Oxford eagle., 1902-05-01

There is mourning in the land these
DAYS from rich and poor alike. because
Of the pressure Of the Beef Trusts
heavy hand The butchers all over the
State have run their prices up in leaps.
and they lay Il TO the live stock deal
ers- These. in turn. are crying aloud
that their raise is due 10 the exhorbi-
iant price Of feedstufis. provisions. etc
And in this very cause OF all the
trouble lies its remedy II the farmers
in Mississippi had cultivated enough
grain and hay last year TO keep up
their own stock in comfort with a good
surplus for emergencies. they would
have the Beef Trust by the throA; and
could now be enjoying the nourishing
and palatahle diet Of home raised
meats AZ small cost. instead Of eating
an occasional steak that Is leathery
with age and Is 50 ashamed Of the price
that is put upon II that ii seems anx-
ious TO shriyel out Of sight Fifteen
cents 4 pound for meat (bone ami
scraps ineludedl. is 4 steep rate for
the average man With q family Of
healthy children. and the chances are
that vegetarianism will become some
what OF q fad this season And il may
De good thing Our people eat too
much meat and other heating foods for
this climate. and that which will cause
a change in the custom-for il Is but
a eustom-will. We believe, prove .
blessing instead Of q trial Perhaps
some Of our people who have fallen
into the way Of living from barrels
instead Of from fresh, healthful gar
dens viii Of necessity take up the
shovel and the hoe" and raise a crop
OF excellent green things that the fam
lily tineluding its head. Of course.l
need not 80 hungry. This. We know.
VIII be blessing. for there are too
many Of our people who fail to see the
need and comfort Of q garden II is
all too common an experience among
those whose duty takes them through
the country land comparatively the
same thing Is to be found in towns
Rnere there is space enough for kitch-
en- gardens) to sit down to meal after
meal OF canned things put up in
some distant State and purchased by
our people "on a credit with half a
dozen profits added to the original
cost OF preserving the food IL there is
meat II. too. is canned. or comes from
oarrels. while condensed milk in the
eonee and even In the tea Is frequent
part OF the unappetixing bill Of fare.
ana all around the house lie acres and
acres OF ground either IN cotton or
weeds with maybe . few scraggy peach
uees standing lonesomely about No
COW In the stall. NO hogs In the pen.
10 cattle In the pasture, no vegetables
NJ TO eat, and az the season advances
10 melons or fruits save such as they
can swap" from more thrifty neigh
es. 1t is such places As these that
VIII feel the grip Of the food trusts
most keenly. for they must pay the
pfiee or starve- But the man whose
garden Is now adding its deiicacies to
sne family table. whose storehouse con-
.Ains still . few delicious home-curei
aAms. ETC.; whose cows. in gratituae
'or careful attention. yield ample sup
piies OF milk from which the table gets
i's excellent cream and butter; whose
.ruie trees are now proudly display
ing tnetr burdens Of young green
siooes. whose melons will soon open
.neir crimson hearts to comfort the
,Amiiy and friends in sultry summer
aAss' whose poultry. thanks to care
ena attention, ara almost worth their
"eisnt In coin Of the realm"-that
man can snap his fingers at the beef
trusts and sugar trusts and butter
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