Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1927-02-17
OUR WEEKLY WASHINGTON LETTER

which furnished the prizes won by the
different champions, and then brought
them as their guests to Washington,
and presented the statesmen and pub
lie officials, including Assistant Sec
retary of Agriculture Dunlap, to the
assembled gathering. All of the
speakers emphasized the Importance
of making the methods of production
that had been secured by the champ
ions broadly known. But after all,
the words of these distinguished men
were but secondary in the interest Of
the event as compared to the plain
unvarnished accounts of their work
given by the champions themselves.
Space does not permit reporting all
they said, but one of their number,
Mr.. G. Mont Adams, of Tyler, Texas,
struck the keynote when he declared:
"In order to make cotton production
pay you have got to produce a bale
of cotton per acre. If you can't get
bale an acre you ha dbetter not
produce it at ALL want to advise
YOU to raise only what pays, and do
not attempt to plant all of the South
in cotton" Mr.. Adams went on to
explain that by putting 600 to 500
pounds of fertilizer on an acre, and
the nattending to business, that the
producer would be sure to get his
bale OF more of cotton from each
acre.
Deserve Plaudits of Nation"
Secretary of Agriculture Jardine
too the champion cotton growers of
the South to his heart. This seems
to have been another case of "by
their fruits ye shall know them
the champions had done exactly what
the Secretary of Agriculture has been
saying should be done, and could be
done, in the South. "There is much
speculation about the future of the
cotton growing industry" said the
secretary, in relating the records of
the champions who had come here
from the states of South Carolina,
Tennessee, Georgia, Louisiana, Ar
kansas, Mississippi and Texas. I'VE
have the answer right here in this
representative group of cotton grow
ers," he continued, as he explained
how "their efficient methods of farm
ing have radically reduced unit csot
of production" Secretary Jardlne
said that the champions had been
able to grow cotton at cost of 7
cents pound or less, and sell at a
profit in a season of II and IL cent
cotton. This proved, he asserted, that
Glow prices for farm products do not
necessarily mean farming at loss"
Oratorical Contest
Plans are under way for the fourth
national oratorical contest on the
Constitution of the United States, and
the second International contest.
These contests are open to all stu
dents of secondary, public, private
and parochial schols of the United
States. The movement is endorsed
by President Collidge and all of the
best educators in the country. n
attempt will be made to get several
MILAN pupils to participate this year.
The final contests are held in Wash
ington, and the prizes that are be-
ing awarded by the big newspapers of
the country include trip to Europe,
and handsome sums of money.
Disagreeing With the President
The House of Representatives
agrees with President Coolidge that
additional cruisers should not be
built for the navy The Senate has
disagreed with the president by
vote of 40 to 27. The vote in both
Houses is significant because in each
instance the representatives of the
people have apparently voted their
convictions without regard to politics.
In former days the leaders used to
crack the lash when measures of this
kind were up for decision-and