Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-08-29
ditions.
Georgia Fifth In Funds

Government than any other state in
/, the Union except four. When peach
growers applied to me for relief from
insect pests an APPROPRIATION was OBJ
tanned. One grower said that he lost
sos, 900 because he did not avail him
self of the remedy. Also social
appropriation was made for peanuts
and number of other things.
One thing l think is shame. Last
year the South sold 100000 bales
of cotton, yet 100000 bales were
sold on the New York Exchange, large
ly an effort to depress the price.
favor legislation regulating the ex-
change and if we cannot do this | ia
vor abolishing it.
At one time l thought Henry Lin
coin Johnson would name every post
master in Georgia. I am now fight
ing his appointment as Register of
Deeds and hope to succeed in pre-
venting his confirmation,
The Democratic Record
They have denounced Wilson for
favoring the South in locating the
Muscel Shoals plant. 1t was located
there because it has the strongest wa
terpower in the United States | don't
believe we will have war with laran.
but if we should the first thing that
country would do would be to tram its
guns on Chile to cut off our nitrates.
Muscle Shoals is less than 800 miles
from here. The Republicans stopped
construction because it was in the
South. An Illinois Senator stated that
had the plant been located in the
north there would have not been a
vote against il. They said it was just
scheme to help the Southern farmer.
Nitrates are used in war times for
munitions; in peace time for fertiliz-
er. Georgia uses 40OCn. 900 tons of
fertilizer year and it is said that the
nitrates from Muscel Shoals would
Save from $40 to SIS on each ton. My
bill to give farmers first choice for
nitrates manufactured there was pass
ed by the help of the Western Sena-
tors. ~,T
Wilson Saved South Millions
Many here abuse Wilson. but he is
the best friend you have had down
here since the War between the
states. Had Republican President
been in ffice you would not have got
more than IS cents for your cotton.
House and Senate tried to fix the
price and no one suggested more than
Is cents. Figure the difference be-
tween that and what you got and you
will see about what you would have
lost. l am not here to take the part
of Woodrow Wilson; history and the
record will attend to this. Recently
when delegation of high Japanese
officials visited Washington, they. were
more anxious to see Mr.. Wilson than
the President, although they liked
Mr.. Harding.
For Confederate Soldiers
When I went to Washington, not a
Confederate soldier was holding office
there. My father was Confederate
soldier and my wife daughter of Joe
Wheeler She believes that all en-
federate soldiers will go to Heaven
One part of my record I am prouder
of than anything else is that l have
put more Confederate. soldiers in Of
flee in Washington than any other
man. Because they are growing so
old now, this record will stand. Not
Stacker was a son of Confederate
soldier.
Went To France In Person
After the war many parents wanted
their sons out of the Army because
they needed them at hofe. Others
wrote, but went to France and show
ed the letters to Pershing. Every man
asked for but IL was sent home and
these were only kept until trained
men could take their places.
The Federal Reserve System
While in France I SAT the cotton
Commission and on my return hurried
to Washington and told the head of
the Federal Reserve Board what had
been told to me. He replied: "Those
countries haven't got the money and
cotton is going down to where it was
before the war" The eFderal Re-
serve banks are a great system and
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