Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-15
.SlL.I.IIIS,ls.I ADVERTISEMENT

~ mas peen sdlu that one NAV fairi-
state that the construction OF tbs Il.
mai WIZ do more for the developmsn,
OF trade, Tor the industries Of o''.
country, than any public enterpriss
ton ma
we are spending $500. 600 ooo ?,
and the responsibilities of it's nrn !
ton rest upon US. l believe SUBJ ~
efits as may be derived to our go.
wise shipping should be stimuIs.a.
and fostered by free toll II ts 80
canal We have built It, we have rsIi
for 1t. AS | understand il. no conf M
has ever by treaty relations forfai,.i
its control over its coastwisA trsS.
II Will be just to ourselves and fn..
to otner countries, and we will deriy.
more OF the great benefits that wiII
flow from its construction.
Favors Good Roads.
| favor good roads. The jnters,-
and enthusiasm manifested in III.
construction of good roads throuvboy,
the entire country is one OF the ro.,
marked evidences of progress and
civilization, and will relate direc,rv
to our material development.
The census of 1890 showed TIA. Or
per cent of our people lived in ,so
cities; in 1900 there were 40 nor cer,
and 1910 46 per cent, an incres se ~
10 per cent in city population as com
pared with rural population in twan.
ty years. l am frank to saw thar +,
my opinion this is an unhealthy CON.
dition; but, on the other hand. II Mn
not stop until our roads are improves
and school and mail facilities are be-.
tered.
We have In the United States an
proximately 100000 miles of public
roads On a grand scale of construr.
ton of interstate lines-and the ns.
uonal Government should become in
terested 80 that in the course Of few
decades all the States of this Union
will be connected by system OF nus
lie roads which will become the Won
der of the world.
Would Help Education.
l am profoundly interested in he
cause of elementary and higher edv.
cation. There has been much enthu-
siasm in Georgia along educational
lines for many years, and TO-DAY our
institutions of higher learning and
our common school system are among
the best of any of the States of our
country. The cause of education
technical, classical and elementary
all forms of education-will ALWAYS
have friend in me.
A writer recently said: while we
are striving to utilize the material
resources Of the South. to turn all IT'S
coal and iron and timber and water
power into wealth creating factors, il
is even more important that the vast
undeveloped, unutilized resources Of
the unframed and uneducated boys
and girls of this section should be
utilized. and by fitting them by edu-
cation and by the training Of work.
and the education that fits them for
the responsibilities of life to become
greater factors in the worlds affairs
than all the coal and iron and timber
and cotton of this or any other sec
ton"
Setterment of Humanity.
If elected TO the United States SEN
ate, l will pledge you my answering
support of all measures that look to
the betterment of humanity. l viii
champion all measures that will tend
to improve the moral condition Of OF;
people and promote the best INTEREST,"
of society.
A matter here in Georgia I am in.
terested in and that is the changing
of our laws and improvement of con.
ditions that surround our convicts
Among these changes is the abandon
ment of the barbarous practice Of US
ing the lash. You and / can not con
ceive hardly of human skin being
torn and human flesh lacerated by
the merciless hand of the irresponsi-
BILE whipping boss. Our civilization is
too far advanced to permit such con-
II elected to the United States SEN
ate, | Will always try to be just to
both labor and capital Capital con-
trolls the resources put here by the
Almighty, and largely receives the
benefits by their possession. Labor
utilizes them and makes their pos
session of value. 1t is labor that
constructs buildings and carries on
the thousand and one industrial en-
terprises that produce our industrial
iAA1 anu ObA CbAtIAlh AANll4HoAiNhs 49,
ideas at times may be wrong but my
at all times will be to DO
justice and right
The Homes the Thing.
But, gentlemen, back Of our mate
rial resources and our industrial ad-
vancement, great as they are; back
of our strong navy and our large
arm; back of all the moral forces
that drive in splendor the progress OF
hanback, of all these things, and the
republic itself is the individual, his
daily life. the even tenor of his way.
lust so pure and earnest is the lie
IF the individual, just so clean and
forceful is the government and its Ell
iciency in the mission of its useful
ness. How beautiful is the language
and how true the thought taken from
Dne of Henry Grady's great speeches
Let us make our homes temples or
liberty, and teach our sons that an
ionest conscience is every mans FIRST
rests beneath his hat, and that no
splendor can rob him and no force
Justify the surrender of the simplest
light Of free and independent ciu-
zen"
My friends, the people Of these
United States are the best people on
earth. We have the most Sterling
manhood brave, intelligent. and US
Ially righteous in their purposes. ~
act, the land that God has permit
ed us to live in has climate that
produces a vigor of intellect and en-
, % no a tlp1