The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1905-04-22

5dn11Su at present TO cOnIrOl the 1m-
mense lumber interests of Mississippi
Is simply appalling in its enormity.
That a body Of capitalists will at
tempt and with every symptom OF
success, to absolutely control the out
put of the mills of a great State like
this is startling, to say the least of it.
The Goodyear syndicate is entering
the field to acquire. first. the big con-
Germs that are already well equipped
and own large bodies of timber lands;
then, proceed to gather in the small
mills at its will. until the lumber sit
uation in the State Is completely DOM
mated by it. When this is accom-
plished, the syndicate can say to the
owner of timber what he is to receive
for it, and to the user of lumber lust
what he must pay per thousand. The
history of Standard Oil is to be re-
peated right here in Mississippi, and
the sooner our people awake to the
Importance of throwing some obstacle
IN the way of the gigantic trust the
sooner will they be able to combat its
baneful influence The writer is not
an alarmist at all, but the history of
such movements convinces him that
there is grave danger in such unholy
alliances. History has repeated it.
self, and will do so again. Kansas Is
lighting the oil trust because it is an
OIL producing State, and Mississippi
must light the lumber trust because it
IS lumber producing State. All
States should fight every trust be.
cause they are more or less consum-
ers OF trust made articles. The best
time to begin fight of this kind is
when the trust is in it's infancy. We
nave antitrust laws that are being
violated, but the trouble in this, as in
all similar cases, is to prove it, How
ever, the people should be awakened
to the fact that such a move is on
foot and that they must be very care
full in selecting men to fill the impor.
tant offices of the State, men who will
do their duty fearlessly and stand
| above the suspicion of being lieuten-
ants of trust Organizations. In the
meantime, when you sell timber land,
be sure to get what it is worth.
| Don't sell for a song, for if you hold
you will get your price.
Some excellent advertising Of the
various local communities has been
recently issued from several of the
newspaper Offices of the State. The
Record, at Newton. issued and admi-
rable piece of work the latter part of
March, and the Greenwood Enterprise
handsome illustrated edition a few
days later. The Yazoo Sentinel is
| getting up a special to show some
thing of the rebuilt city and promises
very fine one. Columbus was well
/ fAd
| sissippi Industry with nice halftones
and interesting reading matter. The
increased amount of this class of work
being done will greatly aid the State
in the work of Development as we'll as
the local sections more directly inter.
ested. It is only within the past few
years that such thing has been pos
| sibIe, and goes to prove that Missis-
sippi is undergoing change that
means greater things for it in the flu.
ture.
The question uppermost in the
minds of Mississippians at present is,
How many railroads will be built in
the State during this and next year?'
! 1t is almost certain that the record
for the two years will exceed that of
any five years in the past There is
no need to try to enumerate all of
the roads now in contemplation, but
suffice it to say that every section of
any consequence will be Supplied
when they are all built. The largest
portion of territory without road is
that in Pearl river valley, above
Jackson, and it looks as if more than
one road would tap it before long.
The piney woods of South Mississippi
will soon be as well supplied as the
delta section, which is crazy quilt
of lines. The NJ, ]. & X. C. and M. &:
| o. branches in North Mississippi are
bringing in the sections of country up
there without such facilities in the
past, and others are being figured on.
| The outlook for railroad building in
the State is especially propitious, as
we'll as a commercial, industrial and
agricultural awakening that will be
unparalleled in the South There are
good things in the future for US, with
out a doubt.
The man who went out into the pas
ture and sat down on stone and
waited for the COW to back up and be
MIXED is very much like the town or
city with admirable advantages that
expects the world to know these
things without attempting to tell
about them. If you get anything in
this day and time you must ask for 1t,
and offer some inducements for the
| location of men and capital Too
many places with equally as good ad-
vantages are doing the same thing,
and persons seeking locations will nat
urally be attracted to them first
Burnside, a regularly established
! station on the line of the M, j. & K.
c., in Neshoba county, is taking on
| great activity, even before the steel
| laying crew gets there. Five new
/ business houses have gone up and
/ others are in course of construction. A
twenty-room hotel has been built, and
other improvements begun 1t is at
the intersection of the NJ, ]. & X. G,
and the NJ & O.'s Shuqualak and Ed
/ inburg line, on which it is announced
that work will begin shortly, with
jackson as the final termination.
There are large bodies of hardwood
timber near the town and several
manufacturing concerns are looking
up titles and making arrangements to
locate. Burnside promises to be one
of the important towns of East Mis-
sissippi, and is in a favored location.
New Albany has bought the machin-
cry and commenced work on a $25.-
900 box factory for making packing
cases Of all kinds. The plant will
employ a considerable number of
hands and prove of no little help
to the industries of that growing city
Large quantities Of timber that has
little value for anything else will be
worked into merchantable stuff and
made to bring money The plant will
serve the double purpose Of furnishing
a market for the timber and employ
ment for labor.
Although Mississippi is generally
looked upon as strictly q cotton State
it might interest the people to know
that last year the corn crop amounted
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