The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1912-12-03
GEORGIA COULD
SAVE SI00,0O0,0OO
BY RAISING OWN FOODSTUFF
SAYS THE DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE.
DIVERSIFIED CROPS NEEDED
People Send Away for Mere Than
They Raise, According to Experts.
Big Sum Spent Each Year.


Over one hundred millions of dol.
lars are annually expended by Geor-
gia farmers for corn, hay, oats and
other feedstuffs, which can be raised
in this state, according to figures
compiled by the department of agri-
culture.
That vast sum of money goes out
of the state each year for food prod
ucts. And, as the records show, the
amount purchased is greatly in excess
OF that which is raised in the state.
Every effort is being made by the ag-
ricultural department to encourage
the farmers to raise their own sup
plies. Diversified agriculture is be-
ing constantly recommended and it is
pointed out to the farmers that there
is no necessity for them to buy a
single dollars worth of these food
stuffs, but on the other hand they
should be in position to sell great
quantities.
1t is estimated that owing to the
bad crop conditions, due to unsavora,
BILE seasons and weather, Georgia will
This year send outside of the state
FOR about the same quantity of food
stuff as it did in 1910 In that year
the farmers bought 1,1S4,000 tons of
hay, which, at the wholesale price of
So per ton, cost $23,680,000; $4,000 900
bushels of corn, wholesale price II
cents per bushel of total cost $5S.930 :
900; S9,000,000 bushels of oats, whole
sale price "A cents per bushel, aggre-
gate cost $39,336,000; $4,000 tons Of
feedstuff, at $50 per ton, $3.50 900.
In 1910 the sum of $124,496 600 was
expended for these products. During
the same year the farmers of the
state raised 59072,000 bushels of corn.
$4,000 tons of hay, and 6,650,000 bush
els of oats.
Many Users of Drugs.
Thousands of persons in Georgia,
men and women in all stratas of so,
ciety are habitual users of one or
more of the sleep producing drugs.
The extent of this evil is alarming
and a public awakening as well as
more rigid laws are needed 10 curb
it, declared State Drug Inspector DR.
T. A. Cheatham.
Doctor Cheatham, who was discuss
ing the efforts of Charles B. Towns
! New York magazine writer, to or
ganize national movement against
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narcotics, and who is to be one of
the representatives of Georgia in this
movement, estimated that between
$1,000 and $4,000 ounces of morphine
are annually used in this state. In
fact. records gathered by him show
this to be a conservative estimate. He
states that in addition to the large
quantity of ounces of cocaine, codein
and similar drugs are used.
Five years ago Georgia passed a
law directed against the illegal sale
of narcotics" said Doctor Cheatham,
"and the result has been very crafty
ing, but if we are to effectively check
he evil we must go farther. Public
sentiment must be aroused and more
rigid laws enacted
Statistics compiled by Doctor Cheat
ham show that during the past two
wears there has been an increase OF
Is per cent in the amount of NOR
pbine sold in Georgia, while the sale
of cocaine, a much more harmful drug,
has decreased in like ratio.
During the past four years the sale
of bromides has dropped off to almost
nothing. Raw opium is not in the
same demand, the drug users prefer
ring the opium alkaloids, such as
morphine and cocaine Since the en-
actment of the narcotic law the use
Of laudanum as a stimulant has about
been discarded. Before this law was
passed laudanum was staple article
Of sale in almost every general mer-
chandise store in the state.
Fighting for Poles
In obtaining from Superior Judge
Pendleton a Temporary order restrain
ing the lessees Of the Georgia Rail
road from removing poles and wires
from along the railroads right of-way,
the Western Union Telegraph Compa-
nv reopened condemnation cases af-
fecting several Georgia railroads. On
suits brought by the Georgia road and
the Western and Atlantic railroad to
stay the telegraph company's con
demnation proceedings recently, the
supreme court decided that railroad
had "a prior claim over it's right-of-
way and the Western Union could
condemn only such property as had
not been designated by the railroad
or specific purposes.
Attempt to Evade the Law
Information has come to the state
insurance department to the effect
that foreign insurance companies, not
authorized to do business in Georgia,
are attempting to evade the new in
surance law by conducting mail
order business.
While the state Is powerless to
move against the insurance company,
Assistant Commissioner Copeland
says that any person accepting the
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