Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-10

! Superintendent II. = Bowden, OF
| Blakely. the we'll known educator. has
| announced himself a candidate for
State School Commissioner, to sue
| coed the present commissioner, NJ. l..
Britain.
| Professor Bowden will have but one
big and insistent plank in his plat
| form-State school books, written by
/ Georgians. printed by the State. to
be furnished the children at cost.
| The professor proposes TO 60
, straight to the people with this Issue.
and says he will stump Georgia from
one end 70 the other-and they do
say he is some stump speaker. more
over.
This issue Of state school books
printed by the State was quite
lively topic in the Legislature at It's
summer session, and it seems that the
matter is to be fought to a finish be-
tween this time and the primaries
| next fall.
In his official platform, Professor
Bowden says: Georgia was the nrst
state in the Union to establish
state University. Georgia institu-
ton was the first in the worlo 10
confer u Don woman a coHeBe ne
gree. Then why should not Georgia
be a friend to her educational serV-
ants and create a MARKET LOT hei
school book writer's by publishing ana
adnrtirg school books written by
Georgians? .ho
state should be jealous OF any COM
petitlon that would discount IN the
least the ability Of her educators.
Instead of importing school DOORS
Georgia educators should be encour-
aged by the patronage OF her own IN
stitutions to export them.
The next Legislature should pass
a law abroRating all school book con-
tracts where Georgia authors Were
not given a preference, ana es'apilsI
a protected opportunity Tor her own
educational servants.
No doubt Professor Bowden VIII
he ahle to stir up considerable inter
est through this platform, even II ne
does not get elected thereon.
And anyway, next year bids falf
tn he a lively one In politics, and
one can not predict NOWADAYS what
may happen
The disposition of the Western and
Atlantic Railroad is sure to be one
Of the very liveiest topics Of discus
sion for the next few months, not only
among statesmen, real and near, but
among business men and taxpayers
generally.
There is a very great and emphatic
diversity of opinion throughout
Georgia with respect to the State
road Some think It should be re-
leased upon the most advantageous
terms pos sible, others that II shoulc
be sold outright, and still others tina
II should be extended to the Atlanti'
Ocean, and possibly operated by tho
state itself
There Is no dispute that the road IL
the states biggest and most avai.abl
asset. In the matter of disposing O
Il for a new term Of years, therefore
there is bound to arise sharp differ
ences OF opinion, and n solution vii
not be found without difficulty.
One OF the great dangers in TIN
way of a businesslike disposition of
the road. perhaps. will he the politics
that inevitably viii get into the nego
tiations. There will be subtle jockey
ing for position, to begin whit al
ready has begun-and there Will b
strenuous striving eventually to max
capital OF the thing before II is fin
ished.
In the past. two schools of politica
thought in Georgia have squabble'
over the Western and Atlantic roaC
interminably-and under the coveI
that row still is very much alive!
Any person who doubts that state
ment is not keeping up with things II
Georgia-that's all!
At this very minute one assortment
of partiSans is wondering and plan
ming az to how II can get the othc
assortment "in the hole" on the Stat,
road disposition!
If the people will keep up wit
what is going on, they need not b