Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-03-29

'hapc Of timber has been shipped away
m the crude and unfinished state to be
manufactured in other sections of the
country Our cotton crop tn the amount
of seventy or more m.Aiou dollars per
annum is nearly all shipped away in
the hale to BE- made into gods in New
England and the North in general These
two items alone have lost to the STATE
an amount almost beyond conception. be-
eau-e the manufacturing was not done
here at home. Magnificent oak luribcr
that brcuxht the Mississippi milimsn
mt m"re. than $50 pr thousand feet is
sent North and cut inta thin venrers
and glued 10 furniture anil shipped b.ack
here for use at price doubted more than
ten times. One thousand feet of inch
beard eut into venecrs viii make 1900
feet. and the price doubles up in prs-
Porti"n- The man who cut. this humber
into thin slires and faces furniture with
it gsts more than 500 per thousand
feet. while the Mississippi millman only
-vts so for the same material The
increase IN prize on cotton is even
greater. President Clarke, Of the Cot
ton Association, furribly illustrates this
fact IN his talk to the farmers He com
menees BY stating that the Mississippi
farmer raises a bale of cotton AMI sells
u for 10 cents per pound. bringing him
500 The Fall River spinner converts il
into print cloths and gets IS cents psr
pounsi- or sfs5 PER hale. The Hslyoke
thread manufacturer spins il into thread
and receives So per pound. OF 81 800 per
bale The lace manufacturer weaves
II into Esre. some OF which i worth $500
per pound. or SO, per bale. All Of
this increase in prize received between
the 10 cents received BY the Mississippi
farmer and the price received bv the
manufacturer il lost to the people Of
Mississippi, the producer and largely the
consumer. IL the cotton crop of Mis-
-tssiPri II worth to our people something
like S15.sO0 600 per snnum. it II worth
fully S.5o. 600 900 to the spinners Of New
England
What wouh be the condition of our
State to-day il this enormous amount
of money now being paid s,inners was
all made and spent here at home. It
would M doubt be a revelation To even
the most optimistic Then Is the prop
csitinn OF Senator Yarbrou-h To en-
courage cotton manufacturing n wild
scheme or . vain sugsestiouf While the
plan proposed NAV not b. exactly p-ac-
ticable and easy of adoption. vet il IA
evidently along the right line ard NAV
result in Investigations that will evolve
a practicable and easily adopted plan to
manufacture our cotton at home. Speed
the day when our own people NAV he
able To reap the benefits due them for
their toll and the products of the same
We have been hewers Of stone and draw
ers of water for our brethren of the
North and East long enough We now
have the capital and have ALWAYS bad
the brains and energy to conduct the
business of a great country Let's do
1t from the present on
Prof. Loyd. of the A. and " College.
recently gave out the following results
of experiments with cotton plants tn de-
teruine the distance between plants
and rows giving the largest yieId The
largest yield in Mississippi was for
plants four feet between rows ard
eighteen inches between plants. in Geor-
gia the best results were obtained with
rows foSr feet apart and twelve inches
between plants. while in Alabama the
best was from three and one-haif foot
rows and eighteen inches between plants.
Pref Loyd argues for wider rows and
closer plants. Offering the saving in esl-
tiyation as one point in favor of the sys-
tenn His contention i well founded. es-
peeialiy with reference TO the saving in
the COS. Of ho-ing and plowins.
Okolona has organized a $4,000 cor
poration Ia manufacture handles from
the splendid ash and hickory timber that
u plentiful in that section Of the State.
This nose on the part OF Okolouians il
correct snd proper. By this means the
city will reap all of the benefit from
its crude material and not ln<c the in
creased price between rough timber and
finished handles. Mississippi has too
long depended upon some other section
of the country To manufacture her crude
material. and any movement looking
toward a change is to be gladly her
aided.
There Is always something for those
who want to work in Mississippi, and
the demand for good men Is increasing
from year to year.
Yazoo county has organized $3.50 900
stock company for the purpose of con-
ducting plantations on a large scale
The comzny is composed OF well known
and prominent planters. who will un-
doubtedly make success of the enter
prise. A number of such companies
have been chartered in the State dur
ing the past two or three years. and the
success attending the pioneers has en-
couraged others to follow the example
set
PoplarvilIe anticipates being the cen
ter of a large dairy business in the near
future An investigation of that sec
tiou was made some time since BY sn
official of the United States govern
ment. who pronounced it splendidly
adapted to the dairy business A mass
meeting Of tha>e interested was called
and the matter fully discussed A rep
resenfative of the New Orleans Pure
Milk Company was present and gave in
formation concerning the market for
milk and officials sf the y. o. & y. T.
railroad assured favorable rates and IA
ciIities for Handling the product The
business will be given a thorough trial
and success viii follow
This IS the proper time to begin ar
rangements for county fairs for the COM
ing fall Announcements made now viii
enable the farmers to prepare exhibits
during the year that will prove prize
winners. The writer hopes that larger
number OF counties than ever will hold
fairs this year. believing them to be the
greatest developers that can be pro-
nlctcd-
There is n great deal of discussion of
legislation in the interest Of and against
the trusts and corporations, but the
plain farmer does not seem to be ths
subject Of much attention these dayA