The leader., 1905-02-25


the farmers In that neighbOrh0od as
built OF the right material to make q
Greater Mississippi" When they
can raise such slugs of pork as that,
what do they care for the meat trust /
and Lawson's "Frenzied Finances"
So
The recent heavy rains have proven !
blessing to one particular commu-
nifty Of interests in the State. The
timber men are taking advantage of !
the rise-in streams to run out large
quantities of logs that have been tied |
up during several months of drouth !
Millions Of feet are now on the way to
the mills. This means of Transports I
tion is the cheapest in the world, and
it is strange that more of our mill |
men do not take advantage Of it. |
Many of the smaller streams are not /
used at all for the purpose, but If they |
were in Yankeedom they would be
made to do their share Of this work Of /
transporting timber.
$50
The Northern homeseekers who hap |
pened to be in the State during the /
past two weeks undoubtedly felt very |
much at home, with the reigning biz
yards and storms of sleet, snow, ice
and other disagreeable features. The
pretty part is, such spells last only a
few days.
Stand by your home people. Re
sist the Turing advertisements of the |
big department stores of the North |
and first ascertain what your home |
merchant will do before sending the
money away from home. In nearly
every instance you will find that the
home man will do as well or better |
by you than the other fellow Then,
you stand some show OF handling the
money again, which you do not If it
is sent to Chicago or Philadelphia. |
one of the State papers that is well |
worth perusing: cat this season of
the year there is always an influx of |
agents and peddlers selling everything !
from a gold ring to sewing machine, |
and many are the suckers that are
caught by this class of travelling ia
kris. When you want to buy any
thing of this kind, go to your home |
merchant first and see If you cannot |
obtain what is wanted or have him
order it for you. He has a business
reputation to sustain and could not
afford to give you worthless trash, as
the travelling fakirs do. These fell
lows will never be In the country
again. and just so the article they
sell lasts until they get out of the
community they are satisfied. 1t pays
to trade with the home man every
time"
The writer has a friend who several
years since invested several thousand
dollars in Texas lands in preference
to those of his home State. In con-
versation not long ago this gentleman
stated that had he invested this |
money in any part of Mississippi the
increase in value would have doubled |
that of the Texas lands, and in many |
portions of Mississippi more than
doubled. This is fact that cannot
be denied. No State in the Union can
point to greater strides than ours, all
things being taken into consideration.
People make no mistake in buying our
lands. In every section, while a
healthy increase has been shown,
there is still more to come. There is
possibly not an acre of land in the
State that in five years will not be
worth double what it is at present,
and in the greatest number OF cases
more than double.
Write that friend in the distant
State how well everything in Missis-
sippi is getting along. How much
corn, cotton and truck is being made
to the acre. How nicely we are fixed
for churches, schools and good society.
In fact, all the good things that you
can think Of In this way you could
help in the great work of developing
our great State.
Recent dispatches to the daily pa
pers go to prove that several of the
Southern States are receiving much
attention at the hands of investors
from the North This is especially
true of Alabama, that has the aid of
well-conducted immigration depart
ment, but Mississippi is not without
the scope of this movement All the
railroads. of the State maintain indus
trial and immigration departments
and are doing splendid work in
placing our advantages before the peo-
pie of the colder States up North. A
:yreat deal of land is being sold to
thrifty families that are seeking a
milder climate and away from the
crowded conditions Of many CT the
Eastern States. There is ample room
here for several times the population
we now have, and good people are
wanted to help bring our State into
it's own.
Pearl river, after a long season Of
low water, is full to the banks and q
number of small steamers are plying
its bosom with the commodities need
ed by the people. carrying their pro-
ducts to market in return. Several
thousand dollars was appropriated by
congress to improve the stream be-
tween Jackson and Edinburg.
a satisfactory state OF affairs exists
in the State with regard to holding
the surplus crop Of cotton until bet
ter price can be had. 1t has been
only short time that our farmers
were able to hold one-third of their
crop for any length of time, it being
necessary to sell Immediately upon
/ gathering to pay off obligations in
CURED during the year. 1t is differ
ent now, the people being in CON
dition to carry a large part Of the
crop until the price justifies selling.
Then why have we not solved the
problem of over-producti0n and the at
tendant depression in price? Hold
what you have ami raise less this
year. One-flfth being held and q re-
duction In acreage Of any appreciable
proportion would soon send the price
back to nine cents, despite the efforts
of Mr.. Bear" Theodore Price and
his numerous cohorts. The people Of
Mississippi are all right and the day
Of having the price fixed on their
! principal product by few men in
the 'steenth story Of q palatial ONCE
building in New York is fast drawing
to a close.
The governor Of North Carolina has