Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-02-14

the nation at the present time. This
is an inheritance of the great war.
1t is not due entirely to the return
and discharge of large numbers Of
soldiers but to the fact that after
having organized our energies up to
the highest initiative Of which we
are capable we found them suddenly
and unexpectedly relaxed through the
medium of the armiStice signed on
| November Il. We hardly realized
how intensely and seriously as a ma
ton and a people we had taken the
war until that time. We hardly re-
had given to the cause. We had
rot felt the strain previous to that
| time because we lived in a sort of
state of approximations After the
signing of the armiStice there nat
| Lrally came a let-doWn, possibly
some slight change in the point of
view, a query in the mind as to
what of the future, a realization that
| the great war had effaced old
| things and brought new IDEAS, new
portunitieS into our perspective. Old
habits and thoughts have passed
away, and out of the unsettled
state of the present moment there
mas arisen much doubt as to what
the future holds. These things. it
seems to me, account for the rest
lesSnesS which is everywhere appar-
ent now and the desire of our peo-
pie TO cnanS6, &c move ABOUT, TO Try
something different.
But this condition will pass as
kave all those others which we have
experienced as a result of the war,
and already there is a disposition
to. settle down into the routine of
life again. Naturally the outdoor
life lived by SO many of our men,
coupled possibly with the high cost
of living, the realization as never
before in the last century that food
plays the most important part after
all in human affairs, has led many
people to turn their thoughts and
attention back to the land and to
question and investigate the oppor'
tunities which it may afford; Some
doubt as TO the practicability Of
taking UP land has arisen in the
minds of many because of the high
price it commands in those rather
GesoIately settled areas of our coun-
try where most of the soldiers are
under such conditions to turn Our
study of the opportunities which
land may afford the soldier and his
investment of a moderate sum in
farming operations with the hope oil
it's developing presently through
hard and sagacious labor into com
potency. Fortunately there are vast
| areas of land in our county which
advantage. There are still new El
Dorados and new vests to develop.
IN this respect we are particularly
fortunate in the southeast, and es-
pecially is this true in the state OF
Georgia, where we have some 49,
go, 600 acres Of land which repre-
sents for the most part cut-over tim
Der soil but still virgin to the pillow.
This land may be bought at a very
low figure, yet it is ideally situat-
ed for agricultural purposes. This
soil is capable of producing almost
any crop cultivated successfully
throughout the civilized world. 1t
is on. the border of a semi-tropical
Salubrious and admirably suited to
the needs of the white man.. 1t can
all readily be brought under the pillow
at a moderate cost and there is no
reason why The products Of this soil
should not be marketed economically
and successfully.
In considering a location It seems
to me there are several things one
would take into consideration. The
first of these would be soil of
ready improvement adapted to
eausble, mild climate in which the
I .infall is well distributed and suf-
'ia'21t in quantity to meet the
l-227 OF all cultivated crops. Then
:tl3 privilege and opportunity which
to l2aa1ion afforded not only for
r.. ,.'r% money, but home. In es-
II. ,, -,-ltJLg "a home one would nat
I. | '1he. concerned as to the avail
49, Of schools and churches, the
, : r..D,Nty as to the development
0 : rcry.33nent roads and the facili
ticT at hand for the education of
cnc'a, children. All of these are
found in the cut-over land areas Of
{ 80 In w
some Of these advantages do not
cyist they can be readily establish
cd, permanent roads can be built
cheaD1y and effectively, and it is
often possible under good manage
ment to raise a sufficiently large
crop to pay for the land in one sea-
son. Sometimes the land and i'm
provements may be paid for in a
single season.
[ do not think it would cost more
| than $40 or. $50 an acre to clear the
land in question and bring it under
| the pillow. Most of it in the natural
state would produce one-half a bale
| Of cotton or other money crop of
| proportionate value. A return of
| $500 to $1,000 per acre has been
| made on many acres of soil similar
IN type and character to that under
| discussion at various points located
throughout the territory in question.
It should be, therefore, an attrac-
| tive lOcaLion IN WIlcn 10 1HNeSI anu
| should afford all those privileges
and opportunities which the young
men of the nation are seeking. No
more favored section of the country
can be found for investment at this
| time, so why not come to Georgia, to
the state where the sun shines prac-
ically every day in the year, where
| there is already we'll established
civilization, and where three million
people now have happy, comfort
able and attractive homes which no
stress of circumstance would force
them to forego or abandon. Here
each year about $900,O00,000 worth
of new wealth, $6O,000,000 coming
directly out of the soil in the form
! of crops, and 5000, 100000 represent
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