The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1899-11-11
ELECTION OVER,
The Attention of the People Is Called
to the Great Industrial Progress.

ne ALteULiOu OF the FSUpAS - ~aAiSo
+ to the Great Industrial Progress.
Now that the election is over it
is hoped that press and people
will give even more attention to
the industrial and material up
building of the commonwealth.
There will not be another elec-
ton in Mississippi for a whole
year. The next election will be
for seven congressman and will
take place Tuesday after the first
Monday in November, 1900, the
same day that a president of the
United States viii be voted for.
Nominations for congressman are
some eight months off, and it Is
worse than folly to lose time over
politics that far away. If half
the force and energy were spent
| in industrial and material pur-
suits that is wasted on politics
the state would double its taxa
| Bile values in a few years; smoke
from mills and factories would
rise in every county in the State;
money now sent abroad for things
that Should be made at home
would be plentiful, and thousands
of Mississippi boys and girls that
are now idle would find ready
employment at good wages.
Mississippi must push the IN
dustrial wave that is sweeping
over it. Never before in her his
tory has there been such determi-
nation to do something for self by
the people of the State. They
have tired of waiting for foreign
capital to come here and build
mills and factories, and the peo-
pie are pooling their savings and
building mills for themselves.
This is the way to do it. This Is
the way it has been done every
where, from the prlmitatlve days
of New England down to lhe pre-
sent time. The splendid achieve
ments of Georgia and the Carroll
mas in the matter of building cot
ton mills shows what can be done
nv Southern States and Southern
capital. Mississippi has greater
natural advantages than either
of these States. All that is
necessary is concerted and intel
ligent action on the part of the
people. And this is being had.
Already within the past few
months not less than six cotton
mills have been organized in this
State. and the looms will be IN
motion with other mills to follow
before this time next year.
The devoted State press is Co
| ing all it can, and no agency has
done more for the upbuilding of
the State. The idea seems tie pre-
vail in the Stat press now that a
good industrial item is worth a
, Whole column of political talk,
and the saying that cotton mill,
no matter how modest, is worth
more to a town than a congress
man, no matter how immodest,
hos naSspd into the proverbs.
The outlook is fine. 1t Is eX-
hilarating. Let nothing be done
to check the Industrial and mate
rial enthusiasm Of the people.
The perpetual candidate should be
given the cold shoulder; the pre-
mature candidate for congress
when he starts out on his vote I'M
portuning tour, should be asked
how much stock he has taken in 9
cotton mill in his town, and If he
has not taken any, notify HIM thai
he is barking up the wrong tree
and ask all your neighbors t(
vote against him. If he care:
Imore for office than he does To-
the upbuilding of his town, a
IwouId be shown by his not having
contributed along with his neigh
bors to the building Of a cottol
mill, he is good man to defeat
, If he pleads that he is not able t.
subscribe for stock IN cOttoI
mill in his own town, then he con
fesses that he has been a faiiur
in his private affairs, which !
pretty good proof that he wouI
be a failure as the rcpresentatIV
| of the people in Congress. In
= man who gets out a year beior
the election and gads from on
point to another hunting fo
2 votes must not have much bus
+ ness at home to attend to, an
men who have not succeeded al
not the kind that business me
E would employ to look after the
interests, and why should the PEI
pie be less prudent in selectlr
4 their servants!
= There is a time for all thing
S This Is the time to push the way
of industrial enthusiasm that no
possesses the people. Next ye'
there will be a presidential al
4 congressional and presidents
election, and when the spring
we'll spent it will be ample time
look after that matter. and
ought to be well looked aft
when it does come up for conai
y Grafton and action. Jackson &C
I \. O. Picayune.
e In few more years it may
2 ~oooopobly aynpcfpd that the Sta