Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-02-01
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BY RAISING BEEF
States Weekly Meat Bill Is
That Much--zCattIe States
Growing Rich at Georgia's
Expense

Georgia is sleeping over one of her
biggest opportunities today" says Capt.
r. F. Wright, assistant commissioner of
agriculture, anent the agitation over high
prices of living and the boycott on meat.
There is market in Georgia right now
for every head of beef cattle that can be
offered. The state and the United States
agricultural departments are fighting at
great expense to help the cattle raiser
get good stock. Everything is in favor
of the man who will grow beef cattle,
and who in growing theme does not i'm
poverish but enriches his crop lands
Col. Thomas G. Hudson, commissioner
Of agriculture, has often expressed HIM
self to the same effect, and in numerous
lectures through the state has urged re-
peatedly that the farmers of Georgia
turn a reasonable share of their atten-
tion to cattle raising.
THE farmer who raises enough meat
for his own use is rarely found in Geor-
gia," says the commissioner but even
he is not doing enough. He ought to be
raising not only enough for himself. but
enough to sell in substantial quantities.
He could do it, and it would pay him to
do it,"
The faculty of the State Agricultural
college mas Deel SpI6dulUS the CdUlpdlSH
through the state for the past two years.
Particular attention has been given to
the department OF cattle raising in the
work that the college has been, doing.
Emphasis has been laid on the opportun-
tiles of this industry. Gradually the re-
suits of the campaign are becoming evil
dent.
The spirit of the high prices boycott is
accomplishing more each day that passes,
though. than months have accomplished
heretofore toward awaking the state to
it's opportunities.
OUR WEEKLY MEAT BILL $750,0O0.
AT Georgia's expense, and at the ex-
pense of ali the other cotton states, the
grain and live stock producing states are
reaping a harvest" says W. II. White,
Jr, head of the White Provision compa-
ny, ATLANTA. Livery week 225 carloads
of dressed and cured western meats are
shipped into Georgia. Their value is
$750,000 That is what Georgians could
keep at home by raising their own cattle.
There is no more reason why we
should be dependent upon the west for
meat than that we should depend on
Alabama or Mississippi for our cotton
goods" said Mr.. White. Georgia can
produce. and is producing every day, as
good meat as any of the big cattle raising
western states. The quality of the Geor-
gia meat has been proved. It's quality Is
getting more satisfactory every day. as
the people learn the opportunities in
meat-raising that lie at their door"
Mr.. White pointed to a bill of sale OH
ris desk.
Look at that, for instance he said
That covers "a head of cattle that [
bought yesterday Every one of the "A
was raised in Hartwell, Ca, and they are
all as fine as any cattle produced.
great many more cattle are being fed
right now in Georgia for the Atlanta mar"
ket We buy them almost every day. We
have been compelled to look out for Geor-
gia cattle even In advance of the conl-N
pletion of our own, packing house. be-
cause the deliveries from western pack
ers are so uncertain. We are getting in
Georgia beef all the time, and having it
dressed elsewhere for US. But still Geor-
gia is buying $3.50 600 worth of western bee
every week. when the state might as well
be selling it as buying it.
TALKS AS ALBANIAN.
Born in Atlanta opposite where the
Piedmont hotel now stands, raised here
trained in the meat packing business. as.
ISOLATED with one of the big packing
houses of the country for several years,
and thoroughly conversant with every
phase of the business; a patriotic Geor-
Rian first and a progressive Albanian sec
Oud, MIR. White was discussing d vital
subject from as intimate a standpoint as
any man could assume. In 1906 he organ
lied the White Provision company, OF
which he is president The company is
now constructing Atlanta's first real
packing house, in the enclosure of tine
Miller Union Stock yards, between the
Southern railroad and the Howell mill
road. The construction of the plant was
begun last July, and will be concluded
within the next 80 days. The White Pro-
vision company is an Independent concern
in that it is owned by local capital and
is not associated even as a purchaser with
any of the big Five" as the five larS
est packers are known among meat deaf
ers The company is member or the
American Meat Packers association.
$50 far as this howl against trust meats
is concerned. nobody knows what trusts
means. says Mr. White. IF you say
that trusts are all those packers outside
of Georgia then there are mono but trusts,
except the Individual growers who slaugn-
ter cattle in their own horse lots.
For myself | don't see how we ara
going to do without the western packers
meat till we get ourselves in an indie
pendent position down here by growing
and packing our own meat. That is what
we should be doing right now That is
Nhat many-farseeinG men arc preparing
to do, to grow Georgia meat for Georgia
packing for a Georgia market. 1t is some
thing that all our people ought to wake
up to-