Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1907-01-31

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be filled with statistics concerning the
agricultural products of the State. The
blank this year will contain something
like dozen questions. When filed il
will Be forwarded to the Department of
Agriculture and Commerce for tabulation
and publication In accordance with the
law creating that department The sta
tistics desired are valuable II properly
taken. A great deal of extra work is
thus put upon the assessors, and that
without compensation, and this article
is for the purpose of acquainting the
people with the questions that will ap-
pear on this blank, so that they can
have the information at hand and lessen
the work of the assessors. A landlord
can give in the statistics for all his ten
ants If he is in possession of the facts
and this would simplify the work great
ly. By having the information at hand
the assessor can fill out the blank in a
minute or two and the people are re.
spectfully urged to do this as far as
possible.
The first question is, how many acres
in cottonf This means for the yeal 1906
for which the statistics are desired How
many bales! If you cultivated twenty
acres in cotton and gathered nine bales,
have these figures ready when the as
SCISSOR comes. The next is how many
acres in corn and how many bushels
gathereds If the farmer had twenty
acres in corn and gathered 400 bushels,
give it in that way. Wheat, oats, bar
ley, rye and rice arc similarly handled.
Then comes the hay and forage crop. II
the planter had ten acres in hay and
forage and gathered thirty tons, the
answer will be easily given. The ques-
tion OF how many sheep you have and
the amount of wool sheared is important.
Many persons do not know exactly how
many sheep they have running at large,
but the number can be closely estimated.
The clip of wool is more easily furnished.
The question of how many hogs and
pounds of meat killed can be easily an
swered. If a man had twenty hogs and
killed six that weighed 1900 pounds, it
will be no trouble to so state it. With.
out any hesitation every man can tell
how many horses, mules, jacks and jen
nets he has. Goats will be a little
hnrder, from the fact that some will
have to estimate this number. 1t is es-
recially desired to get an approximately
correct estimate on the number of goats.
as the industry is growing one that
is deserving of attention. The two ques-
tions concerning cattle are important.
First, how many head of cattle alto
gether and then how many head of milch
cows. more complete report on cattle
and dairying was at first anticipated, but
in view of the enormity of the work this
information has been confined to two
inquiries.
The people are respectfully urged to
cooperate with the assessors in this
work to the end that the information
obtained may be complete and of value.
Almost the entire number have expressed
desire to make the work thorough and
correct, hoping that thereby they will
have better claim upon the Legislature
for remuneration that was not provided
at the time the department was created.
1t was created for the benefit of the
agricultural, horticultural and CONNER
cial people of the State and their earnest
cooperation is desired to make it of
value.
For more than ten years the writer
has talked and written of a purely mu-
tual life insurance company for the peo-
pie OF Mississippi, company where the |
smallest policy holder would be as much |
entitled to representation as the wealth |
lest and one that was run in the inter- |
est Of the policy holders and not solely |
for swelling the bank account of q |
coterie of financiers, who might hold the
stock of such company. A mutual CON-
pany is the only one in which the policy |
holder, who is the only man to furnish |
the sinews of war for a concern, is |
bound to get just what he is entitled |
to, whether the management so desires
or not. He is the holder of all power in |
the election of officers and the direction |
of the company's affairs. A stock COM |
pany may be all right for the men who |
own the stock, but for the policy holder
it is more than likely not to be all right. |
The policy holder may participate in the
distribution of profits if the stockhold-
ers SO decide, but that very indistinct |
line where the stockholder quits partici-
pating and the policy holder begins is |
wholly determined by the s'ockholder.
The ,stockholder has all the say and the |
policy holder none at all. How many |
men, looking ut them from u financial |
standpoint, would say that it is time |
for me to quit taking the profits and be- |
gin to give the policy holder a share |
Suppose, on the other hand, the policy |
holder had all the power and he was
supposed to say after while that he |
had received enough of the profits and |
the stockholder could now have share |
When would the policy holder come to |
such conclusionf
The question of just and equitable life
insurance is one that is of the greatest
Importance to Mississippians and is
worthy of much careful thought and
consideration. Millions of dollars are
paid annually by the people of our State
for this necessity, and it is but just
that they should get the best at figures
that are just to all concerned That
they are not getting this square deal at
present goes without contradiction. 1t |
j. the purpose of the writer to publish
q number Of articles during the year on
the subject, and written in plain Ian
guage, that everybody can understand
II the people Of Mississippi are being
un:airly treated, they should be ap