The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-08-20
THE WAYCR0SS LAND
CONFERENCE.

IL seems TO US that the movement
leading up to the Waycross Land Con
ference 10 be held in that city next
week is a splendid One-the idea of a
general meeting Of the land owners OF
this section is apt and full of meaning
and is bound 10 make for better land
conditions. Brunswick and Glynn
County ought to be well represented
at The coming meetings of which the
Atlanta Constitution says:
The call for statewide land con-
gress to be held in Waycross on We'd
nesday, August % should meet with
prompt and favorable response on tae
part OF land owners all over Georgia.
This Georgia land owners meeting
has for it's purpose the dissemination
Of such doctrine and the encourage
mcnt of such effort as will add ma
terially to the value OF land in every
section Of the state.
There is way to bring about this
result and the nail was hit squarely
upon the head in a preliminary meet
ing held in Waycross last month, in
which II was proposed TO take advan-
tage of the continually advancing
prices for beef and pork to build up
Georgia lands.
II is well known that much of the
increase In the price of meat to the
consumer has grown out of the disap-
pearance OF the free cattle ranges in
the far west Deprived OF these ranges,
the business of the western cattle
grower has dwindlcd until he Is no
longer able to supply the extensive de-
mand for low-priced beef cattle.
This situation. coupled with the
vast increase of population in the Uni
ted States, amounting to nearly q
per cent every ten years, has brought
about growing demand for meat that
the supply could not keep pace with.
As The Constitution predicted many
years ago these conditions are now
making Il imperative that this coun-
try must look to the south for its ade-
quate supply of meat, and the states
of this section cannot any too quickly
prepare themselves TO furnish II.
The possibilities of hog and cattle
growing In Georgia, especially in the
central and southern portions OF the
state, are just beginning to develop.
In few years, under present condi-
tions. the meat industry in this terri
tory is going to be right upon basis
with that of cotton growing.
The cheapest lands in the United
States today are TO be found in South
Georgia south Alabama and northern
Florida where the turpentine and
timber interests have cleared them and
left them open for grazing and cult
walton. Here are practically the same
interesting possibilities which the
western cattle growers So long enjoy
cd upon the free ranges. Left TO it. |
self, this land viii grow IN value In
time; but with the impetus which
meat raising would certainly give it,
| its advance would be rapid and the
demand for IL would follow Immediate.
Nv upon substantial showing made.
II Il this opportunity which it is pro-
posed to take advantage of in the land
congress called in Waycross on Au-
gust %. Next TO such gatherings as
The live stock convention recently
held in Moultrie. we can conceive of
nc conference or meeting fraught with
'greater possibilities to the state
Woll attended and prepely conduct
ed, the Waycross land congress win
attain results of vast and far.reaching
Importance TO Georgia and to the
neighboring territory,