The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-09-16
CLOUDS OF DEPRESSION
FAST DISAPPEARING
BUT STATE is SENDING TOO
MUCH MONEY AWAY FOR
FOOD, SAYS SLATON.

ATLANTA, Ga.-"A new era of
business activity and prosperity is
making its appearance in Georgia and
the clouds that have been lowering
over the state are leaving" declared
former Governor John M. Slaton in
an address before the first fall meet
ing of the Atlanta Association of
Credit Men held in the new Chamber
.of Commerce cafe. Mr. Slaton spoke
on What Shall We Do With Pros
perity?"
Georgia is an agricultural state,
and therefore wholly dependent upon
the farmers" he said Whatever
comes the farmer leads us all"
Governor Slaton based his predic-
ton on the new period of prosperity
in Georgia on the brighter agricultural
outlook, arising from the farmers sue
cess in combating the boil weevil, ia
vorable weather conditions and de-
termination on the part of growers to
diversity crops, but, he declared, Geor-
gia still is far distance from being
self-sustaining He pointed out Geor-
gia is buying from other sections APP
proximately $1OO,00O000 worth of
meats annually, thousands of cars of
hay, Irish potatoes, onions and other
things, which, he declared, could be
produced in the state, thus enabling
the farmers to use the proceeds from
their cotton crops in other directions.
Must Raise Food.
when the farmers learn to raise
their own foodstuffs and not spend
the proceeds from their cotton to buy
these necessities the business prob
lens of the state will have been cur
ed" he emphasized.
He declared that cotton is not only
essential for the south as its chief cash
commodity crop, but that the world
depends upon the south to produce
the material that clothes the world.
1--WE are making progress in our en-
deavor to live at home Mr.. Slaton
said. He declared that if Denmark and
Switzerland can be self-sustaining
Georgia can.
Reserve Banks View.
The Federal Reserve bank of At
lanta, serving the sixth federal dis
trict composed of the states Of Geor-
gia, Alabama, Florida, Tennessee,
Mississippi and Louisiana, has an
nounced that the business outlook in
the south is satisfactory.
Business men here, pointing to the
fact that the Federal Reserve bank is
always conservative in its business
predictions, assert therefore when the
bank says business conditions may
be expected to improve steadily" 1t
may be accepted as a probability that
business will improve.
Singing of Prosperity.
Charles E. Brewer, general superin-
tendent OF the Atlanta, Birmingham
and Atlantic railway, who has just re-
turned to Atlanta from a trip to south
Georgia, says the former dishedrtened
farmer of 1920-24 is now paying up
back debts and singing songs OF pros
perity.
Mr.. Brewer said the south Georgia
farmers have not only made fine crops
of tobacco but that they have the
best cotton crops in several years, to
say nothing of corn, cane and potatoes
in abundance.
South Georgia has come back ag-
ricuturally commercially, industrial
" and every other way" declared Mr..
Brewer. "The boil weevil is no long
er a serious barrier to the farmers
prosperity. He has learned to diversity
his crops. A year or two more ike
1924 will bring the state and the south
back to former splendor OF peace and
plenty