Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-08-29
|BLALOCK ATTACKS
WORK Of BROWN

That J. J. Browns administration
as commissioner of agriculture has
been "thc most eXtraVagant, waste
tul and inefficient since the carpet
bag government of reconstruction,
and that Commissioner Brown
"abundantly justifies the overwhelm-
ing reputation which will overtak1
him on election day." was declared
in a statement issued Saturday by
campaign headquarters of A. O..
Blalock, his opponent.
The statement follows:
"Mr. Bleloc.: has delivered six
speeches during this week in diff
ferent parts of the state. He has
received at every place a most cor
dial reception and confident asSur-
ances of his election"
During the coming week he will
deliver ten or more speeches in
south Georgia. finishing the week
at Valdosta next Saturday.
"In all Of his speeches Mr.. Rla-
lock has dealt and will deal with
J. J. Brown on the basis of. his Off
cial record as commissioner of agri-
culture. MIR. Blalock announced in
the beginning that this would be
his campaign policy and he has
adhered to it strictly, notWithstand-
ing false and cowardly personal
ISLANDERS restored to by Commits
sioner Brown.
1.-THE record of Commissioner
Brown is now well known to the
people, and on that record he faces
certain defeat, and his present tao
tics are clear index Of his despera-
ton.
"As an adviser of the farmers he
has proved himself the most disas-
trous in the history Of Georgia. He
played politics in the cotton futures
market in 1920, advising the farmers
to hold their cotton for so cents a
pound, and cost the farmers un.
counted millions of dollars. There is
no way to calculate the amount of
that loss to Georgia. Thousands of
farmers all over Georgia are still in
severe straits as the result of that
advice. Thousands of bales of cotton
| held on his foolish advice Is still be.
ing held.
LAS a public administrator he has
made record of extravaganza,
waste and inefficiency without paral'
lei since the carpet bag government
Of reconstruction days. When the
people were retrenching, and when
the farmers especially were re.
trenching to the bone, and when
| other departments and institutions
of the state were operating on re.
duced appropriations, Commissioner
Brown has demanded more and more
| of the legislature, and has flooded
the state with political appointees
whose exclusive duty consists in
spreading political propaganda to
keep, him in office. His department
has wasted and is wasting by high
taxation in period of hard times.
commissioner Brown has not
stopped with this. He has actually
| gone into the legislature and put or
his payroll members Of that body
whose committee chairmanships
gave them certain authority over his
| department. He has employed at
least one officer Of the legislature.
| He has loaded his payroll with mem.
bers of his own family and kinfolks
Now he claims complete vindi.
cation at the hands Of the legisla-
ture, when in point Of fact he was
not indicated. An attempted inves.
| tigation to uncover his extrava.
gance, waste and inefficiency was
buried in the agricultural commit.
tees Of the house and senate, the
chairmen Of which were until re.
Gently on his payroll. Though able
to choke action in the legislature, he
cannot. stem the tide of public con-
demnation Of his official conduct. He
has abundantly justified the repu
diation which will overtake him on
election day, and can blame nobody
for it but himself" "."