Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-15

the other fellow is meeting the ex-
penses of governmental activities, do
not realize that in some way or other
the taxes will fall ultimately upon
them, whether the taxes are levied di-
rectly or indirectly"
Interest in Progress.
Whether or not l am elected to
succeed Senator Hoke Smith in the
United States Senate, l shall always
be interested in the material pros
perity of this wonderful country of
ours, and especially our dear South
land, and more particularly the sta 70
of Georgia. 1t is the industrial side
of the complex government We have
that the burden Of my talk to you
to-day shall embrace
AS a United States Senator, ones
breadth of feeling and interest should
encompass the entire interests of this
country For the material prosperity
of this great republic l viii always
stand. Extended in area, a history
replete with achievements, rich with
endowments of nature, one Of the
most numerous populations on the
earth, and characterized by an ener-
gy and intelligence the like of which
the world has never seen, we are
setting the face for an advanced CIV
ilization almost beyond the concep-
ton of man.
In round number, figures show that
the United States with an area of
100000 square miles, or about one
seventeenth of the area of the globe,
and a population of 100000, or
slightly more than one-t twentieth Of
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ducing 2,450,000,000 bushels, or 74.2
per cent of the total corn crop Of the
world; 10000, 900 bushels or Is per
cent of the wheat crop; 1886, 600
bales of cotton of 500 pounds each. or
SIS per cent of the cotton crop; 3d.
966,000 tons, or 62.S per cent of the
pig iron output, and 562Np00. 900 tons. or
SO per cent of the coal. The 252. 900
miles Of its railroads are 3S.S per
cent of the total railroad mileage of
the world.
Expand Productive Capacity.
1t has been said that there is room
enough in our land for a development
that would fully tax the productive
capacity of every factory in it. There
is room enough in 1t for the profitable
employment in these factories and in
the varied interests OF the country of
every willing worker, man or woman.
There is room enough for doubling
the entire agricultural output of the
land. and. indeed of doubling the
whole wealth creating activities Of
the country. We have resources in
soil and raw material for manufac-
lures so vast and so varied as to
stagger the human mind that at
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This is a country Of big business,
and of wonderful personalities.
Through national legislation we
should labor to build up and not TO
destroy. We should differentiate good
business from bad business, and push
our country forward in the mighty
Industrial struggle that characterizes
the nations of the earth
II elected to the United States SEN
ote, ii will be my greatest pleasure to
work for the material advancement Of
Georgia and the South. Our section
u richly endowed by nature, and the
possibilities of our industrial ad-
vancement are almost beyond the
dreams of men.
South Coming Into Own.
Prior to the Civil War the South
was far in advance over the North
and West In 1860 It had nearly one
half of the total wealth of the coun-
try, or, TO be exact, 4l9 per cent, and
was getting rich faster than all the
New England and Middle States com
oined. one writer has said: BE
tween 1850 and 1860 the increase Of
wealth OF these sections was less by
over one billion dollars than the
South's gain. For several years after
1855 this Government. controlled by
the prejudices and passions born Of
war did all in its power to impoverish
the South by visiting upon its people
misgovernment and corruption in po-
litlcal life"
Yes. the brain and energy OF the
statesmen from this section Of our
country in those DAYS controlled the
destiny Of this republic.
u is also true that prior 10 the civil
War the Democratic party was the