The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1910-04-29


To the Press of Mississippi:
The Immigration Department of the
Illinois Central and YaZoo Missis-
,ippi Valley Railroad Companies IS
mailing throughout the Northwest 2o,-
BOO copi es of the enclosed cards, con
aiming the following:
Mississippi to the Front.
GAS state of agricultural posi-
eiIities it is unsurpassed Lands that
viii produce large yields of cotton,
>orn. winter oats, alfalfa, Bermuda
espedeza, rice, sorghum, sugar cane,
trawberries, peaches, and all kinds OF
vegetables, and where hogs can be
grown end fattened ready for market
1t two cents per pound, and where
mules can be raised as cheaply as IN
Missouri. can vet be bought in Mis-
,issippi. at prices ranging from $500
IN sa5 90 per acre; alluvial cotton and
corn land plantations in the Delta for
s250o; lands adapted to general farm
Ing for $500 to 900; truck lands
near Illinois Central stations for S10-
20 to $500; unimproved lands in some
localities for $500 to $1,000. No sec
ion of the United States where good
farm lands are now so cheap as in
Mississippi.
For free Mississippi literature ad-
sress the undersigned at Manchester,
iowa. J. F. Merry,
Gen. Imm grafton Agt
The question may be asked, "Whv
should special efforts be made this
year more than any other to give wide
publicity TO the agricultural resources
and possibilities of Mississippi
The answer IS this. Never in the
history of the United States were
farm lands being exploited as they are
products and the increase in population
are responsible largely for these CON
1itions. Every state that is not fully
developed is advertising its lands and
ed De you ask why this is being
done9 Simply because they desire
that their lands shall all be IN culti
vation. that their state shall have a
interest in the state be thereby en-
hanced.
Mississippi in natural farming re-
sources is the equal of any state now
being sold for less money than any
lands Of equal quality in this country.
These are, conditions that should be
given wide publicity, and 1 am not only
going to ask the press TO join with us
in advertising Mississippi in every
nook and corner of the United States.
but | am going te ask the business men
of your state to have printed on their
business envelopes this slogan, mis-
sissippi to the Front and i am going
10 earnestly appeal to every citizen
of Mississippi that little time be
spent by each one in writing personal
vising of the splendid opportunities for
securing pleasant farm homes for lit
tie money in the state of Mississippi.
Many native Mississippians now reside
in other states. Make them acquaint
ed with the growth of your cities,
your industrial and commercial pros
perity, but above everything else adj
wise them of the more than $4,000, ,00e
acres of undeveloped lands within the
state, every acre of which is susecp-
tible of growing great variety of
crops, and which can be bought at
prices ranging from 50 to $50 per
acre.
II the good people Of Mississippi win
heartily and enthusiastically join us
IN advertising IN evey possible way
bhe advantages Of your state to home
seekers and home builders, the year
1910 viii see an influx of intelligent,
industrious SETTLERS from the Eastern.
Middle and Western states that viii
I'D IN the rapid and permanent de-
sslopment Of Mississippi.
Very respectfully,
r. MERRY,
Gen. Immigration Agt.
Honoe ren nEv. couN11ss.