Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-05-19
KELLEY ANSWERS
SHARP CRITICISMS

| Attacking J. J. Brown, state com
| missioner of agriculture and L. B.
| jackson director of the state market
| bureau r. A Kelley president of the
| Georgia Farm Bureau Federation. on
| Wednesday issued a statement re-
| plying to a connauni ca ton given out
! Tuesday by Mr. Jackson in which
sharp criticism was made of the
farm bureau and of DR.. A. M. Soule
president of the state College Of
Agriculture.
Characterizing the statements of
| Mr.. Jackson and Commissioner
Brown as having been inspired by
| malice and c-ense ignorance" Mr..
| Kelley makes a vigorous defense of
| the farm bureau and repeats his pre-
vious assertion that the abolition of
the state bureau would be distinctly
| beneficial to the farmers of Geor-
gia.
The statement from Mr.. Jackson's
office on Tuesday followed the pass
age of resolutions by the farm bu-
reau convention in Atlanta on Mon
day condemning the Sapiro cotton
marketing plan and advocating the
| abolition of the state bureau of mar
| kets.
MIR. Kel1ey's Reply
The reply from Mr.. Kelley fol-
| lows:
my attention has been called to
| the article in your paper of the
| 18th to a communication by L. B.
| Jackson in reply to a resolution of
| the Georgia Farm Bureau asking
| that the legislature transfer the bu-
rea of markets to the College OF
Agriculture, thereby saving the
| state in this one particular approx
mately $4,000 per annum, and in
| cidentally the embarrassment Of Mr.
| Jackson Of supplementing this fund
| by asking these taxpayers to per-
sonally subscribe additional funds
| amount unknown.
Hard times are with us and the
| farmers of the state need some re-
! lief and it is necessary to economic
everywhere practicable, and we think
the support of the bureau of mar
| kets is useless expenditure and
| this amount could be saved to the
| taxpayers and still have a more eff
| ficient service rendered the state by
the college and it's corps Of trained
market experts than by the present
| bureau of markets, that is render
| ing practically no service, so far
as the average farmer knows, other
| than the issuance of the marketing
| bulletin, which should and would be
continued by the college as a clean
market bulletin with advertising ano
news items left out.
1--WE think this is the only state
where a newspaper is published by
| withfne
| market feature a sideline only.
| Attack on Bureau
This article of Mr.. Jackson's is
not so much a defense of the bureau
| of markets as it is a TRADE on the
Georgia Farm Bureau Federation and
| DR.. Soule. president of the College
/ Of Agriculture. Dr.. Soule is an eX-
cellent gentleman Of high character
and training and is doing splendid
work at the college and throughout
| the state for agriculture and for the
farmers. He and the college are
working hard to do active, intelli-
gent and constructive work. The
College of Agriculture and DR.. Soule
can take of themselves and need nc
| defense by me from such petty and
| foolish attacks.
'The farm bureau is a farmers or
ganization, organized to encourage
and promote cooperation of all agri-
cultural interests in every effort to
improve facilities and conditions for
the economic and efficient protec-
ton, conservation, marketing trans
portation and distribution ct farm
products, and is independent of any
other organization or institution. It's
policies are shaped and directed by
an advisory board, composed of two
members from each of the congress
sional districts, man and wom-
an who are active bona fide farm
ers, and is supported by membership
! dues paid by each member and from
no other source.
THE charge and malicious insinua-
tions of both Mr.. jackson and Mr..
Brown or anyone else that the funds
for the organization of the fedora
tion came from Wall street, or from
any other source inimical to agricul-
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