The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1912-08-13
But it is Impossible for Jme to meet

But it is Impossible for gme to meet
every one, so l take this method of
soliciting your valuable support
Nothing I ever did il my lie has
afforded me more pleasure or instruc-
ftion than travelling over the state,
meeting and talking with you in this
campaign; for it has not only made
( me know and love- my fellow-men
more than ever before, but it has
Shown me &he needs Of the country,
bud how bSst to zeal with them.
q | am a PRACTICAL farmer, and
Farming is nay ONLY INTEREST. l
may be pard&ed flor saying that | am
HE only pr&tifal farmer seeking
-FOUR suffrage Fq' the office of com
missioner of agriculture. Neither of
nv opponents Abofl good men-pos
Sesses this qualification which the
law demands; Ihither of them makes
FARMING his occupation.
u In creating THIS department the leg
slature said, inl the very outset, (see
ection 1890, ciYl code 1880 that this
Effice should be- filed by a PRACTI-
.S$AL FARMER meaning one whose
Ilsiness is farming and who has
nade success of it. quote from the
foregoing codeE section:
"Sec. 0tCommissioner, how
Iected. Said department shall be
shder the control and management of
me officer, who shall be known as
ne commissioner of agriculture, who
hall be a PRACTICAL farmer, elected
~ persons Qualified to vote for mem
s5ers of the general assembly" etc.
If l ann elected to this office, it
2hall be my aim not only to conform
81 the letter, but to the spirit of the
w, the chief end of which, as | see
81 is to afford assistance and help
herever the farmer needs it, Wheth-
it be an individual a community
81 the whole state If the one-horse
rmer has a sick mule, COW or hog,
can command me as quickly as
man with hundred, or the com
unity with thousand.
And, right here, | want to tell you
am for the one-horse and the two
&rse farmer. In. the small farmer,
believe, lies theg dependence OF the
hte: he is ouNYbiggest asset. But
## will make a&better farmer and
pre important asset, if he owns his
IN farm, no matter how small. Ne
b leaders are preaching this doc
NE to their race; it is up to US TO
A it into practice.
Much TODD is being made over
lain fertilizer bill pending in the
islature, the effect of which, II
sed, would be to prohibit the sale
anything but the highest grade
j tilizers. Now want to say that l
ke no interest, directly or indirect
in any fertilizer concern under the
and believe in high-grade fer.
Gers: use them myself, and
ak it is to the best interest OF ev-
farmer to use them. But | can
subscribe to law which prohio'
any man from buying just what
wants. Suppose the state were
bass law saying you could Duy
ling bat $3.50 mule to work your
liza. You go to the mRle dealer; ne
81 ssTNhat mule over there is worth
s IS S400. bat I can't sell you that
because the law prohibits It.
pa4noipae is the same.
Ii IqI tell you what / can do and
~ propose to do il asm elected,
THAI is to see to it strictly thEt
szv sack of fertilizer sold IA THIS
ISke has branded On the bag just
8etav what It contains, so chat the
x9ser who buys it will know precise
nat he is getting; he can buy the
asfep grade If he wants it; or he
az buy the high grade, but every
line the label on the bag will tell
5lfst what it is.
shall be my purpose to hold deal
q IA foods, in oils, in fertilizers, to
3 Lei accountability to the law and
81 see to it that the people of this
stats get the quality they pay for.
Elected, my administration shall
fbr the farmer, by farmer and
fse interests of the people OF the
Ele state.
epectfully, -
ington, oconee County, Georgia.