Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-09-05
STATE PORT WOULD MEAN
MUCH TO GEORGIA FARMERS

gravest problem of today From now
on the state port and terminals will
be q. topic of widespread discussion
in Georgia. Those who have not
been conversant with the entire plan
and it's purposes will become inform
ed, and it is reasonably supposed
that those who have been opposed to
the measure will, through such en-
lightenment, become converted and
give to it's support their influence.
Adequate Warehouses
AT the state port and terminals,
which are to be designed primarily
the farmers of Georgia, adequate
provisions will be made for the ware
housing of your products in a safe
and cheap way. For your perish.
able outputs there will be cold stor-
age facilities furnished whereby you
can become a stock grower and
meat shipper, an industry cur state
is peculiarly adapted to, and which
all students of our agricultural con-
dltlonS realize we must turn to in a
large way to offset the devastation
of the boil weevil and to maintain
commonwealth. The facilities for
the storage and shipping of grains
will be such as to promote their cul-
tivation in Georgia on a scale hith-
erto undreamed of. The expenses
of Warehousing and handling these
and all other farm commodities will
be so minimized in the interest of
the producing farmer that he will
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dreamed of advantages in the world
wide marketing of his product.
This is a vision, but it is the vision
of practical, hard-headed men, who
have seen and studied what has been
accomplished elsewhere along these
lines, and who know beyond ques-
ton that so great a state as Georgia
| can SurpaSS what has been done
elsewhere. The results of similar
state ports and terminals in other
sections demonstrate most conclu-
sively that a Georgia state port and
terminals, constructed under the
plans Of an expert port engineer, can
be made. if properly located, self
supporting as to operating expenses
and provide for it's sinking fund and
the payment Of it's bond interest
| charges.
The Site
| The selection of the site for such
a state port and terminals should
be placed in the hands of a board
OF competent engineers and commits
sioners whose sole purpose will be
to protect and promote the interests
of Georgia. There is no reason WIN
modern plant Of this character
should entail one dollar of expense
upon the taxpayers of Georgia. To
the contrary, it should pay for itself
| and in the end prove a source OF
great and ever increasing revenues
to the state
l am presenting this matter to
you for your calm consideration, and
with the confident belief that the
more you study and the more you
investigate and the more you learn
the stronger a supporter you will
become for the proposed state port
and terminals, and that you will lend
your hearty cooperation in return
ing to the next legislature, senate
and house, men. with breadth of WIS.,
ion and such comprehension of Geor-
gia's needs and Georgia's opportuni-
ties that not one of them will be
found antagonistic to the interests
of our farmers as expressed in this
great state port and terminals
project.
Sincerely yours,
MURRAY STEWART,
Mayor.