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A state's wealth con
sists of the sum total
of material and tangible
goods on which it is
possible to place a
money value. By rights
it should include the
sea, rivers, harbors, cli
mate, mountains, and
scenery. Georgia is rich
because its climate is
varied and the land it
self varied. It is not all
mountains or lowlands.
The people in North
Georgia can not furnish
the things that are eas
ily won on the coastal
plain. Variety of na
ture makes variety of
opportunity, and occu
pation. The farm comes
first in Georgia, but
minerals are not far
behind. It is the min
eral wonderland of the
country and is begin
ning to attract world-
attention.
FACTS ABOUT GEORGIA
of other states for the food products of their lands for the
necessities as well as the luxuries of life all of which can be
produced in abundance here, at lower cost than in the North and
West, and for much less than Georgians have paid, when the ex
pense of merchandising and transportation are considered.
Bringing Coals to Newcastle
Now Georgia is awake. It realizes that to supply its own
ready-made but neglected home market alone will be no small
task. Just how great that market is can only be estimated. It
has been variously stated at from $150,000,000 to $200,000,000
a year in food stuffs alone. Early in 1915, in order to get an
idea of the products of other states that were consumed in Geor
gia, the State Agricultural Department obtained from the whole
sale and commission merchants in the cities of Atlanta and Macon
the figures representing their total sales for the past year of
some 23 leading items. The following table, compiled from these
reports, shows the sales in Atlanta, the current price and the
percentage that came from outside the State. The last column
shows the percentage of the Macon sales of outside products:
Kind
Wheat .......
Hay .........
Oats .........
Mixed feed . .
Potatoes
Sweet ......
New Irish .
Winter Irish
Can©d Sweet
Peas
Stock ......
White ......
Can©d Peaches
Can©d T©m©toes
Can©d Syrup .
Eggs .........
Poultry ......
Rutabagas . . .
Honey .......
Lima Beans . .
Peanuts ......
Quantity
3,117,000 bu.
5,690 cars
2,888 cars
955 cars
594,500 bbl.
813 cars
193,810 dols.
1,203 cars
23,200 cases
57 cars
41,000 bu.
22,000 cases
256,500 cases
25,000 cases
340,200 dols.
475,900 dols.
176 cars
269 cars
23,800 dols.
544 cars
56 cars
57 cars
Current Prices
Mayl
$ 0.90
1. 60
14-24 per ton.
00.65 bu.
22.50-35 ton
7.25
1.25 bu.
7.00 bu.
.60 bu.
i. 60
1.50 bu.
2.50 to 4
i. 60
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.30 gallon
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.15 lb.
.50 bu.
1.75 sack
.15 lb.
4.05 bu.
.06 lb.
9 1*13-
Per Cent.
From Outride
Georgia
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Outside Prod
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Macon
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Atlanta and Macon are but two of the many distributing points
in Georgia. It will be apparent therefore that the three million
bushels of other state corn sold in Atlanta was only a small part