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JM-062: Man leaves job on a farm for the growing city and then is surprised by increased grocery bills due to lack of farm labor
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Editorial cartoon depicting a man leaving his job as a farm laborer to head to the city, which has signs advertising jobs with large pay. In the last panel, he is surprised when the Dairy Bill, Butcher Bill, and Grocery Bill all come in and require all the extra money he made on account of fewer farm laborers and decreased farming production.