Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-16
Georgia S Exports and
Imports

Department OF Commerce tor
the .six-month period eading
June 80 show export trade from
Georgia amounting to $34,-
790.910. indicating that this
State is holding its p | a
among the other States of the
Union.
Cotton continues to be the
principal item. For the period
in question cotton totalled $25,
766,968. Spirits of turpentine
was the second commodity in
Importance and reached the fig
ures of $1,8I5.310; $1,284,
746 worth of which trade took
place during the second three
months of the year.
Georgia was well above Ore
gon, its nearest rival showing
more shipments to the amount
of $1,053,914. Of the fifty-two
States and regions included in
the tabulation, Georgia ranked
fifteenth, being headed in order
by New York, Texas, PennsyI-
vania. New Jersey, California,
Louisiana, Illinois, Michigan,
Virginia, Ohio, Massachusetts,,
Washington, North Carolina and
Wisconsin.
While it is gratifying to know
that Georgia is holding her own
in exports, figures showing her
immense IMPORTS are disap-
pointing.
We are sending out of the
State millions of dollars for but
ter and eggs, hogs and beef, and
the drain for feedstuffs for man
and beast is terrific. A total of
3d., I64,846 pounds Of dry salt
meat, 5,015,667 pounds of SUI
gar cured smoked meat and 4,
l26,846 pounds of dry salt
smoked meats, making a grand
total Of 39,309,263 pounds of
side meats, were shipped in
to this State during 1923 by
packing companies, according
to the. report of State Veterina-
rian Drss Peter F. Bahnsen on
the meat situation.
Figures compiled by the State
Veterinarian, shows that, con-
verted into $50 pound hogs.
and assuming the side meat
to average II per cent of each
hog, it required 2, 183,848 hogs.
weighing $50 pounds each, to
supply this part of our meat
bill. 1t would require each of
100 counties in the State to pro-
duce an additional l3,649 hogs
in order to place Georgia on
a self-sustaining basis for side
meats alone" says DR.. Bahnsen.
Georgia should be exporting
hogs by the thousands, rather
than importing them. No State
IN the Union is better adapted
to hog production and yet we
slave year in and year out to
produce a cotton crop in order
sszta4have some money to buy 9th
2 er commodities outside of the
State
D.iAnd hogs are not the only
meat we import. Following are
v2Agures given by DIR. Bahnsen
- ofmeats, meat food products
1Bpd dairy products shipped in
Y tnthe-State during 1923:
:, Dressed cattle, 18,846,4O1
pounds; dressed hogs, 1,876,72O;
dressed sheep 1,230,859: dress
ssaed calves, 1,424,463; smoked
1neats, S. c., 4,856,767; smoked
sseats, [. s., 4,198,9O3; dried and
cured beef, 16794O; barreled
h sBork, 723,357; boiled hams, 615,-
491; dry salt pork meats, 49,
! & 204,845; fresh sausage, 1882
a 200; dry sausage, 580,832; beef
81 CUTS, 1,129,184; pork cuts, T.
S78,926; canned meats, $780,
III 521 lard, 13,264,859; other
packing house products, II, 1885,
$50; cleo, 960,129; butterine,
ssa18,269; butter, 1883, and
M cheese, 4,O76,439.
,S From January through the
N month of June, 1924, the follow
M ing amount of neat products
have been shipped into the State.
Dressed cattle, 1,333,92O; dres-
ed hogs, 77452; dressed sheep,
92,623; dressed calves, 139,964;
smoked meats, S. c., 695,716;
smoked meats, d. S., PLAZA;
dried and cured beef, 1O,573;
= barreled pork, 184,598; boiled
hams, 686,891; dry salt pork
meats, 5,139,173: fresh sausage,
94,35O; dry sausage, 361, 1922;
beef cuts, 276,636; pork cuts,
639,861; canned meats, 4O5,095;
lard 2,411,111; other packing
house products, 880,540; cleo,
71,277; butterine, 50,840; butter,
9l1218, and cheese, 93,719.
Georgia. cannot become a
prosperous State so long as we