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Georgia and Reciprocity. Effect Os The Proposed Canadian Reci procity Treaty on Many of Georgia's Paoducts. Cottonseed oil will be admitted into Canada from the United States free of duty under the pend ing reciprocity legislation, in place of being taxed at 17A% ad valorem as at present. This arrangement is of the highest interest to Geor gia, which ranked second among cottonseed oil producing states in 1904 and is believed to have now overtaken Tennessee in this regard. The manufacture of cottonseed oil. etc., is among the very foremost of Georgia’s industries, both as to importance aud vigor. So long ago as 1904 her annual product in this industry was valued at nearly $14,000,000. The significance of Canada s concession of free cottonseed oil to Amercian producer may lie measured by the fact that even in the face of the present duty this country sold $1,111,400 worth of cotton seed oil in the Dominion in calendar 1910, paying approxi mately $200,000 in duty thereon. Georgia’s famous fruit produce, peaches, melons, apples, and grapes, will enter Canada free of duty under the proposed recipro cal agreeinont. Since the fruits each year arrives at the marketable stage many weeks before the Cana dian fruits commence to mature, Georgia will find the new arrange ment a highly profitable one. The Georgia Fruit Growers’ Associa tion, realizing the value of the Canadian market, haß repeatedly petitioned our Department of State to secure more favorable tar iff conditions; and it was with these requests in mind that the Canadian Commissioners were ask ed and prevailed upon to concede, with much reluctance, the remov al of all duties on fresh fruits en tering Canada from this country Peaches are at present taxed $1 00 per 100 pounds, by Canada, and this duty, added to the cost of transpotation, has decreased the Canadian demand for Georgia peaches. The Dominion at pres ent imposes a duty of 3/ each up on melons, thus hampering the creation of a Canadian market for our celebrated southern water melons. The Canadian duty on grapes, as well as on strawberries and other berries, is 2/ per pound. Apples are taxed by Canada at 40/ per barrel, pears at 50/ per 100 pounds, and plums at 80/ per bushel. The well Known high quality of Georgia’s peaches, grapes, and melons will tend to gain for the.se products an im mediate sale m Canada so soon as the tariff barriers shall be remov ed. Even under the tariff status the United States Bold fr u sh fruits to Canada to a value of $1,271,000 during Canadu’s last fiscal year, paying import duties to the sum of $261,000. Fresh vegetables will extempted from all duties according to the proposed reciprocity plan. This will give Georgia a larger range of markets for her early potatoes and garden produce, onions, tomatoes, sweet potatoes or yams, ect. These will find a ready sale in the Do minion before the late ripening Canadian crops are gathered. Can ada has hitherto taxed potatoes 20/ per bushel, sweet potatoes 10/ per bushel, and other vegetables 80/ ad valorem . The entire abo lition of these duties will undoubt edly stimulate American exports to Canada of all kinds of fresh vegetables, and no state is better located to derive advantage from such an extension of our trade than is Georgia. Already the United States sells beyond her northern border $865,560 worth anually of vegetables »n their nat ural state, although the taxes col lected upon these pales by Canada amount to $242,000. Dried fruits are made mutually free by the agreement. On canned fruits Canada lowers her duty bv one-ninth, or from 2 1-4/ to 2/ per pound; on canned vegetables the rate is lowered by one-sixth, or from 11 2/ to 1 1-4/ per pound. Needless to suv, Georgia should; profit by these consessions. Georgia’s prominence n 9 a swine producting state is traditional. Her hogs exceed m total farm val ue those of any eastern or south ern state excepting Texas, their worth being estimated on January Ist, 1910, at over $11,500000. Under the proposed reciprocity Canada will reduce her duty on j bacon. Imme, salt pork, and lard by three eights, or from 2 cents per pound to 1 l-4c per pound. In spite of the Canad.an duties tile United ritases exported to Canada $8,094,000 worth of these products during the year ended March 31, 1910. Os the $505,000 of duties collected by Canada on the above consign ments, she would have remitted $190,000 if the proposed recipro city rates had bean in force. From this it is evidenct at a glance that the Dominion’s demand for American hog products is already broad and decisive, and that the proposed radical cut in her tariff rate will give our citizens a large advantage in a market of demon strated value. Canada bought hams and bacon from the United States during the period indicated above to a value of $9510,000, and lard to a value of $1,340,000. In accord ance with the pending legislation Canada will also allow live swine free entry, whereas they are at present dutiable at 1 l-2c per pound. The benefits securing to Georgia from these features of the agreement require no pointing out. Canada has agreed to concede her intermediate rates upon nursery aud horticultural stock, taking peach trees and other fruit trees 2 l-2c each in place of 8c each, and vines and berry bushes 17 1-2% instead of 20% . These consessions will be of value to Georgia nurserymen and growers of peach tree or vineyard stocks. Under the proposed arrangement fish of any kind, fresh, salted, or preserved in any manner, are to be mutually free of duty Georgia's interest in procuring a cheap and abundant supply of this food staple may be predicted from the well-known suitability of fish for alimentary use in warm climates. The United States as a whole im ports nearly $5,000,000 worth of fish from Canada, this amount constituting one-tenth of our total consumption. Our present duties are f/ or 1/ per pound on the principal varieties imported from the Dominion, including dried j and smoked fish. The sum collect ed under these rates amounts to nearly one-half million dollars annually on Canadian fish. The removal of these impositions will tend to render fish less expensive throughout the entire country. Georgia’s production of wheat was valued at $3,550,000, while the grain used by her flour mills as long ago as 1904 was worth nearly double that amouut. It is thus evident that she is interested in obtaining wheat and the other grains to the best advantage. Under the agreementjwheat and grains of all kinds are rendered mutually duty-free. This will eventually tend to keep down the price of wheat in the United States, and will greatly broaden the sources of supply for Ameri can millers, FRANK F. GODDaRD, Attorney-at-Law, Public Accountant and Auditor. Lyons, Ga. System Installed. Thoroughly Practical. No Red Tape- Audits made for Corporations, Firms and Individuals. WE ARE IN THE Real Estate BUSINESS. Ist. For the Benefit of Lyons. 2nd. For the benefit of Toombs | County. 3rd. For the benefit of ourselves If you wish to buy a nice Lot in Lyons, either to improve or for investment, call on us. If voa wish to sell your house or your Lyons property, then come to see us anyhow, because Mr. wants to buy it. If you wish to buy a farm in Toombs County, let us show you what we have. We have newcomers in our office •v“rv day, wishing to purchase ! i.-md in Toombs County. So if vou wish to sell your farm or lands, then list it with us. Williams Realty to. Toombs County Bank Bldg., Lyons, Ga. THE LYONS PKOGRESi?. FEBRUARY 24 ull J I’ * ► March 4th, 1911 O 4 » O . . <> « . <► . > <> < > O < > O 4 . O < > <>»o 9 4 > ;; Let above date remind you that deposits in our Savings Department, ;; < > O ;; when made on or before the FIFTH of ANY month draw interest from the ;; o < > FIRST day thereof, and that the time to place idle money safely at interest is ;; i • '' When You Get It. This should appeal to Farmers who still hdld a portion of ;; > the 1910 cotton crop, and to others making collections at this season. ;; i; ii ;; Four l per cent, and SAFETY for your idle funds is what we offer. <> . , . . !! ;; While we reserve the right to require 60 days' notice as to a withdrawal, it is - ■ <> ;; i; also true that we have never required such notice in the more than SIX ;; YEARS that our Savings Department has been operative, and that our policy o of keeping a strong Cash Reserve makes a deposit in our Savings Derartment “ :: :: practically available on demand. 1! Procrastination is the thief of time. Deposit your money WHEN ;; o YOU GET IT. Bank with us BY MAIL ‘ ;; Jggggj I I Special Invitation! 5 The officers of the Uvalda Bank extend a special y invitation to their many friends and customers to y call around and inspect their new banking rooms* y The Cashier will take pleasure in going into detail and ex« m plaining their system of banking, and it matters not how small 7 your account may be it will be appreciated, and you will be y treated courteously and made to feel at home. We cultivate the acquaintance of our customers, and want as \ far as possible to know them personally, so you can’t please us y better than to call and get acquainted, and tell us who you are, where you live, what you are doing, etc. We are interested in ■ you, and want to know you. 7 OFPICEBS: ■ J. J. MOSES, J. B. JONES, Jr., W. F. McALLISTER, P President. Vice-President. Cashier. y IDirectoxs. m J. J. Moses, J. B. Jones, Jr., H. B. McNatt, ■ W. P. Calhoun, W. E. Beugnot, R. C. Hogan, W. A. Peterson, J. J. McArthur, W. F. McAllister ■ Fire Insurance. Insure youi property with Bruce McLeod, representing a number of strong English and American Companies. He issues policies on desirable country dwellings and barns, and on system gins. Office in New Lyons Hotel. TAYLOR SAW MILLS LEAD , in Simplicity, Capacity, Durability, None Setter \ " tr Macon Made Machinery and avoid X J /fijfffiffSEfoßßfcexcessive Freights and waits lor Repairs Steam and Gasoline Engines Portable & Staticnaryßoilers ' , W*~ - j Complete Ginning, Sawing and Shingle Outfits - -•-- Pumps,Tanks, Towers, tocling, Acet/lene Lighting Plauts W . ' EVERYTHING IN MACHINERY AND SUPPLIES ~ MALURYMACHINERYCO-^cK 1