Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-08-06
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resolutions asking me to vote
against a continuance of the Smith
Lever work"
Representative Lewis of Col
quit said: The farmers in my
county recently voted 1000 to 400
for abolishing the extension work.
[ would not allow anybody to say
the farmers of my county are not
progressive. They subscribed the
stock to build the first packing
house in Georgia. They work by or
have tried a county demonstration
and got no benefit"
Representative kittrell of Lau-
rens, one of the leaders for aboli-
ton of the Smith-LeVer work said:
Il am sorry the word prejudice
kas been injected into this debate,
It. is nonsense to, talk, of prejudice.
Nine years ago 1 launched the move
ment in my county to employ a
farm demonstration [ underworld
the fund to employ a home ecOnOm-
les demonstration. [ helped under
demonstrators for our negroes. That
was how much L thought Of this
work. But L have been disappointed.
The agents have not done what we
expected of them. They are mere
interested in chamber of commerce
l'ANPSNo ItAiNtCI Illt'll IL Ia lllCl III OD-
lens.
81 have here figures showing how
the states appropriation of $4,000
is being expended. [ tried to get
the figures from the State College
Of Agriculture in Athens, and failed.
department of agriculture in WASH
ington and got them. ,eley are as
follows:
How Fund Is Expended
For administration, $4,000; pub
licity, $4,000; county demonStl alton,
$4,000; home demonstration, $14,35U,
Boys club work, $4,000; fair eX-
hibits, $4,000; animal husbandry, &c.
72O; poultry, $1,000; farm manage
cheering, $500; dairying, $500"
Mr.. KlttreIi read telegram from
Senator Watson saying the records
in Washington of how the states
contribution to the Smith-Lever
work had been expended were not
available"
Representative Dobbs, of Cobb, re-
plying to Representative Kittrell,
said:
tom Watson is not the first sena-
tor who has gone to Washington an ]
found himself unable to obtain, off
hand and in a few minutes, all the
information asked of him by his con-
Stituents. The fact that Tom Wat
son could not get the figures for the
gentlemen of Laurens is no sign that
the figures were not in Washington.
Every dollar expended under the
Smith-Lever act is audited by gov
eminent auditors. This is a fight by
J. j. Brown and the fertilizer trust
on the state college of agriculture.
The gentleman from Laurens (klt-
trell) was an oil inspector himself, [
n, 10 inf until he
TO the Legislature"
Said Representative Riley, OF
Sumter: The farmers Of my county
want the Smith-Lever work contln-
ued. Our demonstration organized a
boil weevil campaign that saved US
in one county to pay the, whole cost
of this work for several years, SO
far as the states appropriation is
concerned"
Representative Beckham, Dough
erty, said: My people want this
pie in adjoining counties. This IS
nothing but a political fight by J. j..
Brown AGAINST DR.. Soule."
Plea for Conservatism
Representative Davis, of oslo
thorpe, one of the conservative lead
gentlemen, not to take radical and
hastily considered action in this mat
ter. The great government of the
United States is the principal spon-
sOr of farm extension work. II IS
nationwide service of untold value
to the farmers. If the service is not
satisfactory in some counties be-
cause the servants are inefficient or
incompetent, let us not destroy the
service, but get new servants. Ii
your school teacher is unsatisfactory
do you destroy your school house? 1t
your lawyer is unsatisfactory, do you
abandon your case?
Said Representative DuBose, OF
Clarke. chairman of the appropria-
ton committee: Il congratulate the
department of agriculture on the far
reaching influence of it's machine, as
demonstrated here on the floor OF
this house. A delegation Of citizens
has come to me from Mr.. KlttreIIs
own county Naurens) and urged me
not to consent to the abolition OF
the Smith-Lever work. They said
nothing unkind about Mr.. Kittrell.
but explained to me that the sltua-
ton there had politics in it,
Said Representat tive Hawkins, OF
Washington: when a bill was here
a few days ago to raise the fertilizer
tag tax and give $4,000 of the pro
ceeds to the market bureau IN me 9e-
pdrtment of agriculture, l voted Tor
it. The agents of the department
were then on the floor of the house,
lobbying for that bill. They are now
on the floor. lobbying to kill the
Smith-Lever appropriation. They
have falsely accused me, for support
ing farm extension, of being county
demonstration or an employe of some
kind of DR.. Soule. [ have never been
and never expect to be-"
Said Representative Culpepper. OF
ITayetta: I'VE have no demonstrator
! in my county, so l am not personally
| Interested. But | would like to sug-
! gest to the gentlemen whose demon
| strators are unsatisfactory that they
| either get better ones or dispense
with them entirely, instead of coming
| here and demanding the abolition o.
i tlis whole great program. More mem
! berS have spoken here in praise Of
their demonstrators than have spoken
! otherwise. Are they to suffer be-
cause a minority are dissatisfied:
! Let's be fair. Let's compromise on
| 100000"
]. j. B2own Is Scored
Representative Moye of Randolph
said: Il hear a lot of talk in this
| house by the farmer members, Blu
| [ find that there are precious few
| bona-fide farmers in this house.
| am farmer-laWyer. Another is {
| farmer-doctor: another a famer-mer
| chant; another farmer-banker: an
! other a farmer-preacher. That's
! about the way it runs. Most of u'
! here are hyphenated farmers.
| 1--WE have heard the mistakes Of