The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-06-30

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commonwealth. We have an album
dance of room and opportunities and
believe that those who come heye
from other lands from other parts of
our land will catch the spirit OF our
people and contribute to the advance
ment of our state to an even higher
level of prosperity"
Addresses were delivered by i H.
Lowenberg, president of the Nathez
Chamber OF Commerce, on the boil
weevil and its effects on immigration.
Edward Hines, president of the Ed
ward Hines Lumber Company, of Chr
cago, and president of the National
Lumber Manufacturers Association,
on corporations of the state and lum-
Der men in promoting the agricultural
settlement of cutover lands. H. B.
| Gurler of NoXubee county, originally
from Illinois, presented some views
and experiences of an Illinois dairy
man in Mississippi
Gov. Noel presented as the first
speaker of the day Capt j. F. Merry,
general immigration agent of the Ili-
nois Central, who. as much, if not
more, than any individual man outside
of the state, was responsible for the
greater Mississippi
Capt. Merry was received with every
manifestation of appreciation and
pleasurable anticipation, as he is
known as the personification OF opti-
mism, and any one who looks to the
bright side of everything, even though
the attainment of the ends favored
means hard, earnest and ceaseless
work. He did not know of more APP
propriate theme or effective slogan
than that expressive term, "a Greater
Mississippi" and as a step in the right
direction he desired to compliment the
state of Mississippi upon the fact tina,
its leaders in the development process
which is now under way have taken
such an advance step in the direction
of success. The speaker reviewed in
terse, vigorous terms the conditions
that exist in regard to the 100000
acres of undeveloped lands within the
state which only await some system
attic plan of exploitation and colonial
ton in order to be placed on parity
with the best that can be found in any
other state in the union.
He cited individual instances which
prove that what is accompanied by in
telligent and economical effort in Iowa,
Illinois, Nebraska and Indiana in the
way of agricultural advancement and
progress can be not only met but sur
passed in Mississippi He referred to
statistics obtained from the director of
the Holly Springs experimental sta
ton in the line of dairying, taking |
twenty COWS the milking from which |
netted the sum of $3.50 to ST. from the |
same number on his own little $50 |
acre farm in Iowa. And the excess as |
shown, he asserted, was obtained on
land which the director had reported
as cut up and washed out and on which
farming was Improbable Ii such re-
suits can be secured from the poor
lands, he wanted to know what would
be the possibilities of the intelligent
adaptation of the really fertile lands
Of which there is such a great abun-
dance, and which, compared with
Iowa, are SO infinitely cheaper.
Capt Merry closed with the sugges-
ton that state bureau of education
and information, with an annual APP
of not less than $35 200,
would be the best investment for the
future that Mississippi could make
for exploitation purposes, and so put
an end to this profiigate and unjustifi-
able waste of our talents and re-
sources, which are God-given.
H. H. Ahrens, of the New Orleans
Picayune, a gentleman who has had
ample opportunity to study the great |
subject of immigration, next addressed |
the convention. Mr.. Ahrens' subject
was THE Economic Value of Immigra-
tion."
Resolutions Presented.
Chairman r. H. Henry of the COM
mittee on resolutions, presented the
report of that committee, which was
terse and to the point, as follows:
Whereas, the people of Mississippi,
in convention assembled, represented |
by men of every profession and calling
for the purpose of maturely consider
ing an effective cooperative plan for
inviting a desirable class of immi-
grants to come and reside among us;
therefore, be it
Resolved, first, That all industri-
Gus, law-abiding and progressive immi-
grants, and none others, are cordially
invited to the citizenship of our state,
and, especially, do we invite such
from other sister states of the United
States. We know also that capital is
necessary in the development of the
as well as labor, for for eacn
necessarily do their part. Therefore,
we invite capital and pledge our state
to it's fair treatment. 1t is not our
purpose in this resolution to enumer-
ate the many advantages Of Missis-
sippi, for they are too numerous. This
will be a part of the work of the per-
manent organization.