The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-07-24

not say that a handsome girl is "a peach.
We say that she is an Elberta.'
''The man who propagated the Elberta
peach Is now worth half a million. FIJI.
teen years ago he was poor farmer. 1t
has become a source OF marvellous wealth
to Georgia.
Does the peach crop in Georgia ever
Yes. about once in every i've years.
But II the farmer got only one year out
Of five the profit would be SO great that
pay srop to IS raise so % fhe
peach: apart from being the most luscious
fruit In the world, is q fne shipper. Last
year we made an experimental shipment
Since then nothing short of an Elberta
will satisfy the English people. This
means an increase in the revenue from
the Elberta and greater fame for Georgia.
CROP WILL ENRICH FARMERS.
This year the Elberta peach crop will
just leave gold with every farmer. Peach
culture in Georgia Is well along toward
perfection. We have a very efficient State
Board Of Entomologists. who have taught
pests that damage the fruit trees"
Georgian,
trees. For the last five years we have had
such enormous crops that We expected
that the trees would be worn out. and q
but this year We find the old Eiberta trees
We are going to have peach party
hs sfrys a a Ss as W.
propose to prove to the public the claims
we make to the effect that a single Georgia
Elberta Is better than five peaches Of any
other kind in the world
Mr.. Washington stopped. He was tired
not that the praise that he gave the
Elberta seemed to be an effort with him.
nOt-fha words
flowed from his tongue like placid Geor-
gia stream-but 1t was very warm day.
and even the praise Of ones beloved State
was a task.
While he was resting and looking down
South Georgia way as IL he longed to see
| the pink orchards of the Elberta. / studied
the habit of half closing when their owner
is thinking. as II ne was afraid some one
the first Governor Of the District Of st.
Louis. Is rather conservative man. al
Georgia's wonders His chin is Of the he
aggressive mold. his mouth firm and he
possesses q nervous. energetic tempera-
sc Cotton. Of @ course. is stiIi still ' our chief as-
ricultural product We are tho second
largest cotton-growing State in tho Union.
greater ter source sour Of revenue to Jus US. % We USED q
to ship our cotton to New England to
have 1t made up. Now We have factories
taEts iD Georgia neW YOU viii
porous mill. which gives employment to
our people.
EVERYTHING A GEORGIA PRODUCT
Everything in the Georgia building is
Georgia production and of Georgian man.
ufacture. Every article in the furnishings
is from the Georgia manufactures. The
carpets. rugs. the iron beds and the bed
linen. the curtains. the soap and towels
~ fnnN III IN
the building. came from Georgia. Orr
| butter is made from cotton-seed OIL. and
on Sundays we eat Georgia-cured ham.
lard iara orS or oil. / canno. see see why ny peopie viii
| insist on using unwholsome pork grease.
when they can get pure yegstaole LOG LOO,
| and he went into a detailed scientific ex-
| PLANTATION as to why people should not usc
| pork lard when they could get cotton-seed
| lard.
I smiled at his inconsistency on the
| pork question. 1t Is always source OF
; to me to nG Sn,.s mas he,ere he
| had been praising tho merits OF the Geor-
| gia-cured hams: but, then. perhaps GeOr-
gia,cured hams are not unwholesome
| pork.
California olive oil. The Italians nss0 to
buy our peanuts and make oil o1t OF them,
not @ understand why Americans do not ap;;
| they want olive off when cotton-seed oil
or peanut oil is Just a. pure and just as
good?
Georgia is particularly well favored.
| She possesses all classes OF soil from the
| mountains In the north to the sea coast IN
| the SOUTH and In the last few years her
| people have begun to realize that her pos
sibilities in agriculture and manufacture
| are unlimited. We can manufacture any
| thing and everything that can be manu-
| factured In the United States. and we DO
not have to go out Of Georgia for the
| material.
! From our cotton seed we manufacture
the best purely vegetable soap on tho mar