Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-07-21
OUR HOUSEHOLD
CONDUCTED BY LIZZIE OTHOMAS

with 1t. The Danish government as
sists the activities of the farmer in
every way, but does not control
them.
There are several projects before
the American people right now that
is of vital Importance to the farmer,
the producer and consumer, but spec
ulators and middlemen are moving
heaven and earth, as far as lies in
their power, to keep things in their
own hands. These corporations toll
not, neither do they spin, but like
fat spiders suck the blood Of the
credulous.
Take eggs for instance. There are
dozen or more concerns operating
in China, Americans buying and ship
ping eggs to this country. We had
mild winter, but don't imagine
that twice or three times the usual
number of eggs laid in one season
would have caused such a slump in
ployed in the egg packing plants get
IS a month. Shall our girls COM
pete with that? In February of this
year the United States imported 249,-
843 dozen eggs from Canada; $1,000
dozen from Argentina; 203,770 dozen
from China; 26,704 dozen from Hong
Kong; 98,260 dozen from Japan; 100
dozen from Australia. This makes
629,677 dozen eggs sent into this
country the one month of February,
other months in proportion.
The eggs are sent in every posi-
BILE condition, in shells. frozen and
desiccated. 1 saw barrels and bar
1 can not right now recall the name:
They Were desiccated, and are used
with certain proportion of water
or milk. Bakeries, hotels and quick
them to save time. Imagine some
of the sort that can be mixed that
way and dried. Those nations are
no worse than some $of our people.
The sort that will gather eggs that
have been under hens two weeks and
sell them for fresh eggs would dry
anything and sell it for "desiccated.'
The Oriental gives no worse than they
eat. Once when L lived there mis-
sionary saw a sign, eggs, and boughG
to get more. The man said he would
guarantee them; When she broke
them two were totally unfit fer use.
She had been careful to break each
one in a saucer before putting 1T
with the good ones, and handed the
Japanese cook and said take it away.
She got clean saucer and the Sec
ond one was bad; that also was
taken away. Later in the day, she
where did these come from?" "The
merchant gave them to me Nor the
two you could not use"
But I did not intend for you to
take those two bad ones to him.
did not want him to lose them"
"Oh, but he did not lost them"
was the startling reply, "he ate
them as soon as handel them TO
him.
The people on the western coast
are fighting our battles when they
fight the importing of those eggs:
J. H. Barber, general manager of
the Poultry Producers Association
of Central California, says Chinese
eggs can be put on board a ship at
five cents a dozen. Adding freight
and insurance they can be delivered
at San Francisco at a profit for less
than ten cents a dozen.
The only thing to do is to put
on a. tariff of twelve cents dozen.
That is what Australia charges us
for the eggs we ship there, but
theirs come into this country free
of duty. Let us cooperate with our
people of the Pacific coast and help
them get the duty fixed. Eggs at
thirty cents a dozen, with feed where
it is will be reasonable, and that
means the same as meat at twenty
cents a pound.
Each year winter eggs get more
creasing and that will keep the win
ter prices higher. There is report
that the storage houses are prac-
tically empty. The people arc learn
ing to put UP the eggs they used to
sell at any price, and it is probable
that eggs will be about seventy-five
cents next December. There was a
time when our congressman would
smile and promise anything, with
no intention of fulfilling the prom
ises. But we women have voice
in such matters now and your clubs
can see to it that your congressman
helps put a tariff on imported eggs.
Sectional jealousies. partisan feel
ing and just plain graft have been
used to kill the Muscle Shoals prof.
ect. Cheaper fertilizer would knock
the middlemen out OF the profits
they make with Chilean nitrate, and
German phosphate, consequently the
magnificent work at Wilson'S Dam
is at a standstill. 1t is quite as
important to the farmers as Roose-
welt Dam did so much for the
west. Soc to it that your congress-
men work for it. Many congress-
men went to Washington poor but
will return with well lined pocket
books because they will be absent
when Wilson dam interests depend
on their presence and vote. Coop
GRAFTON and education are the fac
tors we need today. Put your com
munity to work by starting yourself.