The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-12

part VI BUSINESS men 10 INFORM luCul-
selves about their surroundings Hat
tiesburg has been looked upon as a
manufacturing center Lumber and its
allied interests has occupied the center
of the stage in the past and almost the
whole of our mercantile business has
: been developed along lines to suit
the mill men and his employees, rath-
err than for the farmer. 1t is true that
there have been business men all the
time who catered to the farmers trade
but the most of them have had no
idea of the present extent of our agri-
cultural resources or the possibilities
OF the future. Ask the average bust
ness man where the best farms and
the best crops could be found in For
rest county and he would have to adj
NIT that he did not know.
The gathering tomorrow is really the
outsrowth of an article in the News.
contributed by Mr.. R. C. Hauenstein,
cashier of the First-National Bank of
commerce. Mr.. Hauensteins special
work in the bank is looking after the
cotton accounts. This has made him
more familiar with the value of this
staple crop than any other man in
Hattlesburg and it has brought him in
contact with the farmer to such an
extent that he has appreciated the i'm
portance Of our agricultural resources. |
His letter to the News awoke some
OF our leading business men to the
fact that they knew nothing about the
country around them and they got to-
gether and planned the best way to
lind out and the picnic tomorrow is
The result.
Inc letter addressed to the leading
'armers of the Ideal neighborhood, b:
ound favor from those who received
and it is safe to say that no gath {
ring has ever been arranged under I
more happy auspices. The fact that i
was purely social and educational; o
hat it was not planned to catch" a
nybody was instantly recognized by S
he people who were to be visited and Il
ley have co-operated with the bust [
ess mems committee in a manner Il
'hich has been highly pleasing to b
lose concerned. ri
:. :. :. . :. !. VI
me picnic ought to bring results oI
both host and visitor This is an q
5e of cooperation. The interest of 81
e business man and farmer are ideu- OF
cal. 1t is not always so regarded
I'd sometimes the farmer thinks that =
lie business man is in league with Al
hers to deprive him of his due. This ca
ca comes from the fact that they do ID
t know each other well enough. Each 'o
S his sphere OF influence. Each has 'I
netting that the other needs This vi
the life Of commerce. This is what III
yelopes waste place md make all ="
portunity for everyone. In the past Ii'
| years the farmer has become a ca
ch more important parsonage. pc
'ange to say the farmer as a rule GU
S one of the first to discourage the ou
yelopment of his own industry. He Cal
rays wanted to take his brightest "
?, the best brains of his brood and
d him to the city, to become ooi
fossioro1 , rbo+ oao +bo hol
n despised. 1t also made thousands 1oS
men because the pro- ''''
'ions have been overcrowded. Now ''N.
boon +ho or,, ..poo,, - +ho PORN, ,, and
are realizing more and more that ''-'
farmer is the most in
endent man on earth. With a
lie soil and plenty of sunshine he
/ reaches a place where he needs
Odys favor. He is not crowded '-Pl
the nerve destroying, energy CON
ing. pent up city where even the clef
s lose their twinkle and lustre. par
ing daily behind counter or desk sIa'
prison to the man who really duc
VS. the freedom and wholesome uuc
Of the farm and it is no wonder maj
the sensible man is wanting to A
~ he TEST brains on the farm. erly
hat the farmer needs is the same not
ational advantages in his line of ton
(, as are furnished to the man who arou
himself for a profession. We want vest
, corn and cotton professors, we
|, doctors of potatoes and tomatoes. of fl
specialists who know what is w
ed to get the best peaches and ton
from our cut-over lands! We land
to know how to make two bales and
otton grow where only one is Oh
ID now. That kind of education BUSH
IS independence. 1t makes the repre-
clan dwarf into insignificance. 1t an
shes the means to build as good AIab
S in the country as in the city ness'
lkes the country what it should tqHS,
be most desirable place to live to IA
rth. New
S picnic tomorrow is a long deayC