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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1921
Page
4
The Jackson Georgia edition carries opinions urging removal of graft, praising peach county status, and critiquing state debt, taxes, and labor shifts. It notes Dempsey Carpentier bout receipts exceed 1.6 million, calls for markets for farmers, and reflects on Fitzgerald riot costs and political morale.
A veteran's plea fingers politicians over pension payments. The speaker calls for fair treatment, urging proper disbursement of funds already appropriated and criticizing excessive promised sums while demanding timely, adequate pensions for retirees.
The piece argues against a one cent per gallon gasoline tax and one cent per soft drink tax. It says it targets consumers, not sellers, and would raise prices while not solving fiscal shortfalls. It urges a uniform sales tax across all goods and services to fairly distribute the burden.
The piece warns against debt repudiation and urges Georgia to balance budgets without shortchanging pensioners and teachers. It argues for universal cuts, cash basis budgeting, and shared sacrifice across all state departments to preserve fairness and honor.
The Augusta Chronicle suggests dissolving the twelve district agricultural schools and transferring their work to the state agricultural college at Athens. It notes the schools, funded by fertilizer tags and state grants of 10 000 dollars each annually, could save about 120 000 dollars for taxpayers.
The piece notes a plan to transfer agricultural work to high schools across counties while the state college at Athens handles advanced programs. Advocates argue district schools offer accessible training in agriculture and related subjects for many students who cannot attend Athens. The Chronicle forecasts heated discussion as summer plans unfold.
Watermelons help bring in money and provide employment amid idle labor. As melons and peaches finish, tobacco and cotton will follow, promising continued work for those willing to labor in the country.
A brief exhortation urges farmers to adopt business practices including neat letter heads carbon paper and a typewriter. It argues farming is a business and recommends a farm office with a desk files and carbon copies to improve efficiency and profits.
The Progressive Farmer argues that the garden orchard cow and poultry yard are money making and saving parts of farm business. It claims only essential kitchen items sugar salt coffee pepper and spices require actual spending to feed and supply the home.
The article argues banks are sound and recovering while large advertisers prove advertising pays. It criticizes legislators for spending two thirds of sessions on local matters and urges grand juries in each county to settle local issues such as county commissioner counts, treasurer offices, and courts to save time and money.
The boll weevil has taught Georgia farmers more about diversified farming than years of demonstration effort. Necessity is a hard teacher, yet people will learn. As panic fades, the country resumes business, and prices for farm products may improve after a period of low mood. Some view the current low prices and mood as beneficial in the long run, despite 45 cent cotton and dissipation.
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