The new South-news., 1908-02-08
GOVERNMENT
IS IN ERROR.
Forresty Report Says That
Farming Lands of South
Mississippi Are
Worthless
Refutes This Statement--Mr
hearn Shows falacy
OF Report.

VI Report.
From Hsttiesburg Daily News:
The Daily News has received the
following interesting and timely
ommunicatiou from MIR L.
Hearu, industrial agent of the New
Orleans a Northeastern railroad
with headquarters in Hattiesburg:
Noticing in papers where a cou-
pie OF men sent out by the United
States government under the divis.
Ion of forresty have made report
la which they saw fiji sto state that
the yellow pine belt Of Mississippi
vas almost worthless from an auri-
culture standpoint, desire to pre-
sent minority report, 80 to speak,
taking the opposite position.
OF course, ! would prefer their re.
port in full to be before me but as
wish only to deal with that part
condeming our section, il ia just as
we'll as It is.
Isuppose in the first place we
should take into consideration the
fact that the South as a whole seems
to have been target atkwhich 10
aimed many cruel darts within the
past few years, as being a country
unfit for fn immigration. since it is
claimed pe>ple are held in ipvoluu-
tkrily servikude or "peonsge" il the
fule.
sIhe scqnsation even comes from
one Russell, who cIafme to be a
Southern man Il presume TO make
hfs claims even more plausible for
who has known Southern man or
woman of the past who would aim
. poisoned shaft at their beloved
land. But his position can be ex-
planned In q measure from the fact |
tnat he 10 in fat position and may |
be seeking promotion. However
that may be, l believe l speak the
sentiments OF the plain people OF
THE section when say we do not
care it foreign immigrants are kept
away from our midst. l know the
great heart of the American plain
people 10 the same ct every point of
the com pass. and that being 80, to.
gather with the fact that the plain
people oil over our great country
are we'll informed ii will not deter
those Of the North aud East from
to come South tor the
betterment of their condition, even |
though high omciais of our gov
ernmeut placard us as being the |
scene Of cruelty to off-colored races.
The class of pure American citi-
Eens from crowded sections Of our
country 10 the only cjsss OF immi.
grnutS wo Welcome. o., coming 70 |
The snbject Of this article. vie, The |
condemntug Of South Missis-
s1ppl - ~ agricultural section, l
Iook only TO the tntellig ence Of the
coantsy at large to refute such .
groos injuotice aimed 1t = section
whose resources from IN sgricul.
lussl pclnt Of view. we all admit,
IRE only partially known end ap.
peecoeted. Yet We know that . re-
port stamped with the authority Of
khe greatest government on earth
= bonnd to carry weight enough
% do us ct South Aississippt some
uuIees corrected.
e!0E course We will al denounce
he report Of these .foreet experss'
~ Of that psrt partaiuing to our
agricultural possibilities, but We
lhtsk snd l believe the xovefnment
NIL ieaue = correction. C~rtainly
he government - not sending out
Agricultural experts to psss on for
'ooey oatkesS, II they are not go.
~ 70 seud out forest experts to
pdoo o. forest matters parti cularIy
ut o. everything in general, l zee
70 ~ eor slighting the doctors.
~ coe9rese iavestignte. |
sAa - QGeriog facts aud figures
, sefnte ths report ia qusstipn an
IceQalDy ashsnsed to do 70. hste to
~ 4 thst eestousiv. But - they
lln1e tgJoses sSusty - tel1g the
Doosoot q ~ tlhe '.ptpey Noods"
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