The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1915-05-14

U0en enacted Dy congress out Tor the
fact of the complications and in
tricacies that have made impra ctical
all the bills broaght forward 90 Ia.
Another Logical objection 20 the lnea-
sure so far submitted is tie cost of
operating the machinery The goal
to be reached is low rate Of inter
est if the farmer is TO be benefited.
1t might be mistake to have an ar
rangement Whereby pero nance we
could borrow mo2 ey too easy, per-
haps safeguard for this however
will be the fact that thcze who have
money to loan have business judge
ment and can be depended ON al
ways to demand giltedged security
Having been in debt have some idea
of how hard it is to get out, it is
an automatic truth that the hardest
debts to pay are the ones that are
the easiest made
Beware eternally of the easy way
to borrow money, think thrice and
know full well that it is an unavoid-
able necessity before taking the leap
If bebt was ever a thorough curse
to any section of the country it an
doubtedly has been to the cotton belt
in the South. There are many sons
of the south today who have impress
CJ nf
TEN we had several years ago. hope
we will never experience it again.
l believe the next Congress will
give us a rural credit system that
will meet every practical expecta-
tion-every necessity. Just before
the U. S. Senate adjourned in March
commission was appointed COM
posed of Senator Hoke Smith of
Georgia, Senator Gore, of Oklahoma,
and others, this committee is to go
thoroughly and exhaustive'y into the
matter. They are to collate the
best rural credit systems of the most
advanced agricultural nations of the
world and they are expected to
bring forward a measure embody-
ing the best features minus the bad
ones, which it is hoped will con-
summate the best and greatest in
terest of the farmers.
ExState Senator HOE. Emmett R.
Shaw, of Fort Gaines, Ca, was in
Washington for while today. The
Col. was returning from New York
to his Georgia home and had few
hours lay-over here.
1t can be appropriately said that
Senator Shaw is entirely in a class
to himself he is an original thinker
and acts entirely from his own view
point. Intellectually intrepid, poll
mic by nature, ready to debate.
postmaster at repartee and chiyal-
rous in discussion.
He will meet any one coming down
the pike upon the hustings in joint
debate. A golden hearted fellow,
perhaps no greater compliment could
be paid to this Knightly champion
of the common people than to say he
was not even afraid to meet upon the
arena the Sage of McDuffie in in
tellectial combat.
The distinguished conmoner Of
South Georgia is best known as the
Erudite Editor of "The Blade and
Piudgeon' as writer he is versatile
and trenchant, always fighting in
the open and striking above the belt,
he detests a foul
In response to inquiry propoundet
by your Reporter what bringest thol.
hither Senator?' 80, l am in route
for home, have'been up to New York
and had two or three hours between
trains, took advantage of my stop
over walked over to the Senate Of
flee Building and had a pleasant talk
with Senator Hoke Smith. | heart
lily endorse Mr.. Smiths Senatorial
career, | think not only the people
of Georgia but the entire cotton belt
are under lasting obligations to Sem
ator Smith. Oh no, | am not seek
ing any political appointment, | am
going back to Georgia and become
again knight of the grip, and join
those noble fellows on the road. |
think the people of Georgia display
ed supereXcellent judgement in send
ing Hoke Smith to the United States
Senate. l don't think he will have
any trouble in staying there as long
IS he wants to, l am not speaking
from the standpoint of personal ad-
miration, but am influenced from
his pre-eminent ability and superior
fitness for the exalted position of
United States Senator. He is I'M
questionably one of the greatest men
in the U. S. Senate and perhaps the