Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
Conservation on tire srmi

Conssrva ton on the fermi
Conservation 10 not a familiar crop
but quite productive In fact some
farmers would be winners and not
losers n they prscticed conservation.
wintul waste makes woeful want
hard times on the farm, high prices
at the grocery for the dependent city
man. The heaviest tariff we will
feel IL the waste-tAriff. Cut the tarin
OF OF this and that import and y
will be nothing as compared 20 what
we pay for IN wasted energy. wasted
products, wasted opportunities.
Mr. Non Conservationist IL, or
course. not a stranger to the farm.
Indeed not so much OF q stranger as
he is TO other more strenuous lines
OF livelihood As farmer he 10 in
different to what comes and what
goes. Just 10 he can go on in tho old
way forever.
Mr.. Non Conservationist needs
nothing so much as pinch. ~
hard and persistent enough he will
come 10 the point whore he will work
his wits and contrive to put TO money
account that which he now spurns
with contempt az too petty and be-
meath his dignity 10 be worth while
Just a money crop, and what does he
care about the products Of the poultry
yard, the dairy. the orchard, the gar
denf
What does he care about efficiency
OF time and labor-the conservation
Of energy-so long as he can get along
a bit Machinery is for someone else.
or n he has II, he worries not about
whore u IL. for he can ind Il in the
weeds where he left II when last used.
Rusty Yes, but there IL al.
Cares Nothing for Anything.
What does Mr.. Non Conservationis
care about health measures7 His par
ents lived He can. "Poohl" to germs
and flies. What does he care about
the conservation OF soil. There Is
more TO be had when this wears out
Let II wash away. Let the forests
60. the scarcer the timber the more
the remainder Is worth. Conserving
moisture In the soil Is divine and not
human job Hook worms az we'll
Jas all other Ills vii succumb to bit
ters" or some other cure-all
Does Il matter 10 Mr.. Non Con
servationist that the faces OF his chill
dren are becoming blank and hope
less, that their heads are bowling
earthward in increasing fellowship
with the OK?
The oonservationist Is the man with
the upward look, with good cheer
and hope. He has no snarl In his con-
stitutlon. He believes in the good
ness Of God and the universe. He
believes that man, n treated right, is
the noblest or fellow creatures.
In sharp contrast to tho true con-
HgTNa fl0ntHg 10 hs mi aFsv 4AFrfva- a -
archist, whose most natural express
sion is hate and the show OF fanRs
Hts portentious announcement cries
Ike a lost soul He seels in the faces
Of the hopeful and the successful only
heartlessness and unholy mirth while
spurning rough shod the tiller and the
toiler OF lowly places.
He is blind to the good men who
stoop patheticaliy 10 look into
the eyes OF the bowed They are deaf
10 the good words OF cheer They re-
fuse to observe that good advice and
kind help in tightening the burden OF
the bent back that by instruction as
20 how TO waste less and save more
stepping-stones have been laid for the
upward way and that faces have been
turned to high hopes.
Lesson at Knoxville.
II you are looking for a fine ex-
hibition OF the spirit OF Conservatto
OF how a helping hand can be extend
ed not only to wa sted humanity. but
for checking the waste Of humanity:
II you would learn how the conscrva
tionists are serving the world. With
how many hands they are reaching
out 10 save, take uip to Knox
vile. Tenn, and there take time TO
study the lessons revealed by the Ma
uonal Conservation Exposition. II
Is good for the soul. and mighty good
for the purse Of the man with a keen
eve FOR the main chance
Oh yes the exposition is not for
glory alone, II is expected by those