Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-07-08
WAREHOUSE IS PART
Of TERMINAL PLAN

That the cold storage warehouse
proposed as leading feature of the
proposed state-owned port terminal
at Savannah would enormously bene-
fit the farmers of Georgia, is the
opinion expressed. by DR.. r. J. H.
DeLoach, noted agricultural econo-
mist, in letter to S. G. McLendon,
secretary of state, and chairman of
the port commission having the ter
rninal project in hand.
DR.. DeLoach is a Georgian who
knows the agricultural situation Of
Georgia. He was director Of the
state agricultural experiment station
several years. Later he was connect
ed with the College CT Agriculture,
at Athens. About a year ago he
resigned that position to become d.
rector Of the bureau of agricultural re-
search and economics Of Armour &
Co., the famous Chicago packers.
4 AS DIR. DeLoach points out in his
letter, the boil weevil forces Georgia
to turn its attention to producing
and marketing on large scale other
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4 and climate enable her to produce
vast quantities Of valuable food
crops, meats, poultry, eggs and
dairy products. The prime essential
flor marketing such crops is storage,
Eas he points out, to preserve perish.
able products and market them over
"a long period of time.
His letter to Secretary McLendon
furnishes an interesting contrihu-
stion to the port terminal discussion.
1T is as follows:
Text of Letter
following up our conversation
cot Friday, June 80, I am particu-
larly interested to know that you
have taken up seriously the question
of conserving foods by modern cold
storage methods. I do not believe
Z that you could engage in any great
. er work and work that will be of
more permanent value to the farm
vers and to the people as a whole Of
Georgia.
,-e.''I think very largely the differ
renee between ancient and modern
peoples, so far as food supply Is con.
scerned, is in the ability Of modern
peoples to preserve foods in perfect
Condition over long periods Of time
eand thereby promote better health
saraong the people as whole. In
earlier times no one ever thought of
eating fresh vegetables or any quick
perishables out of season, and, there
fore, whatever markets there were
for such foods were restricted en-
tireIy to the short periods Of produc.
ton.
.'Storage, as you well know, has
brought about a new era in produc-
ton as well as new methods of dis
tribution, and in the future we must,
think, lay great stress on storage
and storage facilities. The proper
storage in Georgia such as you men,
toned to me would, in my opinion,
save many millions of dollars to the
farmers through such crops as pota-
toes, apples, peaches, celery. cab
bage and other root crops.
- Controlling Humidity
90 I'm this connection, do not think
that you ought to permit yourself to
restrict the qualifications of storage
to temperature. 1t is a well known
fact, proven by the Marble labora-
tories, Canton, Pa, and Endorsed by
the government, that the control Of
humidity and air circulation are
practically as important as tempera-
ture itself. These factors in a large
I measure keep the quality through
the entire storage season and in
9crease the market value far out of
proportion to the nominal cost.
in the past people have in a
great measure considered storage to
be large houses with low tempera-
ture. The more modern idea is to
have complete control of tempera-
ture, humidity and circulation and
get as much space as practical under
these conditions. The immense waste
in storage under the old condition
Z has been the means of millions of
/. dollars. Of loss to our agriculture,
land ], cannot urge too strongly the
necessity Of undertaking your new
/ project at Savannah with all the
most improved methods.
ct wish that I could be at your
meeting and discuss with you some
of these modern problems"