The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-06-23

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the farmer than in Mississippi. If we
may borrow our friend Hearn's de-
scription of the famous city of Moselle
and apply it to the whole state of Mis-
sissippi-"It is just like Heaven: all
it needs is population" Let us not,
however, lose sight of the fact that it
is going to take much money to pay
the preachers who get that population.
my own belief is that the next ten
years should bring more desirable i'm
migration than any other previous
twenty years. Such statements as
this, however, amount to nothing I'M
less we can show a reason for so be-
lieveding, and unless we can originate
or work on some definite lines to as
sist in the bringing of the farmers.
No country can grow and thrive and
become permanently prosperous I'M
less its agricultural area is developed
zone man remarked to me yester-
day that we cannot develop our farm
lands by sitting on our front porches
and talking about our wonderful posi-
bilities. II takes money, hard work,
persistent work and intelligent effort
to secure the settlers, and It takes a
combination of all these in the man
who removes our stumps and plants
potatoes in their stead.
Farmers AS Producers.
The farmer is the only individual
who produces something where moth
ing before existed This thought is
not original. All other so-called pro-
duction is merely the transforming of
what already existed, into new and
useable shape.
you hear of no uneasiness in finan-
cial and business circles because the
gold mines, or the silver mines, or the
diamond mines of the world are not
producing as much this year as last.
Immediately something becomes the
matter with the crops-either too
much drouth, too much moisture, cy-
clones, the appearance of a new de-
structive insect, the alarming propaga
ton of an old pest, or what not, and
you hear at once that all business and
all sorts of investments suffer in pro
portion.
"In the same manner that crops in
fluence the business Of the whole
degree, do they effect the immediate
vicinity or state. The now thriving
states of the West, for instance, frs
became conspicuous because of tn,
production of their mines. 1t Is onl,
to the extent that their agriculture
resources have developed and pros
pered that these states have remained
great or increased their greatness.
"In the time allotted me on this pro
gram, I think best to view the situa
ton from the standpoint of the new
convert or recent resident Of tn,
North.
Attracted To Mississippi.
st has only been my pleasure to b.
resident of Mississippi for about fiv,
months. I came from the North t.
Mississippi on a business trip with NJ
notion of becoming a resident. ex
pected to remain two or three days
My business took me to Hattiesburg
On that visit l was fortunate enough
to meet Mr.. H. A. Camp. Anyone VIII,
knows anything of the attempts tina
have been made in the last twenty
| five years to induce settlers to com
to Mississippi is pretty likely to know
Mr.. Camp. He has never cut the tim
Der from an acre of Mississippi Ian,
without trying to figure some plan l.
induce a farmer to settle and cultivat
that acre. He has been forced to real
lie and regret that farmers have no
settled as rapidly as do birds in a re
Gently harvested wheat field
when Mr.. Camp meets a man from
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