The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-04-04


tural purposes. Secretary Kirbys
plan looks to the establishment under
the auspices of the proposed bureau of
a small experimental farm upon the
land of each owner cooperating in the
movement, the erection upon it of a
cottage and necessary out-houses, the
whole after improvement to be sold at
the very minimum price and upon
terms of easy payment, more care be-
ing taken in the selection of a buyer
than in the price obtained, to the end
that the experimental farms may be
advertisements of the possibilities of
the soil.
outline Of Plan.
An outline of Mr.. Kirby's plan is set
forth in a paper he will read before
the association. Extracts from Mr..
Kirby's plan follow:
Mr.. President and Gentlemen of the
Mississippi Pine Association:
At melting of your board of direc-
tors held December 10, at which time
had the honor to be chosen secretary
of your association, it was proposed
that I submit for your consideration at
your next annual meeting the general
outline of plan looking to the organ
ization of a bureau within the associa-
ton, or if thought more desirable, the
merging of this association into an or
ganization of both yellow pine manu-
facturers and the owners of cut-over
pine lands; the purpose being in eth
err event to undertake the general ad
vertising, sale and colonization of the
cut-over pine lands of South Missis
sippi, and the raising of the necessary
funds for this purpose, Your board OF
directors agreed to consider such prop,
osition as I might submit.
The necessity for such an organiza
ton, and the benefits to accrue to the
owners of cut-over lands therefrom
seem to me too obvious to require ar
gument or calculation on my part. II
also appears to me unnecessary at this
time to enter into an extended discus
sion of the wonderful possibilities
awaiting the development Of these cut.
over lands in South Mississippi, in
the attraction of desirable immigration
and the building up of this section
These are matters which have been
frequently discussed and written upon
at length, and to which you have
doubtless given much thought.
The rapid awakening of the South
industrially, and the general trend Of
immigration from the older and more
thickly settled portions of the United
; States can have but one ultimate re
subtitle eventual agricultural devel
opment of all the vast cut-over timber
lands of this section. The movement
has already set In, and is increasing al
constant accelerated ratio from
month to month. We see evidence Of
it on all sides. Louisiana and Texas
are bringing settlers into those states
by hundreds, while Florida has fol
several years kept itself prominent in
the public eye by persstently advertis
ing its resources, and is now realizing
in the sale of lands some of the bene
fits of this widespread publicity.
Realizing the necessity for putting
this movement into concrete shape
where something definite can be &C
complished, shall submit herewith a
general plan of the organization pro
posed, and the scope of work which it
occurs to me should be undertaken by
1t.
First of all a movement of this kind
should have a central organizations
focal point-from which the efforts of
all interested in the movement may be
directed. Such a bureau or organiza-
ton should have as its head intelligent
and energetic workers who will devote
their entire time and ability to the
prosecution of systematic campaign
of publicity.
propose, therefore, with your flnan-
cial assistance and cooperation to es-
tablish for you bureau which will
undertake to present the advantages
y
home-seekers. It will be my purpose
to get before the public in states from
which we NAV hope to attract immi