Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-04-12

war. lHeIT equipment was ulSdSSl'
They were fighting more than 5000
miles away from home, in a foreign
country, where every object was
strange. They were pitted against an
experienced, capable and merciless
foe They waded through trenches
up to their thighs in muck and slush.
they lay out on frozen ground, they
met a veritable hail of fire from Ger
man guns such as men have never
been called on to face before, and
yet they sang ITS a Long Way to
Tipperary," Pack Up Your Trou-
bles in Your Old Kit Bag" over
There" Keep the Home Fires Burn
ing" And when the issues of the
war were joined in battle they cheer
cause, that the folks back home
might live on in the even tenor of
their ways. 1 wish l could paint this
picture so that it would sink into
the inner consciousness Of every In
dividual and make us know. and feel
and realize the true significance of
real sacrifice. IF SO, conditions
would change in our country and in
our state Immediately.
We have not been called on to face
any such issues as the boys who
wore the khaki. We have not been
called on to give up much of any
thing that is really essential to our
happiness or our welfare. Our in
flated money-bags have been broken
open and some of the evanescent
wealth they contained let out. Our
wild joy-ride of extrava gance has
been curtailed in some measure, but
after all we have escaped very light
ly. What we need now Is to recon-
secrate ourselves to work and to
place duty and sacrifice above selfish
ness. We need to re-establish the
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bear the ills and Affections of the
other. Let US all pull together for
the good of the cause. Confidence In
ourselves. in our countrymen, and
in our country is what we need at
this moment above everything else.
The time has come to about face,
eyes front, and forward march. A
great and glorious future lies Just
yonder over the crest of the hill.
Let us be rational and normal. Let
us Danish pessimism from our midst
and replace it with constructive OPP
tinlism. If we do 6his we will have
done more to solve the problems by
which we are confronted at this mo-
ment than we can hope to achieve
by any other agency.
Do not gather from this conclusion
that I do not think the, situation is
trying and difficult, that 1t will not
call for the exercise Of a wonderful
amount of patience; forensic Skill
and statesman-like efforts on the part
of all the interests of the individual
units which make up the United
however, without cooperation. and
so / plead for the re-institution OF
the principle Of cooperation which l
know will insure the attainment of
the results we seek to achieve.
The war has brought about new
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we grew up has ceased to exist. Now
economic problems, principles ana
relationships have come into being.
We must adjust ourselves to the
new situation which has arisen. We
are now a part of the world, whether
we wish to be or not; We Will have
to meet and deal with all the ma
tionalities of the earth. The time
has passed when the farmer Of this
country is unconcerned about what
the peon of Mexico. the coolie of
China, Japan or India, the fellah of
Egypt, and the hottentot of South
Africa are doing Peoples of this
class are now producing many Of the
crops with which We are concerned.
AS an industrial nation we expect to
barter and trade with all of them,
and this in turn will affect material
ly the future of American agriculture
land industries dependent thereon.
The peoples of the countries enum-
Grated produced over 100000 bales
cent of the worlds supply: We no
longer dominate and control the cot
ton crop. This is an economic align
ment which vitality concerns and at
fects the welfare of every indivi-
dual in the south, whether he lives
in the city or in the open country. II
represents a condition for which we
must find an adequate solution. t
is to be brought about by trying to
force the price of cotton up, or ny
such intelligent cultivation and han
ding of the crop that will enable us
to completely outdlstance the pro
ducers of other lands and at the same
time materially enlarge the profits
accruing to the cotton planters OF the
south? | imagine this last phase Of
the situation will call for considera-
ton which we have not hitherto
thought it necessary to give.
No doubt it will seem incredible
to many that we should be planting
strains of cotton on extensive acreages
in this state which produce staple
OF less than seVen-eights OF an 1nch
in length and are not tenderable on
contracts in the cotton exchange on
that account. Why do we permit or
ability tc compete with people If the
character 1 have indicated? We can
replace such cotton by varieties that
give a much higher yield, that pro-
Guce a satisfactory staple, and that
mature SO early we can grow them
with success and profit in the face
Of a severe boil Weevil infesTatlon.
Why, as matter OF fact, should we
grow a short staple upland cotton
where we can grow Il long staple up
land cotTon that will ylelo about as
nj UGH as the short staple cotton, ma
uuie lint l SIS inhces in length. and
sell for two to three times the price
of ordinary upland cotton? Why
should we permit our cotton to de-
tcriorate ir tn. fields? Cotton that
was matured on Septemb. "a at
Athens. Ca, ana CiasSed as strict
fniddling sCid for 1915 cents IL pound.
The same variety o. cotton when al
lowed to stand in the field until No
veInber i graded as strict low mid
ding and sold for 1875 cents a pound.
When picked on December 10 it sold
as strict good ordinary at cents.
When picked on January 1t was
below grade and sold for 3 to 4 cents.
Millions of dollars worth of what
was once good cotton is allowed o
dLteriorate under our present sys-
tenn of handling until its value has
deprecated as much as 400 per cent.
We also fail to classify our cotton
properly as we pick it. 1t is very
common for good mlddllng WortE
I2.75 cents to predominant in a bale
which also contains good ordinary
worth 6.5 cents. The bale of cotton
is naturally sold at the lowest grade.
We have been SO rich and pros
porous IN this country that we have
rot felt the necessity of giving at
tention or consideration to matters
OF this character. We also plant all
sorts Of disea:ed cotton in our fields.
The annual loss in this state from
wilt disease, anthracnose. damping
eff and root rot may be very consc-
ton and desirable legislation after
all are the means by which these
abuses are to be corrected. When
We have done that then we should
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