The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-11-19

very common on the gulf coast. Large
numbers are employed in the can
neries, and car after car is being
bought down from the vicinity Of Bal
timore. The decrease of oyster fish.
ing in the Chesapeake Bay country
is driving the business to our Missis-
sippi coast. For quality, the Missis-
sippi oyster has never been excelled,
and the worlds supply is largely com.
ing from our grounds now. The
oyster industry will be largely aug
mented in the next few years, and
prove one of the States largest
sources of revenue. A settlement OF
the contested boundary question will
expedite matters greatly.
It is estimated, and that upon sound
business principles, that the increase
in wealth and other developments in
the South will be much larger in the
next ten years than in the past ten.
Since the census of 1900 there has
been a remarkable increase. For
instance, the increase in lumber
products has been from 800, 100000 to
5000, 100000. Capital invested in cot
ton manufacturing has increased from
$50, O00, 900 to 100000, 900. Capital in
vested in general manufacturing from
1858, 900 to $1,200,O0O, 900. Value
of agricultural products from $773,.
100000 to $1,700,000,0O0. The same
progress has been shown along all
lines, and the showing is indeed q
very gratifying one.
One Of the most interesting exhibits
to be made at the Corn and Cotton
Carnival to be held in Jackson from
December 18th to 18th, will be that
Of large manufacturer Of road max
ing and maintaining machinery. A
complete outfit Of woodworking ma
chinery will be on display, and piece
of road shown before and after being
built with this machinery. Not a citi-
zen of the State but who is interested
in better roads, and it would be we'll
if every county would send its board
of supervisors here to see these ma
chines-see them work and judge as
to their adaptability to conditions in
their respective counties. There will
be something done toward better roads
throughout the State in the near
future, and this display will be worth
a great deal to all interested.
The Gulf & Ship Island railway has
been very active since its compile
ton in developing the country contigu-
Gus to it's line. A resume Of its work
is found in the following: During
the summer its industrial agent car
ried on truck growers campaign
from one end Of the system to the
other Now, this agent has turned
his attention to working up interest
in the dairy industry along the line
from Gulfport to Jackson Elk
perienced dairymen from the North
and West will locate at different
points and engage in the business.
This railroad is doing everything in its
power to develop the natural resources
of the southwestern portion of the
State, and the people should appre-
ciate its efforts. Before the Gulf &
Ship Island was constructed a few
years ago that portion Of Mississippi
was a wilderness, but today it is the
garden spot of the State" Several
of the railroad systems that enter the
State are doing this same work of de.
velopment, of course combining their
efforts to the vicinity of their lines.
This leaves a large portion of the
State with no one to look after 1t, as
no road is near enough to take the
work in hand. For this reason alone,
If for no other, there should be State
department for that purpose. The
cost Of maintenance would be many
times paid in the increased value of
property, and the attendant increase
in taxable values and revenue raised.
The editor of this department has
letter from firm in Glasgow, Scot
land, asking for samples of clay de.
scrbed in Bulletin No. 8, of the
Geater Mississippi Association several
weeks since. So it would appear that
the news that Mississippi had clays
that would likely be of great value
has reached the other side of the
ocean.
A correspondent from Guelph, Har.
rison county, writes interestingly in
the South Mississippi Times of how
three splendid crops can be grown
from the same land in a single season,
and the ground come out in better
condition than at the beginning. His
article is very interesting, and it is
regretted that the length precludes its
reproduction in this department.
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Several towns in the State are fgur.
ing on improvements that mean a
great deal if made. There is a spirit
of progress abroad that promises a
development in the future beyond the
anticipations of the most optimistic.
Mississippi is all right in every way
just at present.
Germans and Swedes are displacing
the negro roustabout on Mississippi
river steamboats,. The new labor is
proving satisfactory, and is much
more reliable.
G. w. Ford, Of Marshall county,
raised second crop Of Irish potatoes
that weighed over two pounds. His
whole crop wag unusually large. and
proves that the section OF Mississippi
around Memphis should raise large
amount Of potatoes, the demand being
good and prices always stir.