The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-10

MEssRs. EDIroRs-I would not trouble
90, AGAIN about the Agricultural and Me-
ohanIcal College, but for the oad re"ulhB'
"a printed, of one sentence In my last
What intended to say was that person
might have a good knowledge OF etSmo'-
Ooy or the science of insects as taught III
the hooks. and not know how to make
nlants grow out of the way OF such pests
The cuItivators OF wheat learned to AVOID
the Hessian fly by selecting the time OF
sowing. To get a stand OF egg plants one
way is, to plant the seed in a box ana pace
The box above the flight Of the Insects that
deyour the young plants. The cotton
worm has been avoided by planting Dixon
seed and manuring freely so as to have a
fair crop mature before the worm completes
his ravages.
This wear the curcnlio did not prevent a
profitable shipment OF plums TO ChlcaSo'
The shipment of irish potatoes however
was a complete Dent movement. OATS
have been harvested to larger extent thah
usual. Some have been injured by the ire
ouent rains but enough have been saved 10
preyent the purchase ofmuch corn at eX-
travagant prices. The peach crop is the
absorbing topic now. Peaches are still
coming IN at Terry and Crystal Springs
and Mr.. Tribette Is sending car load OF
box lumber TO HaZelhurst. IL is Interest,"
ing TO see how little enterprise VIII
change the course of trade. Inch lum Der
is saw ed at Gallman, shipped To Terry, split
into half inch and cut the proper length
for box heads and then with the proper
complement of side pieces shipped to vari-
Gus peach growing localities. About a
hundred thousand boxes will be sawed at
Terry and about forty thousand will be
filled there with fruit principally with
peaches. The lumber for several thou
sand was sawed at Cairo and imported at
Terry.
The peach business is strictly cash, The
persons who sell the fruit In New Orleans
make deposits with leading shippers at
Terry SO that an account OF sales Is just as
good as a greenback. Now we see that
where people are out OF debt, or are in
tair way to get out, there is no trouble about
the currency. Dr. jones or some one else
receives from Mr.. Dago New YORK drait.
The farmers bring their peaches TO the de-
pot, get their coffee and tobacco from DR..
Jones, make their shipments 10 New Or
leans aud in three days all accounts can be
balanced without any dispute about the
currency. The shipments from Terry
amount 10 ABOUT "a bDOuStHu boACe Nuth
day, ne ting to the shippers about five hum
dred dollars. That am unt OF money, IN
small place, in one day, mikes things lively.
1t gives the peOplea tonduess for prompt
paw and short settlements. They get an
idea that county affairs should be man
aged in the same way. They have no
fondness for long credits particularly In
the shape Of county railroad bonds They
reason that if the county cannot take up
the school bonds and bridge bonds, matters
will be worse if railroad bonds are added.
They believe that the cost of collecting and
paying over the taxes and Issuing the
bonds will be twelve and half per cent,
that the bonds will not sell for more than
eighty cents on the dollar, so that the |
county will be taxed one hundred and |
twelve dollars and fifty cents to put eighty !
dollars into the road. No railroad stock in /
the United States has paid ten per cent. per |
annum; while the con"'-Vvill be taxed !
over eleven per Ger, me dollars on
eighty dollars. Hitherto the profits from
such bonds have accrued to brokers, bond
holders and credit mobIlier contractors.
Taxpayers do not wish to saddle their chill
dren with bonds for the benefit of specua-
tors, but are anxious to live at home, get
out OF debt and reduce taxation.
o. FoGY.