The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1921-04-14
CEORCIA'S INDUSTRIAL Development
HALTED BY S0CIAL|ST|C DOCTRINE
PROMOTED BY ATLANTA NEWSPAPERS

progressive Georgia business man in
which he tells of the changed attitude
of Northern investors toward the pc
can industry because they edo not
want to put money in state whose
capital is so tainted with Bolshevism.
What Mr.. Perry says of the pecan
industry is equally true of every 9TH
er business. Money can not be had
in Georgia to build street Railways,
Interurban 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 State whose capital
is so tanned by Bolshevism. No ex-
tensions of Electric transmission
lines, Street Railways or interurban
Railways are possible unless new
capital can be obtained for the cost
of their construction and new CAPT
tai has been frightened away from
Georgia by the support given to a
few socialists by Atlanta papers.
These men who are preaching pub
lic ownership are Indifferent to the
damage they are doing to the State
of Georgia by killing new enter
prises. They care nothing about the
effects of their misrepresentation but
seek only political power. The same
falsehoods 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 un,
er Municipal Management created
deficit of $780, 500, 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 practised ir
Seattle where the public have beer
fooled by political adventures int
voting $4,000, 100000 ostensibly t.
obtain cheaper car fares but in real
ity to enable the politicians to play
with in City politics. Car fares have
been increased far beyond what thu
private company charged and tn
Seattle Taxpayers are out million
and half dollars in 81 months. Thu
Georgia branch of the same brand Of
socialists are asking for ten times 81
much of your money for similar pur
poses.
Hon. E. H. Griffin,
Cambridge. Georgia.
''Dear Sir:
Il have noticed in the state pres
that you are actively opposing tn
proposed bills of the Municipal Lea
que and am taking the liberty O.
addressing you on this subject ant
wishing you 'Godspeed' in this work
When these measures were frs
proposed, they seemed very fair, ant
l was inclined to favor them, bu
as made a. deeper study Of them
found them to be very dangerou
measures.
IF these bills become law, we coul
have another era of 'carpetbag' bon
issues, that would bankrupt our en-
tire state, and make it impossible TO
any one to interest outside capital i
helping us to develop our natural re
sources.
Il am engaged in interesting east
ern capitalists in furnishing none
70 help US develop the pecan industr
IN South Georgia. / visit almos
every city in the north and east, an
nave presented our proposition sac
eesstully to the leading bankers an
monied men, and in every instance
one Of the first questions that is ash
eu is, what protection do the Geo.
ga laws give foreign capitals? U
until recently 1 have been able to tie
'n0se men, convincingly, that ever