men assert. Cattle Shortage. The present cattle shortage is said to be due largely to the fact that ranch men in the southwest were forc ed two years ago to dispose of their young’cows because they were un able to secure of $12 to $13 per head. Under conditions that have de veloped meanwhile the cattle are in demand at $40 to $60 per head. Information received by livestock interests here shows that there are thousands of square miles of good grazing lands in the Southwest on which nb cattle are feeding. A crop of calves should be coming along to supply the tremendous demand for feeding cattle already is evidence and certain to continue for many years, experts insist. To relieve the situation in a limited way, common Mexican cattle are be ing brought across the border by the load, regardless of the tariff. are the kind of animals that not been seriously considered the ranchmen a few years ago, but it is said to be “any kind of a. in a storm.” Thousands of Ford owners have found that it pays them to use "STANDARD” MOTOR OIL "Standard” Motor Oil W F” is an oil of the highest grade; its body and lubri- X cating qualities are scientif- ( for the Ford . ically correct / engine. ) It forms a perfect seal be tween between rings pistons and and pistons, cylinder \ r q walls. This conserves power / and adds to smooth running. 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