Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-09-03
AN MOMENT.

4hkN ~ that all he has to dc
GA~ Is to form the piece
&A&~ Of work to his Ink
MS~ ng. To this is due
W@SA doubtless the time
honored adage to strike when the iron
Is hot. That man who knows when
his opportunity in life has arrived,
and embraces it, defying all obstacles,
is following this rule, and be usually
has only to shape his future to suit his
own fancy and 90 ahead with his bus
mess as be elects. Not unlike the
blacksmith or individual, is the town
or community.
To see and embrace the Opportuni-
ties as they come to q town or COM
munity lie the highest development of
commercial science. Cities are build
ed by men. The question Of situation
is minor ct all times to the question
OF the class Of men who have the des-
tiny Of the community In hand. The
ground upon which Chicago lie built lie
made, builded out into the lake, as It
we're. Chicago had men from the
day Of it's conception who were deter
mined to build q great city. Perhaps
Il is not possible to build many more
Chicagos in this country; yet It is
possible to initiate the example set by
Chicago, and to make all that is posi-
BILE out Of the place vi have chosen
for q home.
Ifthere IL ever to be q time when
OkolOna should take advantage of its
opportunities and lay the foundation
for Ito future greatness, industrially
and commercially, that time is GER
talnly right now. To let this oppor-
tunity pass, may meal everlasting
destruction. To improve It win sure
" solve the problem as to our future.
Within the next six months g new
railroad viii be built from OkolonR
west into one of the finest and richest
sections Of country ever known to
man, for tie productiveness in the
way of fine timber. Just such lum-
Der rs the demands of the world seeks
and must have at any price. Some Of
this vast product is already finding its
way to the markets Of Europe, maxi
ing it's start on the long journey by
being hauled in wagons to this city
q distance of twenty to thirty miles.
This vast supply is sufficient to war
rant the establishment of various
kinds of factories in Okolona, using as
raw material these valuable woods.
Oak and walnut, az fine as the
world produces, Lies at our door. To
provide for It's u~talization is merely to
perform the simplest act of duty to
ourselves, for It will be used, manu-
featured into furniture and eli manner
Of things made from wood, and the
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az well be In Okolona as anywhere
else. Better for the owners that they
should be located here, for il is a well
known law Of commerce that those
factories which are located nearest
the raw material used, always yield
the largest profits and grow more
rapidly into fixtures for all time.
In order to foster enterprises Of the
kind that will utilize this great source
of natural wealth, is not g question of
being able to find capital upon which
to work In any community now In the
South. The only question involved is
to c u the friendly and cordial CO.
operation Of men. There is plenty of
capital to be secured Il the communi-
ty seeking to make the advancement
unites for the purpose and goes to
work with q viii. The fact is that
there is enough surplus capital in
OkOlona to start the ball to rolling
without drawing upon the capital at
work in other ways. All we need is
to start something, make it a success,
as 1t must become, il kept out of the
hands of men who prefer wreCking
everything they touch to making
IL 90, and the natural laws Of indus
trial Advancement will do The crest.
For manufacturing purposes, the
question of freights and taxation can
be easily adjusted. The roilroad peO-
pie are always willing to make conces-
sions which viii add to the volume Of
their business, and the state has long
since placed itself on record as being
willing to exempt from taxation all
new manufacturing enterprises for a
sufficient number Of years to assure
their permanent establishment.
The people Of Okolona cannot act
too promptly in this matter. It is
smack up to them, and to delay def
mite action simply means to delay
the advancement Of the city's better
interests IN every way, and If delayed
too long may prove disastrous.