Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-04-09
Charles J.. Haden Urges Places and
Opportunities for Young Georgians
In Georgia.

ga raw materials for finished products
manufactured in Georgia is gathering
momentum it would be we'll that con-
sideration be given the retention of
one of the states greatest resources
her young men and young women
in the opinion of Charles J. Haden,
prominent lawyer and developer of
Georgia, head of the commission to
eradicate adult illiteracy and moving
spirit in several other expansion acti-
vities.
Every year Georgia is turning out
we'll equipped young men and young
women who arc being lost to the state
because we do not give them equal OPP
portunities for advancement in this
state with the opportunities they can
find in some other states of the east
and middle west" Mr.. Haden stated.
Recently read several articles tell
ing of what Georgia men are doing in
New York and of what men and wo-
men of Georgia are accomplishing in
various industrial and business lines and
all Of them were engaged in other
states than Georgia.
"Now we have produced many
bright young men and bright young
women who will help shape the dest-
inies of the business, political and civ
ic life of our country. The thing to
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gia or at least keep a large portion
of them here.
"To do this we must provide OPP
portunities for them to carry on their
life work on the same scale that they
can in other states. We must use these
brains for the development of Geor-
gia instead of for the development and
advancement of our rival states. There
is no limit to the expansion ahead of
Georgia if the proper people are put
behind the big movements. We have
the young people of brains and mag
nation, of enthusiasm and energy and
we are making no concerted effort to
keep them here or even to see what
ambitions they have or what lines of
work they are seeking Every year the
big technical mills of the east take
away large number of the gradu
ates of some of our leading institutions.
We pay all the expenses of fitting
these young people for their life work
and then make no sufficient effort to
give them adequate opportunity to do
their work in their native state.
"The movement to build more fac
tories in Georgia, to utilize Georgia
raw materials in Georgia factories and
to stimulate manufacturing of all
kinds is one that will bring many won
derful results for this state. But one
of the outstanding results, one of the
most valuable results will be that these
factories, mills and plans will afford
places where our young men of tech
nical training are given an opportun-
ity to carve out successful careers in
their native state.
"Our big manufacturing plants now
in operation are showing every year
much interest in the young men and
women who are graduated from our
institutions and I have yet to learn
where any of these young men have
failed to make good. Doubling and
TRIPPING the number of industries in
Georgia means simply the doubling
and TRIPPING of opportunities for the
future big men and women of this
state. This broadening of scope will
mean that more of our young people
will remain here and will use their tai
ents for their own State instead of de-
voting the best efforts of their lives
toward the upbuilding of other states.
"There is nothing selfish in this
move. Other states are working all
the time to keep their young people
at home and are offering them first
chance at the opportunities. This
naturally limits the number who would
come to Georgia hence in self protec-
ton, if for no other reason, we should
strive to keep as many of our young
people in Georgia as possible.
aside from the industrial field we
have the greatest agricultural oppor-
tunities in the South, we have as
much valuable land undeveloped as any
Southern state and we can find places
in farm activities for the graduates
of all the Southern Agricultural coll
eyes combined. Yet on examination we
tinl Georgia men, educated in Geor-
gia institutions at work in agricultural
extension and educational work in all
the other southern states and in many
states of the north. If we could con-
centrate this powerful force on our
agricultural problems it would not be
long until all the dreams of diversified
farming, stock raising, packing plants,
tobacco culture, orchard management,
dairying and kindred lines would come
true many fold.
"Our leaders in educational. indus
trial. agricultural and political thought
should give this matter serious atten-
tor" Mr.. Haden concluded. at is one
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