Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-02-02
LETTERS FROM
THE PEOPLE
FARMERS WARNED AGAINST .
INCREASING COTTON ACREAGE
ItOySJOIl, Cd, JAN. II, wv.
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Editor The Journal About ten
days ago [ noticed that the mails
were loaded down with free copies
of the Atlanta Constitution. There
were four full mail bags coming
to this office in one day. There was
one for every living patron of the
| office, besides an Over-plus for the
dead and the ones who had moved
| away. I thought, at the time these
! free copies began coming, that there
must be something dead up the
! hranch"-somethirg rotten in Den
rll'-'negrO in the Woo1pile,"
somewhere. But was unable to fig
ure out until Wednesday, of this
week what the big idea was. L had
almost come to the conclusion that
J for once, the great Atlanta Constitu
ton had simply got a generous spell
on, but, 10, and behold! Wednesday,
issue uncovered the negro in the
Woodpiic "
In that issue the first Of jim
HollOmOn'S series of flap-trap let
| tiers on the boil weevil in Texas APP
Deared, covering more than two col
umns. and about two columnT more
| of pOppy-cocll from others of his llk.
Most people in the south know jim
Hollomon, and know from his pre-
vious writings, political and other
wise, that he is not reliable writ
err. Most people also know the past
record and reputation of the Const!-
tuition, so that no great amount of
damage is likely to arise from Hollo
mons false description of conditions
in Texas. But there may be a few
who are getting these extra copies
of the Constitution who do not know
Hollomon like the majority DO, and
it is to those that l appeal to pay
no attention to HOllOmOn's Clap-trap.
There is not q ten-year-old school
boy, who has never been ten miles
away from home, but what XII oWS
these HollCmon Texas letters are
misleading from start to finish. He
oven contradicts himself in nearly
| every paragraph. He is the first
man in the United States VINO has
cot the gall to say that more cot.
ton can Nbe made with boil WeeVll
thick as gnatS than can be made
where there is no Weevil. And yet
! he states in his letters that one par
of weevils will produce 100000 in
| one season. Ye Gods, and sour ap'
pies!
Now fellow citizens of Georgia,
| and all over the. SOuIll, leI Hl0 NO9
YOU, let me urge you, let me warn
YOU to pay no attention to this HOBO
mOn-Atlanta Constitution propa-
ganda. Don't allow this Hoilomon
| clHD-trap to cause you to increase
vOur cotton acreage to feed the bou
weevil: don't allow these Hollomon
| effusions to influence you to spend
| voyr hard-earned money for calcium
arsenic to enrich the poison manu-
| fact!lrers Let me beg you not TO
LET any of this propaganda soak IN
and cause you to regret it. Inc
cotton bears had lust about exhaust
| cd the last bit of manufactured 10
order bear dope, but as last resort.
! the great and notable Jimmy otIer'
cd himself. The only possible tnlnG
! that can put the price of cotton
down. or keep it down, IS lhc ~
! crease Of the cotton acfeaS| lLI9
wear, and right, 1T this time HOMO
mon and the Constitution are tryl!i5
! "a get the southern farmer TO III
crease tie colt I acreaF' by these
! colOred reports from Texas.
Let me beg you not to let THESE
f,1so rerorts influence you to in
crease vol1r acreage. If you do yol!
win find that you will have TO sen
! the cotton now on hand at fulnou7
! low nrice. and find yOurSef pahk
| ,r1nt next fall with your hard year ;
! work divided between the boil WeeFI
ond fhe manufacturers of calcium
arsenic.
| Respectfully yours.
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