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more skilled workers. We have them in the South, none 

 better in any section, and they are worth good wages/' 



I brought up the subject of Southern freight rates and 

 he rubbed his nose and thought a split second before 

 he confessed they are not so bad. "If you have the 

 business and the railroads want it, we find them reason- 

 able enough. I certainly would not call the rates dis- 

 criminatory. In fairness to the carriers, we should re- 

 member that volume of business is an important element 

 in their costs. They can carry a million tons of freight 

 over a thousand miles of track a lot cheaper per pound 

 than they can a thousand tons. From the railroads' point 

 of view Southern industries have had less goods to ship 

 more miles. As we make more goods in the South and 

 our local markets grow with greater Southern pros- 

 perity, we will deserve a lower freight rate structure. 

 If we fight for it, we'll get it. You can't get much for 

 nothing in this world, and in business it is a bad deal if 

 both buyer and seller don't profit by it." 



This manufacturer sounds like a railroad man, and 

 yet the only active railroader I talked with did not even 

 mention freight rates. He talked sweet potatoes. 



Thirty-five years ago Jesse Jackson and the Central 

 of Georgia created a new job in railroading when he 

 became agricultural agent of the first road to employ 

 such a specialist. In 1945 he was named "Man of the 

 Year" in Georgia agriculture by Progressive Farmer. 

 In making the first of these honorary awards ever be- 



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