Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-05-10
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tial Springs IS to cost less than $40 900.
At Brownsville, Tennessee, is one pro-
vlded at cost of 2, 1905 both to begin
business this season.
We copy the above from an exchange,
Here are two, OF hundied progressive
towns all over the country, beginning a
good work on limited capital. These
places know that one enterprise draws
another to town, incitcs liyeller in .
teresL and sets the people to thinking
It gives the wheels start iii inc right
direction. Why Will gentlemen who
have money to invest, lock it up IN the
vaults of banks far from home, to lose
it entirely by the failure of the bank, or
the rascality of its off1cialso We are
aware that 1uka is not wealthy place,
but there Is means here TO accomplish
good if invested In btr midst. Gu,
people are not poverty stricken by q
! good deal, yet, somehow we lack pub
lie spirit, and oitr leading men are Jus,
little too cautious, they have to sec
the end too plain before they will move
The history of human advancement has
shown that all progress proceeds half In
the dark and half risk.
Gaming fACroRtES.
The following from Mr.. N S. Stoors,
| of Vernon county, Missouri, tiian thor.
oughly versed in the canning buslnes,
should induce our citizens to inYestie ate
the feasibility Of establishing Gamma
factory at Iuka.
Mr.. Storris says:
~ do not know 81 any investment
which pays better than canning fac
tory. Ordinarily they will return from
20 to 40 per cent and even more when
judiciorsly managed.
"You can dispose Of lie goods iuts as
fast as they are ready for the market
and that feature enables you to transact
the business with comparatively small
capital. A. the work Is done 10 sum
mer cheap. biilding will answer ali
requirements, ana that together with the
machinery for large husiressl winch
will not cost over, $4,000. Tha. money
will provide a factory that will give EN-
ployment to lou women and girls, and
the disbursements each week for vege.
tables and labor woiiid run from, $500
70 : ,,,' Slo y 81 sctiYe woman earns
"Tomatoes' Corn and psas, are the
staples. One acre Of tomatoes will or.
diAarily produce 100 bushels which, at
% cents per bushel, will yield 500.
Sweet CORE is bought in the husk at
$50 per ton;, Peas are bought at so
cents per hushel.
I'm January the combany sends q
man out among The farmers and con-
tracts for the growth Of the supplies thus
insuring certainty Of production The
company furnishes all,the saAds.
a COMPANY can, make;its own cans
at less than two cents each, and one
bushel Of tomatoes will make twenty 3lb
cans.s The cost Of labor; labels and
ooxingls very small on one can, and
tomatoes are now wholsaled at 80 per
dozen, price unusually high ON account
Vt the scarcely ot ths present seasons
crop. But At 81 per dozen, the usual
price, there is q large pruft ia the bus,
mess. There H. even larger profit in
corn than in tomatoes
Reports from il parts q Texas tell 81
an extraordinarx rainfall throughout the
State on April both, lasting three days,
'9 D'uSH u"iu"Se w IuilrOAuS anu laTm
along the streams. The leay-
lest precipitation occurred in North and
West Texas. All the small streams de-
bouching into Red river are Overlooking
their banks, submerging thousands Of
acres Of grain and cotton. Some points
in Northern Texas report the rainfall to-
DC the heaviest since 1866. Thro ughout
Southern and Southwestern Texas the
rains are Of value to the grazing inter-
ests, lnsuring successfula season to the
cattle and sheep Industries. iThe Rio
Grahde is rising rapidly, pTefnowIng its
banks for a|scouple Of htddrcd miles
above Brownsville.