The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-07-27
Sarge Pzunkett.
~ HE 1st of September Is the time
designated for what Is called LABOR
day demonstrations.

| day demonstrations
have concluded from talking with la
! borers and watching these days IN the
! past that Labor day Is a most worthy
| occasion, inspiring the WORKING peopls
+o bieher aims and a. the same time
! making the opportunity for display OF
wares Of the different industries FROM
! a business standpoint, no better way
| could be found for impressing the stran-
ger within our gates of the resources and
! opportunities that are mere among US
| The trades have taken great interest," III
| this occasion and mechanics deserve the
credit for working 1t up to its present
| Importance but all other people should
| realize the Importance of this occasion,
| and merchants and professions shoHd
make ii an opportunity for showing off
| our section to advantage as well as TAX
| ing the opportunity for individual adver-
tlsement.
But the farmers, the dairymen. the
| nurserymen and those owning uabered
lands and water powers. all OF these are
the ones that | would like most to Inn
| press with the Importance OF uhlS ain
sion The truck farmers especially could
make this an opportunity to show on
the variety of things that our soiA and
climate are adapted to. rake Atlants,
for instance, and hundreds OF strangers
strangers to our section and strangers
to our soil and variety Of production
will watch the procession OF that Gay
and seeing they will go away and tell
it and thus spread our wonderful re-
sourcefulness over the world. A few
truck farmers of every settlement could
combine and concentrate their products
ON one float making the expense
matter of nothing. The large diaries
| could each afford Il float of Its own,
while the small diaries might combine,
as suggested of truckmen. and bring the
| expenses down to nothing worth talking
about And nurseries should be certain
10 have d display of their trees and OF
their fruit In this procession.
In my county, in radius of, say,
| miles. l can observe the investment OF
| full S200, 900 in the dairy business, and the
| owners of this investment are men OF
| financial ability and good business Judg-
ment showing that confidence in our
adaptability IS no dream or experiment,
| but a real substantial success. One of
| our largest dairymen is a New Yorker.
| He came down here on a visit to our first
| exposition and he was impressed as to
| buy an old, WORKOUT farm near East
| Lake That farm Is now garden spot,
| and he has mint in his East Lake dairy.
He is soon to start another line OF pro-
| ductlon ON his farm-the growing OF hops.
| Mr. Dorm was raised in New York state,
| where land Is high and principally used
! for the raising of hops. He has been ex-
! perimeuting on this line, and has fully
concluded that mediterranean land OF
Georgia can be made TO yield hops equal
10 the $3.50 and $500 per acre land of New
| York. He will have a float" in the Labor
| day proceedings, and besides his dairy
display no viii have fine hop vine as
was ever looked upon on the ''hoat as an
| object lesson as to what Georgia can do
IN the raising of hops.
But it IS not the fancy farmers that
/ would like the best to see become IT.
terested in this labor day procession. Tie
common. everyday farmer, the man VINO
blows the corn and hoes the cotton, these
are tho ones that could give the truest
and the happiest picture Of life In Geol-
Ella on the farm. And If this picture were
given true to nature, and the implements
Of the average farm displayed just as 1t
is. no doubt but that strangers from the
| great west would exclaim and feel that
il Georgia soil can do what 1t does und+r
| such methods as are common. then what
would that soil do under the methods OF
an Ohio or Indiana or an Illinois farmer
My friends CT Georgia, the utensils for
| farming on one Of these western farms
tho tools-cost moro than land, stock and
! everything here in Georgia. And yet
! there are those who abuse our Georgia
! soil If any Of the lands north OF Mason
and Dixon's line was treated in the
rough-shod manner that we treat the
southern soil the people there would
starve TO death. The East Lake dairy
I farm produced 20 bushels Of wheat 20 the
| acre this year on 20 acres and this was
! not a good wheat year, but IL WAS a News
| Yorker that produced 1t. Tho Georgia
! crackers are the ones that I would ike
! the best to SEQ make these great successes
! on their own soil. and to begin at once TO
take a part In all such demonstrations as
labor day [ feel and know would be
great stimuant in that direction.
When we think of what Georgia is ca
| pable of and observe of what little i'm
| portance the average Georgia farmer at
| taches to this resourcefulness it is enough
| to make one weep Everything, nearly.
! comes from a distance. Plow stocks.
| swingIetrees, AK handles-au such as this
| comes from a distance. while every farm
| er knows that our own woods would fur
nish just as good timber and the me-
| chanical skill of our section should ba
| just as efficient. Canned goods both frut
and vegetables, are brought from q dis.
! lance, when we all know that have
! the same material here in abundance. 1t
/
er than to be satisfied at staying back
! in the sticks and blowing. as we do pillow
| and hoelng as we do hoe. To take part In
/ such parades as Labor day inspires us
with pride and advertises our section to
| the world.
The time has come when we need 70
! invite newcomers among us in every way
| possible. If the young people and ne
sroes are bound to leave the farms.
We must have some one to take their
| places. No use in talking, farming must
| go on and perhaps one of the reasons
| for the dissatisfaction of our young peo-
| pie Hes In the fact that we take too 1T
! tie interest in things that others rejoice
! over. ] do hope that farmers will stir
| themselves TO take part in Labor day
not as a Tabor demonstration. which
is not pleasing to some but as a day
which gives us an opportunity to adver-
! tise ourselves and a stimulant to the
! young people who coming TO feel that
! life in the country is stale and hard
with but little to break the monotony
or TO stir up an ambition. Let the farm
ers join in Labor day, September, frs.
| Monday, L think
| SARGE PUNK EFT.