Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-12-13

NN$~ culable. For long time re-
~ sourcefnl minds have devoted
themselves to multiplying it's usefulness with the
the result that to-day it enters basically in
to an incredible number of our industries and
through their ramifcatious has become the most ac-
tive factor in our commerce. Not alone in her new
ways but In new fields does this heaven-sent staple
bless mankind The distinguished Henry w. Grady
said: believe that every missionary Of the goepel,
as he penetrates the wds Of Africa the islands OF
the sea- is an advance agent for Southern cotton
What a field then, did Mr.. Grady's words unfold,
since only two-thirds OF the human race have ever
seen cotton> Practically the whole civilized world
is looking to America for it's supply OF the raw
staple.I
'sCearly. then, our planters hold the key to the
situation at present. Logically higher prices will
impel increasing planting and crops. But cotton
requires the soil, climate, and population peculiar
to our 'belt' and this has physical limit Unfor-
tunately, when it to expant can not go sky
ward, therefore--prces mustA Evidently the plan.
ter's worst days are behind him. He need not think
or talk any nonsense about burning his cotton
or restricting his plant The momentum that de-
mand has recently attained has obviated all that"
The view thus announced by Public Opinion was
expressed few days ago by Mr. W. p. Brown, of
New Orleans Said he, in making an estimate diff
fering very little from that OF the government:
ssThe spindles of the world are now consuming on
a basis OF 12 IL to 10 million bales Of American
cotton per annum, and the visible supply Of Ameri-
can cotton on the FIRST OF September last 1,643,
600 bales Add this to this years crop, TO- 175 600
bales makes total OF H. 818, 600 consequently it
can be seen at glance that consumption will have
to be checked for the that there will not be
cotton enough to keep the spindes running for the
balance Of the season the same basis that they
are running now; even higher prices say 10 to 16
cents per pound, will not stop consumption, mills
will only stop when they have spnn all they can get
for the reason that in most spnners have sold
H.
and no doubt In most cases they have protected
themselves by either buying actual cotton for future
delivery or contracts, and the bear SpeculatOr Is
tshOrt the goods consequently It'll short crop. big
consumption and good trade versus bear specnlator.
Practically all manufactured cotton goods selling
to-day relatively much higher than the material
and the demand for nearby deliveries is so great that
it is practically impossible for merchants to get
goods, except for distant shipments" sa
--e- -~----
In every Office there are men receiving the same
salaries, but getting vastly different returns for
their labor In the way Of living and getting In the
world Side BY side work the man whose labor
counts for progress and the man whose effort is
wasted so far as himself is concerned. The one is
the man whose expenditures come within his earn
ings for the time being; the other is he who cannot
make ends meet and is obliged to anticipate pay day
and borrow against his salary. There are some
men, no matter how little their earnings, who
never could be prosperous on any amont Of pay but
are forever behind. Deposit with the present, and
the future will pay you interest; borrow from to-
morrow, and the past will be creditor at yonr heels
For the luckless fellows salary who are burdened
with the obligations they have incurred from to
morrow philanthrOpic movement Is going to I'M
deftake some relief creditor will be substituted
who willnot charge exhorbitant rates Of interest.
Bn the question: arise IL il real philanthropy toll
make borrowing easier and the consequence lighteTI
And can any provision do away with the hard cred
itors, the EhylOcks into whose clutch Of extoTtiOn
the individual never gives himself until after be has
exhausted every other other resources The hard
creditor il older than philanthropy as old civi
zatiUn--and so are weak and imprOvident human
nature and pitiahle misfortune.
III
Marshall III Wilder, the story teller, says be had
dream the other night III which bic entered intol
business with Mr. Rockeieler selling potted plants
The business did not thrive and after II became APP
parent that the venture would not prosper, Mr.l
Rockefeller suggested dissolution Of partnership
and division Of the assets, Wilder taking the pots
and plants AT this innctnre the innocent bystander
interrupted To inquire what Rockeieler took. Sure.
" be must have gotten something as bis share,
And he did: HE got the earth,
Mr. Roosevelt haa aucceeded ii writing longer
message than Mr.. Cleveland wrote but Mr. Oleve- /
land Tar aolinnnd him IN INA length 81 hin words.