Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-02-15

autocracy's downfall will be remern-
! bered only for the heroes it produced.
You are making the South tick-free,
and when you have done that, the Ma
ton will be your debtor.
Records Made During War.
! Tick eradication in the past two
years has made notable record. In
| 1917 the 7O,754 square miles released
from Federal quarantine far surpassed
the record of any previous year. Again
in 1918, the-release Of 1927 square
miles eclipsed all previous accomplish
ments. These figures would command
attention at any time. But they be-
came truly remarkable when we re-
member that in 1917 and 1918 the
United States was at war, and every
energy of the American people was
being bent toward the one aim of
whipping the Hun. Many of our bur-
eau men joined the colors, tens Of
thousands of men left the farms Of the
South for the Army, it was difficult
to ship supplies into this section
because of the demands of the can
tonments, everything was submerged
beneath the one dominating purpose.
But despite all that, tick eradication
in 1917 broke all records, and in 1918
we found that 1917 was nearly 5000
square miles too Slow.
| Credit Belongs to All.
Much of the credit for these record
breaking accomplishments belongs to
you, the representatives of the Fed
eral Government in the fight against
D,,% IL lo
foolish if we tried to appropriate all,
or even most, of the credit. We must
give full recognition, in the first place
to the cooperative work of the State
agricultural colleges, and the county
governments. We must acknowledge
the aid of such organizations as the
Southern Cattlemen's Association, the
Texas Cattle Raisers' Association, the
Southern Settlement and Development
organization, the Georgia Land Own
ers' Association and the Southern
Pine Association. We must recognize
the consistent and clear-sighted sup
port of the daily and weekly news
papers and the agricultural and live
stock journals of the South, without
whose aid we might still be battling
with prejrdice everywhere. And we
must give due credit to the asscia-
Citations of the bankers and other busl-
ness men who have led their communf.
ties to a realization of the benefits
of tick eradication.
What Southern People Have Done.
! More than that, we must, everyone
take off our hats to the farmers, live
stock raisers, and other people, ir
general, of the South. We must re-
member that while these people were
helping tick eradication, they were not
only buying Liberty Bonds subscribe
ing to the Red Cross and other organ
izations, and sending their sons tt
war, but were accomplishing notable
things in raising the food crops thai
, were regarded as essential to
strong America. When the slogan
!, "The South Must Feed ITSELF" wa:
sounded, the farmers of the South an
swered. Before the war the South i'm
, ported annually about $60O,OOO, O0'
, worth of corn, hay, graons, mixed fec
! flour, meat and meat products, dair.
products, poultry, and poultry pro
ducts, and canned goods. There ha
been. great change. In 1918 and L
: Southern States, including all tn
. tick infested States, produced 141, 7S7,
! 900 bushels more corn than they har
q vested in 1909. The eleven State
! comprising the cotton belt produce
: 1876 per cent more wheat in 1918 tina
y in 1909. These same States durin
! the same period increased their GA
:. crop 1873 per cent: their hay yielc
a 1913 per cent; Irish potatoes, lit pc
+ cent; and sweet potatoes, 67 per cen
: The same tendency is shown in live
e stock production. AS an instance,
!. 1914 Mississippi marketed only sc
g 229 fat cattle, while in1916 it shil
4 ped 156,237 animals to the st. Lou
/ market and increase of 181 per cen
! We look back over what has bee
= done, and consider that we are SUI
4 of the increasingly strong supper
r of the Southern people who have dor
e such great things, there is no reasc
d whatever to fear that tick eradicate
will not win the most complete SUI
r. cess, and that through tick eradicate
Tho South xui1 l1,ocnrao tho live StO(