The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-17
cFORGIANS NOT LIVING
AND BOARDING AT HOME
oDvTARY OF THE MILLEN
SE GARD OF TRADE GIVES
prAsoNs FOR DEPRESSION.
MAKES A SURPRISING CANVAS
,,..,,. If Dollars Sent Away TOR
" Things That Could Be Bought s,Is "a at
Imns Georgians Themselves Re-
ll a Their States Progress.

W." n,:.os That Could Be bougnt at
I Lius Georgians Themselves Re
tard Their States Progress
~,. the neople Of Georgia are over
4 ,.at +1 their advantages and opp0r-
0oh ..:.s in not living and boarding at
tun','j l. brought out very forcIbly IN
nome lection Of the report OF W. K,
one 80 secretary OF the Millen and
C I,,,;ns County Chamber OF Com
MERGE, rendered to that Douy S' 10
l nt meeting OF the new year.
NM What Mr.. Critics says in regard 10
,, mr"' IS 50 typical of every town in
II''' sontbland that it should De
the ST. iU"t 70 the attention OF every one.
6rous". large measure explains our
It III fnancial depression. The Sec
presehft t ,il." renort referred to follows:
tlon iI o % week | made a canvass OF
La a. in the desire to learn some
our .S S,o' things that are holding back
ol uC deTelopment. found SIT,
,,o g that to me was appallhis, anu
o aa('0 which in a large measure eNpld ~
.b "e financial situation OF georgia 70
, jor I give below list OF items
gay, II onr stores that should be .pur-
lq Lanod IN Georgia and purchased from
C 9anra;a ~ and this money kept, IN our
o1o' State state ANY other procedure Is
oN WI 70 our own development: Listen
a'4 tb; q and see what we are dong to
10 'l HIS '', detr;ment, | find that we are
Ou aPess from Maine and Maryland; ;
,oons from Michigan, New York and
C CCG|9 sweet corn from Name,
New ai,' Work. and Carolina; potatoes from
1 New and New Jersey; tomato
cats1p from New Jersey. Pennsylvya-
MA Kew York and Indiana; pickles
~ varieties" from Pittsburg; peaches
wv Win a country OVERLOOKING with
ceorgia can syrup from New, York.
Nah twenty million surplus bushels
oi corn we are buying grits, homny'
corn meal and corn starch from Iowa,
ITim ;,' Pennsylvania and New York;
F ;,,lr walnuts from California; to-
, rnn3,, from California and New York;
Donr kraut from New York; vege-
tabIe soups from Indiana; red beetS
irom Maine: honey from New YORK
and California; apple jelly from, Mis-
souri, and Maryland; peanut Dutter
from New York; peanuts from VIZ
ginia; tobacco from all over tne
world; soap from Cincinnati mace
from our own cotton seed oils; mules
from Kentucky and Missouri; cereals
from Michigan, Ohio and Illinois;
cheese from Wisconsin and New
York; rice from New Orleans, China
and Japan; brooms from Florida, Ala
bama and Ohio; apples from New
York, Oregon and Washington;
matches from Ohio and Michigan; pi-
mentoes from Spain and New York;
meats. all kinds, from Chicago and
South America; sausage from Green
Bay, Wisconsin; crackers from Vn-
GINA; ginger ale from Wisconsin and
Y New York; grape juice from Cal1tor-
+ MIA and New Jersey; vinegar from
81 Virginia. condensed milk from CALI
tornia and Washington; oysters from
Maryland and New Jersey; hay from
Central states; cotton goods from Mas
sachusetts, Georgia cotton coming
back to US with three or four prohts
" and exorbitant freight rates added
over and above what we receive Tor 1t
Il on a SPECTATORS market; wooden
# goods that should be made from Geor-
gia raised sheep; furniture from Mich
gan and Pennsylvania, made from
southern lumber, and there are still
other items in the list
Think OF the economic loss from
3 long ireights that we are paying on
these articles that should be produced
at home
There is not one single item in this
" list that could not be produced IN
Georgia. We could even go further
and include articles of iron, steel, alum
mum, clay, asbestos, mica, cement
slate lime and other mineral products
with the exception of certain distinct,
y tropical fruits, drugs, rubber, teas
# and cottees Georgia could furnish the
entire list OF our needs. | might ever
20 further and say that | am not sure
Dut what we could produce some Of
the drugs and the teas and coffees. We
could build wall around our state
ana go living as comfortably as we
are now II we would properly develop
our natural resources"
Mr. Critics further made an appea
70 the women OF Georgia to give thi:
serious thought in their household pur'
Sinjases. He plead with them to con
Slder the millions OF dollars of gooC
Ieofgia money going out of the state
dnnuaIIy Tor goods that should be pro
uuTed right at home.
he further states: "The farmers arr
hungry Tor markets for things to tax,
,ns Place OF cotton and yet we handi
tap them and our own progress by
gusuig articles from other states tina
tb ISy could produce at profit. Please
,, ,r' < what this means. Let us builC
h. georgia and make it not only the
br4 State OF the South in name
out IN fact. Our prosperity is within
of it." ''0' Let US make tile MOS