The Brunswick news., 1922-06-29
IRIS up TO rnE. LEGISLATURE.

FOR full iifty-day session will gras
its opportunity; take advantage of IL
situation in the state and render
service needed more than has bet
the case in a quarter Of a century.
IN order for the law-making bod
to do the things it ought to dol
remedy the evils and the errors
the present and to put thorugh a gret
conhtruetdFe plan of legislation.
will be necessary for politics to TAX
an adjournment or at least a tempo
ary recess and for the state solons t
come to a realization of what is e,
pected Of them.
Along this line. the following frol
the esteemed Macon Telegraph !
apropps. The Telegraph puts ii mil,
~. but truly and we are very muc
in earnest, when we say that we hop
the members Of the Legislature wi
throw away their fddles and save Il
from the conhagration:
II politics would adjourn long
enough to permit one session of
the Legislature to be held, a large
part OF Georgia's unnecessary
State expenditure could and would
be eliminated. Not only that, but
some absurd arrangements woald
be abolished.
For instance, there are two
great state machines that are en-
saged largely in the same work
and are duplicating each other.
They are the Department Of Agri-
culture and the College of Agricul-
ture.
On account Of its established
machinery, the College is enabled
to DO much more economically
F., certain work that is now being in
effectively executed by the De
partment at tremendous cost
ard 4 tremendous waste. AS sug-
gasted the other day, the dis
trict agricultural schools could in
spect fertilizer samples analyze
soil samples and examine seeds OF
those farmers that desired these
services, and all should desire and
request them. although few do.
1t must be said n all justice
that the Market Bureau is the
best adjunct Of the Department.
There are several field agents OF
this Bureau that are rendering
the farmers OF the State, and the
State itself. an immense benefit
in the matter Of marketing live
stock and other farm products.
They are veritable missionaries,
and have opened up the way for
livestock trade with Cuba and the
Northern States. They are just
now warning the farmers that
their popular custom Of shipping
carloads Of pigsto the West TO be
grown into mature hogs ard re-
sold to Georgia is not only a great
loss to the people of the State
in having TO pay freight two ways
but is in the nature OF bankruptcy
tactics p're and simple for the
Georgia farmer AS a result of
the campaign against this, less
pigs are now being shipped West.
However, the market bulletin Of
the Bureau, which it is estimated
has cost about $4,000, should be
discontinued and the money eth
er put to a more worthy purpose
or this feature of the Depart
ment's appropriation withdrawn.
The market bulletin may afford
very good service for a few in
dividual farmers in exchanging
farm products by advertisement.
but ii this service were taken ad-
vantage Of by all the farmers in
Georgia the appropriation neces-
sary would be SO great the imprac-
tieability of the scheme would be
seen at once.
As said above, if politics would
adjourn in the Legislature long
enough for a great constructive
and benefcient accomplishment,
one that is now waiting for de-
termined statesmanship to make
its appearance would be effected.
That is, the cooperation of the
Department of Agriculture and
the College Of Agriculture would
be brought about, with all that
such would mean for Georgia
Here is a matter that has been
giving trouble and expense all too
long. In the name OF economy
efficiency and commonsense it
should be settled this year. The
Legislature can 60 it, if it will.
TO do so would require a deep
interest in the welfare of the peo-
pie as against an interest in this