Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-06-30

ward Hines lumber ComnanF. - C-Ns
cagu. and president ue the National
Lumner Manuafcturrrs Association.
on corporations % tie state kat ian-
Der men i1 promoting the agricultural
settlement 1f cut1ver lands H q
Gurisr 90 Noxuhee county. originally
from illinois, PRESENTED some views
and experiences n an Illinois dairy
mnn in Mississippi
Gov Noel presented as the arst
speaker of the dlv Capt ] r Merry.
scueral Immigration agent q ne ms
uuis Cental. who. a. much. Il not
more. rhan anr Individual man sdfsife
ot The state. vas Responsible :sF the
ap1uilding ana development of
greater Mississippi
Capt Merry was received with every
manifestation u appreciation and
pleasarabie anticipation. a. he =
snoWn as the rersoui-rafiaa OF opti.
aism. and any one Who inoks "a the
bright safe % everything. even thouEh
tae attainment of the ends favored
uatns - i. earras. apt ceps-ir-xs
aar.. lie I'D not <nrN " 4 nur~ 40
propriate faerla or eFe,sive slcEaA
taaa thar expressive term. a Greater
Mississippi, and ss a step In the rfShf
direction he desired 70 compliment me
state 81 Mississippi urou the fact that
tis leaders In the Development process
which Is nov under wav hnve taken
sach an advance step In the direction
q auccess The speaker reviewed Ia
terse. vigorous terms the cuuditlons
that exist In regard 20 the i5.aas uea
acres of undeTelaped lands within rhe
Stale which oniy await some system
atlc plan uf exploitation and culanita-
tiou in orier ID be- placed on a parity
with the best that can BE- found ia any
other state in the union
m. i1irying possibilities are fully
equaled BY other features which would
commend themselves TO any intelll-
GENT and farseeins thrifty farmer. and
be could predict that with such a class
~ men as have gone from the North
west sthi farther West and into Can
ada brought here. under proper in
ducemeHt. the next generation would
witness truly wonderful degree of ad-
vaucment But II meant work and con.
scientIous. earnest and systematic ef-
fort. with an hands standing shoulder
70 shoulder
He cited individual instances which
prove that what Is accompanied by In
teiiisent and economical effort n 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 10
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 1s $3.50 to sII from the
same number on his own little ESQ
tcrc farm In Iowa. Ard the excess as
shown. he asserted. was obtained on
land which the director had reported
as cut up and washed cut and on which
farming was Improbable. II such re-
suits can be secured from the poor
lands. he wanted 20 know what wouia
-. the nla3ihilities " the iutelH-en,
adaptation OF ne really fertile lands
u which there is such I great abun-
dance. and which. compared with
iowa. ara So infinitely cheaper
Capt NerrY closed with the suggex-
lion thar a stlte bureau Of education
ant Information. with an annual ap-
preparation OF not less than s55.g0c.
would be- the best Investment for the
future that Mississippi could make
Tor exploitation purposes. and so put
an end 20 this pradigate and uniustin-
able waste Of our talents and 70
sources. which ara God-given
IT, r. Ahrens. OF the New Orleans
Pirayuue. gentleman who has had
ample opportunity TO study the great
subject of immigration. next addressed
tae convention Mr. Ahrens' subject
was The Economic Value u Immigra-
tiun-'