The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-03-20
HOW GEORGIA BUYS
OUT OF THE STATE
SPENDS MILLIONS FOR PROD
UCTS THAT COULD BE EAS-
lily GROWN ON FARMS.

Readers generally OF the newspapers
of Georgia will recall a series OF Lit
tie Honey Talks" issued through
the daily press during last October
and November, and signed by the l..
w. Rogers Co.
To show how much money was go
ing out OF Georgia into other states
for the plain-almost common-ne-
cessities OF iife-for the very products
that could so easily be produced right
here at home-in Georgia-Mr. Rog-
ers asked every freight agent OF ev-
erv railroad entering Atlanta to pre-
pare this information;
What were your carload shipments
OF agricultural products brought INTO
Atlanta from states other than Geor-
gia during the months OF March,
Tune and September, 1922? We want
only such agricultural products as
could easily be grown in Georgia, and
we have conferred on what is perhaps
three average months OF the year, so
as to correctly combine and tabulate
the results"
Now read the figures for yourselves:
Here Is the Result.
Combining the railroad shipments
of all eight railroads entering Atlanta
for March, June and September, 1922,
bringing products from other states
here:
II carloads OF apples, valued at
$133, 1880.
10 carloads of beans, valued at SOL
10000.
7 carloads of butter, valued at $685.
10000.
62 carloads of cabbage, valued at
$31, 100000.
Il carloads of cantaloupes, valued at
$15,000.00.
$4,000 carloads of corn, valued at
$65,00000.
554 carloads of feedstuff, valued at
1881 100000.
SIS carloads flour, valued at ST.
25O0O00O
6 carloads of grits, valued at ST.
10000.
663 carloads of hay, valued at $145,-
10000.
IS carloads of lettuce, valued at
10000
% carloads OF corn meal, valued at
$14,00000
Aren't these figures amazing? Even
with the food products-with all the
large and wonderful crops we grow
last year from our soil-with all this,
we sent out of Georgia more
than FOUR MILLION DOLLARS
for products which we should have
raised ourselves.
Nearly 5000 solid carloads in three
months-and all practically for Allan
ia and nearby consumption. That s
1000 cars per monitor nearly IS
carloads daily And even at that there
are months in the year other than
those selected which would show larg-
er shipments on many OF the. prod
ucts than the figures furnished by the
railroads in the tabulation herewith.
Nor is this all For bear in mind
that hundreds of thousands OF dollars
worth of the same products mentioned
above reached Atlanta from other
states during these same three months
by express and in less than tull car
load shipments.
On the items alone of butter and
eggs the L. w. Rogers Company
were compelled to bring in from other
states during the three months men
toned above-as they are compelled
to bring in practically all of the twelve
months of the year-perhaps as great
volume, or more, this IS shown by
included in the above figures, for
the railroad figures. And they are not
many Of our shipments on these com,
modities came by less than carload
lots or by express. So at most con-
servative estimate perhaps no less than
another one million of dollars could
be added to the amount shown above
Ii this is a fair average for the year
then five millions in three months
would mean twenty millions in twelve
months.
And if twenty millions of dollars
were sent into other states to supply
this section with these plain commod-
tiles what about the other large cities
and sections of Georgia where car.
load shipments are being received
daily?
The amount is staggering!