Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1907-02-21


Is ten cents fair price for cotton?
Thf subject follows thas OF what is .
fair priceY The following figures are
offered as trial:
Interest on e6OO invested in land
at 10 per cent. ...s 60. 90
Labor Of one man on market at
sl.5O per day ay.......... 49,. fsg. so
Interest on $50 invested in mule
at 10 per cent. nt............. 1890
Tools and incidentals. ... 1000
Ginning bales OF cotton at sl.JO 200
Bagging and ties at 92c per bale 7.36
Horse feed for twelve months. 500
Two tons Of fertilizer n, s2D per
Ton. ................. 1000
Total .................. 1855. Sc
Eight bales of cotton at $50 per
pale .............. .s4OO. o.
Four tous of seed at sl2. so. .... 5000
sa5000
Total loss. 2l5.s
Then the man who with one horse
makes eight bales Of cotton must also
produce other stuff to the amount of
s2l5.s6. Can he do it? The answer is
yet TO be supplied by those who know.
There has been . great deal OF appre-
hensiou felt by our people over the ef-
feet of the boil weeyil when IL made its
advent into the rich delta section of the
State. Many have contended that cu q
ditions were especially propitious in
that section for its propagation, and
that the effect wolld be something fear
full. Be this true or not, the people OF
the delta undoubtedly have an effective
weapon with which TO fight the weevil.
According TO the theory of Mr.. Rein
lein OF Illinois, who writes q great deal
on the subject, all the delta people
have TO do is To trap the adults into hi
bernating in the fields and turn the
river loose for week or so. This may
be good and 1t may not, but il Is worthy
d investigation To say the least.
The planters of weevil-infested dis
tricts have been getting some consola-
tion out Of the extremely mild weather
that prevailed until the middle of Jan.
uary 1t is contended that the weeyii
cannot stand sudden changes from tenn
perate to freesing cold, and that the
warm weather fooled him into coming
from his alternating quarters and that
the freeze got him. There may not be
so much consolation in this if the the
ory that only one left TO the acre will
in the third generation, which requires
but short time, provide a family big
enough to infest the whole acre, is cor
rect.
There seems to be good prospect for
removing the headquarters of the
United Fruit Company's line of fruit
steamers TO Pascagoula- A wireless
station for use in the handling of their
vessels is being established there, and
and it Is believed that the business will
be diverted to that port as soon as
the several lines of road headed in
that direction are built. This would
be worth an incalculable amount to
Pascagoula and the whole State for
that matter. We should have two or
more great ports to share in the busi-
ness created by the building of the
Panama canal.
An extensive beach road will be built
in Harrison county connecting the
towns along the coast. II will be con-
structed in accordance with plans made
by an experienced engineer and sur
faced with shells. The old shell road
which has been in use so many years
was damaged by the construction of
the electric road, but the new one to
replace it will be much better than the
old one ever was. The movement for
better roads is gaining strength every
day and our people will not be satisfied
until we have at least fairly good
system all over the State
Poplarville has inaugurated 8 move
nent for . Y. NJ. C. A. building. It is
proposed to have the regulation with
parlors, reading and writing rooms,
gymnasium, etc. There Is need for
such buildings in every town. The
young men often have no place in which
to spend their leisure time, and too fire.
quently drift into places that are not 1T
all proper. Jackson has just realized
this necessity and Is building $50, coo
hOme for the Y. NJ C. A. Other towns