Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-12-14


is worth approximately sixty million
dollars in English, German or any other
Kind of gold. Reference is, of course,
made ta the cotton that is being he'll |
fer u fair price. This cotton is being
held for fifteen cents per pound, what it
is actually worth, so acknowledged by |
all who are in a position to know the
real conditions as they exist. The two |
powerful organizations, the Farmers
Union and Cotton Association, are be,
hind the movement and success seems to
hc thoirs, although our people were not |
sufficiently supplied with warehouses
and the necessities of life at home to
make the fight they went into. 1t has
been a great battle, the first of its kind
where the cotton planter determined to
fix the price ON his product, and has
been hard fought.
Those who had been in the habit for
Years Of saying what the planter should
receive for his cotton of course gave up
that dictation only when forced to do
so. The big banks in New York sent
oui letters to the smaller banks through
out the South, urging them to get the
cotton on the market. Theodore Price
and other cotton gamblers have tried
every means at their command to force
the holders to sell. The big wholesale
merchants in New York, st. Louis and
other commercial centers have brought
to bear all the influence in their power
tu force the cotton on the market, but
in the face of all this the loyal mem
bcrs Of the two organizations, as well
a., many who are not members, have
stood as firm as stone wall and held
for the price determined upon.
This means great deal to the pepole
of Mississippi. 1t is an agricultural
state and will so remain. Then ii the
planters will get together and cooper
ntc with those from other States for a
fair price for their product, it will
mean millions annually to us, Our
present prosperity will be only the be-
ginning of period beyond the expeeta,
lions of the most optimistic. 1t means
Greater Mississippi" in every sense OF
The word, eroakers and sore toes to the
contrary notwithstanding
There is a farmer up in Lafayette
county who is well fixed to hold his cot
ton an indefinite length of time if neces
sary to get the price demanded. The
Lafayette County Press tells the story
thus:
"a few miles from Oxford lives s
quiet, modest young man, who answers
to the name of w. NJ. Rogers. Banks
may break, iinanciers may commit MI
eide merchants may run over their &c
counts with blanched faces, but Rogers
is not concerned, save as one man SYN
pathi2es with another who is in dis
tress. Listen: On less than three-fourth
of an acre of land he raised and so
for money salad $2S, turnips $40, pora
toes S75. Besides this, which he di
mostly for experiment, he raised corr
meat. oats, hay, potatoes and five bale
Of cotton on his place On being ques
toned about not being able to get none
for his cotton he answered with COZ
tented smile that he didn't have to Sc
it. Next year he proposes to 60 int
the trucking business on somewha
larger scale. and is already putting ou
raspberry and strawberry plants. Ne
some people say that cotton IS the onl
money crop"
How is this for fortifcation again'
The schemes of Theodore Price and h
cohorts? The man who is fixed as
Mr. Rogers can hold cotton as long 0
Inc wants to and it is n pity that MOI
people are not in the same condition
But we are coming to this every da
Mississippi in ten more years VIII ran
inst as much at home as Mr.. Rogers
raising now.
Well, what about that home-comir
week that has been proposed Tor ne
year? Let's get busy and arrange Il
plans for carrying it out properly al
giving the glad hand to our one-tnl
ncghbors and friends when they cor
for visit to Mississippi. Times are
much better here now that it is possl1
that some of them will decide to mo
back to the old home, and OF cour'
we would be glad to have them.
Mississippi killed approximately sc
cnty million pounds of pork last yes
and probably considerable more tt
wear That is the next best thing to
warehouse in aiding the farmers TO he
their cotton for fair price.
Let the editor of this department ha
the result of your experiments with
various crops you have experiment
on or the success you have attained w
i've stock or other matters OF inte
TO the farm. Give the public at lal
the result of your work.
The night rate on telephones has b'
!, done away with and the rate made
same as during the day, no reduct
being made in that The farmers RI
mas been raised from So per year
something like $12 to $40, the rate a
largc number of local exchanges raj
considerably and the end is not J
There is nothing in which the peo
should be more interested than t
iNone4, yet the concern that has
monopoly of the business in M'sslssI
is fast putting the service out OF u
reach.
Bloomington, ILL.,, boasts the ole
musician in America, and probably
the world, in the person of Jacob We
hcser He is in the 107th year OF
age, and is still an expert viollnlst.
ni his favorite solos is the beautiful L
melody, "T'he Girl | Left Behind a
For all of his German name, it would
hard IN dopv +l,;a voporo bla mans ri