The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-11-07

Wooden aIilIs. At BAY ST. Louis; Iocopa
Cation Yarn Mills, at Water Valley
Stansbnry Cotton Mills, at CaFroilton; !;
Cotton Mill at Canton, and two cotton
Mills at C0rinth; Bay Springs Cotton
Factory. at Bay Springs. Ilshomingo
county. and another at Port Gibson,
which will 60 to work this fall.
aWhat other fact0riesT
aThere Is s cotton seed oil mill at
Natchez, two at yieksburgs one g Port
Gibson, one at Jackson, one e Aazoo
City, one at Grenada, one at Coiumooss
one st Meridian, one at Aberdeen, one
nearly ready st Lexington, one g hei-
uge Landing, one at Greenyllle, ana 9
number of others in process OF construe-
ton. A great many saw-milis are going
40 throughout the long-leaf pine region
4 good many built by Northern capital
Besides these there are q great many
now in operation already. We have at
Meridian i compress equal 70 any u the
United States: also two at Nlcksburg,
perhaps of equal capacity; one at Jack
son. and one at Colu nbus, aud from any
of those points shippers can get
through bill Of landing to any point
they may desire II send their cotton.
There is, perhaps, $3.50, 900 invested ln
the compresses mentionsds ana all OF
home capital The total Aambsr Of
manufactures when the eepsusaf 1851
was taken was 1881.
.sDo YOU think that Mississippi will
become a great manufacturing section?
II will hand YOU what said on that
subject in my inaugural address, winch
is as follows: The greatest cotton
growing State in the Union ought to be
manufacturing State, 1t not the great
est manufacturing State IN America,
The productions of the earth are usually
manufactured where they are made or
found, and why should cotton IN Mlssls-
sippi be an exception to the ruleI Our
climate, productions. and population are
favorable in many respects to the manu-
featuring of cotton. The raw material
it raised among us in profhsion, a large
element Of our population Is as well, II
not better adapted to the cultivation OF
cotton than any other people on earth.
it Is A demonstrated fact that cotton can
b, manufactured cheaply apd profitably
in the South. We do well to invite and
encourage foreign labor and capital to
engage in such work in our midst, but
| IL they fail to respond there is no cause
| for despair. A people who have proven
! themselves to be equal and superior 20
exigencies of peace and war, such a.
| those under which other States and
| nations have perished, cannot be inca
/ pable of improving and approprlatlng
| the advantages and opportunities which
we enioy on this subject. Our own means
and talents are sufficient Ito revolution
ize the State in this respect. The prest
d mt or mahager of q successful lac
| terry among US ought to be more hlghl.
appreciated and honored by US than an.
public functionary, in the land what
ever legislation can be accomplished IL
this behalf shall have my cordial ap
proyal and support.
TIMBER AND MINERALS.
"What is the area of the timber land
of Mississippi
Il saTwenty millions or more of acres
which consist of pine, red gum, OAK o
many varieties, cypress, magnolia, willow
cottonwood, beech, locust and elm. y
long leaf pine, in the region OF rear
river, contiguous to the Illinois Oentra
: Railroad, there is perhaps 5000, 600, ,OO
Of feet (board measure), now; east
Pearl river there is perhaps the sam
} quantity. take it, this approximate
che amount, but if accurately stated
is much more. There is perhaps of tn
short leaf pine standing 1000, 90
7 feet, This Is, of course, not accurate
but would approximate the last censu
: rerort. The red rum to which our pee
J ple heretofore attached but little value
r Is now taking its place to some exten
and will in the near future to grea
$ extent, of the walnut, which Is grown
very scarce. 1t is now used by turn
: ture-makers, and car-builders are larg
j consumers of it. President j. 9. Clark,
] of the Illinois Central Railroad, who
e a thoroughly practical man, lnforme
: me year ago that ne purenased III
t red gum lumber for $l6 per thousan
4 feet; and it answered qQite as good
purpose for finishing work In his ca
q as the walnut, for which he had to pa
}. $40 per thousand feet. We have
q great quantity Of this in the delta, an
|. the impression seems to prevail that v
o will derive fair revenue from this tlr
n ber."
Il "Is there a growing demand for lam
q in your Statef'
IS doh, YES. A remarkable demand f
% them has sprung up in both the pll
1- and bottom regions. These lands
k private hands can be bought at fro
n ia to So per acre, while governme
land. and there is a good deal t it, ca
es of course, be entered for $1.25 per acl
n Al Number of persons during this We
r. have entered $50, 900 to SIS, 900 wort
Of These large entries have generally be
ez made by persons and companies engag
in in the lumber trade. Coming from t
be Gulf toward the central part of t
en- State. in the Southern and Eastern cou
n, ties, the land is productive, and mig
1d add here that we have mari deposits
on East Mississippi Indeed, the city
re Jackson is situated on a mari depo.
les Il ID manipulated here BY private in
ri yiduals, and sold in different parts OF
lat State. and is estimated a most excell'
j a fertilizer. Many of these deposits
m contiguous to the Vicksburg & Merid
Ird Railroad. as well as the Mobile Il o
zip and Illinois Central roads"
Al AGRIcULTURE.
ct. as the tendency toward small fal
y or large estates r
a. 81 think it is toward small far
mo There IS evidently growing interest
oa1 ~ truck farms in various parts OF
11e az State
y aWhat system Of labor is in gem
nle lls useg''
at Il thins that the share system n
~ generally prevails Z
Dad AsYLUMs.