Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1926-08-19

to this problem. The Week desires
to receive thoughtful, constructive
letters which may contribute to dis
cussion leading to action which will
solve this great Georgia difficulty.
The present discussion, opened by
the following letter from Mr.. j. K
Orr, Georgia's largest shoe manufac'
turer,, who is greatly interested in
improving economic conditions:
July 80, 1925.
The Week,
3O2 Haas-Howell Bldg,
Atlanta, Ga.
Gentlemen:
Inspired by your initiative we are
sending to our four thousand custo'
mers in Georgia the enclosed Bulle'
tin in the hope that it may be help.
full.
We send you one we have received
from Chipley, Harris county, and will
be glad to have you make reply with
any suggestions you can give to this
party or any that you think will be
helpful to the farmer.
l am enclosing copy of my reply
to Mr.. Floyd. 1t seems to me if we
can get the county newspapers to
push this thing along it will make a
showing next wear
Cordially yours,
J. K. ORR, Pres,
J. K. Orr Shoe Company.
The Bulletin mentioned by Mr.. Orr
follows:
GEORGIA
A Self-Supporting State In 1927
Did you know that Georgia raises
less than 40%o of it's staple food?
Did any one ever tell you what it
costs Georgia to pay for this deficit
of 60@6 it might raise at home?
Well, here it is:
If we make a cotton crop of L.
375,OOO bales and sell it for, say II
cents a pound, every dollar Of that
money will just pay for our food
shortage that we buy from neighbor-
ing states.
When Georgia farmers wake up
when you and l help to encourage
them-it will mean that every year
we will have over hundred millions
of spending money more than we
have today.
That would mean nearly a million
dollars year for every county in
the State.
Does your county need it? Then
post up this Bulletin and talk it and
think it and sing it till we make it
happen.
COMPLIMENTS OF
j. X. ORR,
ATLANTA
Of what we consume, Georgia now
only produces:
Butter, 1919
Pork, 254S.
Hay, 25%.
Poultry and Eggs, 500.
Beef, 500.
Corn, 1871.
When these are all 1000 it will
make mighty little difference what's
the price of cotton or who's governor.
How?
DOUBLE WHAT YOU'RE DOING
NOW
Your interest in Georgia's pros
perity leads me to ask you to not
only post this bulletin, but to get the
cooperation of your home paper to
adopt the slogan,
"LET'S MAKE BEN HILL COUNTY |
SELF-SUSTAINING IN 1927"
Also get your bankers and leading |
citizens interested, and great will be
the dividend.
J. K. O..
This Bulletin inspired the follow
ing letter:
Chipley, Ga, July 20, 1926.
Mr.. J. X. Orr, Atlanta, Ga.
Dear Sir
1 am very much interested in the |
matter contained in this circular let
ter, for it touches vital point in the
of our section-but the
trouble lies deeper than production.
The farmers of our State will pro-
duce all of these articles, if they can
sell them at fair profit over the
cost of production.
But under present conditions, they
are not able to get this. When we
are shipping these goods in, fair
price to the producer, plus freight
and expense is paid, when the Geor-
gia crop comes on, the price drops
below cost of production, which drop
is largely absorbed, before it gets to
the consumer.
For instance, we ship butter, for
our customers, packed in 1 ID.
blocks, wrapped in butter paper,
then in waxed paper cartons, to be
sold-the outturns show sale at zoe,
less 1919 commission-express &C.
net tic per pound.
Our farmers have beans, butter
beans, watermelons and other truck,
for which they cannot get expense of
shipping.
Some three years since l organized