Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-07-22
I"AS GOD is MY GUIDE,
| HAVE BEEN FAITHFUL"
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not proven worthy in some degree say
1t humbly, but emphatically, that l am
proud of the records made in my admin
istration, but | am not egotistic enough
to claim all the credit Without the good
and true men who have worked with me.
without the steadfast trust and cooper
alton Of the rank and file, without tire
less effort and honesty, without parade
must have failed even as stronger and
better m"n have failed in other places
where cooperation has not been extended
them.
DANGEROUS PRECEDENTS.
Now, 1 want to appeal bit to your
common sense. If you encourage per-
sonal attacks upon your officials you es-
tablish a dangerous precedent. That pre-
cedent will at any moment place the wei
fare of your organization at the mercy
of any disgruntled individual If your
officials are unworthy it is for you to
find out and correct without the suG-
gestion or interference of outsiders. Per-
sonal enemies should not be allowed to
play any part in such matters when
You op.nly or covertly encourage as
saults on your leaders you necessarily
weaken your organization. That is not
4 mere empty statement, Uut history
proves 1t in numberless ways.
Experience proves it is impossible to
wreck a farmers organization save by
aid from the inside. / warn you against
such temptations. 1t will be sorry conso-
lation to feed personal hatred, only to
stand later acnid the ruins Of your or
der.
Upon the written records 1 challenge
any man as to the honesty and compe-
tency of my administration. Figures and
facts are at your disposal Is it best to
1angIa az HiCt1tiOn OF
personal hatred nurtured by enemies VI
your organization? 1 do not ask you
to take my word, but to study with mi
croscopic care my every official act, and
il you find me traitor coward or In
crate, then treat me as such deserves
The organization in Georgia is fast ap
preaching the pinnacle of lis strength and
influence. The faint-hearted, the doubt
ers, the malcontents have been weeded
out The army Of members now with us
are seasoned, sacrificing, enthusiastic
workers for the common good. Most of
them are proof against the alurements
Of hypocracy or the ambushed foes of
the order.
ENTERPRISES SUCCESSFUL.
The Implement company, the first en-
terprise into which you put your money,
has made phenomenal outstrides. 1t had
paid off several thousand dollars of in
debtedness and Is today beyond the pow
er of enemies to destroy. Your second
enterprise, the Union phosphate Com
pany had hard struggle for life at
first, and is now i'm fine shape. The first
year II saved, to the farmers of this
state nearly two million dollars, more
than three million the second year. and
this year the figures reach five million.
, With a contract already closed we will
be able to assure fair prices for fertilizers
in Georgia the coming year. You who
have been paying such heavy toll TO the
fertilizer trust appreciate what this state
ment means 20 the men who till the
soil.
The problem that hit hardest the peck
ct of the Georgia farmer is sub
handling of his cotton as will bring it's
real market value. Heretofore, cotton in
Georgia has been marketed haphazard
so that we were sometimes, driven by
debt, into so crowding the market as to
threaten prices. l direct your attention
to our warehouse system as the dawn of
emancipation from the peril of low prices,
the menace of the maket gambler.
The Consolidated Warehouse Company
were the means of saving several mil
lion dollars to the planters of Georgia the
past season. For the first time in the
history of cotton, prices in the interior
were equal to the prices OF the ports. You
no longer hear the howl OF four years
ago-swindling in both weights and grades
During the past twelve months 1 have
not heard one complaint of this character