The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-01-16

sition at this great Exposition
which would rot bear favorable
comparison with that of any
other state in the Union.
We desire to bring this matter
to yorr attention. We think the
Legislature, which will meet this
winter, could make no better in
vestment than by appropriating
a liberal sum for proper dis
play for Mississippi at the Louis
lana Purchase Exposition in 1903.
MISSISSIPPI'S PROGRESS.
We note, with pleasure, the
following official statement, mo
vember %, 1901) from Jackson,
Mississippi:
During the past two years
Governor Longino has approved
the charters of 400 new corpora
tons domiciled in Mississippi,
and in several respects the
showing is an excellent one.
During the biennial period %
new banking institutions with a
combined capital stock of fully
So, 100000 were chartered and
there have been eSta blished IN
the State Is cotton and wooden
mills, nearly all of which are in
active operation. According to
the figures prepared by a finan-
cial journal one year ago Missis-
sippi stood second in the list of
states for new banks organized,
and it is believed that this record
has been equalled, if not surpas-
sed. during the past year. A
credita BILE showing is also made
in the nun Der of new railroads,
twelve companies have been
chartered with authority to con-
struct and operate lines, and
nearly all of these concerns have
finished their preliminary sur
veys preparatory to the COM
mencement of work. The lum-
Der industry shows substantial
growth, AZ concerns with an ag-
gregate capital stock of nearly
So, 500, 900 having been launched
for business, and the other man
ufacturing lines are also we'll
represented.
The industrial bulletin Just
ISSUED by the census office at
Washington, makes fine show
ing for the state of Mississippi.
1t shows that the capital invested
in the eight leading industries
amounts to nearly $50, 100000,
an increase of S20,000,000 since
the census of ten years before.
The capital invested in the lum-
Der industry is nearly one-half
of the total. Cotton oil mills
come second, whereas they were
third ten years ago. Meridian
has a larger mum Der of manufac-
turing plants than any other city
in the state, but Jackson, the
largest output per capita. The
four towns of Jackson, Meridian,
Vicksburg and Natchez, are
shown to have a com bined capt.
tai of IS, 627, $40 invested in man.
ufacturing enterprises. Facto-
ry products are valued at over
$40, 200, 900"
The late President McKi lley,
in his last address, spoke of ex-
positions as the ''Timekeepers of
Progress"
Mississippi contains 30,O28, 100
acres of land, about twelve
large counties lie on the Missis-
sippi river-in what is known as
the Mississippi Delta. In this
section, and in other parts Of the
State, is produced the finest cot
ton in the world, and most every
thing that grows in western soils
flourishes in Mississippi. The
State makes large appropriations
for it's universities, colleges and
schools. Your educational facil-
tiles are fine, and the percentage
of school attendance is very
large. In Me last few years
there has been, throughout your
State, phenomenal growth in ev-
cry direction. The population
of Mississippi is about 100000.
The State can easily support s.
100000. Mississippi is about
800 miles from st. Louis by rail,
and is reached nv boat in from