The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-07-01

dance of room and opportunities and
l believe that those who come here
from other lands from other parts o.
our land will catch the spirit of oul
people and contribute to the advance
ment of our state to an even higher
level of prosperity"
Addresses were delivered by s. H
Lowenberg, president of the hatcher
Chamber of Commerce, on the boil
weevil and it's 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 Hi
nois Central, who. as much, If not
more, than any individual man outside
of the state, was responsible for the
upbuilding and development of a
greater Mississippi.
Capt. Merry was received with every
manifestation of appreciation and
p~leasurable anticipation, as he is
known as the personification Of Opti-
mism, and any n 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 a 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 that
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 Is, 600 900
acres of u~ndeveloped lands within the
state which only await some system
attic plan Of exploitation and colonial
ton in order to be placed on a 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
Melted the sum Of $160 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 vas Improbable. II such re-
suits can be secured from the poor
lands, he wanted to know what would
he the possibilities of the intelligent
Of the really fertile lands
of which there is such q great abun-
dance, and which, compared with
Iowa, are SO infinitely cheaper.
Capt. Merry closed with the sugges-
ton that a state bureau of education
and information, with an annual ap-
preparation of not less than S35 900,
would be the best investment for the
future that Mississippi could make
exploitation purposes, and so put
end to this proligate 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
of immigration, next addressed
he convention. Mr.. Ahrens' subject
vas THE Economic Value of Immigra-
Resolutions Presented.
Chairman r. H. Henry of the COM
nittee on resolutions, presented the
of that committee, which was
and to the point, as follows:
Gao, IhO POOpiO VI MiOSioolpPl,
n convention assembled, represented
by men of every profession and calling
or the purpose of maturely consider
ng 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-
JUS, la%w-abiding and progressive immi.
grants, and none others, are cordially
invited to the citizenship of our state,
and, especially, do We invite such
rom other sister states of the United
States. We know also that capital is
in the development of the
country, as we'll as labor, for for each
necessarily do their part. Therefore,
invite capital and pledge our state
% it's fair treatment. 1t is not ouI
purpose in this resolution to enumer.
ate the many advantages Of Missis
'ippi, for they are too numerous. This