The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-04-20
Farmers Union To
Meet In Atlanta
May lind

Jenkinsburg, Ga, April 1S.-Pres-
idents ]. H. Mills of the Farmers
Union of Georgia today issued sec
ond call to the farmers of the state
to lay aside other business the first
two days. of next month and attend
the state meeting of 4. the Farmers
Union to be held in Atlanta in the
House OF Representative at the Cap
itol. Because of the gravely import
ant international development since
the first call for the state meeting. he
now especially urges that all farmers
and as many of the business men of
the state as possible, who are in SYM
pathy with conditions, attend the
meeting also. The call is as follows:
10 the Farmers of Georgia; and 1.-THE
Man Behind the Plow" Generally:
Since the announcement several
weeks ago and the cali to the mem
bers of the Farmers Union of Geor-
gia to attend a state meeting in At
lanta May l and 2, developments in
our national and nternatioa affairs
have been such that the agricultural
peoples OF our state are now confront
ed with the most gravely important
responsibility that has ever rested up
on our shoulders. The spread of the
Doll Weevll over our lands brought to
us the necessity of substituting other
crops tor cotton. That problem we
were about to solve or were soNino.
and with this came the necessity of
hnding the answer for the question of
adequate and proper marketing ia
cliities and methods for the diversi-
ted crops, which we are yet confront
ing N the shape of an advantageous
and workable marketing system for
the farm products of Georgia To
this now has been added the problem
OF food supply, the production of a
sutficiency of feed-stuffs and an ade-
quate general system by which we
can handle and dispose of our prod
ucts at reasonable prices.
We want and must have the opin-
ion of our farmers generally on these
and other important questions now
before us and which will come upon
us before the end of the ensuing crop
period. We can get that only by
meeting together and going over our
situations. Arrangements have been
made with some of the foremost agri-
cultural minds mad experts in the
country to be with us on May | and
Z. Addresses will be made by !. I.
Brown, Commissioner of Agriculture
OF Georgia; Harry D. Wilson, Com
missioner of Agriculture of Louisiana.
and l.. M. Rhodes, of Tennessee, one
of the leading speakers on agricul-
tural subjects in the United States.
NJ members of the Farmers Union
~ Georgia are, therefore, hereby call
ed upon to, just as fully as possible,
lay aside other business on those DAYS
and attend the state meeting in At
lanta! participate in its deliberations
and give the benefit of your opinion
and knowledge. In hehalf of the
Farmers Union we earnestly call up
on and extend an invitation to all the
farmers and business men of the state
who are in sympathy with us in these
efforts to meet with us.
Reduced fares have Deen offered on
all the railroads.
J. H. Mills, President,
Farmers Union of Georgia
Andrew J. Femling,
Secretary and Treas
Announcement of the place of meet
ing and the list Of speakers will be
made by President Mills next week.
Each loyal organization throughout
the state is especially urged by Pres
ident Mills to notify secretary Elem
ing at Jenkinsburg, Ga, at once how
many delegates it will send, if pos
sible, who the delegates are to be.