The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-04-29
By HI. E. BLAKEsLEE, Jackson.

the most friendly spirit. We are ever
mindful of the fact that your interests
are ours. Your prosperity means that
we should taste a part as well, and
| earnestly hoping that the present year
and many more to come may find our
section and all others enjoying a full
measure of prosperity, high CONNER
cial standing and happiness, we re-
main, very truly,
IS. BERNHEIMER & SONS,
Jacob Bernheimer."
Dan J. Sully, one of the greatest
friends the farmers of the South ever
had. is out in a letter in which he
urges the reduction of cotton acre
age. He advises the farmers not to
be led astray by the present prices,
and to again surprise the world by
greatly reducing the acreage this year.
The letter is short and to the point,
and if the advice contained therein is
| adopted. the farmers of the South will
be millions Of dollars better off this
time next year than they are at pres
ent.
10 ll0 OOllOu GION Il VI UV OuI .
eff you wish to win your battle, and
obtain a fair price for your cotton, you
must reduce your acreage very consid-
erably.
You have surprised the world by
the manne in which you have held
your cotton. Surprise it again by
cutting down your acreage.
DO rot be led astray by the pres
ent steadiness of prices.
Three causes have contributed to
bring about this rise of more than one
cents pound.
First: The urgent demand arising
from an unprecedented consumption.
Second: Your courage and wis
dom in making the buyer meet your
terms.
Third: The belief that you would
cut your acreage to such an extent
that the supplies from this crop and
the growth of 1905-06 would make a
commercial crop NJ larger than the
world needs.
1.-The first two causes lose their
force the moment it is known that
there is a prospect for a moderately
large crop next year.
Even if the mills take u, 900, 900
bales during the current season, this
would leave a ~carry-over Of 1900, coo
bales. Hence the necessity Of q small
err crop this year.
do not let any rise in prices be-
tween now and the end of the plant
ing season deter you from reducing
your acreage.
Such an advance would be merely
anticipating that you are making the
decrease which your friends have adj
vised you to make.
IF the June reports of the govern
ment show hat you have failed to
make sufficient reduction, the only
persons who would be gamers by the
advance would be the spectators who
sell out their futures at a profit.
"The price of the cotton you pro-
duce Will be regulated by the actual,
not the expected, reduction.
Don't depend on your neighbor to
do the reducing.
"In this matter of acreage reduc-
ton, bear in mind three suggestions.
Don't rely on bad weather to cut
down the size of the crop.
Don't put q large acreage into cot
ton simply because it is too late to
plant corn or other diversified crops.
ct would be far better to let a part
of your land lie Idle than to run the
risk Of raising a crop SO large as to
make possible another period of low
priced cotton.
81 am making this appeal to you be-
cause l believe hat every man who is
= --z1c@.- 90 %L4 C~,.NI,
should urge the Importance of a re-
duced acreage.
DANIEL j. SULLY."
The article which appeared in these
columns some time since calling for
the organization of one or more old
line life insurance companies in Mis-
| sissippi, and pointing out the fact that
at present we were paying two and a
| quarter million dollars yearly to con-
| Germs in the North and East without a
word in the management of said con-
Germs or knowledge of their manage
ment, seems to have been prophetic.
Since that time one of the largest in
surance companies doing business in
this country has been torn by dissen-
sions among the managers, revealing
the reckless expenditure of money be-
longing to policy holders, and the sub
sequent demands for receivers from
more than one State in the Union.
Let patrons of such concerns investi-
gate as far as possible and the de-
mand for such a concern at home will
grow stronger day by day.
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The little town of Guide, in Lefiore
county, has offered the Delta Southern
railroad free right Of way and $4,000
bonus to build from that point south
instead of Itta Bena, and it is under
stood that the offer will be accepted
Guide is owned by a gentleman from
Kimnlins, Tenn, and is a rapidly
growing and enterprising little town.
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Greenwood is not satisfied with
what she has and positively refuses
to sit down and be quiet. Although
pretty well supplied with hotels at
present, a large stock company is be-
ing organized to build a larger and
better hotel. And this is only one OF