Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1903-06-20

CulldIly bulltu " Inc AO4 4llti thob ~
is doubtful if any other land on earth
can equal it for cotton production,
A report Of the United States De
partment of Agriculture thus com
pares the annual crop values Of i'm
proved lands in Mississippi and other
States:
Per Acre.
Mississippi .........,.....sl2.2l
Illinois .....'....''.....-' t.oI
Indiana ...,.......,,.,.... 6.z3
Iowa ............,..... $50
Now, when it IS considered that
much Of the hill and sandy lands Of
the State are far less productive than
this Nile valley of America" an idea
may be given of its marvellous fertility.
The delta also produces an average
of thirty bushels Of Indian corn per
acre, hay Of the finest quality, Irish
and sweet potatoes at a net profit Of
$50 per acre, and all fruits that grow
in semi-tropical countries.
The prairie region produces every
crop known to the Southern soil and
climate except the orange" 1t was
olca characterized as the corn and
meat surplus section Of the State,
In addition to its numerous crops,
more diversified. perhaps, than other
sections, it has become the great cen
ter Of Mississippis stock industry.
The immense cotton fields Of other
years have been laid off into meadows
and pastures for horses, mules, cattle
and hogs of the finest blood and breed.
The lumber region Of the State, in
the great long leaf pine country, which
comprises practically the entire south
ern section Of the State south Of the
Alabama & Vicksburg railroad, is
mine of wealth that is Of incalcula-
Bile value. 1t has been estimated
that the standing timber Of the State
amounts to more than seyenty-fye
billions Of feet. and that If one tree
was planted for every one cut down
Mississippi could manufacture up
wards Of three hundred millions Of
feet of lumber every year and still
possess d perpetuity in her lumber
wealth
At Gulfport and Pascagoula ships
may be seen every day loading thou
sands Of feet Of yellow pine lumber
for export to foreign markets, and
more than a thousand saw mills are
constantly cutting deeper and deeper
into the forests
Truck Farming Forging Ahead.
It has olly been Of recent years
that Mississippi farmers have turned
their attention to trucking, but this
industry has grown to extraordinary
/ proportions. and is gradually spreading
/ all over the State. The possibilities
/ Of the State in the direction of inten.
sifed farming are just beginning to
/ be understood, and Of late the rail,
roads of the State have turned their
/ attention to this industry EScur-
siOns have been run into the Sti. e
| to bring prOspectors from other sec
/ tious and specialists on horticulture
/ have been employed to instruct the
. farmers. AS a result Of these ef.
/ forts trucking has become a leading
/ industry along the Illinois Central
and the Mobile & Ohio railroads. The
/ crops are chiefly tomatoes, strawber-
/ ries, potatoes, beans and asparagus.
I The railroads foster this industry, and
/ satisfactory rates for shipment to for
/ eign markets are given, and plenty OF
shipping facilities are provided Ma
merous trucking organizations or So
cieties have been formed, with a view
to improving products and generally
/ to promote the industry,
On the gulf coast the oyster indus,
try has grown to considerable pro.
portions, and the last Legislature
passed a special law protecting and
/ encouraging the business Canning
! factories are in operation that pay
/ splendid dividends One concern has
an annual sale of 100000 of product.
Rapid Influx Of Capital.
A tremendous influx of capital into
the State is now in progress ald has
been for the past four years. Some
startling figures on this subject were
recently compiled by Secretary OF
State Power from the corporation
records of his department The fig
ures are comparative. For example,
the amount of capital stock incorpo.
rated in four years prior to October
! 1, 1899, aggregated only $25,644,O0O,
while for the two years from that
date to October l. 1901, the aggregate
amount of capital was S26,430,000.
Thus these two years more than dOub'
/ led the four previous years.
Since the first day of October. 1901,
the figures are still more startling
From that date up to the 18th of May
1903, a period of less than twenty
months, the aggregate of capital IN.
corporated reached the enormous fig
ure Of s46,612, ,450.
Mississippi is but just entering upon
her period of development All OF
her industries have long since passed
the experimental stage and are il
the market to compete with the best
and to demand recognition.
The State has no debt, or an in
significant one. She has just paid
out in cash over million dollars tC
build a new capitol and not bond
was issued to secure a dollar of this
fund,
Her people everywhere are pros
pering and are contented, ald she in
vites investors and homeseekers tc
come and help in her upbuilding
Factory Exemptions.
For the encouragement Of factories
the State offers liberal tax exemp
tions. The statutory provisions ere
ating factory exemptions are as fol
lows:
"All permanent factories or plants
of the kind hereinafter named which
shall hereinafter be established in this
State before the first day of Janu
ary, 1906, shall be exempt from al
State, county and municipal taxation
for a period of ten years, towit; All
permanent factories for working OF
cotton, jute, ramie, wool, silk, furs ol
metals; all permanent pork-packing
and cold storage factories or plants
where the amount of capital invested
shall not be less than $4,000; all per
manent factories for manufacturing
machinery. implements, or articles o.
use in a finished state and ready fol
consumers use without additional pro
cess of labor; all permanent factories
for making wagons, carriages, buggies
clothing or shoes, complete; all per
manent factories for making barrel:
or boxes complete, whether coopereC
or loose ready for transportation
all permanent additions or extensions
costing not less than $4,000, here
matter made before the first day o
January, 1906, to any permanent fac
tory or nlant hereinafter establishes