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Gf ° nria f °ind ? lrirl» belonged
f i it club work.
k in . °i what th<j
toe have a?^*'
club
1 7 think you will agree
if boys and girl" are
, the a* ove mentioned
lt .y will devclope into
• c '"‘ There will be four
Club project.
^coui-y «te ycr. Namely
lf calf club and pig or
"lb. The calf club will not
to any extent before
' ^nter but the boys and girls
lUiyhu'vdvcwUl bu wurk.
U duriuc the >'«r. Should
h 0 .j ifr? that desire to pur-
” juitbrcd calves at this time
ail, tc clad to assist them in do-
ri l be encouraged to plant
,s,„ possible to do ao for it
‘IjBd by all. I am »ure, that
„ .tonld be produced and that it
u 1» produced more eeonomical-
j, bopped that a pork club can
oraaniis.! with l ' oth the >loy “ nnd
b and the adults of the county. It
UbjB '.hat by allowing the use
4, pad.' pics in this conteat that
and irirls and adults
| b* interested
or more hogs in this contest.
* thought that prizes of some
j will be offered for those leading
“to ^ft contest just what prizes
U V* offered is not known at this
, The lofll Fair Association will
w to offer prizes for
« exhibiting at the fair this fall.
iio ia organizing a club of this
» to cet enough hogs, number
k in the county by next fall to
a cooperative sale. Brown, the
fend agent, is also working along
line and we should be able to
• three cars of hogs in
itember or October.
Every farmer and every farm
' and girl <
t that will weigh 200 pounds bv
kt without hardly missing the
•Ait the hogs will eat. Select
namber of March pigs that yo
and notify me a
Let» put this contest «
and let this be the Leginning of
cooperative hog tales. If this
Ksful it, will no doubt
renewed in December for tl
inter months with another sale
lind for March. Think what it will
able to sell two
xhej of hogs annually,
you hare a boy or girl between
M» of lit and 20 encourage
to enroll in one of the above
projects. The phase
ork yourself.
' Not Save on C©«* of Ferti
xve from five to
«n dollars per ton by mixing their
fertilizers on the farm. This
worthy of consideration
e way to make your ferti-
bill smaller than it
I will L* glad to assist any
toacr figure out the kind of ferti-
p ded for your crops also the
«f such fertilizer. I will, be i
JV, office all day every Saturday.
k 01 me v; hen I can bo of service
you.
Curb M.rkel Vi.ited
Fanners market in Athens
>i hit week by ten of Baldwin's
r ' , ' U J ‘» impressive sight to
‘ I 1 1 sure that every per-
made the trip realizes as
^ [ '* :i, rt . th t . importance Q f such
,„/* ,n a, ->' community. Farmer
*«* 4r "' r r< ‘^ a *ed 1° us how they
•"pporting their family by this
of them said that
th.. mr, i t-i.# _
ir .. '- atKet as a means of
wot-M x • children* way through
ton*," ■ ptrccn t of the mer-
! 1 how the market
^heir sales and how it
' ' ‘be farmer
I reI 'eved ther
>n a cash Lasis
of having to !
several months I
■** year.
m,w under way to open i
'^ ZJ nnThl here Milledge-
7*“"* m May. The rue-1
hffcly 5a ‘ ls t markf ‘ t will depend . y
to* y ° u - II is your market.'
^°Pe tha t °y tr °' nR to do abbut it? .
°* v * ^».‘ ,u arc making plans to
^ery k! 7 hore the r,ra t day,
y thm a,ter - !
" in » in *' 11 me « n much to <
'** *he,l r,ut yonv shoulder to
The .no.™, of
Federal
In the above advertisement published in
Georgia newspapers last fall, and in other ad
vertisements, this Company has asserted that
(1) its electric rates have been greatly reduced
the past few years, (2) its rates are among the
lowest in the nation, and (3) its earnings are a
modest return on the capital invested.
These statements have now been verified
by investigators of the FEDERAL
TRADE COMMISSION.
Under the authority of U. S. Senate Resolu
tion 83, the Federal Trade Commission in
Washington has been making, since 1928, an
investigation into the operations of electric light
and power companies of the United States, in
cluding the Georgia Power Company.
The nature of the Federal Trade Commis
sion's investigation has not been such that
anyone has charged it with partiality toward
the public utilities.
As a part of the investigation, official inves
tigators of the Commission came to Atlanta
and spent months going over the Company’s
books, with free access to any and all of the
Company’s records. Then they made their re
ports to the inquisitorial body.
Figures reported to the Commission by one
of the investigators (Page 67, Economic Divi
sion report) showed that:
1. Average residential rates of this Company
have been reduced from 7.168 cents per kilo
watt hour in 1928 to 5.769 cents per kilowatt
hour as of June 1, 1930, or a total reduction
of 1.399 cents per kilowatt hour. (These fig
ures include ALL SERVICE CHARGES.)
2. The reduction in the revenue of this Com
pany in 1929 from the sale of electricity for
residential use, under what the Company's
revenue would have been for the same
investigators of the
rads Commission
In 1928, the last year under the old
rate schedule, the average paid by our
residential customers was 7.168 cents
per kilowatt hour.
In 1930, the average war 5.73 ccntJ
— including all service charges.
This is a reduction of more than 2D
per cent in two years.
aaoount of current under rates in effect prior
to that time, was $700,212 54.
3. The reduction in revenue cn the sam.:
basis for the first six months of 1930 was
$446,059; the estimated reduction for the re
mainder of that year, $477,241 — a total reduc
tion of revenue during 1930 of $923,300.
Thus. ACCORDING TO FIGURES OF
THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION,
this Company showed a reduction in reve
nue from the sale of current for household
use, under the new rates, of $1,623,512^4
during 1929 and 1930.
The above figures refer to the savings made
by residential customers during 1929 and
1930. Elsewhere, on page 65 of the same re
port, the investigator stated that he had “to a
large extent verified” figures compiled by the
Company showing that rate reductions to all
classes of customers, from 1926 through 1930,
had resalted in an aggregate saving of $3,784,-
468 to customers of this Company under what
they would have paid if rates had not been
reduced.
Following publication of the advertisement
above, the figures in it wsrsspsdfieslly checked
ay the Federal Trade Commission investiga
tor, and in his formal report, he said in regard
to the advertisement:
"Therein the Georgia Power Company
shows the following comparison of its rates
with corresponding national averages:
Cm. Hr. Co.
Jan.-Jane, Year Emd.
1M0 May SI. *Jo
“Itaiidrnti.il Service 5.77c 6.07c
“Industrial Power 1.173c 1.544c
“Average rules for all
classes of service ... 1.97c 2259c
“The average residential rate of 5.77
cents and average rate for all classes of 1.97
cents were found to be correct and the av
erage industrial rate cfl. 173 cents was found
to be slightly lens, or 1.10 cents per kilowatt
hour, for the first six months of 1930. ”
Our assertion that the Company’s return on
its investment is a modest one also was con
firmed in the same official report. On his own
computation, the investigator fixed the Com
pany’s return, as follow., 'Page 71, Economics
Division report):
1927 A2%
1928 5.29*
1929 5.2'*
(an average of 4.86690
Under the law a “fair return” is at least 8
per cent.
F. F. Stapr, Jr., District Manager
Georgia