Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-09-30

president of the Georgia Press
Association

president of the Georgia Press
AsSociation.)
SACRAMENTO. Calf, Sept. "a
In previous letter to the newspapers
of Georgia I told you of having
come nearly 5000 miles to Califor-
mia to study her manner and meth
of of development and tell it to
the people of Georgia through the
Georgia newspapers, in order that
Georgia might become as we'll
known as California. You will re-
member told you in the opening
paragraph that the story could be
told in one word-ADVERTISIN
I have now been in the state
about three weeks, and I am more
firmly convinced than ever that my
first estimate is correct. / have been
pretty we'll over the state, and I
can't help but think what a wonder
state Georgia would be if she were
to put forth the same effort that
these California people put forth.
For, you must remember, Califor-
MIA Is a sand desert until artificial
moisture is secured. Irrigation is
the only way they can raise any
thing out here.
Georgia farmers have no such OBJ
stacles to overcome. All they have
to do is to put fence around their
acres, do little preliminary clear
ing up and go to work. No bother
about water. Nature provides that.
The Californian will tell you, with
water everything is possible in
possible"
Californ1a's Climate
1t was my first intention to draw
a comparison of Georgia and Cali
fornia, but there is no comparison.
Georgia is too far ahead in her
natural resources. There is only one
thing that California has that we
come to think of it, / was talking
with a young man a few days ago
who is not a native of this state
When asked what he thought of
California, he replied very prompt
ly that at was all right, except
the blooming climate is too monot-
onous."
have been unable to gather any
intelligent statistics on the tenn
perature of the state, because 1t
varies so widely In different parts
Of the state. But l take some data
favored part of the state from
climatic standpoint. I learn that it
occasionally freezes that far south,
ard that the thermometer some
times goes over 100, so it will be
seen that they do have hot and
But, as I have already said, we
are not going to try to compete
with California. What Georgia must
do is to wake UP and take advan-
tage of the wonderful natural OPP
HAVE FIRST GOT TO SELL
GEORGIA TO GEORGIA PEOPLE,
and then the selling to outsiders
will be the easiest thing in the
world, just as it is for the Cali
fornia people to sell. California to
outsiders.
Interested in Georgia
I have been much encouraged by
ers and truck growers out here. So
long as 1 talked with chamber of
commerce representatives and land
development agencies, / got only
the most glowing accounts of sue
cesses, but when finally decided
then began to get down to rock bot
tom and get the unromantic side
of California life. And l found these
farmers to be about as interested
in Georgia as we have been inter
ested in California. They. all. with
gia farmer on his Georgia acre, can
make as much or more, on his
peaches, watermelons, cantaloupes,
cane, potatoes, peanuts and live
SUCK, as the Sdll1OTillct man uOGS on
his acre. True, we can't raise oranges
and lemons and other such like
crops, but we don't have to. The
California people themselves admit
that a California peach will not
compare with a Georgia peach, and
when I mentioned Georgia water
melons to q man here a few days
ago, his face lighted up and he told
of having once been in Georgia and
how he enjoyed those delicious
Georgia watermelons. The largest
have seen out here would not weigh
over ten or twelve pounds and they
taste flat. / happened to be talking
one day with prominent produce
man and mentioned something about
the delicious Georgia cane syrup
That man said he had tried every
year to get a supply of Georgia
cane syrup, saying that he had new
er in all his life eaten any syrup
to compare with 1t. I have his or
der for supply in my pocket right
now.
l was taking with party of
California business men one day and
someone said something about po-
tatoes. 1 suggested that what he
meant by potatoes was Irish pota-
toes. He replied, "Oh, no, 1 meant
sweet potatoes, but 1 am frank to
tell you that we cannot raise any
thing as delicious as your famous
Georgia yam. The only ones we get
out here are those that come can
ours, 1 happen to know they are