Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-05-02

the United States can to come extent,
repay France for her assistance dur
irg the crucial days of the Revolution
BY furnishing food products, munitions
and, if necessary, soldiers for the fight
ing line, strike the deciding blow
against Germany.
1.-THE South must feed itself" said he,
and the $6OO,00O,0O0 worth of food
stuffs that has been imported annual
" by the South from other sections OF
the country, must be made up below
tie Mason and Dixon line"
South Georgia fed Lees army for
three years, and was called the gran
airy Of the Confederacy'; there is no
reason why south Georgia cannot
again regain her title as the greatest
producing section in the entire South"
declared Mr.. Pinchot.
In closing his remarks, Mr.. Pinchot
Urged the farmers and business men
of this section to make their efforts
along this line continuous instead OF
srasmodic, and to keep in mind the fact
that the South holds the keys to the
European situation,
DR.. Soule, at the outset of his adj
dress, appealed to the women of Sum-
ter county to come to the front at this
time of ethical need and emulate
the example of the noble women of the
Confederacy, who bore their share OF
the burden of war with such charac-
teristic fortitude and efficiency.
1--WE must realize that the United
States is at war;" declared DR.. Soule.
I'VE must realize that this war is one
to be decided by an abundance of food
products and the burrows turned by
plowshares."
president Woodrow Wilson, the
greatest man that ever occupied the
chair of the chief executive of the ma
ton, has called upon the South to feed
itself and the country is looking to
Southerners to do exactly that thing"
continued the speaker.
with cotton bringing 20 or % cents
per pound this fall and exhorbitant
prices prevailing for food products,
with the possibility of being entirely
unable to purchase certain products,
where will the farmer find himself who
adheres to the old system of all cot
tom farming?" demanded nr. Soule.
Georgia must increase her food pro-
duction $50 per. capita this year in
order to feed herself and every row
of beans, corn or other food product
contributes to the solution of the food
problem, and so to the success of the
Allies over Germany" he continued.
Whatever else may be said of Ger
many, whatever our opinion may be of
her barbarous methods of warfare, we
must acknowledge that German eff
cheney has accomplished wonders, par
ticularly in the increasing and conserv-
ing the food supply" said DR.. Soule.
He briefly outlined some of the
things to be done by Georgians to in
crease the food production, namely,
study of the problem of physical nu-
triton to conserve the food supply and
obtain the best results in the way of
the practice of diversi-
fed farming, a change in the basis OF
credit from the "all cotton" system,
home gardening for both city and
country residents, Improvement of mar
ket conditions and the organization of
farmers and business men to secure
the best results along these lines.
DIR. Soule displayed chart on which
were outlined the various items of
the plan to be followed, and he urged
that these suggestions be put into ac-
tual practice.
Ben H. Grower, assistant commits
sioner of agriculture of Georgia, was
on the program to deliver an address,
but owing to the length of the meet
ing. it was decided to eliminate his
speech.
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