The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-11
PLAN ID COLONIZE OLD PINE LANDS Mississippi Land May Be Bought for Small Farms CAPITAL IS ABUNDANT Thousands of Acres In Southern Mis- sissippl Are Denuded of Trees
 and Are Suitable for
 General Farming.
CAPITAL IS ABUNDANT

Jackson, Miss, July 10.-(Special)- Owners of cut-over pine lands in south Mississippi are now offered a solution of the problem of what to do with their lands thus stripped of the timber-judging by a letter received today from R. Ingalls,, 20 East Twenty-fourth street, New York city, at the office of the secretary of state.
 The writer explains in a business-like way that he represents company, or number of capitalists and pl1lanthropists who would assist in the development Of a gigantic colonization scheme, if lands that are available and suitable for such purposes are to be had in this section of the country and in quantities to suit.
 MT. Ingalls, states that he represents men of great wealth and who proposes to organize company backed by abun- dant capital to carry to a successful termination any undertaking Their idea is to purchase outright large bodies of lands, which will be cut up into small tracts or farms to suit the purchaser and to sell them on long time payments to thrifty farmers.
 The company asks no aid or assistance from any source, having abundant means, and proposes to settle the lands they may purchase with a class of farmers who will be acceptable and agreeable to the natives among whom they are to be located. Their idea is to relieve the congestion In the more thickly settled districts of the north and east, to provide the heads of re- spectable families who wish to engage in farming with good and comfortable holdings where they may make an honest living, and asks the assistance of the sec-
 retary of state here in finding such tracts
 of land as would be suitable to such an
 enterprise.
 Of course nothing is known here as to
 the reliability of the writer of the letter,
 but it is worth the while of the holders of the cut-over lands in this and adjoin- ing states to investigate and find out for themselves what it means. There are firms and individuals, great milling con-
 cerns in south Mississippi who own thou
 sands of acres of such lands, and they
 have been figuring on what to do with them. Their idea has been to divide them into small tracts and sell on longtime
 contracts to honest white settlers, and it is possible this New York aggregation of wealth can point the way.
 | Secretary Maxwell of the railroad com | mission has cited all railroads doing busl- ness in the state of Mississippi to appear | before the commission on July 25 then 1 and there to show cause, if any you can, | why the rates now charged by you on | milk and cream in Mississippi should not l be reduced' 1 This citation Is In accordance with di- rections given by President Lee, who has shown a great deal of interest in the
 matter of rates on milk and cream. Some
 time since he made up schedule of rates
 which he submitted to the several rail-
 roads, but they did not agree with him that they would be fair and equitable, and declined to adopt them. He, therefore, has them cited to appear and will make an effort to have rates fixed that will en- courage the dairy industry in the state. MT. Lee declares that the rates on these commodities are so high that all profits are consumed in freight charges. Vice President Russell of the Southern railway in Mississippi is cited to appear before the commission on July 20, to show cause why his road should not be re- cuired to construct a spur track to the Farmers Union Cotton Warehouse at Kilmicheal" Montgomery county. The railroad commission has been ad- vised by telegram of the killing of Robert Moore, night car inspector at Canton, by train No. 5l.