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THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER AND THE MODERN HOUSEWIFE
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
BY DR. ANDREW M. SOULE
Some Additional South Georgia
Fann Problems
South Georgia is a great empire in
itself. It is a relatively new section
of the state and, therefore, much re
mains to be done in the way of clear
ing lands and building farm fences.
This fact in itself makes it difficult
to aidvise extensive changes in pres
ent practices without adding greatly
to the financial outlay, which must
be made at this time. Naturally
with financial conditions such as
they are this is one of the very
things which it is most desired to
avoid. We are firmly convinced
that where one wishes to produce
hogs with the greatest economy fit
is necessary that the fields be fenced.
We realize that it is exceedingly dif
ficult to anticipate the accomplish
ment of this end under existing con
ditions. To this end an endeavor
has been made to figure out some
plan whereby the farmer may be
able to maintain a reasonable num
ber of hogs by omy fencing in rela
tively small sections of land. This
greatly minimizes the outlay for
fencing whk h would otherwise be
necessary and seems to present and
outline plans which are wholly feas
ible into Imuiediate practice.
The system recommended below
should, of course, be recognized
whollv as an emergency proposition,
for naturally ar y farmer who looks
forward to handling hogs extensively
and on a grazing basis will find it
necessary ten get his entire farm un-
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I fler fence as rapidly as'may be feas
ible. Those who have up with
the recommendations we have pre
viously made with reference to farm
ing plans for south Georgia will ob
serve that the plans set forth below
are quite simi'ar to the one suggest
ed for the farm witih fences. It
could not well be otherwise, as the
farm practices of any given section
cannot te varied indefinitely or on
too extensive a basis.
Cropping System for a Two-Mule
South Georgia Farm in Sections
Where Fields Are Not
Fenced
Crops. Acres.
Cotton «• 15
Corn and velvet beans 22
Oats followed by peas 8
Wheat on heavy soils followed
by peas 4
Miscellaneous cash crops 7
Grazing crops:
Spanish peanuts ! 2
Rye, oats and rape 2
♦Sweet potatoes 1
♦Peanuts 1
Millet and sorghum 2
Home supplies 2
Permanent pasture 10
♦Select one or two.
Miscellaneous crops: Sweet pota
toes, peanuts, tobacco, sugar cane
for syrup, melons, rice.
Cotton is made an important crop
and feed fe provided for the hogs on
the farm. The acreages indicated
include as well the food and feed
crops necessary for the maintenance
of the farm. <
Since the fields cannot be grazed,
peanuts are omitted from the corn.
Both the corn and velvet beans must
be gathered by hand and fed to the
hogs. Velvet beans which have been
soaked in water for twenty-four
hours have proven an excellent feed
to supplement corn for hogs. The
grazing crop plan has been changed
slightly in order to reduce to a mini
mum the amount of fencing re
quired. During late winter and
spring, hogs are grazed on rye, oats
and rape, which are planted sepa-*
rately or mixed. Cattail millet and
early amber sorghum, supplemented
by a permanent pasture, provides
grazing durng the summer months.
As soon as the Spanish peanuts are
ready*the hog: commence their fin
ishing period. Sweet potatoes and
peanuts are planted after the rye,
oats and rape. This provides grazing
after the early Spanish peanuts
have been finished. Corn should be
thrown in to supplement the pea
nuts and sweet potatoes.
Cropping Plans for FArms Operated
With Share Croppers
Tile farm which is operated with
share croppers presents some prob
lems which are different from those
which confront the operator of a
small one-family farm. In the case
of the cropper farm, the share crop
per received as /pay for his labor
one-half of all that he raises. In the
one-family farm the work is either
done by members of the family or
hired labor. There is very little profit
to the operator from corn, oats or
wheat when raised by share crop
pers. Under this system the cost
of production is materially in
creased. Yet these crops must be
raised in order to provide for the
croppers and their families and feed
for the live stock. Before the boll
weevil came, many farmers pur
chased all supplies, including hay
and grain, because cotton was more
profitable? Such practice now in
volves too much risk and has been
practically abandoned. /
The problem that the operator of
q cropper farm now faces is to grow
the food and feedstuffs needed on
the farm and at the same time so
organize the business that the farm
will return a profit. The growing of '
the maintenance crops are necessary
insurance, while t the making of a
profit is essential* if the operator
stays in business.
Maintenance of a Cropper Family
No figures are available which
give the average size of a share
i cropper’s family. In the absence of
• such figures, we have assumed the
• average to be about three adults or
• their equivalent. A cropper having
’ a larger family than this would very
■ likely operate two plows or get a
■ mule and become a renter. Since the
! plans are based upon one cropper
1 to the plow a family which operates
1 two plows would count as two crop
pers.
> On the basis of three to the family
and using the same standard per
adult, as in the previous calcula
tions, the crops necessary to main
. tain the share croppers woud be as
, | follows:
Maintenance of Cropper’s Family
1 •, Per Plow
! Corn 5 1-2 acres
Wheat 2 1-2 acres
Garden 1 1-2 acres
This furnishes food for the family
and feed for one cow, three hogs
and fifteen hens.
Feed for One Mule
Corn 3 1-2 acres
Oats 2 acres
If each cropper raised eleven acres
of corn his half would provide for
his own needs, while the operator’s
share of 51-2 would furnish
corn for the mule and have a sur-.
plus of two acres. This surplus can
be profitably used as feed for hogs.
'Should the cropper be required to
grow the wheat and oats needed for
his maintenance, he would have t 6
grow the wheat and oats needed
for his maintenance, he would have
to grow double the amount required.
In that case the cropper would have
two acres of surplus oats and the
operator would have two and a half
acres of surplus wheat. Neither
would profit greatly from the small
grain. It appears that a better sys
tem would be for the cropper to
grow what corn is necessary to
maintain him. as much cotton as
he can handle under boll weevil con
, ditions, and then devote the rest of
his available time/ to other cash
crops. What oats and wheat are
necessary to maintain the farm can
be grown to better advantage by
the operator or by wage hands. The
hog grazing crops and the extra
corn needed for the hogs can also
be grown more profitably by wage
hands.
The following plan suggests a
cropping system in which the prin
ciples discussed are applied to
a four-mule farm. farm is work
ed by three shareTroppers and, one
wage hand. The wages crop may
be worked by the operator. Five
sows and their progeny of fifty pigs
are provided in addition to the cash
crops.
Cropping Plan for a Four-Mule
South Georgia Farm Operated
with Share Croppers
Crops Raised by Three Croppers
Crop Acres per Plow : Total
Cotton 10 30
porn with velvet beans
and peanuts 11 33
Miscellaneous cash
crops 9 27
30 90
Wages Crop
Wheat r.. 11
Oats 10
Corn with velvet
beans and peanuts .. 13
Hog grazing crops .... 15
49 i 49 '
' 139
The 49 acres in the wages crop 1
could not be handled by one man
and one mule, but since 21 acres
is in small grain and T 5 acres is in
grazing crops, the work could be
i done by using all four mules at
times. Extra labor would have to
be hired at planting and harvest
times. This plan can be adapted
to larger farms, if the proportion
of one wage crop to every three
croppers is maintained.
j The optional cash crops and the
hog grazing crops which were dis
cussed in connection with the two
mule family farm, can be used on !
the erppper farm.
Feednig the Corn and Cotton Crop
in 1923
A. J. C., Arabi, Ga., writes:
I want the analysis of a high
grade fertilizer for corn and cot
ton for pimply sp.ndy land.
What about Arcadian sulphate
ammonia?
The pimply land to which you re
fer is, no doubt, known' technically
as the Tifton Sandy Loam. This is !
an excellent type of soil, in fact, one
of the very best in south Georgia,
and, for that matter, in the state.
This land is in excellent physical
condition and if well enriched with
| vegetable matter and suitably fer
i tilized will make good crops of corn.
| Under the conditions prevailing at
I this time it is best to plant corn on
! the bottom lands as far as possible.
This is due to the great need of corn
for an abundant water supply. In
your part of Georgia we would plant
corn in a deep furrow and work the i
soil to it throughout the growing
season. A part of the fertilizer may >
be put under the drill row at the '
time the corn is planted. If you ex-1
pect to use, say 500 pounds per acre, |
do not put more than 100 to 200
pounds under the corn and the re
mainder as a side application aftei’
the corn has reached a height, say of
about 12 to 15 inches. Putting the
side application on later would prob
ably not stimulate the crop to the
extent you desire.
For your section we would advo
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3.5 to 4 per cent nitrogen, 9 to 10
per cent phosphoric acid, and 3 to
I 4 per cent potash. No doubt you will
think this is a very high grade fer- !
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in the end it will be found to be the i
most economical. You can use Area- ■
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preparation of this formula if you
, wish. It makes very little difference
what carriers of plant fodo you use if
they furnish you the available plant
food in the cheapest form. To pre
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grade material. If you mix together
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pounds of high-grade Arcadian sul
phate you will have a fertilizer ap
proximating the percentages sug
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All letters not *o exceed 150 to 200 words.
Dear Children: This letter is really to the older girls. X
to ask how they woqld like for me to have a “quiz box” at the close
of my letters. Just six questions and answers tibout such matters as
what cloths are good for the summer dresses. What styles are good
for girls of different ages. What are the best styles in hair dressing,
just personal things. Now you girls write me whether you’d like
this. Lovingly, AUNT JULIA.
Bear Aunt Julia and Cousins:
Many thanks for admittance, auntie, and
here 1 am, knocking again. I want to say
that no one has replied to my request for
the book, but don’t think for one minute
that I am discouraged; instead, I’m going
to make another request. I have made a
little book for pasting pictures’ on and k
want every cousin, no matter how homely
or beautiful you may be, to send me one
or more of your photos. As yet I have
found no name for my book. So here’s a
proposition: To the girl I’ll box of
stationery, and to the boy a silfer pencil,
who sends in the best name for my book.
I’m doing this merely to encourage you
cousins to write. I will send in a letter
soon stating the winners, also the number
of pictures I receive. Now, dear cousins,
please don’t disappoint me, and I’m still
hoping that some one will send me the
book, “Opening a Chestnut Burr.” Please
remember me as your cousin,
AGNES KEEN.
Galloway, Ela., Box. 52,
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
admit another little Georgia girl intb your
happy circle? I am going to high sbhool
and like it fine, but I guess you will be
surprised when I tell you how I look. lam
seventeen years old. I will describe myself
if you will promise me you won’t run. So
here goes, catch U: 1 am five feet seven
inches tall, fair complexion, brown eyes,
long, yellow, curly hair. I had better quit
before you leave. I will answer all letters
received. From' a cousin.
RUBIE HOWARD.
Elberton, Ga., Route 6.
Dear- Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
please admit another Georgia boy into your
happy band of boys and girls? I have
never written to you before, but I hope I
will be admitted. I live on a farm and
like farm life fine. Well, as it is the
rule, I will describe myself, so here I fko:
I have light hair, fair complexion, blue
eyes, am five feet five and a half inches
tall, weigh about 150 pounds. My age is
between fourteen and eighteen years. I
will be delighted to correspond with some
of you boys and girls, so let your letters
and cards fly. Will answer them, or try.
Love to all. A new cousin,
EARL MALONEY.
Gore, Ga.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
let a Georgia boy join your band of,<toys
and girls? I live on a farm and like
farm life fine. I live near LaGrange. It
is a pletty little town. I go to school
and enjoy it very much. As most of the
cousins describe themselves, I will do so,
too. I have light hair, blue eyes ai.d
lair complexion, weigh about 122 pounds,
am eighteen years young. If any of the
boys and giMs wish to correspond with a
lonely Georgia boy, just let your letters
fly to GARNETT DANIEL.
R. F. D. No. 5, LaGrange Ga.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Here I
come again for admittance to your happy
corner. 1 wrote once before and my letter
was printed, and ,1 received several fine
letters, which were greatly appreciated. 1
have answered them ail so far. I think
it is' very nice to have a letter box where
the young folks can get acquainted. I have
gained many friends through it. I guess
by the time this is printed it will be about
Christmas, so I will wish Aunt Julia and
all of the cousins a merry Christmas. I
will close for this time, hoping to heai
from some of the cousins. So please let
your letters fly to LENOX GILLESPIE.
It. F. D. Noj 5, LaGrange, Ga.
Dear Aunt Julia: Will you please let me
in for a short chat? Cousins, some of you
all write to me. I vVill describe myself
and go: Light hair, blue eyes, fair com
plexion, weigh 102 pounds, and I’ll leave
my age for you all to guess it, between
,-leven and sixteen. So good-bye to all.
ARViA MINCEY.
11. F. D. No. 1, Box oil, I’reston, Ga.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
let another Georgia girl into your happy
band of cousins? Well, as I am a new one,
I will describe myself: Have brown hair,
brown eyes and dark complexion, and five
feet three inches tall. I am fourteen
years old. I have, three sisters and two
brothers, so I don't get very lonesome. I
live eight miles from Fort Valley, on the
Fort Valley road. I go to school at Hob
son institute. I am in the ninth grade,
many of your cousins are members of
Sunday schools? I am. < went to Sunday
school this morning and had to come back
home in the rain. I sure do like to go.
How many of jjgur cousins like flowers? j
do. I like to sew and cook and make tat
ting. Have any of you cousins any new
designs? I would be glad to correspond
with the cousins. I will answer all the
letters and cards I get. Your new cousin.
HATTIE BOSTWICK.
Fort Valley, Ga.. R. F. D. No. 2.
Dear Auntie and Coiifins: Will you all
admit three Georgia girts into your happy
band of boys and girls? We are going to
school and in the sixth and seventh grades.
We certainly do have a good time together.
Our teacher’s name is Miss Sarah Robert
son. We will describe ourselves, so don’t <
run; I, Blanche, have dark hair, blue eyes
and fair complexion, and am fifteen years J
of age. I, Cora, have dark hair, blue eyes ;
and fair completion, and am fourteen years I
of age. I, Addie Lee, have light hair, blue
eyes and fair complexion, and am sixteen
years of age. We would like to hear from
the cousins. Much love to Aunt Julia ami
all the cousins. Your new cousins.
BLANCHE HOLDEN,
CORA WILLIAMS,
ADDIE LEE TUCKER.
Alpharetta. Ga., Route 2.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
let a Georgia girl join your happy ban! ;
of boys and girls? This is the first time i
I have written to you. I live in the conn- I
try. I will describe myself: I have fair
complexion, blue eyes and light hair and
am 13 years qld, weigh OS pounds and am ■
5 feet 3 inches high. I like to read th*
cousins’ corner. All of you cousins write
to me. I will answer all letters or cards
I receive. Your new niece and cousin,
BLZIE EARL.
Alpharetta, Ga., Route 1.
Dear Aunt Julia: Will you please admit
another member into your merry circle, as
I will promise not to .stay lang? Wonder
what you all do for pastime. I go to
school and help do the housework. My t
classnfate is Margie Goddard. I live on a
farm and like country lisb fine. I guess I
you cousins are wondering how I look. I •
will describe myself and go: Brown hair. I
blue eyes, fair complexion, weigh 90 pounds, 1
am 4 feet and 9 inches tall. If any of
you boys and girls want to write to a
Georgia girl, let your letters fly to a new .
eonsin. MISS STEVIE WADE. i
Stone Mountain, Ga., Route 3.
Hello, Aunt Julia and Cousins! Will you i
admit two jolly Georgia girls into your i
happy band of boys and girls? What are '
you cousins going to do Christmas? We
are expecting a nice time. As it seems a
rule we will describe ourselves. I, Grace,
have light brown, curly hair, brown eyes,
fair complexion and fourteen years old. I.
Ruth, age fourteen, have brown eyes, black
curly hair. We would like to hear from
some of you cousins exchange photos.
Your *w cousins.
GRACE WALDEN. |
RUTH KERNS,
Lumber City, Ga., Route 1.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you I
admit two Georgia girls into your happy
band? We are going to school and are liking
it fine we are in the-eighth grade. |
We bav£- a fine teacher and like him. i
Well, Aunt Julia, as it is the rule, I will
describe myself: I, Sabrla. have dark brown
hair and dafk brown eyes, fair complexion,
age 15. I. Mildred, have dark brown hair
and blue eyes and dark complexion, age 15.
We live in Elbert county; so if any of you
cousins wish to write to us, we will answer
all that we receive. Address ,
(MISS) SABRIA PARTAIN.
Elberton, Ga., R. F. D. 6.
(MISS) MILDRED GAINES.
Elberton, G.v, R. F. D. 6.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will yon
admit two Georgia girls into your happ
circle? Wonder what you cousins are doir
these cold days? We are just having a j< 1
time. Well, as it is the rule, we will d
scribe ourselves: I, Mary, am 5 feet 4 inc'
Jail, brown hair, grey eyes, fair comp!--
ion, age 18 and weigh 148 pounds. I. I.
cile, am 5 feet 3 inches tall, dark brow.i
hair, blue fair complexion, weigh 124 |
MARY MEREDITH’S ADVICE
TO LONELY GIRLS AT HOME
I am coming to you for some ad
vice, as I have read a great deal of
the advice that you have given to
other girls.
I am a young girl of nineteen. Do
you think that I am too young to
marry a man of thirty-five if we
love one another as we should? Do
you think the difference in our ages
would affect our happiness? I have
been with many young men and en
joyed their company very much,
though I’ve never cared for any
onp as I dp this person. He lives
near my home, and has proven to
be a gentleman in all respects. My
family admire him—other people,
too, like him. Thanks for your ad
vice. Yours truly,
M. J.
Sixteen years is quite a differ
ence in your ages. But the man is
still under forty and he may be of
a disposition to remain young in
thought, spirit and looks for many
years to come. He may be very
congenial with you. The saying to
be “an old man’s darling” is very
true, and personally it is safer to
choose a man older, because women
break early. As long as you are
youthful and fresh-looking, you can
a faithful spouse.
I am coming to-you for advice. I
am nineteen years of age, weigh
130 pounds, have light complexion,
dark hair and am in love with a boy
eighteen, and he wants me to marry
him. He has been going with me
over three years, and when I am
around him he acts like he is crazy
about me.
Which color is suitable to marry
in?
How late should a boy stay when
he comes to see me at night?
I am thanking you for your best
advice. BLUE EYES
It is better for the man to be
older than the woman when the
question of marriage and life-time
partnership is decided upon. There
is so little difference in your age
and the age of your future hus
band it isn’t worth considering. I
know several couples about the same
age wlw seem to be very happy, and
I am inclined to think it is a mat
ter of love, faith, bear and fore
bear. You are the best judge of
your sweetheart’s capacity for mak
ing you happy. Do your part and
he will do his—if he has any de
pendable traits of character.
The color which suits your style
of beauty. Brown, tan, Harding
blue, midnight blue, grey and white
are the popular colors for traveling
suits, or informal weddings.
He should leave before 12 o’clock
Usually 10:30 to 11 o’clock is late
enough for a man to stay.
I want to buy a knitting machine,
and I know a lot of people who
would buy socks from me. If I
get one and sell the socks don’t you
think I would sell enough to get
my money back and then what I
made over would be mine? Do you
think the knitter would ever wear
out if taken good care of? Please
tell me what you think best. Thanks
for all advice.
A JOURNAL READER.
Yes, if you are a hustler, wide
awake and determined to make it a
success. But in the beginning you
rill have/many hindrances, you will
be discouraged, you will feel the
effort is too large, you will feel as
if you are defeated. From my
varied experiences, I say, if you
start it, stick tb it—every day, everv
month —working all the time. And
I will be willing to bet it will pay
you in the end.
Please tell me in the next Journal
where I can get a good Easter and
Children’s day program, as I want
to find out in time. Many thanks
to you. V. M. F.
Write to Miss Tucker, secretary of
Atlanta Y. W. C. A. Send stamped,
addressed envelope, she will give
you all information in regard to
Easter program book.
pounds, ag* 18. I, Mary, go to school every
day and am in the tenth grade. I, Lucile,
am in the eighth grade and like school fine.
Wishing all of you cohsins and Aunt Julia
a hearty thanksgiving and a merry Christ
mas and best wishes to all through the
future. From two new. cousins, >
MABY GAINES. I
Elberton, Ga., Route 6. I
LUCILE ADAMS. |
Hart well, Route 3.
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of boys and girls. We go to school to
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I, Bertha, am 5 feet 2 inches tall, long
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blue eyes and fair complexion, age fourteen.
Well, we hear Mr. W. B. coming, so we
had better go. All you cousines write to
us. We will answer all letters received.
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THE COUNTRY HOME
The Folly of Nations
A book with this title has come
from the press in 1921. It is writ
ten by War Correspondent Palmer,
who has made a business of follow
ing in the wake of armies for years
and giving his impressions for the
leading newspapers of the United
States. He is a trained journalist,
and? understands subject. He
calls war the supreme folly of na
tions. He might have said war is
the scourge of any nation. He
might have kept within reasoflable
limits if ,he had said, the Almighty
sent wars on the Jews, as punish
ment of their transgressions, and
what He might do at one time,
might be permitted to happen at
another time—if similar transgres
sipns were in evidence. Deity is
romniscent. Also omnipotent. Some
nations are pushed into war, mean
while they do everything possible
to avoid and evade it. There are
obliged to be such defending nations
who tremble at the thought of war,
but like the 'people who are pressed
into court, to defend either life or
property, the situation is imperative
—cannot be stopped or evaded —
when the militant oppressor fiiakes
attack.
Europe had been contemplating a
world war for a good many years.
Time and again the fatal word was
about to pass, when something
would occur to delay the onset.
Since Bismark’s time Germany
has been regularly engaged training
soldiers and collecting weapons in
store. Prussianism meant war prep
aration. When Germany had be
come a solid military camp and sup
plied Tjrith Krupp guns, something
had to happen, or the reaction would
abolish kaiserism.
If there was failure to provoke
war on the outside, there would be
civil strife, which is always
I mean internecine war—strife. How 1
foolish it was nobody knows better
than former Kaiser William, as he
chops firewood today in exile, and
pays the cost of his monumental
folly In his gloomy old age! He is
too old to Prussianize Germany
again if he is given a chance, and
he would be contemptible to face
tjje mourning parents whose sons
"were in a manner assassinated to
satisfy the tyrant’s unholy ambition.
Wilheim was, without question,
the foremost man in all Europe, in
the immediate years before 1914. He
“felt his 'keeping,” to use a slang
phrase. He was close akin to King
George, of England, and the Czarina
of Russia. He looked down, haughti
ly, on bbth of them. But George, of
Great Britain, is 'a shrewder, if not
a better man. than the Gerntan.
The other day, King George threw
open every prison door in Ireland,
and told the imprisonea'-Irish t 6
‘ come out and be free, This monarch
: has grown sick of war fplly, and
! no one knew better than \he that
war in his oWn dominion', would
, wind up the monarch business for
! such as he. He knew by experience
that war is the “folly of nations.”
The czar's fate and the miserable
czarina tested out this folly of na
tions. There was nothing but de
struction to this complete European
monarchy. They were the richest
people on the globe. They were
most powerful as to life and death
ovex- Russian people. But war wiped
off their state and left them, beyond
measure, the most helpless of mor
tals. The great bubble collapsed m
blackest tragedy.
I wish everybody cculd read this
“Folly of Nations.” , There have
been Alexanders and ( -apoleons, but
those that become r .able by war
are* the surest to dfS'.inish by war.
War will scourge *the foolish peo
ple.
The present condition of Europe,
after the folly of nations took con
trol, should be an objecP lesson to
America. “Whatever is to be wiL
be,” says the fatalist. Whoever
rushes into war heedlessly will pay
the penalty for wilful folly. Nothing
surer, and the southern states
even as the north, east and west,
are suffering fro mcrime waves that
were never imagined, nor expected
to come over the most blessed of all
the nations of the earth.
Our people are not starving, dying
with hunger, as they are in Russia,
and once-proud Austria, but Amer
ica is paying the heavy cost for
rushing into the prevailing and de
moralizing folly of nations.
The Disastrous Extravagance of the
Shipping Board
As long as this republic survives,
and we are hoping it may continue ■
to function always, the story of the
shipping board with its waste of
public money will head the list of
financial tragedies, do matter where
they are chronicled in ancient or mod
ern history. Today the confiding
people of this country are face to
face with the delft of $3,500,000,000,
and are taxed to pay the interest
and also suffer the loss of the major
part of it. Its affairs came before
the attention of c ongress, as shown
in the Congressional Record of Jan
uary 19, last week. The chairman
of the investigating committee thus
expressed himself: “These—..people
contracted for ships. They took over
ships. They took over shipyards and
built new ship yards. They became
shipbuilders. They were bankers.
They were financiers. They furnish
ed money to all sorts and characters
of combinations. They w-ere general
contractors. They were wholesale
dealers in lumber. They were mer
chants. They were owners of every
character and conceivable kind of
business. They owned forests meas
ured by thousands of acres. They
were insurance companies doing all
character of maritime insurance.
They built and operated street rail
ways, interurban railways, and oth
er railroads. Thy built hotels. The
largest hotel ever bxjiit by the hand
of man was built by this shipping
board. They owned entire towns,
fitted up in a permanent way, with
paved streets and all the appurte-
completely by morning and you will
feel splendid. “They work while you
sleep ” Cascarets never stir you up
or gripe like Salts, Pills, Calomel,
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nances of a modern municipality.
The big hotel was built just outside
of Philadelphia. They built thou
sands of miles of paving, water
mains, gas mains, sewer mains. They
built moving picture houses, hos
pitals ajnd all the necessities of mu
nicipal life.
They constructed and operated
fuel oil stations all over the world.
They organized shipping agencies all
over the world. The accounts are
so scattered it is impossible to form
any conclusion as to financial situa
tion. For instance: 'A gentleman
who felt he owed the shipping board
$200,000, and who wanted to settle,
came to Washington to make a set
tlement. They searched in 210
places, and instead of the man owing
them $200,000, they owed him SBOO,-
000. This is one example out of
thousands. They seemed to make
freaks—their managing agents.
They took hairdressers out of hair
dressing pallors and made them
managers for this great emergency
fleet corporation, as purchasing
agents to buy entire cargoes for the
use of the crews. In some cases be
fore they would land in a port they
would dump everything into the sea
so they might buy another outfit
where they landed. This $3,500,000,-
000 wrung out of the pockets of the
taxpayers of this country was spent
in such ways. The property thu?
owned was found in 700 different
places scattered all over the world.
At Hog island there were 12,000 dif
ferent characters of property com
prising millions. The inventory cov
ered 11,000 type-written sheets. En
gaged in the count were 300 emer
gency fleet employes, 2,500 checkers
and typwriters, and they got out
these figures, allowing for exten
sions, in two months.
It was as xxitten as it could be,
when this congress took hold of it
You cannot give the useless ships
away. They have about 800 ships
in James river, three-fourths steel
and the balance wood. ‘ln July, 1921.
I there were 275 of these ships tied up.
There were 180 employes to take
care of them at an annual cost of
$226,656. “A congressman- rose to
say that if the government needed
a breakwater it might be well to fill
them with stone and sink them.”
"Those ships,” said the chairman
“had never been used, were never fit
for use and there is no prospect for
selling them. ...” Try to bring it to
yourselves that you have over S3OO.
000,000 law suits filed you
all the way from Hawaii to th.
Philippine islands, in the courts o.
admiralty, in the civil courts, in the'
U. S. courts, and you are constantly
being faced with the biggest lawyer
in the U. S. and drawing salarie:
of hundreds of thousands of dollar;
a year to serve their clients.
“Much has been said about th
Government Housing corporatioi
and the continuance of these govern
ment hotels. There are 1,800 girl:
down there in Washington now ir
one of these hotels.”
Said the chairman there are nov.
75,974 civil service employes in th
District of The excoriatio:
of whstt is known abroad as “Th
Fine Arts commission” was thor
ough and complete. It is too long,
to copy here for our country home
readers, but it is interesting. All of
these statements have been printed
and any person who wishes to ex
amine for himself or herself can
sibly procure a copy from their
congressman. The Vocational Train
ing school expenses are gone into
elaborately. At this time there are
•22,900 trainees, as the pupils are
called. The increase in number is so
rapid that the number is expected
to reach in 1922 more than a hun
dred thousand. The average cost pex*
pupil to the government is $142 per
month. These 22,000 are supposed t%
be taught and supported in abarfll
doned military camps as a rele. The
Report is not pleased with the sys
tem nor the results, as they have
been obtained by investigation.
In my opinion the better way
would be for each state t. pay at
tention to their own ex-service men
in already provided schools, col
leges and universities. Georgia has
many teaching places and it seems
reasonable that they could be well
provided with fundamental educa
tion with far less expense to the
general government. We understand
these vocational schools are foi
white and colored ex-service men,
and only for the disabled of that
class of soldiers.
One hundred and forty-two dol
lars per month for a ten-months’
session means $1,420 per trainee.!
All these things are going on, ahd
I hiuve had the time and opportunity
to collect a few of the data for the
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