The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1910-03-25
AN OPPORTUNITY FOB
HQuIHELN LAlll--Lla.

Inc following letter has been sent
out ID the various btnEE 81 thc state
by the SECRETARY of ~ Georgia Bank
en- AnsOciatiOn
ATaeon, Ca. Fcb. 10. 1oi0 Your
success and t1e pfc1plfity 81 the south
denend ur.on fhe senthafn farmer. III
he Is Bind 70 &c situation ard fails
% raise BIS meat an4 provisions at
hone thIa yer, tie progress q the
South WIN - woeIuly roiaklc4. many
failures might result ana millions OF
Be- l0sti
Read TIE enclosed editorial from the
Macon Telegraph --ahOW e % your far
mer frienda-talk with them whenever
yon can and urge them % raise their
own nrovislOus and % make cotton q
SURPLUS crOD. IL the farmers o. the
south WIN acf upon the edyiee OF the
Telegraph, the wealth o. the South
win Be increased this year many mil
lions of dollars.
Please have your local paper 70 print
the enclosed editorial
Z. P. HILLYER,
Secretary.
'srhe stock Of money 81 this country
a. today approximately $3.50, 1000, 900.
Ten years ago e was s. $40 200, 900.
This II a gain Of $T9000o,0O0, or APP
DrOximately 80 per cent.
Authoritative statistics show that
the 1909 wheat crop was 88 bushels
Der capita, against S.63 bushels per
capita ten years ago; the corn crop
dropped from $40 TO 500 bushels
per capita; the oats crop from 12.4 10
Ill bushels per capita the hay crop
from / ton 10 "a OF a ton per capita
and the number Of food animals, swine,
cattle and sheep, fell from 2.5 70 10
per capita.
In the matter OF meats the govern
ment returns issued on the 18th OF
January show, under the head OF
swine that the total supplies IN 1SOO,
OF 64OOO,000 fell 70 100000 In l9lO,
q decrease Of nearly 16 per cent Other
cattle, In 1909, 100000, fell to AZ
100000 IN 1910.
The number OF cattle killed under the
inspection law IN the United States In
1907 was 7,621,717, in 1909 II had fall
len to 1885, during the same per
Tod there was an increase IN the num-
Der Of calves killed from 1,163,614 70
2O48,718. The receipt OF hogs at the
markets. fell 1913 per cent from 1908
70 1909. When the panic OF 1907 came
on many Of the formers In the West
sold their hogs because food was too
high 20 feed them and these brOOding
herds have not been replaced
In the matter Of the production OF
fruits, the leader and standard (be-
cause e keeps lOnger) apples, IN the
United States, have fallen from 66,OOO,-
900 barrels Ia 1896 70 21.OO0,OOO bar
reIs "a 1909.
Here Is the money, per dollar, In
creasing IN lts purchasing power be-
cause Of 80 per cent Increase In vol
ume. Here Is an increasing deficit
IN the field food crops per capita. Here
Is a marked decrease In hogs and cat
tie supply. Here b decTeaae In the
leader among all the fruits, apples,
Of approximately 20 per cent
On the top OF all this Is an average
tariff OF 90 per cent on all foreign
food stuifs.
AS a result OF all these things--the
increased supply Of money, the de.
creased supply Of food Etuffs, and the
tariR-~the prices OF beef, pork and is
by-prOducts, mutton, chickens, eggs,
butter and milk, and all other food
prOducts--taken on an aFerage-haye
never been as high as now, barring Of
course th war prices OF the COS. IT,
net this the Southern farmers golden
opportunity
The Telegraph has shown In q pre-
viOus article that In 1850, when the
population In Georgia was 1907 ,2S8,
there were IN this State 2,O38,116 hogs
In 1907, With q population OF 2,1OO.-
900, there we're only 100000 hogs
With the population more than doubled,
the number Of hogs has been reduced
nearly One-halfi
The Telegraph has shown that, IN
1850. there were 200,0SS mich COWS
In 1907. 3OS,OOO-an increase only OF
S.312 That IN 1850 there were oxen
and other cattle. 7Od,1O4: In 1907,
$50, OOO--dcrease OF 26,104i That in
1850 there were 512,61s sheep; In 1907
205, OOO--a decrease Of 24S.61sI
These figures are surprising, and yet
they are based on actual statistical re-
turns
The Telegraph has shown that IN
1890, when GOrgia's population was
l. S27858, Georgla's farmers owned
1,027. COS swine; In 1908, when Che pop
ulation had increased 70 270O,O00, the
swine owned BY Georgia farmers de-
creased 20 1900 Coo loss Of 2s.008
That il 1890. the sheep owned By
Georgia farmers numbered 411,S78; IN
1907 they had decreased % 200.O00--
q los Of approximately one-half. That
IN 1890, Georgia owned 354.6ts mich
cova. in 1907 thu numbeF Fell n