The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-06-17

will not be disputed by n man at
all acquainted with the facts in the
case. One of the greatest factors in
the building up of the State has been
the Texas Railroad Commission. 1t
has for years been the purpose of this
body to place its people on an equal
footing with the large distributing
points Oh the outside. 1t gave them
rates from distributing points in that
State that prevented the large cities
from shipping goods into the State at
rates for a thousand miles less than
the home man could ship one hundred
miles. The consequence was that
the cracker trust was compelled to
erect a factory in the State to handle
the business and Texas got the benefit
of the money spent in manufacturing.
The great packers were forced to
build immense packing plants in the
State n the money paid employees
was saved to the home people. Other
instances too numerous to mention
could be cited. The Mississippi Rail
road Commission is now engaged in
the same undertaking and is deServ-
ing of the support of MissiSsippians
without an exception. The MISSISSIPPI
pi manufacturers are being protected
as far as is in the power of the COM
mission and great good is being &C
COmplished. No stone will be left I'M
turned to give to the people Of Missis-
Sippi every privilege accorded them
by the law, 4 the gentlemen who
compose the commission are doing
their duty as they see it. The long
drawn out meeting held in Jackson
last week was along these lines, the
Supreme Court by its decision clearly
defining its right to insist upon the
rates asked for at that meeting. When
our home manufacturers are protect
ed in the territory that is rightfully
theirs, then will q great impetus be
given manufacturing in the State and
the dream Of q Greater Mississippi
como true. We should and will man
ufacture the crude material we raise
and the goods we consume. Support
the railroad commission in the great
work it has undertaken and the re-
suit will be worth thousands Of dollars
TO the State annually in great many
more ways than one.
The writer is a firm believer in
~patrOniZing home people, Il repro
duces the following from an exchange,
wherein some pertinent questions are
asked: ION what page (Of the mail
order eatalogue) will be found their
offer to pay cash or to exchange goods
for wheat, oats, corn, cotton, eggs,
chickens, etc? How much do they
pay for cattle and sheep fob. your
depot! How much tax do they pay
to support your schools and educate
your children? How much do they
pay for improving roads and bridges
and for support Of your county and
State? On what page do they offer to
contribute money to support the
church? And what line of credit will
they extend you when your crops are
poor and your money gone; when,
through illness or misfortune you are
not able to send cash with order for
your groceries? How much do they
offer to contribute to your entertain
ment next Fourth of July and other
gala occasions? In short, will they
do anything to provide a market for
what you. have to sell and thereby
keep up the value of your real estate?
VIII they do anything for social,
church, school or government support,
or do they take your dollars out of
the community with no return except
the skOddy goods you buy?"
In speaking of the increased at
Effectiveness of the farm an exchange
notes the advent of the telephone.
rural mail box and good vehicles for
use. The one thing lacking in Missis-
stppi is good roads. While some of
the cOUntiss are making an effort to
hotter conditions oInn~ +hfc ill., H.
larger number are resting easy and
taking things as they come. It is i'm
perative to the progress and prosper
ity Of any agricultural community to
have good thOroughfares for use of
the inhabitants, and it is high time
that our Mississippi people were
awakening to the truth of this asser-
ton. The best investment that any
county can make is in the way Of good
roads. The communities that have
tried the experiment can testify and
their testimony should bear with 1t
great weight to those considering the
subject seriously.
The greatest demand for men in
Mississippi is for those who can take
forty or sixty acres of land and make
it produce for himself and family a
comfortable sustenance, and at the
same time help to, swell the volume
of business. There is ample land to
maintain a population Of five times
the people we now have, to say moth
ing of the large increase that would
come to the towns and cities. While
this state of affairs is coming about
slowly, there is an opportunity to
push it along by doing some good
work in giving our advantages pub
licity. Let the world know what we
have and the securing of desirable
immigration will bs easy.
A Crystal Springs cabbage grower
1Trade the record this year Of gather.
dng 176 crates Of cabbage from one
acre of ground. The cabbage brought
about $150-psr crate. Draw your own
conclusions a $ to what said grower
received gross for the cabbage from
this acre.
Gulfport is making great prepare
tion for the Chautauqua that meets
in the pavilion at the end OF the pier
July 2, and continues until July 16.