The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1911-10-13
Sectional Hatred.

IL Is nothing new TO be told that
the South has suffered for years be.
cause OF an intense and scnseless
hatred on the part OF other sections
of the country but IL is something
new 70 be Informed that even 40 this
late day that the same old hatred is
making itself still manifest in various
and divers ways. Recovering from
the persistent, insistent and contin
ual Misrepresentation from other
sections OF the country, the South is
now coming Into her rightful recog.
milton, and because OF her wonderful
growth and the immense natural ad.
santages that belong TO herself alone,
that same old hatred is popping It's
head up In unexpected places This
paper Is 10 receipt OF letter from a
man in Illinois who Is sincerely seek.
ing after the truth OF the conditions
In the South, especially along the Mis-
sissipp coast line. He tells, briefly
aud honestly, that he had formed
favorable opinion Of this section and
that he and others were considering
making this their future home. But,
10, aud behold Along comes the
hydra-headed monster OF hate, and
suspicion, dlsbrust aud doubt have
been injected into the minds OF these
men.
IL Ia Interesting to note, briefly,
some OF the information (?) that is
being given these men, as follows:
The character OF the gulf coast lands
is extremely poor. Gulf coast lands
must be fertilized for the first crop.
1t viii require several years OF farm.
Ing TO rid the land OF the harmful
effects OF the pine growth. Orange
culture Is not and cannot become prof.
table on account OF the occasional
severe winters. That the estimates
Of the pecan culture at various ages
OF the tree IL exaggerated. That the
claim Is made that papershell pecans
sell for from tlfty cents to one dollar
per pound on the coast, while mcr.
chants Ia Illinois aud Indiana claim
10 sell the genuine papershcll pecan
at twenty TO twenty-five cents per
pound" aud that the "first.erade
papershell pecan" was sold by some OF
them last year AT thirteen and one
half cents per pound, which WAS an
unusually high price, nine TO ten
cents being the average price. The
gulf coast land has no sub. soil, and
must be continually fertilized the
same as the Florida sands. The writer
OF this letter, as stated In the begin.
ming, Is q true seeker after the facts rs
they exist along the coast, and con
cludes his letter In this strain: III
the statements that have read about
your section are half true, you cor.
tainly must have a very good section,
but when so many statements have
been contradicted or called into Ques-
tioD, l feel very anxious TO have these
points answered by some one who
would give me the plain truth In
regard to the exact conditions, lust az
shall and them N 1 visit that sec.
tion. There are number OF others
here who are just as anxious as l to
ascertain these FACTS before we
invest our money either In land or q
trip.rl
There are number OF colonlzlnR
companies operating along the coast
to good advantage both to themselve
and the country ut large. A number
Of these companies have submitted
their literature to the editor of
this paper. That literature, inspect
cd by the editor, has been found
strictly within the limits OF facts and
conservatively written, as q whole.
Where exaggerations have been noted
at all, apparently, Investigation has
proven that the figures are lactually
taken from some Individual instance
OF development, growth or produc.
tion. 1t is also noted that these In.
stances Of excessive figures always
carry the name and location Of the