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FRIDAY MORNING. FER. 11, 192
THE MILLEDGEVILLE NEWS
MILLEDGEVILLE
THE MILLEDGEVILLE NEWS
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t.io resumption of industrial j ma ] ce machines.
Geiting Together on Planting Seed
The question of getting together is one of vital concern
to the farmers of Baldwin county, especially at this time.
Cooperative Methods should be carefully studied by every
one anti nothing that will have a tendency to bring the
tillers of the soil to a unity of purpose she.Id bo loft un
done.
Right now the farmers of Baldwin county ought to give
first consideration to the question of settling upon the
varieties of needs they are to plant this year. This is
cooperated point that will bear much fruit, if curried out.
It will prove profitable on accc lit of the fact an uniform
production of farm products can be placed on sale at a
much less expens than cun be a varied yrctifuction.
The contention that a large production of a certain
product can be disposed of at a m cli less expense, com
paratively speaking, can be easily explained. This posi
tion is especially wt.. taken when it is necessary to make
extraordinary effort to locate a profitable market for a
crop that has been grown.
In connection it would be advisable for the farmers of
this section to make provisions to plant a certain variety
of seed of a particular crop to be grown. In planting peas,
for in-tnnee, a conclusion should be reached as tc the varie
ty adaptable to our soils. When this conclusion is reached
evory farmer should be so notified. The carrying out of
such a project will get us away from the id»oa that cotton
is the only money crop we can grow.
In the first place, it is essential that we provide a market
lor the product to be grown locally before we can com
mon, e to figure on the profits to bo derived!. Any echcern
or individual would rather handle a whole carload of
dollars to locate the bast market to be had for a few busn-
than a quantity of fifty bushels at a profit of twenty-five
cents on the b.tshel. On the latter deal a broker world
malic just half as much as he would on the former.
Toe, a whole carloadi of paas -can be advertised at no
greater expense than the cost of advertising ten bushels,
oven less quantity. Then, if it should cost one hundred
dollar.-, to locute the best market to be bud or a few bush
els, does it not stand for reason that the getting to
gether by the farmers on the sort of seed to plant is the
logical thing to do? It is a settled fact that no one com
munity will or can produce enough of any one item to
elfecct the markets prevailing in all sections.
The application of this method to one crop is just as es
sential as another. If the farmers of this community who
grew watermelons should decide unanimously to plant
and cultivate one certain variety and cooperate one with
the other in an effort to obtain an attractive market
It stands for reason than such procedure would have de
cided tendency to lessen the stile expense of each.
The growing of one popular breed of livestock, instead
of many, is just as important as is the planting and cul
tivating of a particular variety of beans, corn or peas. By
cooperative marketing methods it would ordinarily cost
six times as much to find the best markets for six breeds
or varieties as it would to find a market for one, regard
less of the quantity of each. And, again we call attention
to the fact that a purchaser would prefer to make a deal
on a large than on a small basts, even at u smaller com
mission. This is a day when big things co.int, as a mat
ter of fact.
Confidently beliveing that the above Idea, If carried
out. will mean much to'the farmers of this section, we
trust that the Baldwin County Farm Bureau will inaugu
rato such a plan and that cooperation will be given to ihe
purpose.
A HOPEFUL SIGN
From The Atlanta Journal.
A hopeful rign that 1 3 all the more welcome in view
the unemployment statistics of the be pavement of Lab
is the resumption of activity in industrial
cut the country. Especially is this true of
munitie3, -.viioio mills have been Idle for monhs.
Unemployment, prior to
activity, had rc-auked propoitic s far more alarming
suspected by ths average parson. Tile census of the De
partment of Labor, conducted in -:nj hundred uad eighty-
two cities, showed neatly two million industrial workers,
men and women, idle. It showed turther that nearly three
and one half million fewer workers are now employed
in tiie trades classed tider the head of mechanical in-
dU3try than were employe, :n thcr-e trades cno ye.tr age.
Tho decrease, according to the stall tics, amounted to over'
3G per cent.
The difersace between tho number listed as definitely'
idle, nearly two million, and the three and one half mil- i
linn fewer v.ovl or s in mechanical Industry, i3 explained
the fact that many who were formerly engaged nl me- -
chenical Industries have returned to the farms, in the case i
of males, and to their homos, ip. the cla33 o' women. They ,
are therefore not - finitely idle, though they have ceased j
to be engaged in a gainful mechanical industry.
The solution of the unemployment problem 1e, of course, 1
resumption of industrial activities, and, as wc remarked
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a hopeful sign is the resumption of such activities particu- 1
tarly in textile centers. It i s impossible to foresee how !
far the revival oi imt-rstry will proceed. Much depends
upc n the consuming public. The mills will be governed!
by the public demand for their product, and until this j
demand again assumes normal proportions there will
be more or less unemployment in industrial communities.
There are evidences that the public again has begun tobuy j
and as this purchasing increases here will be a gradual
revival of industry in the production of such commodities
as may be sold.
the Solvency of railroads
From The Moultrie Observer.
The solvency of the Railroads threatened. Expenses
keep going on and business keeps drying up. The roads
find it difficult to borrow money and business managers
are scratching their heads and spending sleepless nights.
The biggest item of railroad expense is labor. Railroad
labor is exceptionally swell paid, and the roads think it tair
for the employees to work for less during th e period of
depression. To an outsider it seems fair that railroad
workers should receive less at a time when revenues are
insufficient to pay running expnses.
Probably the railroad employees, who have campaigned
long and patiently to get their pay up to the present
standard, would b e willing to have a cut made in thsir
wages until such time as business becomes normal and rail
road and revenues are going well once more.
Something will have to be done quickly or a number of
the roads will be in the liandB of receivers. They have
large bills to pay. They cannot pay their obligations and
their labor with cheerfulness or with due bills. It takes
money. The government must either authorize a reduction
in wages or provide the money required to keep the roads
going.
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Maybe Penrose Was There
From the Valdosta Times.
Philadelphia reports a slight earthquake shock. Maybe
It was the jar of the political factious in one of their perio
dic “get togethers.”
Chickens Want to Vialt
From The Monroe Advertiser.
It is now the season of the year to remind the Jiroud
owners of flocks of chickens that the state of somebody’s
religion may depend upon which side the fence those
chickens are kept. Owners of chickens may thus need to
excuse their evangelistic powers
But The Third Strike la Out
From The Tlfton Gazette.
William Jennings Bryan is goin to reorganize the Demo
cratic party for the fourth time, so he says. He can’t
do it any mor 0 harm than he has already done. A lot of
so-called mechanics like to tinker with casualitles.
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uses end probably ideal for the farmer. In the country, in the town, and in the city, the
Ford Sedan by merit alone, has become the most popular among enclosed cars. 'Ihe
increased producing capacities of the Ford Motor Company enable us to promise a rea-
sonably prompt delivery with the Sedan. We shall be pleased to receive your order.
Keep in mind that this comfortable enclosed car costs you less than any ordinary
touring car (Except the Ford). Think of this.
Of course, you cannot forget that matchless and reliable “For after-Service” that
follows every Ford Car the world over-always within arm’s length a reliable Ford
dealer or authorizd Ford garage that can tune up your car and keep it In running con
dition every day in the year. We want your trade.
B« O* Glass
Motor Co.
AilWiei Fori Dealers
Miiledgeviile, Ga.
These sunny days are mighty fine for the spring gardner
to' get the corners cleaned out and get ready for early
planting.
The News has received many commendations on it’s
Farmers Market and Excchauge colunifc which began
the last issue. This Is a clearing house for the surplus
the farm as well as a column for the needs of the farm.
Two Inches is Two Too Many
From the Commerce Obesrver.
Every once in a while the Atlanta Constitution gives
two inches to the utterances of Commissioner J. J. Brown
the great cotton expert who told the farmers not to sell
when they could have obtained a pretty nice price oarly
last fall. If the Constitution will just deny the two inches
the country will bo better off.
No Diamond Rings Necessary
From an Exchange
In Uganda the average cost of a wife is four hulls,
box of cartridges and six sewing needles A Kaffir lad
Two things the dailies won’t have so much about fur according to the social status of her. family, is worth two
awhile— President Harding has finished his fishing and to leu cocv, ’ s - ^ ^ ava J° Eirl cannot bo bought for less than
Mrs. Harding has completed the purchase of her various ton Worses. In Tartaiy a woman is paid for by her weight
gowns to be worn when she becomes Mrs. President. in butter : Tlle Samalede father-in-law prefers reindeer in
* | payment, while the Kisans of India content themselves with
some rice and a rupee. A rich Mishmi of Northeastern
Assam has to pay 20 oxen for a wife, but a poor fellow may
It Isn^t So Much What You
Pay As What You Receive
'Census figures show that the negro population is gain
Ing more rapidly in northern cities than in the south, out
from what a let of southern negroes say who have been
art-Ji returned there are likely a lot of them there that
would rather be back in the south.
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There is some talk of scrapping the A. B. & A. railroad.
That road lost more than a million dollars last year.
There’s something radSJ.illy yrong somewhere, either
there is no business, which is almost impossible, too much
paid for operating expenses, or there are some dishonest
officials, which is almost out of the question. The presi
dent of the road says that the men are getting too much
money and wants to make a small cut, otherwise to die
scrap heap for a road that serves one of the richest sec
tions in the state The men won’t agree to the lowering
of their wage scale thotgh some of them are drawing
more than twice the money they direw three years ago, and
It may result In their looking for another job if the cut is
not allowed.
get one for a mere hog. In Timarlnnl, Malay Archipelago,
payment must be made in elephant tusks.
In Unyro, British East Africa, they can marry on the in
stallment plan, but the wife is not delivered to the purchas
er until the last installment has been paid. Among many
tribes in Africa, Asia and South America ttie son-in-law
has to serve his father-in-law even as Jacob served Laba l.
The amoi nt due for the wife is gradually deducted from Ills;
wages until the full price has been paid in work.
A convict was the first person to send a check to Ihe
local committee in Forsyth tor the Near East Relief Fund.
He is the same man that escaped after serving a year
of a six year sentence and returned to the county and gave
himself up a few weeks ago after having some difficulty
In identifying himself to a new warden. There’s good in
that man. j
We are in thorough sympathy with the universa desire to
reduce the costs of being well dressed.
But the cure is not in buying clothes at a low price, be
cause low prices will not buy clothes that are economical
It is much wiser to pay a few dollars more for garments
that are well made and of good fabrics, because they are
the only kind that are enduring in their wear and Satisfac
tion.
Myrick-Holloway Co.
THE QUALITY SHOP