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AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
BY DR. ANDREW M. SOULE
A Wage For the Tanner
There is an impression in the pub
lic mind that the farmer is prof
iteering along with the rest of so
ciety. Every one glibly tells us that
the price of farm products is now
so extraordinarily high that this
accounts for the high cost of liv
ing. This would indeed be remark
able if true. Os course, there has
been an accession in the cost of
farm products; otherwise we would
have starved to death. The increase
in the value of food products, how
ever, has hot kept pace with that
of manufactured goods. It will take
only a very little study to establish
this fact clearly in the mind of any
unbiased observer. The farmer has
had to face the same conditions as
the industrial operator, and in fact,
most of the ills from which he has
suffered are the result of the greed
and lack of judgment exercised by
the industrial operators. When
manufacturers desired labor and it
was not forthcoming, they imme
diately proceeded to bid up the price
until now they have created a sit
uation which has almost stifled
their own industry. It was but na
tural that the man working on the
land should move to the city to get
eight, ten or twelve dollars a day
as an unskilled laborer. If he had
remained on the farm and the land
owner had attempted to pay him
wages of the character indicated,
the cost of food would have dou
bled in many instances over the
present figure and we would have
been confronted by a program of
high living costs beside which the
present price would seem low. Do
not unload on the farmer, and do
not blame him for the conditions
which he did not create. Remember
that he has been faithful and effi
cient in supplying us not only with
an abundance of food, but with an
excess for shipment abroad during
a period in the history of the world
when food was the paramount is
sue.
Next, let us see to what extent
the farmer has been profiteering
and what proportion of the land
owners of our country are making
large returns on their investment.
In 1913 a survey of 534 farms in
Georgia revealed the fact that it
cost 12.2 cents to make a pound
of cotton. In thdf same year the
average price for cotton was 12.2
cents a' pound. These figures are
easy of verification; yet they reveal
the astonishing fact that it cost on
over fifty per cent of the farms
surveyed from 10 to 14 cents a
pound to produce cotton. The cost
varied from five to fifty-five cents
& pound, and Immediately some
brother in the back pew who lives
in the city rises up and says that
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THE ATLANTA TKI-WEEKLY JOURNAL.
such incapacity should not bo tol
erated. We agree with this brother if
a satisfactory remedy can be pro
pounded by him. We are doing all
we know how through educational
institutions to correct this condition
but in a republic with a liberalized
government of our type we can not
control the operations of the land
owners, and so it appears that we
will always have a certain per cent
of inefficient producers, but this
percentage will not be larger or
more troublesome than that found
in other industries.
For a long time we have looked
upon our industries with awe be
cause they seemed to be profitable
and successful; they grew and ex
panded abnormally. We seem to
have overlooked the fact, however,
that in most cases their costs have
mounted with tremendous rapidity,
and so in the final analysis much
of the so-called skill which has
attended the success of our indus
tries has simply been the ascertain
ing as nearly as possible the cost
of production and then adding to
that figure as large a margin of
profit as it was possible to put over
on the public. This is not a criti
cal statement and is not made for
the purpose of arousing any ani
mosity in the mind of the reader,
but simply to call attention to a
condition which has been in effect
through a longs term of years.
On the basis of the figures pre
sented. the average cost of produc
ing cotton per acre in 1913 on 268
Georgia farms was $39.28. The
average yield for the state was 208
pounds which at the average price
of 12.2 cents a pound brought our
farmers $25.37i, which represented
a loss of $13.91 per acre. Os course,
our cotton farmers knew the price
was too low at that time, but we
have proceeded on the theory up to
the present that the farmer was
not entitled to an adequate margin
of profit on the cost of produc
tion though we seem to have applied
and admitted the justice and cor
rectness of this principle in so far
as our industries were concerned.
In 1918, the same farms previous
ly mentioned were re-surveyed with
the idea of ascertaining the cost
of cotton production in that year.
The figures indicate that the cost
varied from eleven to seventy-one
cents a pound. Over fifty per cent
of the farmers concerned grew cot
ton at a cost of 20 to 30 cents a
pound. The average sale price in
1918 was 27.6 cents per pound, so
it would appear that over half of
the cotton growers - lost money at
the price at which they were forced
to sell their cotton. From the above
figures it is evident that half of
the cotton farmers were making a
small profit, and about twenty-five
per cent of them were making a fair
profit because they were producing
cotton for less than ten cents in
1913 and less than twenty cents in
1918.
The average man would probably
conclude that the public was not in
terested in this question. They are,
however, as vitally interested as a
public can be in any proposition. In
recent years fifty per cent of the
producers in this country have not
been able to supply its needs for
mw materials, and with the pres
ent inadequate supply of farm labor
and the high cost of fertilizers and
other conditions with which we have
to contend, it is certain that there is
not likely to be an oversupply of
cotton very soon. At times when
there is a threatened deficiency in
raw materials it is always neces
sary to encourage production. To
this end prices -must inevitably go
upward so that there will be a
larger margin of profit available to
a greater per cent of the growers.
This has been properly termed by
the experts of the food administra
tion the bulk line of production.
This line in the case of cotton farm
ers should represent the costs per
taining on about’eighty-five per cent
of all the growers.
In order to take care of a situation
such as developed, therefore, in 1913
it would have been necessary for the
cotton grower to have received 16
cents a pound, and in 1918, 32 cents
a pound. What the figures for 1919
will reveal no one can say just at
the present. They are now being
worked up and will soon be ready
for general distribution. Presumably
they will throw about the same aver
ages as the figures for 1913 and 1918.
In that event it is evident that the
cotton farmers as a whole are not
by any means profiteering or mak
ing undue earnings from their opera
tions. As a matter of fact, only
about fifty per cent of them are mak
ing any money at all, and only twen
ty-five per cent of them an appre
ciable profit. These figures seem
to indicate that the time is at hand
when some sort of adequate surveys
of the cost of production of all farm
crops must be undertaken. When
the proper data has been secured
then there should be added to this
figure a sufficient margin to give the
farmer a net income over the cost
of production of six to ten per cent.
Every other line of business is try
ing to operate on this basis and the
public is bearing the burden as best
it may. Congress in turning the rail
roads back to the people said that
they should have a net return on
their investment of 5.5 per cent.
What is sauce for the goose should
certainly be sauce for the gander.
The farmers of the south are not
profiteers and do not want anything
more than a fair living out of their
lands. To this they are surely enti
tled as are the owners or worker in
any other industry. I for one believe
that the people of the United States
are willing to accord the growers of
raw material a fair profit over the
cost of production. It is only right
and proper that this should be done.
As a matter of fact, it will have to
be done if we are to maintain ade
quate supplies of raw materials for
our industries. When this is done
there will be less complaint and dis
satisfaction on the part-of the farm
er, and it will not be so necessary for
the urban residents to be so per
sistently urging the young men and
women of the country to stay on the
farm. It is surprising in vifew of
the economic condition by which, our
agriculture has been confronted for
so many years past that such a large
proportion of our people have been
able to live in the open country and
produce for the balance of the folks
that which was essential on a basis
which did not enti’le them to a just
and fair profit.
Merchants and Farmers
Co-operate in lowa
AMES, la. —Something new in co
operation between retail implement
dealers and farmers was successfully
arranged in Hancock county, lowa,
this summer in the establishment of
a “Cash for Binder Twine Week.”
It was the agreement that farmers
would buy their binder twine sup
ply from Hancock aounty dealers
that week, paying cash for it, and
that the dealers would sell it at a
price somewhat below the regular
retail price. Every dealer in the
county except three entered into the
arrangement and the farm bureau
members generally bought their
twine supply a-t home instead of
sending away for a considerable part
of it, as had been; customary for some
years to an increasing extent.
The price generally agreed upon
as fair was 16 cents per pound, al
though in one instance a dealer sold
for 15 cents. On the former basis
the saving was 1 cent per pound.
AUNT JULIA'S
I LETTER BOX,
“Help for the Helpless—Kindness to All
Dumb Things”
RULES
No unsigned letters printed.
No letter written on both sides of paper printed.
All letters not to exceed 150 to 200 words. ,
Dear Children:
When you read this I will be on my way back home, and while
I have enjoyed every minute, it will be a big pleasure to get in closer
touch with you again. I am hoping to find’a lot of mail waiting
for me.
AUNT JULIA.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Here conies
n new cousin to speak to Aunt Julia about
10 minutes. Will you cousins give me a lit
tle room? Guess you all had better get
ready to run for I am going to describe my
self. Blue eyes, blond complexion, light
hair, freckle face, weight 109 pounds, eleven
years old, go to school and am in the sixth
grade, have a very sweet teacher. We sure
are having some rainy weather down here.
May is most always a dry month down
here. Do you cousins like pretty flowers?
I do. We have thirty-four boxes of flowers,
five flower beds. W’e have plenty of fruit
trees. My mother’s health is very bad. She
is sick most all the time but she is. not
helpless. Do you all like to go fishing? I
do. Papa goes once a week.,, but I have
not been but once this year.
Will soon be time for peaches and plums.
Do you cousins like them? W’e live on the
farm and like it very well. Will end with
a riddle. As I went across a field of wheat
there I picked up something good to eat. It
was neither fish, flesh, feather nor bone,
but I kept it until it ran alone.
Hoping this will escape the wastebasket.
If any of you cousins wish to write to a
south Georgia girl, let your letters fly to
LUCILE POWELL.
Dawson, Ga., R. F. D. A. Box 143.
Dearest Aunt Julia: W’ill you admit an
other Georgia girl into your happy circle?
11l promise to be right good and not make
a bit of noise. I live in the country about
five miles from the city, and dearly love
country life. Now, don't you agree with
me? Although I know but very little about
city life, as I was reared in the country.
How many of you cousins like to go to
school? I do for one, and really delight in
going. I think every one should strive for
an education. I think that should be one of
our greatest ambitions in these trving times
of now-a-days, for it would be of so much
benefit to us through life in later years.
W’hat do you cousins do for amusement?
I read, crochet and make tatting.
I can imagine all of you like music. I’m
certainly fond of it, and think it is simply
wonderful. However, I will now try to de
sribe myself: I have dark brown hair, blue
eyes and fair complexion, weigh 150 pounds
and my age is between sixteen and nineteen
years, so I will just let you guess it.
Well, as I heard Aunt Julia saying I am
staying too long, so I will close, as this is
my first attempt. Best wishes to all the
cousins and Aunt Julia.
„ CANER MIERS.
Lithonia, Ga., Route 1, Box 147.
Dear Auntie and Cousins: Will you please
admit an Alabama girl into >our happy
band of boys and girls? What do you cous
ins do for pastime? I 'crochet and play
the organ. I live on a farm and like farm
life very well. Well, as it is the rule, I
will describe myself: Black hair and dark
brown eyes, fair complexion, 5 feet 10 inches
high, weigh 155 pounds. I am 15 years old.
Hilby T. Cain, come again. I have written
you once, but did not get an answer. Well,
I hear Mr. W. B. coming. Come on all of
you Alabama kids, and dont’ let the others
beat us. Your new cousin,
ETHEL GIPSON.
Georgiana, Ala., Route 6.
P. S.—Will answer all cards and letters
received. All of you write to me.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: lam writ
ing the first time and hope to see it in
print. I enjoy reading the cousins’ letters
very much and will answer all letters I re
ceive from them. My mamma is dead and
I stay with my grandfather and grandmoth
er on a farm. I like to help them with
their work. I wash disnes, sweep, milk and
have lots of time to play, too. What do you
cousins do for good games to play? I like
to play with my dolls best. My school !s
out. Wonder if you cousins like to go to
school as well as I do. I hope so. Well, I
will describe myself, though I wish that
was not the rule. I have dark brown eyes
and brown hair, fair complexion. I am nine
years old and 4 feet 3 inches tall. A
r.ew cousin. VIOLET THOMAS.
Turnerville, Ga.
jGood morning, Aunt Julia and cousins!
Will you let me in for five minutes’ chat?
I described myself the other time, so 1
won't tell you how I look now. I go to
school and am in the fifth grade. School is
nearly out; it lacks ten days. I am not
glad. I like to go to school, don’t you,
cousins? I have written once before and 1
thought I would come again. I live in
town, and like town life fine. I would
like to have a letter from some of you
cousins, so let the letters fly to
ROSA LEE WHITFIELD.
Hartwell, Ga.
Hello, Aunt Julia and cousins! Do let
me in and have a seat by Aunt Julia. What
do you all do for pastime? I crochet, tat
and help mamma. My pets are little bid
dies, the dishrag and washtub. "Well, as it
is the rule to describe yourself, I guess I
had batter obey the law. Hush! I hear
some one laughing. It sounds like Laura
Lee Eubanks, so here I go: Brown eyes,
dark complexion, brown, curly hair; 120
pounds, 5 feet 7 inches high, fourteen
years young. Well, as my letter is getting
long, I will close with the answer to Irene
South’s riddle, “What turns, but never
moves?” Milk, isn’t it? Hoping Mr. W. B.
will not get this, I will close with love to
al| the cousins and Aunt Julia.
MILDRED BREAZEALE.
Cordele, Ga., R. F. D. C.
Dear Aunt Julia: Will you admit another
Georgia girl into your happy band of boys
and girls? I would like to correspond with
some one who loves flowers and music. 1
will answer every letter I get.
MATTIE BELL UNDERWOOD.
Denton, Ga., Route 1.
Dearest Auntie: As I have not been read
ing the cousins’ letters in a long time I
will try and write and let you hear from
me. As I have written to Aunt Julia’s
letter box once before I will not describe
myself. What do you cousins do for pas
time? I play, read books and papers. I
go to school and am in the sixth grade. I
am taking music lessons. I guess I had
better stop before Mr. W. B. comes, for I
hear him knocking at the door. As my
letter is getting long will close before Mr.
W. B. gets here. All you cousins let your
letters fly to THELMA AUTREY.
Elza, Ga.
P. S. —Here is a dime for the orphan
children.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
let me join your happy band of boys and
girls? I am a Georgia boy, and, like most
of the cousins, live on a farm. I like farm
life fine. I enjoy hunting, fishing and
going in swimming. I think the letters
would be more interesting if they were
writetn on flowers or something besides de
scribing one’s self. Mamma and I have
started vs a flower yard this spring. If I
see this in print I will write again and tell
more about our flowers and chicks. With
love to Aunt Julia and cousins,
A new cousin,
RUFUS STOKES.
Hatcher Station, Ga.
Shows Labor Various
Crops Require
The approximate amount of labor
required to raise some of the more
important crops has been determin
ed by recent farm studies conducted
by the office of farm management,
United States department of agri
culture. The results show that it
requires the work of one man and
one horse for a ten-hour day to cut,
cure and harvest an acre of hay.
Oats, wheat, barley, rye, buckwheat
and millet consume more labor; un
der normal conditions these grains
require the labor of a man for two
days and for the horse three days.
Corn for the silo in the central states
consumes three days of man labor
and flfty-flve days of horse work.
Tobacco in Kentucky uses thirty-five
days of man labor against eight
days for the farm horse, but onions,
as determined through studies in
Ohio, sold in bunches, top the list
of vegetables in the amount of man
labor they require. Onions use 149
days of man work, but only ten of
horse work. Beets and carrots, also
sold in bunches, come next, with
eighty-two man-days to each acre
and eight days’ horse labor.
It is interesting to note that a
horse, in the eastern states, requires
twelve-hour days per year from his
master to care for him, and he con
tributes only three-quarters of one
day to his own upkeep—hauling feed,
etc. Dairy cows need eighteen days
from the marfd and two from h:s
horse each year.
These figures are given in farmer’s
bulletin 1139, to aid the farmer in
an analysis of his business. They
will be useful in assisting the farm
operator to estmiate his labor needs
for the next season.
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The Tri-Weekly Journal’s
Fashion Suggestions
A.
SET
An inexpensive set of undergar
ments can be made from this pat
tern, No. 8905, and trimmed as dainti
ly as desired. Included is a simple
little gertrude petticoat and a pair
of closed drawers.
The girl’s set, No. 8905, is cut in
sizes 1-2, 1,2, 4,6, 8, 10 and 12 years.
Size 4 requires 1 1-2 yards 36-inch
material, with 1 1-2 yards insertion,
2 5-8 yards edging and 2 yards 4-inch
flouncing for petticoat. The drawers
require 3-4 yard 36-ihch material.
Limited space prevents showing all
the new styles. We will send you our
32-page fashion magazine containing
all the good, new styles, dressmaking
helps, etc., for 5 cents, postage pre
paid, or 3 cents if ordered with a
pattern. Send 15 cents for magazine
and pattern.
In ordering patterns and maga
zines write your name clearly on a
sheet of paper and- inclose the price,
in stamns. Do not send your letters
to the Atlanta office but direct them
to— '
FASHION DEPARTMENT,
ATLANT JOURNAL,
32 East Eighteenth St.,
New York City.
MARY MEREDITMTADVIcF
TO LONELY GIRLS AT HOME
I a ma girl 16 years old, and am
coming to you for advice.
I am a girl 16 years old, and am
years old, and love him*dearly, and
he says he I‘oVes rhe better than any
one else and wants me to marry him.
His wife has been dead two years
and he has seven children. He has a
Buick “6” and comes to see me three
times a week.
Do you think' I would be doing
right if I should marry him? My
parents do fiot object to me going
with him.
Do you think he would make me a
good husband? His oldest child is
18 and is married. All his children
think lots of me. •
Don’t you 4 thfrik it is right for a
girl to marry the one she loves and
the one that'-suits her, than to marry
some other one your parents want
you to, and you don’t love him?
.What kind of dress would do for
my wedding- dress, and what kind
of hat and shoes.
This widower and myself are en>
gaged to marry October 25 and are
going north on our honeymoon.
Please print this and give me all
the advice you can. Have written
once beford' blit did not see it In
Print. a. B. C.
A. B. C.—You are rather
young to jnafry a widower 47
years old.' Are you sure it is
himself you love or the Buick
‘‘6’? It all very fine now
to ride arpund, in his car, and
have him show you much atten
tion, but it’is a funny thing how
quickly marriage changes these
little sentijpaents. He may love
you sufficient to do the right
thing by yotf.' After all, mar
riage is a.lottery, and one can
never tell how it will turn out.
A traveling suit is the most
suitable frock to marry in. One
of dark cloth -with hat and shoes
to correspond with it. Unless
you want a strictly evening af
fair the suit is the proper thing
tor the occasion. Velvet hats
are the newest for fall wear. The
shops have some beautiful ones
on display. A navy blue suit for
instance, and hat of rich brown
duvetyn and brown shoes would
look very nice, or blue velvet hat,
either you prefer.
I am coming to you for advice. I
am a girl nearing' the age of four
teen. I have brown eyes, black hair
fair complexion and weigh eighty
pounds. Do you think I weigh enough
for my age? Am I old enough to go
with the boys? If not, how old
should I be? I received a letter
from a boy and I Was not at home
and my brother got my letter and
read it, and he burnt it and would
not let me see it. Did he do right
in burning It? How should I fix
my hair and how long should I wear
my dresses? I think my father does
me wrong Sometimes and quarrels
at me and I think I shall leave home.
'Where is a good place for me? We’ll
miss Mary. I wrote once and got my
advice and wbote again and did not
see it printed at all. When I am at
school and every time I look at a
certain boy he laughs and must I
laugh at him? I think lots of this
boy. I hope to see this in the next
issue of The Journal. DEANOR.
Dearnor: I have often said be
fore that J do not see harm in a
girl of 14 having a few boy
friends, but at the same time I
do not mean she should go about
with men of all ages, and sit up
late at night entertaining them.
A few boy friends to meet at
your house occasionally is all
right. It is better to wait until
you are older before you think
too seriously of the male sex.
Your father should know best
what is for your good. I haven’t
the right to censure him for
burning your letter. And what
ever you do, my child, don’t get
the idea of “leaving home” in
your head, just now. You are
too young and inexperienced to
battle with, the world, and you
will live to regret the step if
you take it. Try to be patient
and hope for better things. Youth
is full of fire and excitement but
it is best ‘to hold yourself in
check now so that you will be
better able to cope with life
later, when real trials arise.
Take my advice and get the no
tion of leaving home out of your
head. Your father has the pow
er to bring you back, and it will
only cause - your parents, and,
most of all, yourself, much sor
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The Country Home
BY MRS. W. H. FELTON
This Rainy Soascai
For more than ten days in my im
mediate section of tne country we
have had drenching rain storms.
Sometimes they continue all night,
occasionally all day. The electrical
storms have been many. Fortunate
ly we have had no violent wind
storms during this flood experience.
In the gardens the vegetables have
been injured. The tomato crop has
suffered.
The weeds have grown to unusual
height and choked the plants.
I saw a notice in the newspapers
reporting the wise sayings of the
weather man where fifty-two inches
of rain have fallen since 1920 was
ushered in. If I am not mistaken
in my readings or remembrance,
forty-two is our allowance during
the entire twelve months.
So we are ahead at a most
unusual pace, as to the annual rain
fall.
Scarcity of labor has made repairs
very difficult. Rotten roofs are both
ering all sorts of house owners. The
continuous rain has made piazzas
and porches need attention, etc, etc.
So there are various hindrances be
side the overflows in the low
grounds and a great deal more weed
for cotton stalks than usual. Never
theless there is some comfort to be
extracted. Upland corn has had an
extraordinary showing. In a drouthy
year upland corn always has a dull
time of it and a general poor yield.
A wet vear will give you more com
and more fodder (if it can be cured
and housed) than a dry one. With
good seasons potatoes will yield
more liberally.
To sum it up we generally get
along with what the Almighty sends
on us. and it also rains on the just
as well as the unjust—and there is
seed for the sower —next year. So
take heart, and be thankful.
We. should be thankful it is as
well with us as it is. We have been
blessed!
The speculators are hammering
the cotton market, so it is well to
add a word of caution about selling
too soon.
It stands to reason and common
sense that the world is anxious and
ready to handle cotton. Don’t allow
yourself to be persuaded to sell as
soon as the cotton price is lowered
to catch the unwary farmers.
It is obliged to bring a good price
when the manufacturer wants it so
much and the need of raw cotton is
so great.
Don’t get scared at your own
shadow. If you are wise you will
not dump it on the market until you
have time to recollect how anxious
the world is for the southern cotton.
Unrest and Uncertainty
A state of unrest in any country
will upset the existing order and will
militate against contentment and
public quiet. Therefore it was to be
expected that all Europe would get
in a tangle after the late war be
tween the allied nations of Great
Britain, France, Italy and Russia
against Germany and Austria.
War has broken out again be
tween Russia and Poland. Ireland is
in a seething state of revolt against
England, and bloodshed is reported
in every day’s newspaper.
But this article does not propose
to deal with European difficulties.
We have unrest and uncertainty he:’e
in the United States quite suffi
cient to awaken apprehension among
the sane and sensible, citizens of
America. Strikes are getting more
and more frequent. One is now
convulsing upper Illinois and Denver
has been in civil strife for a week
or more. Such strikes affect the
general reputation of our common
country. They will hinder progress
and shrink the population. Those
who were preparing to build new
plants—for conserving food and en
couraging production—will postpone
such efforts until a more propetitious
season. They disorganize, they scat
ter labor, they block transportation
and cause a tendency towards hoard
iirig capital rather than exploiting it
in public endeavors or private in
vestments. They chill the properties
involved, almost to bankruptcy.
They create suspicions, while de
stroying confidence between the man
who works for daily wages and
the man who' signs (he paychecks
for the laborer at the end of the
week. An exodus commonly succeeds
a strike. -
The United States is feeling this
unrest at a time when it more than
ever needs The drain on
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foodstuffs which were shipped across
the sea has not been followed up by
increased activities in the field, the
loom' or the mine. The* people who
get enormous day wages on railroads
are not contented. They demand
more. Only last week there waS a
bonus issued by the federal govern
ment to express companies of $30,-
000,000. But this raise of 18*bents
per hour, while it lasts, will only
whet the appetite for another raise
“before many moons shall wax and
wane.”
Every raise comes out of the con
sumer, and thus the unrest and un
certainty continually grows with its
growth and strengthens with its
strength. It is leading to a crisis.
What that crisis will uncover or pre-,
cipitate no man knows, but when
ever the clash comes between the
men who demand and the men who
are too exhausted to pay, it is safe
to predict military rule or the reign
of mob law.
The exodus of colored labor from
my immediate section is very mark
ed in many of its features. As time,
rolls on there will come an im
perative demand for some other sort
of labor. In the early days of our
republic slave labfjr was Drought in.
When Ireland began to transfer its
unhappy ones to the United States,
then brawn and mtiscle built the
early railroads. Then followed the
flood of emigrants from northern
Europe to the western states and ter
ritories. All these emigrants sought
better things in the United States
of America.
Japan and China sent labor to tU*
Pacific slope to make that country
blossom as the rose. As the situa
tion appeals to my mind today, the
exodus of colored labor will demand
other sorts of foreign labor in Geor
gia.
The unrest will continue, and the
uncertainty will harass our people,
and is likely to harass our
for many years to come.
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