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Show A National Nuisance Quite a lot of crusading has been done with a view to doing away with the barricades of billboards which mar the beauty of our natural scenery, but in spite of some progress made here and there, the billboards is still the outstanding national nuisance. If this nuisance is ever to be effectively effec-tively abated it must be done through convincing advertisers that their part in perpetuating it is bad business foi them. Appeals to sentiment and lovt of the beautiful are generally futile. State, county and city authorities enn aid in the movement very materially, materi-ally, however, but it is often difficult to spur them to action. A recent example ex-ample of commendable acivity in the fight against ugliness is seen in Georgia, Geor-gia, where the county commissioners of Fultion County, in which Alanta is situated, having ordered the removal of all signs and billboards along the highways under their jurisdiction. The member who sponsored this measure meas-ure said. "There is a proper place for everything, every-thing, including advertising. Oui h's-hwavs are designed to give tourists and Atlanta motorists the most beautiful beau-tiful scenery possible, but that scenery is being ruined by the ever increasing number of billboards and signs." This is true for every county in America where the encroachments in the "outdoor advertiser" have been permitted to have unrestricted swav. The foolishness of it all cuts like a two-edged sword. Billboards in locations lo-cations which render them offensive are irritating to the public, without benefit to the concerns which pay for them with the mistaken idea that they are building business and good will. |