Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-10-15

o properly say, an enuless ana un-
broken forest.
But we need not fear such a calamity
Detailing the human race, for were 1t
even threatened every hand would be
extended TO avert 1t and agriculture
would rise to a higher plane, than 1t
had ever attained before. Thus 1t Is
proved that those who are apparently
the greatest opponents Of agricultural
prosperity, are its strongest advo-
Gates. Although the cotton buyer may
decrease the price Of cotton for a pc
Rod, still he must o n or later al
low II to rise to serve his own inter-
ests, and when the price is thus made
the buyer, the shrewd agriculturists
will rush their cotton to market and
then to use a common phrase, will be
caught in his own trap" but 1t is i'm
possible for cotton to remain at a low
value for any lengthy period, for the
world must be clothed and the popula-
ton is every day increasing, and this
increases the demand. AS the demand
increases, the agriculturist Is urged to
greater efforts. and he calls for high
or prices, which must be given.
In this way by the rules of traffic,
the farmers prosperity becomes great
er with each revolution Of the great
wheel Of time. The clouds may gather
upon the horizon, but fear not, for
every cloud has Its silver lining" and
his is especially true with the farmer.
Opinions differ as to the price Of cot
ton in the coming season. The esti-
nations Of som are very high, while
the estimations Of others are very low.
The authors opinion Is that the latter
Is more probable for, excepting a few
farms, the whole south will be plant
ed in cotton this seaso and the mar
ket will be glutted, decreasing the val
he very greatly. But as has been said
above, cotton can not fall to a very low
price, for the demand is t1o great.
II all the cotton is rushed to mar
ket in a bulk the price will fall to a
parallel with the cost of culture; but
II the supply is equal from beginning
to end Of tease the demand will be
continuous and cotton will hold a
price that will realize the planter very
fair profits. Even IL the profits be but
average, the great quantity planted
will be sure to bear enough to yield
the planter a sum that will lay the
foundation of a fortune.
This will induce more Of our south
ern youths to follow this choice pur-
suit. And what better occupation can
the southern youth desire than agrl-
culture?
Has he not every opportunity which
one could desire Of preparing himself?
The youth Of this generation who ex-
poets to pursue agriculture as a life
work does not prepare himself as did
the youth Of the last generation. Now
they take their course Of stldy like the
lawyer or physician, they study their
pursuit as q science; then, they simply
acquainted themselves with the rules
OF manual labor, applied more energy
Of body than Of mind. But the great
barrier to the youthful farmer to-day
Is tho fact Of the inferior circum-
stances of his predecessors. Farming
and poverty are thought by some to
walk hand In hand, But this is false.
Many great fortunes have been found
ed on agricultural profits.
Cornelius Vanderbilt, "the Commo-
dore,' one of the wealthiest men of
the nineteenth century, obtained his
first hundrd dollors from this source.
William II. Vanderbilt, the Commo-
dore's son, cast adrift upon the world
by his Indifferent father, began the
pursuit of horticulture and in a short
time he accumulated a fortune to him
self. Taken later into his fathers
favor, he inherited his fathers enor-
nous wealth and this combined with
his own fortune, formed one OF the
greatest of modern times. Many other
men before and since have gained great
wealth from this source.
AS time speeds its ceaseless course
to infnity the farmer becomes more
prosperous. Agricultural advantages
are every day increasing. AS we wit
hess the steady and sure rise Of this
foundational element upon the ebbing
tide Of traffic, we are astounded to see
the many opportunities within 1t, the
many great inventions to its advan-
tage, the many institutions In its SER
vice, and the many great discoveries
to It's gain; we behold luminous sue
cess like a radiant sun shed Its beam
ing rays upon the misty veil of the
future, its reflection Frightening the
shadows OF the present; and we are
forced to exclaim with emotion, bril-
liant" is the future Of the southern
agriculturist.-H e. Dana, in Southern
Cultivator.