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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1923
Page
4
The article promotes local agriculture and business efforts in Butts County. It highlights a hatchery project as a poultry industry boost, urges support for home trade and a cleaner town, and discusses tax policy, labor shortages, and rising living costs. Citizens are urged to join in the clean up campaign and the home community drive.
The piece argues that labor leaving farms for cities will not lower prices soon. prices for farm goods are set to rise as production lags and consumption grows. It cites Hoover and postwar cycles, notes poultry and dairy becoming billion-dollar farm crops, and highlights Georgia towns like Blythe as models of farm wealth potential.
The piece comments on editorials praising local life and individuals while acknowledging reader backlash. It argues for reform measures in Georgia including ending convict leasing, expanding dairy farming, poultry, peaches, and wheat, urging Jackson to support a regional creamery and broader farm prosperity.
The article urges Georgia to resist gasoline taxation burdens, notes South Carolina's three cent per gallon levy, and argues for quality production in farming. It highlights educational gains, calls for consolidating schools, and warns on budget shifts toward cities while rural districts suffer, urging priority for higher education and state institutions.
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