Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-08-15
THE AMERICAN FARM
II Is the Source Of Our National
Wealth and Greatness.
Secretary of Axricuitare Wilson
MAKES n Prediction and Gives
some Excellent Reasons
in support of "a.

Il
CT WILL give YOU statement
and a prophecy said Secre-
f1ry Wilson. OF the Depart
nent Of agriculture.
There j. some talk Of a eombina-
tion % an Europe against the United
States. CONNIE REALLY. II not inimical-
y. We can come neare- now TO sup
porting ourselves than any nation on
earth. ANY combination OF countries
against "a. 20 emharraSs rs in any
way. would soon discover that they
werr getting the worst Of IL.
The object % all of the work Of
the department Of agriculture i to
enable the United States 70 produce.
a. Gear a. possible. everything which
our people rec aire. under the Amer
lean flag. Ii will only be- reason
able number Of years when We will
produce our own wooden and cotton
clothing. our shoes. socks. shirts and
everything 81 that character. II will
be very soon when we viii ~ able 20
produce all Of our own food. our tea.
coffee. sugar. rubber. spices. bread.
butter. cheese. nuts. raisins. oranges.
/ apples. peaches. cherries. plums.
olives; in fact everything that neces-
sly or luxury requires or suggests.
All Of these things. and many more
too numerous 20 mention. will ne
produced .n the United states or in
Cur island possessions
No writer could portray the earn
estness and forcefulnes~ Of this twp
zeal farmer leader. a. he drops his
spectacles. leans hack in his chair.
rises and moves bis hands and arms
or walks about the room. while he
dwells upon the glory and greatness
OF the imperial republic. He glories
IN the fact that the United States
government and people arr free. be-
cause valorouS. and independent is--
cause prosperous and thrifty. there
fore today more free and independ-
ent than when the declaration was
promulgated on july :. i7.6. The
secretary l. an intensely patriotic
man. and hack Of all Of his work i
the ener-izin- influence Of his love
Of country and pride in its grand
achievement and marvellous po>>ibii-
flies and proba nilitie~. That j. what
impeiled him 20 make the statement
and prophecy concerning the defiant
capability OF The United States in n.
presence % suggestions II foreign
complications and combinations
Il VIII tell you what the Depart
uent Of agriculture i doing for the
present seal and the future com
monweal,- continued Secretary VIII
son.
Prom the beginning 81 the colon
| "a development - our country to-
bleco has been one Of our greatest
staples. While it is true that many
F people 10 not approve % the use %
+ tobacco in any form. 10 stiIl continues
70 Dc one Of our staple prossue;s
We annually sell s10.0as.soo worth %
tobacco. but NJ buy sIs.so. go
worth THIS department T. trying 10
Reduce our buying necessities OF the
Si8.90a.8oo bought. s5.0oa.0oo are for
sumatra wrapper The other s.
o0o.0oa are expended for what Is
known a. dllers. mostly from Cuba.
We arr teaching our people how 70
grow filters and We expect soon to
be growing al the filters and wrap
Pes We need IN our own country
We are Experimenting now in Penn
sylvania and also in Texas with great
success. We also expect TO grow
large quantities OF these kinds of to-
baeco IN Porto Rico and the Philip
pines. We intend 70 save $4,000. 900
for our own people in this industry.
and that amount will increase every
year. We ought soon TO be selling
aaous S50.0O0.000 worth of tobacco
snnullly. and buying. substantially.
noue-
wy eannot grow coffee in the
tn.:rd >ta l.. y 80 ev.c:-y part of