Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-10-22
BY II. L. BLAKESLEE, Jackso

hlSslsSiDpl are TeulnOeu lHdt no OC-
cupatlon at the present presents
greater possibilities. Farming is one
of tho very few remaining industries
not at ell oyercrowded that a person
Of limited means may begin in a
small way, and feel reasonably sure Of
profitable success. 1t is about the
only vocation In which one can start
without years Of apprenticeship, with
out going to law schools and without
spending ones best years at universe.
ties or other institutions OF like ma.
,ure. II Ia one of the most conven-
lent vocations for those whose bust
ness Is made Improbable through the
amalgamation of industries (trusts.)
Here can be utilized capital and ex-
ecutive ability to the best advantage
People used to invest their surplus In
securities Of different natures, but In
the past few years one trust begat
another; the game Of overcapitaliza.
ton was played to finish-the trust
promoters gave to the world the big
Eest exposition Of thievery ever wit
messed in the history OF any country
Fer seized the investor. The hon.
cat man with money distrusts every
Investment offered, no matter how lie.
gitlmate. All this money which as.
gregates millions upon millions Of dol
lars Is to large extent being Invested
g., ia, t0n 60 NJ
this kind of thing will be done In
the future. A few years hence busi'
ness men will turn their eyes wist.
fully to tha rural districts as soon as
they achieve fortune and feel able to
withdraw from the severe activities of
business. Many fine farms will then
be developed where there Is now only
poor piece Of land. Already many
men like Montgomery Ward (of mail
order fame), spend their summers on
their farms. In this way they find
such rest and rejuvenation as thought
hardly possible until they discovered
that great mother earth responds to
the loving touch of her children, re-
turning to her after long wanderings
in the search Of fame and fortune. 1t
is not intended, however, to convey
the idea that men must amass a for.
tune In some other pursuit of life be.
fore going on the farm. These ex.
amples are only given to show that all
men find real happiness in rural life.
II Is far better to begin on the farm
and continue there. Then, too, the
problem Of labor that is good and ro.
liable to cultivate the farm Is bringing
about anew order of things in Missis-
sip)i The day Is not far distant
when every farmer must by force OF
circumstances till only the land that
can be managed by himself and fam.
iiy. The big farms will be cut up and
many small ones take their places, II
would be well for deuded farm youths
who formerly flocked to the cities to
realize that while there is always
room on the top floor, it is not as
healthy living place as they had on
fathers farm, and to earn enough to
pay for 1t and for their board they
have to compete with an army of city
experienced people. II they will take
up farming with the originally ac.
quired knowledge Of their farther's
farm, they will become progressive
farmers. such who can use more land
and make It produce better of the
needs Of the worlds billions who
must be clothed and fed. Mississippi
ia pre.eminently State Of farmers,
Farming is honorable and elevating.
Young men, stay on the farm, live
lcng and die happy,
The Gulf Z Ship Island railroad.
through its industrial agent. J. II,
Bouslog. will establish a number Of
oreameries along the route during the
coming year and encourage the rails
ing of good stock for the production
Of milk and butter. These creamer-
les are to be supplied with cream by
farmers, who will ckim the milk at
homo and sell the cream, using the
SKINNED milk for fattening hogs and
other purposes. II is fashioned along
tho same lines as pursued in the eel
ebrated Elgin district of Illinois, the
greatest butter and cheese producing
section Of the world. The Gulf G. Ship
Island has been worth great deal to
the people Of South Mississippi, and
proposes to continue the policy Of de-
velopment adopted in the past
The Aberdeen clothing factory
closed its first years business few
days since, and after casting up &C.
counts. found the result to be highly
satisfactory. Over 10 per cent was
cleared on the first years business,
and the prospects for larger profit
for the coming year are good.
There Is room and to spare for sew.
eral thousand good families in Missis
sippi We want people who are will
ing to work and aid In the great work
OF developing our resources, which are
now well under way. A cordial and
hearty welcome will always await Just
such,
Cotton Is still below what the best
posted experts on the crop contend
that 1t should bring, and In coLse.
Quence the receipts have shown
wonderful falling off from what they
were at the beginning.
Mississiprians should ever bear In
mind that true greatness lies in the
enforcement Of law and abiding by
the rules and regulations of those in
power. In this period of great pros
perity there is ever evident an inclina
tion to forget too much in the mad
race for industrial and commercial ex-
Cellence that law and order is the ba-
sis of any country's greatness. See
that the laws are strictly enfoi ced and
thereby preserve the safety of prop.
PltY apd the sapokty Of the home,