Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-06-23
CONVEYING. OF ASSEMBLY
WILL BRING HOT FIGHT
TO END MARKET BUREAU

IZlllS IuS lludHC6S OI LIS oldISS W1l1CLL
will be urgently recommended by
Governor Dorsey in his farewell
and strongly insisted upon
by Governor Hardwick as the leading
subject of his administration, many
other measures of statewide inter-
est, some of them involving sharply
drawn issues, are expected to Come
to the front in the session Of the
Legislature which opened at 10 o'clock
Wednesday morning.
Capital removal is expected to be
sought by the Macon forces with re-
newed determination, and will be OPP
posed by the Atlanta committee as
theoretically as before
Governor Hardwick has taken no
part in the capital removal contro-
Versy up to the present time, al.
though he did announce several
months ago that he would not make
his home in the governors mansion
on Peachtree street because Of it's
almost uninhabitable condition and
unsuitable location. He further an
nounced that he would urge the Leg
aud devote the proceeds to the build.
ms of capitol annex and the cons
pietc renovation of the capitol, which
is in state of very bad repair.
OF course the building of a capi-
tol annex and the renovation of the
capitol, together with the erection
of new governors mansion in q
more suitable location in Atlanta.
would be tantamount to dismissing
the idea of removing the capital.
Fee System Agitation
An agitation for the abolition OF
the fees of solicitors and county of
tcers has been in progress for sew
eral months and appears to have
made considerable Roadway. A con-
stituttonal amendment will be neces-
sary to abolish the fees of county Of
ficers. but the fees of solicitors can
be abolished by statute in any judi
cial circuit. The Savannah Morning
News, which went into the subject
OF county officers fee at considerable
length. took poll of members of the
legislature and reported a majority in
favor of abolishing fees and p1ac-
ing county officers on salaries.
In this connection it is interesting
to note that Judge Harper Hamil-
tor, of Floyd, one of the three cam
Cldates for speaker, came out Tues.
day morning in opposition to abolish.
ing the fees of county officers.
Another very interesting legisla-
tive subject which is likely to oc-
cupy much attention at this session
is the water power bill advocated by
the Municipal League of Georgia.
This bill, involving a constitutional
amendment, would authorize the state
To-, take over by condemnation or
otherwise the developed and unde.
Veloped water powers Of the state,
operate them for the production Of
hydro-electrical energy, and sell the
tries. Also, it would authorize mu-
inequalities to acquire and operate
their local utilities If they so de-
sired.
The water power bill was introduce
ed in the legislature three years ago
and gained substantial Roadway from
session to session. 1t will be pushed
with renewed energy by the munici-
pal league at this session.
Market Bureau Fight
Abolition of the market bureau of
the department Of agriculture is be-
Ing agitated by the Georgia Farm
Bureau federation. The federation
claims that the bureau is costing
the state about $4,000 year. which
could and should be saved by trans
College of Agriculture at Athens.
In opposition to this move. J. J.
Brown, commissioner Of agriculture.
will, it is stated. inaugurate a cam.
paign against DR.. Andrew M. Scale.
president of the college, asserting
that DIR. Soule is the directing poWer
behind the scenes of the Georgia
Farm Bureau federation, and is using
the federation as a cloak under
which to usurp a function which does
not belong to him.
Further than this. Commissioner
Brown and mis- adherents may. it is
said, attempt to counter the farm
bureau federation by a move to atop
the States appropriation for county
agents. who operate
under the direction of the state coll
lege. The state appropIiates $4,000
a year and the federal government
that appropriation. the two
comprising an annual fund of $3.50
600 for the employment of county
agents AID home eco.
romics teachers.
Commissioner Brown has more than
once limited that he considered tho
states appropriation for county dem
onstration agents unauthorized bv
the constitution of Georgia, and like
wise the supplemental appropriations
made for work by the several coun-
ties.
The market bureau controversy
bids fair to resolve itself into one
Of the heated issues Of the session
or the legislature.
other Important Measures
Among other important measures
likely to be introduced at this ses-
sion will be bills to abolish the
board of public welfare, the departs
ment of commerce and labor, and all
of the boards of trustees of educa-
tional institutions.
Governor Hardwick will recon.
mend the consolidation of all state
Gov
administration is concerned, under
one single board of regents, similar
to the boards of numerous progress
sive states. This proposal is likely
to be opposed by the members or
various existing boards. Ex-Gover-
board of Georgia School of Technol-
ogy, already has announced his OPP
position to the measure in so Tar as
Tech is concerned. He declares 1t
would be inadvisable0 so far as otn~
ers are concerned.
To certain extent, however, Cow
ernor Hardwick will have the sup-
port of Governor Dorsey in his pros
posal to cut down boards. The bud
get and efficiency commission, OF
which Governor Dorsey is mem
Der, declared in report to the Leg
islature two years ago tnat tne
states educational institutions are
board-ridden. Governor Dorsey has
recently expressed himself to news
paper men as being in favor at least
of consolidating the administrative
functions of the district agricultural
schools, twelve in number, under one
board.
Governor Hardwicks finance meas
,1res will interest all farmers, mer-
chants and manufacturers in the
state, and in the end are likely to
emerge from the great mass of bills
as the outstanding issue of the en-
tire session. Exactly what methods
the new governor will suggest for
Improving the states financial stats
US, increasing it's revenue, and en-
larging the scope of the public serv"
ice, has not yet been disclosed.