Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-02

certainly that it confers any priv
lege of idleness.-Sir John Lubbock.
SAYING 1T OVER AGAIN.
liver hear of Roger Babson? OF
course you have. Babson is
known as the greatest businest dag
nostician of the day. He conducts
a large enterprise whose practically
sale actively is advising big business
men of what may be expected in the
immediate and more distant future,
and of exact conditions as they exist
at present. Babson works scientlfl-
caily, by tables and charts accurately
kept and carefully analysed. He keeps
his finger tips on the pulse of the
business world, and his skill enables
him to interpret conditions accurate
ly; that is the reason why he con
tinues to earn big fees from big
enterprises.
This by way introducing a recent
utterance of BabsOn concerning the
South-to lend Importance and au
thority to what he said. Babson
made a trip through the South
few days ago, observing conditions
as they are--the South that a year
to 8 months ago was the economic
sore spot of the nation, where the
bottom first fell out of things, eco
inOmically speaking. Babson now
finds the South reviVing, with great
er improvement in Georgia, Virginia
and North Carolina than elsewhere.
Here is what he said after complet-
ing his trip and getting back East;
"Have travelled these last two
weeks from Maryland to Florida and
then westward through Georgia, Ala
bama and Mississippi. Conditions are
surely better in the South Atlantic
states than they wer year ago.
Virginia, North Carolina and Geor-
gia showed more Improvement than
does the rest Of the South.
when a statistician visits the
South he comes to the conclusion
that cotton is a weed and not crop.
Cotton grows naturally and easily in
the South, as a weed would grow in
the North. If the Southern planter
attended to his work as does the
Northern farmer, the South would
be today the richest part of the coun
try.
The South has many advantages
over the central West The demand
for cotton, sugar, beef and legumes
increases very much with the pros
-neritY of the country. As the people
become better off they eat more veg
etables and less corn, bread and ba-
con. Hence the great opportunity in.
the South lies in diversified farm
ing, breaking up the large tracts into
small farms, the Introduction of good
stock, and the planting of more
lcgumes. Statistics show that with
the finest agricultural opportunities
in the country the South today does
not even feed itself
Personally, | am distinctly bullish
on the South The young man of
the North | should advise to go South
rather than West Certainly our
South Atlantic states offer, agricul-
turally, industrially and commercial
ly, better opportunities to the young
man of today than do South America,
and | know South America.
THE grandual steady rise in the
stock market is reflecting an i'm
proved morale in general business
circles. The index number of the
Babson Compositplot has risen 2
lolnts during the last week and bust
ess now stands at 16 per cent|Se-
-ow normal. Considering the extent
of the readjustment and the progress
beng made, things are going in a
very orderly fashion,
Regarding the opportunities in the
South today, Babson is merely re-
peating what the Times Recorder has
repeatedly stated, and what every
man with powers of observation who
might come here from the North and
West would say should he but see
our fair land. Georgia people, with
only one-third of their land in ac.
tual cultivation, should make gigan-
tic effort to bring settlers to this
state, if for no other than selfish
feasons--tos help pay taxes, build
roads and schools and otherwise
tighten the load we now bear large
ly because of our dormant resource,
and undeveloped wealth.
Regarding the prediction of Bah
son of Improvement just upon US, Tho
Albany Herald's comment COINCIDE
With our own view whenit says:
Babson is right, we believe. Their,
ara many signs of the impromeyen
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