Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-07-08
The Best Thing a DON
key Does Is Kick and
Bray

Stop CUSsING Florida and
BOOST Georgia, one of the At
ianta dailies recently advised,
saying that practically every
man who goes to Florida must
pass THRU Georgia.
That's good advice, for all Of
us are guilty occasionally of
knocking our sister state to the
south of US. The most ignorant
salesman in the world knows
that to knock his competitor is
bad business"
People are gong to Florida
tor several reasons, among them
is climate ana scenery, but MON
E4 is going into Florida be-
cause that state has saner laws
than some other.
The Georgia Legislature can
do nothing better than listen to
those who know the reasons for
statewide advancement in invest
ed capital and industry. We will
have to stop being SO selfish and
50 suspicious. We must stop
confiscating property from the
prosperous. Rather we should
encourage every one with money
to come here and invest it and
make just as much as they may
legitimately accumulate, without
the marrying of unjust and ex-
Orbitant taxes of different kinds.
here IS a great cry over the
state to advertise Georgia. Be
fore you can advertise an article,
and sell it successfully, you must
know that that article is RIGHT.
Before we begin advertising
Georgia we should repeal some
OF our laws. Georgia is not in
terested particularly in the over
night tourists. They are SPLEEN
did folk to have, but what Geor-
gia needs most is INVESTORS
men with money to come into
the state and develop her unde-
veloped industrial possibilities,
turning her raw materials into
finished products. And money
is the most leary' substance in
the world
We need thousands of farm
ers on our laid-out lands, agri-
culturalists who will buy our
lands and work them.
Men with millions have their
eyes on Georgia. They are
ready to come when we are
ready to receive them. This is
borne out by the following from
the Brunswick News:
At least one millionaire is not
boosting the realty values of the
state to the south of US. In an in
terview, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr.,
stated that Atlanta's realty was
the best to buy in Dixie. Allan
Ia has staged no such bus-baIly-
hoo booms as the towns in Florida
to stimulahelthe sale Of her realty,
yet there has been a steady and
consistent increase in values in
and around Atlanta, even when
new and. large subdivisions are
being constantly thrown on the
market.
Vanderbilt spoke of "fly-by-
night" localities and stated that
the real estate boom in Florida
would reach its peak of spccula-
tion during the coming winter.
This has been the opinion of
many others, and while Mr.. Van
derbilt might have just been CON-
plimenting and encouraging Geor-
gians, there is a deal Of truth in
his praise of the consistent ann
steady growth in real estate vail
ues.
The actual worth Of realty is
reflected in the sales in Georgia,
While The speculative value is
evidenced by the fact that hum
dreds of thousands Of lots have
doubtless been sold in Florida
which viii never be improved.
We expect confidently that Mr.,
Vanderbilt's estimate of the tire
mendous possibilities Of Georgia
win get to the world at large,
and that his prediction that north
ern manufacturer are sure to he
come interested as they realize
the advantages in climate and la
Dor that Atlanta and Geargla
have to offer,
While there is a statewide
aspect 10 this question Of get,
ting read for outside people and
foreign capital there is also a