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rBOP CURBING ORDER
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Washington, June 19.—Secretary
Wallace today called lor the duatruc-
„f 10 million acres of growing
1 .*■.!> j n , long-limbed experiment
' ca rb producUon and reduce the
potential surplus ol the south's big
money crop. ‘
The Secretary announced that
maximum processing taxes-about
. i cents a pound on the baais of
resent price relationships—-would
£c levied beginning Aug. 1 to finance!
the program under which growers
Trill be asked to plow up portions of
their crop in return for rental bene- \
fils payments and the right to obtain 1
options on p.-ovemment-owned cat
amount that Secretary Wallace
mould like him to take out ol pro
duction for that sized farm.
H* Has Two Choices
Upon acceptance of hia offer by
Wallace, a contract would be pre
rented w him and he would find that,
since hia production was between
175 and 224 pounds to the acre, he
would be entitled to fourteen dollars
cash rent for each of the acres
plowed under or a total of $42.
Or, he might choose instead to
take $10 an acre, a total of $30 for
the three acrea. and an option on
600 pound of lint cotton to which
hia acreage and reduction would en
title him.
This 600 pounds would be equal
to the amount of cotton which hia
three acres would be expected to pro
duce. He could get the option with
out paying out any money. He would
simply be credited with 600 pounds
-LE, CA-, JUNE M, IMS
of cotton at six cents a pounds.
He would be entitled to any turn
over six cents a pound that cotton
was sold for at any time he decid
ed it ought to be sold. There trill be
some regulations later telling him
just how to go about that.
Us. of Rented Plot Liaitcft
ajiyway, he would receive the cot
ton at six cent* and it is selling in
the markets today for from eight
to nine cents. The cotton may be
1,200 miles away but it is John’s for
the time he holds the option.
In either case, before Jok., gets
the money, a representative of the
county committee will be around to
see that he has plowed up the three
acres.
He may plant something else on
that part of hi* patch so long as it
is eaten on the farm—or he may let
it lie idle.
He will not be permitted to spend
the money he took in to put a lot
of extra fertiliser on the rest at hi*
patch but must go right on with hia
ordinary plans for the other seven
acres, picking' it and selling it as he
desiren
MRS. L. B. ALLEN TAKEN BY
DEATH AT HARDWICK HOME
Mrs. L. B. Allen, one of Baldwin
county's highly esteemed women,
died at her home in Hardwick Tues
day morning after an illness of sev-
era] weeks.
Funeral services were held Wed-
ne^iay afternoon at three o'clock at
Mt. Pleasant church in the presence
of a large gathering of friends and
relatives. a H
Mrs. Allen is survived by her hus
band, two sons, J. F. and T. M.
Allen; five daughters, Mrs. J. E. Mc
Mullen, MVn J. J. Nolan, Lirella.
Ga.; Mrs. L. D. McMullen, Ivey; Mrs.
McCook, of McIntyre; and Mrs.
Chambers of this city. She is also
survived by one sister, Mrs. Chan.
Humphries.
SERVICE BY PUBLICATION
Joshua Thomas Ingram
Vs.
Fannie Alice Hatcher Ingram
Petition for Divorce in Baldwin
Superior Court July Term, 1983.
The plaintiff, Joshua Thomas In.
gram, having filed his petition for
divorce against Fannie Alice Hatcher
Ingram, in this court, returnable Jo
this term of the court, and it being
made to appear that Fannie Alice
Hatcher Ingram fa sat a resident
of said County, and also that she
does not reside within the State,
and an order having been made for
service on her, Fannie Alice Hatcher
Ingram, by publication, this there
fore, is to notify yuo, Fannie Alice
Hatcher Ingram, to be and appaar lit
the next term of Baldwin Superior
Court to be held commencing on the
second Monday in July, 1938, then
and there to answer-said comple&c.
Witness the Honorable James B.
Park, Judge of the Superior Court.
This June 14th, 1983.
J. C. COOPER,
Clerk, Superior Court, Baldwin
County, Georgia.
McCULLAR ft MeCULLAB
Attorneys for Petitioner.
FOR RENT—Tare hnkL4 r
SO* RENT—Mice AsprtmssU fa By
campaign will be started in the
.outh next Monday when growers
^jll be asked to sign contracts to
cotton lands at from $6 an acre
U|% depending on the average past
yield* and estimated prrduetion of
the land this year.
Tli,- farmer can either offer to
take an outright cash payment for
plowing up portions of his crop or
> a smaller rental arih ob-
addition an option on about
2.400,000 bales in an amount equal
, 0 ,- r? estimated output of the land
he retires from production.
Wallace I* Confident
These options will be offered him
; six cents a pound or nearly three
cents below the current market
price. He may order these options
exercised at any time up to next
January, his profit being the dif
ference between six cents and the
price cotton is selling for at the time
he -ells.
Wallace said operation of the
whole plans was contingent upon the
degree of :o-op«ration shown by
growers du -ing the week’s campaign
, obtain contract*.
Unless Wallace is certain that he
can take a large amount of cotton
out of production, equivalent to at
least 2,000,000 bales production, he
is not prepared to proceed further
with the plan.
However, he indicated that he was
confident of the success of the cam
paign and his associates said there
was virtua'ly no doubt but that the
plan would be employed and that
about $100,000,000 would be dis
tributed in rentals to growers in the
next few minths.
Wallace will use about $54,000,-
000 from the $200,000,000 made
available by the farm act and sub
sequent Iuwb to acquire full title to
cotton on which government loans
were made by the farm board and
other agencies. He is making settle
ment for the cotton, which is under
the control of the new farm credit
administration, at the rate of 9 1-2
cents a pound.
Minimum 2,000,000 Bale*
Wallace, in whose name the pool
cotton will be held, may sell any
portion of it he desires up to March
1, 1936, when the law requires that
he -must complete disposition of it.
While fixing a 2,000,000-bale
imum, Wallace hopes to take out of
production land capable of produc
ing at least 3,000,000 bales. When
the contract offers to be gathered
up during the campaign have been
brought together, the official decis
ion will be made as to which shall be
accepted.
The campaign will be handled by
extension workers and other agri
cultural officials and will involve
nmtact with nearly 2,000,000 cot
ton producers. The drive will be con
ducted on a county basis with an
effort made to distribute rental pay
ments as widely as possible in order
to make the moneys serve the pur
pose of widespread business stimu
lation.
How Plan Will Work
Washington, June 19.—Here is
how the Wallace cotton plan would
work out in the case of John Doe,
who has a 10-acre patch over the
hill:
John has been getting an average
of 200 pounds of lint cotton to the
®crc for some years and his crop
looks good for that amount again
this year.
N'ext week when the campaign for
reducing acreage gets under way,
John will attend a meeting called by
his
county agricultural agent <
•'"me other representative of the de
partment of agriculture.
At the meeting he will find that
'may get cash for plowing up part
' f h's crop if enough other farms
d ° The same thing to justify going
••‘head With the plan.
He may offer to plow up one acre,'
ihree acres or the whole patch. Be-
ln use John has been getting more
’han an average crop out of his
f ‘ , 'ld. he will be entitled to more
rent.
Three acres would be about the
CONSTRUCTIVE BUSINESS
R A C K E T *E E R I N G
WHICH WILL GEORGIA CHOOSE
WHEN Governor Talmadge calls the members
of the Georgia Public Service Commission up
on trial before him on next Monday, the State
of Georgia will be on trial also.
The serious question which Governor Tal
madge must decide is whether constructive
business, wage-paying and tax-paying business,
law-abiding business, can continue to enjoy
the protection of the Uw in Georgia, or whether
all business in Gergia hencefortrh will be in
danger of the ruthless rule of racketeers.
The real issue in this case is not whether
electric rates in Georgia are too high or too
low. That is a minor matter by comparison with
the main question. The important issue is this—
Can a clique of half a dozen so-ciBed
labor onion leaders in Atlanta—by threats,
intimidation and other racketeering methods—
so completely dominate the government of
Georgia that no elective official and no jadida}
body will in the future dare do otherwise than
bow to their commands?
The decision, which Governor Talmadge
must make is this—
Can individual citizens or businesses get
justice in Georgia if this Atlanta clique says
“No”?
On his decision hinges not only Georgia’s
hope of future development, but even the
safety of private property.
When you know the past history of this
case, you can understand clearly the hidden
motives back of the petition filed with the
Governor by the Georgia Federation of Labor,
at the instigation of this Atlanta clique, de
manding the removal of the Georgia Public
Service Commission.
The petition pretends to be an attack on
We Have no Quarrel
with Organized Labor
The Georgia Power Company has no
quarrel with organized labor. For m»ny
years, cordial relations hare existed be
tween this Company and a large number
of members of organized unions who are
in our employ.
Our adversaries in this difficulty are
a small group of Atlanta men, about half
a dozen in number, organized into a clique
for the purpose of exploiting organized
labor and promoting thair own selfish
political interests.
This Atlanta clique induced the Gaor-
gia Federation of Labor U> permit i*a
name to bo used in their petition to the
Governor. On this basis, the eliuqe claims
t. represent all of the 30,000 rn.mk.rs
of tha Georgia Federation.
THEY DO NOT REPRESENT THE
30,000 MEMBERS AF THE FEDERA
TION.
We have benn dealing with Georgia
worker., organised and unorganized, for
many y«rs. ard we know what kind of
people the, are. We know they do not
appro.ve of racketeering any more than
other Georgia people do.
We do not believe that this clique
pmMtV .1 -k- >—l —-<
Federation.
This Atlanta clique, tne.e half doson
Atlanta men, rapmaaal chiefly themselves
DYNAMITE
In publishing this advertisement, our
motive is quite frankly an attempt to bring
obont soma abatement of on attack which
ha^ been carried on aginst ns over aj
period of months.
This Company is now being attacked
in a more malicious way and with more
destructive dynamite than that whick kas
been used on sir power lines in the past
and we .ire taking this means of patting
the facts before yon.
Georgia people, wo know, bare no
tolerance for the racketeering method!
threats, in'imidation, violence—practiced
in the big cities of the north and east.
Georgia people don't want to sea racket
eering imported into our State. They
would be quick to stamp it oot if they
knew it existed.
Racketeering does exist in Georgia,
and it must be stamped out NOW.
In asking for public support in this
situation, wo are asking for no special
consideration, no special farors, from the
Governor, the Public Service Commission
or anyone else. Wa do ask, and we have
•he right to ask, that cases involving this
Company be beard on their merits, and
that decisions bo rendered on the basis of
the facts and the law, by courts and com
missions protected by pnblic opinion from
intimidation by racketeers.
IT DOES NOT MATTER TO US
WHO SERVES ON THE PUBLIC SER
VICE COMMISSION, SO LONG AS
THEY ARE FAIR AND IMPARTIAL
MEN.
the Public Service Commission. Actually die
petition was brought for the sole purpose of
doing injury to the Georgia Power Company...
This L clearly revealed by the fact that the
(petition devotes itself exclusively to this Com
pany. It scarcely even mentions any other
utility under the supervision of the Commission.
THE PETITION, IN ALL OF ITS ACCU
SATIONS AGAINST THIS COMPANY. IS A
TISSUE OF FALSEHOODS FROM BEGINNING
TO END.
Here are the events leading up to the fil
ing of the petition—
Some two years ago, a regrettable labor
dispute occurred in Atlanta, and a small group
of electrical workers employed by this Com
pany went on strike. The strike was wholly un
justified and, under business conditions then
existing, it was a futile and foolish strike.
It was NOT a dispute between this Com
pany and its employes which brought on the
strike-
There was no disagreement as to wages,
hours or conditions of work between this Com
pany and its employes. Instead, this Company
and its employes were dragged bodily into the
trouble by this clique of labor union officials.
Their dispute was with a separate and distinct
company. Allied Engineers, now out of business.
Even while that dispute was in progress, an ac
ceptable labor contract between the Georgia
Power Company and its own union employes
was drawn up. agreed to verbally and was wait
ing to be signed. ....
But when the union officers decided to
break with Allied Engineers, they likewise call
ed a strike on the Georgia Power Company,
frankly admitting that their sole purpose in
calling the strike against this Company was to
intimidate the other company.
• • •
Admitting that they had no just grievance
against this Company, they nevertheless were
so determined to RULE OR RUIN they did not
hesitate at sacrificing the jobs of the members
of their union, called them off their work, and
launched their campaign of intimidation.
Since that date, this Company has been
subjected continuously to a ruthless and un'
scrupulous attack.
For a period of months, the Company’s
property was dynamited time after time, until
outraged public opinion forced a cessation of
that vandalism.
And'alongside that vandalism went a more
malicious attack, openly under the leadership
of this Atlanta clique.
Openly admitting their pnrpote to annoy,
harass and injure this Company in any way
possible, they have carried on a widespread
propaganda campaign, seeking to poison the
public mind by circulating twisted facts and
deliberate falsehoods, in public speeches, ra
dio talks and published statements.
I hey forced through the Atlanta City
Council a series of ordinances designed to
hamper and harass this Company.
They have sought to make this Company
an issue in every political campaign and they
have openly thrown their support to any can
didate who would join them in their scheme
They have directed an especially vicious
attack upon the Public Service Commission,
because they know that this Commission has
the power almost of life and death over this
Company. They know that they can injure us
most if they can terrorize the court which con
trols us.
Hffoughout it nil they have set tkem-
sehres up ns crusaders for the public welfare.
But, ..mt and again, they have exposed the*
true motives when they have sent emissaries
to this Company, offering to cal off the attack
and stop their “crusade,” if we would dis
charge faithful workers and give their jobs to
the strikers—a proposal which obviously we
could not even consider.
Now they Have made their boldest bid-
Determined to RUL£ OR RUIN, made arrogant
by such successes as they have gained «o far.
they have marched into the Governor’s office
and demanded the heads of the Public Service
Commission served to them on a platter.
This trouble began as a private fight be
tween the Georgia Power Company and half
a dozen Atlanta labor onion officers. Now it is .
no longer a private Fight. These men, by their
bold attempt to get a stranglehold on the guv-
erament of Georgia, have made this a matter
of direct concern to every citizen of the State.
If these men, in order to satisfy their sel
fish personal ambitions, can oust any office
holder who stands in their path—
If these men, by trumped up false a ecu'
sations; by threats and intimidation, can over
turn Georgia’s commissions an 1 courts,regard-
lets of the law, the fads or the truth, then—
WHO IN GEORGIA CAN BE SAFE?
Georgia Power
Company
F. F. STARR. JR-, District Muarr
A CITIZEN WHEREVER WE SERVE