The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-04-19

Below is printed letter from a
progressive Georgia business man in
which he tells of the changed attitude
of northern investors toward the pc
can industry because they do not
want to put money in a state whose
capital is so tainted with bolshevism. +"
What Mr.. Perry says of the pecan
industry is equally true of every other
business. Money cannot be had in
| Georgia to build Street Railways, In
terurban Railways, Gas Works, Power
Plants or transmission lines for the
same reasons as are so plainly told
you by Mr.. Perry. Nobody wants to
put money in a state whose capital is
SO tainted by Bolshevism. No extern
sions of Electric transmission lines,
Street Railways or lnterurban Rail
ways are possible unless new capital
can be obtained for the cost of their
construction and new capital has been
| frightened away from Georgia by the
support given to a few socialists by
! Atlanta papers.
These men who are preaching pub
lie ownership are Indifferent to the
damage they are doing to the state
of Georgia by killing new enterprises.
They care nothing about the effects
of their misrepresentation but seek
only political power. The same false
hoods are being used in Georgia as
were used in Seattle to induce that
city to buy its street railways, where
| in Fl months the street railways I'M
der Municipal Management created a
deficit of $1,503,50U, and where the
street railway employees are now be-
ing paid by city warrants instead OF
cash. 1t is just a repetition in Geor-
gia of the same tricks practiced in
Seattle where the public have been
fooled by political adventures into
voting $4,000, 100000 ostensibly to OBJ
tain cheaper car fares but in reality
TO enable the politicians to play with
in CITY politics. Car fares have been
increased far beyond what the private
company charged and the Seattle tax
PAYERS are out a million and half
dollars in Il months. The Georgia
branch of the same brand of socialists
are asking for ten times as much OF
your money for similar purposes.
Hon. E. H Griffin,
cambridge, Georgia.
l"Dear Sir:
| nave nOllCeu III lIIS otdtN ~ 80
that you are actively opposing the
proposed bills of the Municipal League
and l am taking the liberty OF .ad-
dressing you on this subject and wish
ing you God speed in this work.
"When these measures were hrst
proposed they seemed very fair and
| / was inclined to favor them, but as
| made a deeper study OF them i
found them to be very dangerous
measures. =,
IF these bills become law we could
have another era of 'carpetbag bond
issues that would bankrupt our en-
tire state, and make it impossible tor
any one to interest outside capital IN
helping us to develop our natural re-
sources.
Il am engaged in interesting east
ern capitalists in furnishing money
to help us develop the pecan industry
in South Georgia. visit almost eV,,
ery city in the north and east, and
have presented our proposition sue,
cessfully to the leading bankers and
other monied men, and in every in
stance one of the very first questions
that is asked is, what protection do
the Georgia laws give foreign capital!
Up until recently l have been able to
tell those men, convincingly, that ev-