The leader., 1904-09-17


that cotton and the seed products CON
stitute CSC per cent of the total value
of crops marketed. While this Is
fact there is being shown health?
increase in grains which in 1900 con
stituted 22.8 per cent. TS total
value of crops sold in the Jo,te for
the year preceding the last census
was as follows: $S4,SS3,776, and di.
vided as follows: Cotton and Gotten
seed. s54A32,341; corn, $18,S73,924;
forest products, $3,O22,626; miscel-
laneous vegetables, $2,S07 ,652; hay
and forage, $1,459,s79; sweet pota-
toes, $1,45S,49O; sugar cane and prod
ucts. s804,S70; dried peas, $567.279;
orchard fruits, $44O,11S; oats, 1888,
633; sorghum cane and syrup, 1923.
Ait; Irish potatoes, $245,T77; small
fruits, $141, 009; peanuts, $S9,S5e;
grapes, $39,270; nursery products.
1905; wheat, $30,743; rice. $2S,5G4;
flowers and plants, $26.9O7; onions,
$24,05S; nuts, $17,15S; dry beans, SILL,
G72; tobacco, 1925; broom corn, S.,
$50, and miscellaneous, including bar.
ley, rye, kaffir corn, clover seed. grass
seed. hops, tropical fruits, etc, $6,542
To the value of the farm crops should
be added the values of animal;
slaughtered and sold on the farm, 81,
626,88S; dairy products, $6,064,519;
poultry and eggs, $4,259,249; wool and
lair. $144,842; honey and beeswax,
$113,021. The total Of all farm prod
ucts was $102,492.2S3. At the pres
cnt the amounts are much larger.
The cotton crop last year brought in
the neftlborhood of $90,O00,000 alone,
tt say nothing of the increase in other
crops. The percentage of manutac-
turing has about doubled since 1900,
and other lines have shown CORE.
spending increase.
While all of the counties in Mis-
sissippi have not as yet reported the
completion of their new assessment
rolls on personal property, enough
have done so to assure an increase Of
the total. Only one county as yet
has shown a decrease, and the cause
of that is probably not because the
increase was not there. When the
land is assessed again the increase to
be shown will be a revelation to the
most optimistic citizen. Mississippi is
prosperous as never before, and IL is
believed that this is only the dawn
OF day brighter still. Pull for the
State on every occasion, tell of its
greatness, exploit its resources and
let the world know what we have Ii
Is a duty that you are under ob1iga.
ton to perform. Do it.
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Work began last week on one two.
story, one three-story and one four.
story brick building on West Capitol
street, Jackson. Also one three-story
and one six-story brick and stone
building on State street. The Capital
City is doing things these days. Three
large factories with capital of hale a
million dollars and a pay roll of 500 men
are building, and will be in operation
before many weeks pass.
Guffport will soon have two electric
railroads in active operation. They
will cover the city pretty thoroughly,
run out to end Of pier and back up
into the country several miles, bring
iro a 1orna,. r.aot;on Of torriforxy inf
the available residence portion.
Laurel is looking to the beautiful
as well as the substantial, and the
town will have cleaning up and set
ting out of trees, shrubbery, etc. The
hustling citizens have responded
promptly to the suggestion, and 1t
will be made pleasant to the eye as
well as a great business point. .
Buildings at the State experiment
station at Mcneil, which were burned
some time since, are being rebuilt
and will soon be ready for occupancy.
This station fills a want in that sec.
ton of the piney woods that could not
be replaced by any other station and
the rebuilding of the one at Mcneil
will be good news to the Southern por
ton Of the State. 1t has proven OF
great benefit to the people down there
A $4,000 wagon factory has been
organized in Newton and the appli.
cation for charter is now being pub.
lished. That is move in the right
direction. Mississippi should manu-
facture her own wagons and we expect
to see a number Of such factories
built in the next few years. Here Ii
the timber and other material and
the market. Let's keep the money
right here where it Justly belongs.
The bank deposits of Mississippi.
have increased in the past ten years
from $7.O93,53O to $27,164 1926. Is thu
not wonderful showing? 1t Is a faci
that the State shows an excess OF
deposits over that of the State of Ala
ban1a with its large towns and cities
OF over seven million dollars. Wher
this increase is considered along with
the fact that only small portion OF
the State is developed and bringing
the owners a revenue, some Idea chr
be obtained Of the great things in
store for US in the future.
]. c. Gordon, of Silver City. Yazoo
county, raised cucumber this year
that measured Il inches in length anc
25 inches In circumference. This Il
certainly magnificent specimen Of
the cucumber and no doubt contained
ipnumerable stomach aches. IT has
been sent to st. Louis and is now on
exhibition with the Mississippi ex
hibit. 'Twouid take very few cucum
befs Of this size to make barrel Of
pickles. Let us hope that Mr.. Heinz
will note 1t and locate more OF his
sunnlv fIennts IN Miscirefnri