Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-08-30
SouTnERH INTERESTS.

j; it j. true that . country
III always be ignorant Gai poor
hat raises raw material aul sells
: "a such there j. a lesson I'M
Owed IN the proposition for
lie South and especially b the
PEOPLE % = ssissipti which
take uutO ours "
IRE cotton producing state il
Y ss pi. We eypuT. ali SCI
1ur great staple ia is raw
~ lhe foreign ilarket ~ tie
aud the docks AZ Liver
D0ci bear witncss "a Tire indus
,Tv O. tie 'sbor Cd ths people
Ii this cop..tsy is 10 be p pro
:ecron country watcher W be-
accidental In thC collection o.
the necessary re. cuass 20 carry
or The government u f5r the
sake OF protection, Is . rr!nci
pie 10 home Industries. ir either
event the sooner we erect the
Gotten mills a,srg side lis COS
zen ie,fis tie better, IEsteao.
of erecting ute compress 10 Ia
c!.ilGte tie shipment OF taa F.a
nlstcfit iy its 1uyTr> 4a j.
0a sr1ailos. .cs possible
would II net lie 81 te- 20 splu
and weave our own cotton as
far "a praCticayict = bale OF
raw cotton spun INTO yarLs aud
woven iLto cloth acquires yaiue
st each successive step in tue
pfocass OF ANS manufacture 1.-THE
bale 81 raw StuG is worth So il
becomes worth $50. span icto
yarns and $3.50. woven into clath
x las becl shown rs 2 stalls
tici1I .Aa. = p3uud u cotton
EiH make seven yards OF pril.~
which st ; cS.ts 4 s.s. Is -
cents aGd "a; 3 cents a yaVS s
81 CeutS a pound. Ont cd Tins
- cents tbe planter only getA
cents for hiS share. These is
uTes are net hew. they are Ga.
W hy thsn to they WAC p,os tse
grouGd, plant, pick. s1 and bale
the cotton sad Whosr labor t.
these severe processes of prepa-
ton for the market 20 straight
through the seasons the wear
round, Why do they not avail
themselves of the opportunity
to share la the greater prOit by
combining in the effort TO Gti-
.iZe the raw material AZ home
Is Jar as practicable. Ii il he
said there "a 40 Opportunity Why
not make The opportunity 1t
has been done. It can be done
again. Our State la~ugulshes
under a burden 0ftOo mach raw
cotton aRi not enough means 10
convert It Iato EabliCs II s0me
10 lei cotton raising Pay. Inc
oii fashioned loom gas once ia
Use among az aai durirg car
war enough cloth was woven hy
The women Of the country 10
ciOtGs themselves sad tbc ne
gro BcB aud the absent soldiers
besides. Wien 'he var ~as
over and tae zen took charge
Of The little farms and tse Zig
p'altaiioCs the iOOIas . sap
peagsd and the isnG owners
wcGt 20 tbfjr factors ari con
mission merchants in tae toEls
aae the !actorf amt conn ea
meE iu thc towns y .asa .e4t
10 the city Hlijdle laea ald
tIoee Il theig tara weat 20 the
banks 1ad capitalists To- ,,,a
money o make jhe crops L rli
COMMISSIONS sad big pcgcee
ages vel nigh ruined - ceitcp
r~aiserS ba. IL vas not N tas
tallt - the men whose trade
Wss On commission anu whose
capital commanded tie pes cent
The cotton -aisers woa.I not
diversity Ueig farming. It mar
may be soue CoGid not. nav
be his condition by t.ie aorf-
gage the planter Grs. gave ite-
rally verified The iea' msxu.
:cace . mortgage always a
mortgage. But .he fact r.
mains tina. the cotton raisers
al ret diversity their farming.
They lid not raise live stock.
They Dough. the mules ia other
States Oae county IN Teunes
see sold twelve thousand null
"A 2 YEAR while in thst same
EeaE Il s very mrch - he
doubted whether the entir.
State of aiSsissippi raised one
third that rua,ber for her own
use. Ni.h the exception as tse
cereals everything grows - rsr
;eciicn IA Mississippi The rgr
tables flourish. AaJ yet N nj.
favored State cur hin land
steadily grew poorer ana ,he
prairie plantations and VALLEY
farms wee covered with mcrs
cages aud many Of them are IN
this condition to-day. Tie over
production ot raw cotton. AMI
the want OF a system OF mixed
farming, anG the steady adAe-
renee 10 the plan OF living on
oil the store has driven many a
man from his ancestral hom.
aud will continue TO dc i unless
these conditions he changed. If
the land owners OF M~ississinp;
are tempted or are forced 10
mortgage TO the trust comma.
MES now pushing their business
OF lending money TO our PEOPLE