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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1921
Page
4
In Butts County editorial tone argues for a strong livestock and fruit sectors, calls for a living business organization, and pushes for legislative action on taxes and public welfare. It criticizes high telephone rates, advocates small farms, and urges church advertising to boost prosperity and civic life.
The speaker urges Georgia and the South to abandon cotton-centric farming. He calls for cash-based, diversified farming including livestock, peaches, poultry, hogs, and vegetables to outlast the boll weevil and credit system, plus cooperative marketing to secure markets.
In a local editorial, the Barnesville News-Gazette warns residents about blue sky stocks sold by traveling salesmen. It urges putting funds in legitimate banks for safety and cautions that few of these ventures are sound. The piece credits banks with stabilizing local finances and condemns speculative schemes.
A campaign promotes savings accounts as a safe haven for money and a booster for local trade. Advertisers claim banks protect funds from fire and theft and offer interest, urging readers to place funds in banks to benefit both savers and the economy.
Readers hear that despite many critics who claim how towns schools or governments should be run few of them actually hold leadership roles in these institutions. The passage notes the discrepancy between vocal commentary and active governance.
The Monroe Advertiser editor, a preacher, says it is useless for some to worry about money when they can spend all they have before they go to hell. He notes how some tightwads cling to their dough.
The author urges the Federal Reserve Board to reduce interest rates and extend loan payback times. He calls for a liberal monetary stance to stimulate business and proposes county market specialists to track nationwide quotations for coordinated cooperative marketing with Georgia’s State Bureau of Markets improving further.
The speaker credits banks for sustaining business during a critical period, warning that without bank support there would have been bankruptcy and chaos. Citizens are urged to deposit money in banks to keep it safe.
In Atlanta the contest shapes around Herbert Clay president of the senate and Judge Gus Howard campaign manager for Governor Hardwick. With election distant many factors may shift slate alignments before voting.
Citizens of Butts county concentrate on peach culture and dairy farming while prioritizing large scale hog raising. The county plans carload hog shipments in the coming months, seeing it as a safe farm investment for farmers.
In the present wretched financial situation facing the farmers of the South the business men must play a leading part before better business results. The banker and merchant is vitally interested in the success of the farmer and he must exert himself to bring about better conditions. The banks must extend credit to the farmers to engage in the livestock industry. The merchant must show his co operation. It is a time for all interests to work together.
The Augusta Chronicle argues to abolish the district agricultural school system or retain it to teach agriculture as established. Each of the twelve district schools gets $15,000 yearly from the state, and the current debate aims to prompt better work from these institutions.
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