Georgia and national politics and weather in roundup
The column notes a July meeting of the Weekly Press Association in Atlanta to dedicate a new capitol building. frost damages crops in Northern Ohio and Indiana. possible run for Congress by Tom Hardeman of Macon against Jim Blount. Columbus plans a Fourth of July celebration, not an expo. Also mentions expiring Columbus Monday issue, farmer boycotts over jute, S. T. Coleman's death in Boston, and speeches by T. R. Gibson at Georgia State University.
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Weekly Press Association
Atlanta
Never Is but Always to Be Blest Labor Lesson
A New York Commercial Advertiser piece criticizes tariff protection, arguing it fails workers. It cites wage cuts at Dickson Manufacturing in Scranton, Pa, where 900 employees face a 10 percent pay reduction as proof that protection harms labor. The rant links tariff policy to broken promises and ongoing strikes, urging workers to recognize the pattern before elections.
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New York Commercial Advertiser
Dickson Manufacturing Company
Scranton
Why They Do Not Come Immigration Through Industry And Production
An analysis by government statistician Mr. Dodge argues the US exports about one tenth of agricultural products with bulky items shipped abroad being few. He notes concentrated exports like cheese and butter may profitably go overseas, urges growing flax hemp and sub tropical fibers, and promoting domestic fruit production to cut a $20 million fruit import bill. A letter from Pomona Kansas contends Northwest settlers would flood Georgia salients if land were sold, while a New York banquet set for May 27 plans speeches by leading politicians including Fuller, Bayard, Fairchild, Vilas, and others.
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Dodge
Government Agricultural Department
Southern Empire
Northwest
Pomona
Kan
Georgia
Tam
Cleveland
Young Men's Democratic Club of
New York
Fuller
Bayard
Fairchild
Vilas
Colman
Garland
Dickinson
Phelps
Chauncey F. Black
Guy
Fitzhugh Lee
Daniel
Wm. L. Scott
Allen Thurtino
Lucius M. Robinson
W. C. P. Breckinridge
Kentucky
Patrick A. Collins
Massachusetts
Hil
John H. V. Arnold
New York Board of Aldermen
George Hoadly
Ohio
Frederick R. Coubert
John R. Fellows
Bourke Cochran
Farming pays in Georgia claims and figures from 1888 report
The Augusta Chronicle argues farmers are not getting poorer overall despite local failures. It cites Comptroller Wright’s 1888 report showing wealth increases in land, livestock, farm implements, and farm products, outpacing non farm property growth. It notes larger state wide wealth gains for farmers and dismisses pessimism as unfounded. It also touches on a Porter miscommunication and Griffin Daily News and Sun consolidation under Douglas Kessner.
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Augusta Chronicle
Georgia
South Carolina
Wright
South
Griffin Daily News
Sun
Douglas Kessner
GriMn
Road Congress closes with road law changes urged
The Georgia road congress wrapped up a two day session with readings and discussion on road policies. They adopted a memorial to the legislature urging changes in state road laws, including convict labor, fair burdens on labor and property, county discretion, and public interest protections. Northen selected a statewide committee to push these ideas to the legislature.
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Road Congress
Road Congress of
Georgia
Northen
State
W. J. Northen
Hancock
W. F. Jenkins
Putnam
Flist
H. P. Smart
Chatham
O. A. Barry
Randolph
J. P. Brown
Pulaski
W. T. Revill
Meriwether
G. W. Adair
Fulton
W. A. Huff
Bibb
Halsted Smith
Floyd
L. H. A. Martin
Elbert
J. W. Robertson
Habersham
M. W. Calvin
Richmond
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