Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-12-08
railroad consultations. Cheaper
fertilizers must be provided.
Need for Organization

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He must have organization.
His customer with whom he ex-
changes products Of the farm for
those of industry is organized,
labor is organized, business is or
ganized, and there is no way for
agriculture to meet this unless
it, too, is organized. The acreage
of wheat is too large. Unless we
can meet the world market at a
profit, we must stop raising for
export. Organization would help
to reduce acreage. Systems of
cooperative marketing created
by the farmers themselves, SUI
pervised by competent manage
ment, without doubt would be OF
assistance, but they can not
wholly solve the problem. Our
agricultural schools ought %to
have thorough courses in the
theory of organization and CO.
operative marketing.
Diversification is necessary.
Those farmers who raise their
living on their land are not great
ly in distress. Such loan; as are
wisely needed to assist buying
stock and other materials to start
in this direction should be H.
nanced through a government
agency as a temporary and emer'
gency expedient.
The remainin.; difficulty is the
disposition of eXportable wheat.
1 do not favor the permanent In
reference of the government In
this problem. That probably
would increase the trout by in
creasing production. But it seems
feasible to provide government
assistance to exports, and au-
thority should be given the war
finance corporation to grant, IN
it's discretion, the most liberal
terms of payment for fats and
grains exported for the direct
benefit Of the farm.
Muscle Shoals
The government is undertaK-
ing to develop a great water
power project known as Muscle
Shoals, on which it has eXpend-
cd many million dollars. The
work is still going on. Subject
to the right to retake in time OF
war, [ recommend that TINS
nrODerty with a location for aux
Hilary steam plant and rights OF
way be sold. This would end
the present burden Of expense
and should return to the treas
ury the largest price possible to
secure.
While the price is an impor-
tsnt element, there is another
consideration even more COM
pelling. The agriculture OF the
nation needs a greater supply
and lower cost of fertilizer. This
is now imported in large quantT
ties. The best information [ can
secure indicates that present
methods of power production
would not be able profitably to
meet the price at which these
imports can be sold. To obtain
a supply from this water power
would require long and costly ex-
perimentation to perfect a proc
ess for cheap production. Other
wise our purpose would fail
completely. 1t seems desirable,
therefore, in order to protect
and promote the public welfare,
to have adequate covenants that
such experimentation be made
and carried on to success. The
great advantage Of low priced nj
trates must be secured for the
direct benefit Of the farmers and
the indirect benefit of the public
in time of peace, and of the gov
eminent in time Of war. If this
main object be accomplished,
the amount of money received
for the property is not a primary
or major consideration.
Such Il solution will involve
implicated negotiations, and
there is no authority for that
purpose. I, therefore, recon.
mend that the congress appoint
a small joint committee to con.
slider offers, conduct negotia.
tons, and report definite recon-
mendations.
Reclamation
BY reason or many contribut.
ing causes, occupants of our
reclamation projects are in inan.