Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-01-05
VOLUME LVII.


proposition to make a specific appro-
priation to extend the market for our
cotton and goods manufactured from It
in foreign fields. The resolution passed
by the Southern States Commissioners of
Agriculture at Jacksonville was read and
made part of the record and the dis
cu5Rim ccntered upon the cotton portion
of the bill under consideration. The op-
position was led by Mr.. Sullivan, of Mas
sachusetts, who defeated it with amend.
ments including specific appropriations
for boots, shoes, onions, cabbage and
miscellaneous articles. Mr.. Livingston,
of Georgia, was in the forefront of the
champions of cotton, and was given able
backing by Messrs. Livingston, of Geor.
gia; Thomas, of North Carolina; Rich
ardson, of Alabama, and Others The
vote in the house was very close, SO to
n, and it is still hoped that the appro.
priation may be replaced when the meas
ure reaches the Senate and be concurred
81 ~ WV IlounNs l1tJlpIS from WASH
ington hold out hope for this. In the
meantime it would be well for all inter.
ested in this measure, and every man
who is interested in cotton should be. TO
write the Congressman from your dis
trict and the Senators urging upon them
unusual effort to have this measure
made a law. More than 6j per cent. of
our raw cotton is exported and $780,
OoOOOO in foreign gold received for it in
return. 1t is larger than the combined
exports of all other agricultural prod
ucts IN the United States. 1t is the ex
port that throws the balance on the
right side of the export ledger and makes
ours creditor nation and absolutely
safeguards the financial institutions OF
the country against monetary panhs.
Every man in the nation should be inter.
ested III the extension of the field for its
use, and when the Congressman from
other sections are made to realize this
there seems to be every reason WHY thcy
should readily aid our own Congressman
to secure the recognition at the hands of
our government that it so richly de.
serves.
w. NJ. Bamberg, special agent of the
United States Department of Agricul.
ture recently stated that the boil wcevil
was sure to cross the Mississippi river
during the coming year into the cotton
fields of Mississippi, and that it was
time that our people were beginning to
arrange for its reception. He said;
with these facts before us, II be-
hooves our cotton growers to adopt
method of planting and cultivating cot
ton which provides conditions unfayor-
able to the cotton weevi, for this is the
only means by which that insect can I've
combatted 1t cannot be poisoned or
stamped out. This has been demon
strated. Planting early maturing seed,
and ot the proper distances in the drill
and between rows, and cultivating shal.
low and frequently, is the only means
Of making a crop when the weevil
reaches us. 1t will not do to await the
invasion of the weevil before commenc,
ing this work 1t should be commenced
at once, for by so doing, the advent Of
the cotton weeyil will not he followed
by devastated fields, the abolition Of
credit and its consequent paralyzation
of business"
Some uneasiness has been caused cot
ton planters about the proposition of
English spinners to purchase large tracts
of land in the South for the purpose of
raising cotton for their mills. The
-, bo4 al,
have no fears from such an attempt. 1t
is hardly probable that any great sue
cess will attend such an effort, and even
if it does succeed it will be under the su.
pervision of an experienced cotton grow
er and worked with the regular cotton
labor. 1t is much more likely that these
gentlemen will be brought to the belief
that it will be better to remove their
mills to the South, which is the logical
place for the manufacture of cotton.
They are experienced in handling tho
mills and would be more successful in
running them than our home people, who
have not had the training necessary to
make it successful in the face of such
keen competition. We welcome the Eng
lish capitalist in either capacity of grow
er or manufacturer.
Fancy poultry raising is a growing in.
dustry in our State. Those engaged m /
the business are finding it profitable and
others are ar encouraged 10 go anu ao m i,ae'
Sas M'se nc re s"o" ",,n mro"t st;mnIrs m 70 t,n
ciors and II grows in extent and pattm.
noe from wear 10 year There is money
IN II for those who know how to pet i |
ont and This number ;s increasing ysrv
fast
Greenwood has granted n franchise to
home people for the construction of an
electric street railway. An expert en-.
gineer has gone over the ground ana
hlaue sn 4 ss.'ni",e Ia,t, u a;t n' yorv ontt.
s;aat;o and Il would not at all be lmr.
prisinp to sec railway in operation be-
fore many more moons.
Inc ruiihg prices ior egs' anu WICK
ems should prove an incentive io' i'."'
bers TO go INTO inc poultry pusl'ess loi
hVellhood' lhere IL io uoup' ou' Iu"'
few hens are a most prohtaoie ih'est-