The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-01-25
By q. e. BLAxEsLEE. JACKSON.

Mississippi division of the Southern Cot.
ton Association, recently gave out the
following on general Investigation OF
crops. 1t is worthy of consideration at
the hands of our people, coming, as it
does, from a man who has made the
subject one Of lifelong study:
Il am now and always have been OPP
posed to n and all resolutions for a
reduction of the acreage in cotton. ]
have always advocated the growing on
each and every farm of all necessary
food crops, and after this all the cotton
possible. The high price of food pro-
ducts ought to teach every farmer the
present urgent necessity for an in
creased acreage in these crops the COM
ing season.
There are thousands of people in
every town and village throughout the
South who will find it necessary, within
the next sixty days, to leave their pres
ent place of abode and seek a liuli-
hood somewhere else. These people will
necessarily go to the farms, and 1 pre-
dict a greater abundance of farm labor
throughout the entire South for the
present year than for many years past,
and unless it is brought to the immedi-
ate attention of all the farmers, we will
have a large increase in the cotton
acreage.
while the present indications are that
the worst of financial conditions are
over, l am still fearful that normal con-
ditions will not come about as speedily
as some think. The return to normal
conditions is more in the hands of the
farmers than any other class of people.
Hard times hurts the man least who
has plenty at home to eat, and I urge
upon every man in Mississippi, no mat
ter what his vocation may be, to take it
upon himself to keep this idea in front
of our farmers.
with SO many thousands of people
out of employment, necessarily the de-
mand for cotton goods for the coming
season will be lessened and a small cot
ton crop only will be needed. A man
may be out of employment and unable
to buy dry goods, and yet must eat,
hence there will be no %diminution in the
demand for food; and the cotton grow
ers of the South, above all people, need
cheap food crops if they would main
tain the price of cotton"
As Mr.. Clark truthfully says, a de-
preston in business will FIRST affect the
consumption of cotton goods, but the
family must have food at any price.
Then it becomes imperative that Missis-
sippi raise an abundance of food crops
for the coming year. Thus fortified a
financial depression will affect them less
than if the foodstuffs to maintain life
were to be bought. Think about it.
That great army of men known as
the commercial travellers of Mississippi.
have perfected an organization for the
betterment of their condition, and have
given out the following notice that is
worth while:
"The Mississippi Travellers was or
ganized at Jackson, Mississippi, on De-
cember 14th, with a membership of
about fifty. The organization now shows
an enrolment of more than two hun
dred members, and President Holder
reports a very lively interest shown by
the travelling public in this organization
throughout the State.
"The Mississippi Travellers Association
fills an urgent need and much felt want
among the travelling fraternity in Mis-
s%issippi, and gives promise to become
a most efficient agency in tbs upbuild-
ing of the State, as we'll as looking to
matters more directly touching the in
terests of the travelling statesmen, en-
abling them, through their officers and
committees, to make known their ideas
and wishes, and to e~ffectually bring to
bear their united strength, officially, in
matters of common interest.
"The membership consists exclusively |
of those who travel in Mississippi, en-
bracing not only those who sell COM
mercial commodities, but the solicitors
of insurance, travelling clergynen,
school and college men, in fact all men
who travel and have an interest in COM
mon in upbuilding the State. Pursu-
ant to a resolution that was adopted at
the time of organization, a general meet
ing was held in Jackson at the Pythian
Castle Hall on the night of January
18th, at which meeting the general pub
lie was invited to attend.
"The officers are as follows: B. II.
Holder, president; j. z. Noble, secre-
tary; j. P. Farrell, N. X. Burger and
G. L. Ware, vice presidents; Dabney
Parish, treasurer, and an advisory
board consisting of j. X. Holder, w. Fl.
Waddell, J.. j. White, E. L. Henry, A.
Lewis, H. A. Rawlings and o. A. Love.
All travelling men are invited to be-
come members of the organization and
add their mite to the success of the
movement"
Take heed of the good adviCe given
by President Walter Clark on diversi-
fcation as q means of preventing a