Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-07-01
ASSOCIATION WILL
RAISE 100000 To
ADVERTISE STATE
Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars
to Be Secured Immediately.
Membership Will Be 10000
at Least Within a Year
WESTERN FARMERS TO
COMET0 GEORGIA

The Greater Georgia association ex-
poets to raise $4,000 within the next. II
months to advertise the resources Of
Georgia 1t will secure $4,000 imn1edi-
ately to begin it's work of development
The membership OF the association, with
in year, will be at, least 10000. II IS
believed.
AS soon as possible literature will be
distributed In the west and ADVERTISE
ments will be inserted in western papers,
detailing the resources and opportunities
of Georgia. Plans will be worked out to
have permanent exhibits of Georgia ag-
ricultural, manufactured, and mineral
products displayed at Chicago, Pittsburg,
St. Louis and other big cities. Moving
picture films will be prepared, showing
the varied resources of the state, and
will be put on exhibition in Atlanta and
in other cities.
Officers of the association announced
Thursday morning that nothing will be
left undone to induce the Legislature to
build museum in Atlanta at which the
products of the state would be displayed.
OFFICES IN ATLANTA.
Representatives of the association will
soon begin to cast about for Offices in
Atlanta At these offices exhibits OF the
states resources will also be put on dis
play.
After the selection OF offices the ASSOC
citation will Immediately begin to work
out its great plan to advertise and de-
velop Georgia. 1t will lose no time
The organization of the association was
finished at two sessions "wednesday at
the chamber OF commerce of the execu-
tive committee and the vice presidents
Of the association. further meeting
was held Thursday morning by the ways
and means committee of the association.
Constitution and bylaws were adopted
Wednesday and Atlanta was selected as
headquarters for the association.
In developing Georgia, the association
wants to bring in desirable settlers to
thinly settled parts of the state; to in
duce outside capital to inves here, and
to add to the Industries of Georgia
WORK OF ASSOCIATION.
George w. Dean, of Waycross, by
sepnding $4,000 in the last ten months
in advertising in the west, has induced
$50 families to settle on the large tracts
of land that he owns near waycross. TIE
association will do similar work. though
on a much larger scale.
- High priees~of lands in Minnesota Me-
braska, Iowa and Kansas are sending
thousands of American farmers to Can
ada 1t Is estimated that within the
last year 5000 farmers have emigrafed
to Canada from these states, carrying
cut OF the OullSO OtdlcS lAC cdNA'0iSA
of 81, 900, 600.
Lands in Georgia are as cheap as they
are In Canada and as productive. The
association believes that with proper adj
vertisement half Of these people could
have been brought to Georgia. They Will
begin the endeavor to turn the tide or
western emigration from Canada TO
| Georgia.
Such emigration is needed in Georgia
"a
railroad mileage that in any county in
Illinois, there are only II inhabitants to
the square mile. In Illinois, there are 30
to the square mile. The sugar cane and
sea island cotton raised in Wayne coua-
ty give greater returns than any crop
Illinois produces. In Cobb county, where
there are only 1900 farms, there should
be 10000.
NO FOREIGN EMIGRANTs.
The association will not encourage
foreign emlgrants, but will lend its en-
deavors towards inducing the farmers
Of the west 20 turn southwark.
This association is a federation of the
chambers of commerce Of the various
Georgia cities. 1t will consist of indi-
yidual members, of trades bodies, of cor
porations, such as railroads and street
car companies, and various other enter
prises. The most prominent men of the
be one Of the greatest undertakings ever
begun in Georgia.
w c. Vereen, of Moultrie, is president
of the association, and State Treasurer j..
Rope Brown is treasurer.
II was organized at mass meeting
several weeks ago at the auditorium.
The melting Wednesday of the executives
committee and the vice presidents was
TO work out details Of organization At
the morning session a constitution was
adopted and also a resolution, asking the
legislature to build a museum in Allan
ia The ways and means COMMITTEES,
which met Thursday morning, consists
of w. c. Vereen, ]. Pope Brown, Asa
G.. Gambler, L. H. Chappell, of Column
bus; C. ]. Haden and NJ. NJ. Sessions. of
Marietta.
HEADQUARTERS HERE.
At the session Wednesday afternoon of
the executive committee and vice presi-
dents Of the Greater Georgia association
Atlanta was selected as headquarters for
the association, the rate of dues was de-
cided on. State Treasurer ]. Pope Brown
was elected as treasurer of the associa-
ton. It was determined that the first
annual meeting Of the association shall
be held at Albany.
Until offices for the association have
been selected, it will be quartered at tbs
chamber of commerce.
The membership dues will be fol-
lows: Individuals, $40; commercial bodies,
SIS to $50; real estate men, manufacture
ers and corporations, so to $500: railroads,
telephone and telegraph companies and
other public utilities, SO to $500. The cleo
ton of a secretary, whose salary shall
be $3.50. was left to the ways and means