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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1939
Page
4
The Texas governor releases a detailed report on Industrial Development of Texas. It surveys resources including agriculture livestock forestry and minerals with Gillespie county granite gold gypsum and other deposits and outlines a tentative state expansion program requiring public cooperation.
The Dallas News argues for a state license law reform to empower the Safety Commission to revoke licenses for cause with appeal to courts. It contends current law fails to check reckless driving and calls for quick enforcement alongside education and engineering.
The piece argues that taxes are embedded in everyday purchases and services. It cites gas, shoes, electricity, and clothing to show tax costs reach many dollars on a forty dollar suit or a three dollar bill. It urges tax awareness to spur government economy.
A speaker argues government spending has reached a plateau where one man cannot halt it. Only collective public will can stop the drift, or the nation risks patient bankruptcy. The message emphasizes the need for decisive public action.
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports fewer slaughters but heavier slaughter weights this year as demand and prices influence herd-building. Grain fed cattle marketing may rise. total beef output could be similar to last year. Heel fly control on Texas cattle shows promise for area eradication via cooperative dairymen and ranchers.
Wool production in 1938 rose to 79,305,000 pounds with value near $71.4 million and an average price around 19.1 cents. Texas sheep shorn reached about 75.8 million, while mohair yields fell by 1 million to 1.5 million pounds due to dry range. Hogs and cattle markets in San Antonio show steady to slightly mixed prices with widespread activity and mixed weight classes.
Less than five months away, poultrymen from Texas and the United States will attend the first Worlds Poultry Congress in the United States. Scheduled in Cleveland Ohio from July 28 to August 7, the event comprises a congress of meetings and an exhibit exposition.
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