The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1905-04-27


IL Buy luxuries only when the prof
D has been fully realized. Practic
Il strict economy on every hand an
&c then, and only then, are we pre-
> pared to meet the curse of low
y priced cotton. Some say it is
u blessing in disguise. but we fix it a
!. a curse, because it is an indisputa
u bic fact that &C. cotton pinche
y nightly when it comes. And W,
Il have had this just once again too
often Make y..ur resolutions righ
: now to produce cotton cheap
Don't loosen your thoughts. Ad
here to it in all seriousness. The
old saying that Tn times of peace
prepare for war; is we'll applicable
to our situation and might we'll be
paraphrased to read, In times OF
prosperity prepare for adversely.
If the latter comes you are, in a
measure, prepared to meet it ; if it
does not come, you have simply
acted wisely and are in luck.
Let nothing cause you to depart
from your resolution of economy,
from your dogged determination to
quit anything that tends towards
wastefulness and extravaganza.
Don't let any temporary rise in the
price during the summer or early
fall change your ideas. Don't let
brilliant prospect for yield change
you one iota. Remember it can all
change again in a week, yea almost
in a day.
The year 1904, indeed, was
fraught with severe changes, cotton
ranging in value during that short
period from I6c to &c. per pound,
and the people totally unfit and nm
used to meet such a serious and
dangerous condition of affairs. 1t
was extremely severe in its teach
ing and far reaching in effect,
thereby all the more a lesson never
to be forgotten we hope. Success
is a plain. simple word. but to
achieve it in the true sense means a
strict adherence to the many adj
vices we have sought to offer and
hundred more besides. Eternal
vigilance, hard labor, close econo-
my, frugal, upright living, firm
and determined stand for the right,
ever guarding your own rights and
ever mindful of the privileges and
rights of others, will, in the end,
place you in the line of strict busi-
ness rules, and in 60 cases out Of
100 lead to successful and happy
results.
In addressing you thus don't
think for a moment that we mis-
Judge or over-picture it. We well
know the hardships through which
our country has just passed and the
great majority were misled by tenn
porary high prices it is all the 9
more important to be watchful and s
not be fooled or misled again. Wels
have been with you in days of bril-
liant prosperity when our section
was all aglow with achievements
and emoluments of high-priced cot
ton and can therefore fully and
deeply appreciate the conditions un-
der present existing trying circum- t
stances. and for that reason alone
we deem it duty and privilege to
address you on a subject so vital to a
our mutual interests. We were a
with you then, we are with you now, \
IN all that tends to the betterment, a
10 the uplifting, to the endeavor to t
bring about and maintain prosper {
ty, contentment and living values l
Tor our product and our lands I
We sincerely hope the advice and
we have taken the lib
srty to offer may be accepted by
our many friends. patrons and
in the most friendly
spirit. We are ever mindful of the o
act that your interests are ours. e
Your prosperity means that we d
should taste part as well, and
earnestly hoping that the present
year and many more to come may I
ind our section and all others en- r,
oying full measuse of prosperity, u
ligh commercial standing and hap Y
,iness, we remain, -
Very respectfully, :,
9 RFR FRNHFTMFR q SONS lc