The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1906-05-26
GREENvILLE'S
OPPORTUNITIES
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government and the Canadian rail-
roads have for years past been spend
ing immense sums OF money in a
campaign for immigration TO ELL their
vast waste areas IN Northwestern
Canada with people from the United
States, beguiling them with the CLAM
our of cheap land.
Il have lived for years near our
Northern borders, and when l speak
of the advantages of the Mississippi
Delta as compared with those of the
far North, / know what l am talking
about, and | know that there is no
country which gives to its people
such possibilities from an agricultu-
raj standpoint as are given here.
This is the true haven for those
great numbers of agricultural people
who are toiling and sweating beneath
the burden of weary life, trying to
raise crops on barren hills and lands
long since exhausted, or those who
are struggling beneath burden of
heavy rents; tosuch we extend an
invitation, which. if accepted, and the
same amount of energy applied here
as where they are. will bring pros
perity, comfort and happiness. It
would not be right if | did not say
that proportionate advantages are Of
fered to the man of moderate means
and to the capitalist as is offered to
the man with no capital at ALL
Lands can be bought in this val
ley which will pay cash rent of
six and seven dollars per acre for
one-third of what the same lands can
be purchased for in Indiana and Hi
nois, with this difference, that the
renter in Indiana and Illinois has a
| hard time paying his rent, while here
the rent represents only a small part
! of the total crop produced. This cap
al and labor can both meet happy
on common ground in this favored
| country.
w. H. Negus, president of the
| First National of Bank Greenville
| Miss, said:
Owing to the short cotton crop
| last season proved an Improbable
one. We are now feeling the results
of it, and Greenville business is rather
slow as consequence. However
crop for 1906 and 1907, together with
substantial prices. probably not less
than eleven cents per pound. Green
vile handles as much as 10000 bales
| In a season We have here four large
i cotton oil mills. two congresses op-
Grated by the Gulf Compress Com
pany. Memphis. Tenn: also severa
lumber and planning mills. There Is
a fine opening here for a large cottor
MILL and the only drawback that pre-
| 5ents itself would be the difficulty il
obtaining labor. Without more hands
and of suitable character it woulc
be difficult. if not impossible, to- sue
cessfully conduct cotton mill. Al
other necessary conditions are here
however, III abundance Planters art
now getting a superior class of 1tal
ian labor and we are in hope of hav
ing many more come to the Delt;
Of the same class. The Italian viii
not squander his earnings like tn
negro with the result that, unlik,
the negro. the tradesman can Away
collect his accounts from him whe1
due
Land owners from Indiana an
!, Illinois are investing quite freely i
lands in the Delta, not few of Their
having come to stay permanently
| think it would be a most desirabl
thing if adequate steps were take
to call the attention of Northern far
mers and agriculturalists Of the bet
ter class in Europe to the splendi
opening which the South and Soltl
west offer iii the matter Of invest
ments in lands. Millions Of acres {
fertile soil await development, nc
only III the Mississippi Valley. b,
also in Texas, Oklahoma. Arkansa
and Indian Territory.
These lands. great proportio
OF them being more productive eve
than the rich loan1y soil Of fllinoi
can be obtained at prices which abst
lutely guarantee a large return o
an investment We have land in tt
ralley which can be purchased at S
= per acre richer than any in fllinoi
" where $2co would be obtainable fo
: same character of land By purcha
| ing such land and renting it. a prof
< of twelve per cent. IS assured. an
}, by operating it instead of rentin
4 TWENTY-FIVE per cent. profit is assure
4 | The Manufacturers Record stands III
; rivalled in the great work it is doir
' for the South. | peruse its collmr
with unfail'F-~ rest weekly.
: John Damon Manufacturer
Recor