Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-10-27
SIGNAL SOUNDED ON
OPENING OF CANAL
FOR The EXPLOITATION OF MIS-
slsslPPrs GREAT NATURAL
RESOURCES.
NO BETTER WAY TO PURPOSE
MIsslssIpprs Centennial Exposition To
Be HsId at Gulfport-AutomatIcal-
" Becoming the Gateway to
the Orient.

Mississippi'S seaport city automat'
ioAlly becoming the gateway to the
Orient by the opening Of the Panama
Canal, tAe completion Of that gigantic
project would seem just the proper
signal for q worldwide exposition OF
this states great natural resources,
FAR too lonE has one OF the most lay-
ishly endowed commonwealth in the
~uaiyorse been known as a lumber state
10 the exclusion OF other more perma-
nent advantages. Now It Ia full time
fer recognition along more extended
lines.
The southern counties OF MISSISSIPPI
pL II fully cultivated, might furnish
the world with canned vegetables and
fruits: the Delta's cotton output, II
manufactured at home for export by
way of the Canal, would give that fer
tile region a millionaire population
such as would make Wall Street seem
poor, by comparison; while the lime
land section in the northern and eas'-
ern counties, teeming with the sweet
melilotus, might feed a hungry oonti'
mont on beef and packing house prod
ucts. A growing sheep raising indus
try would add wool and suet to the
commercial output,
TAis and much more Of possibility
10 Mississippi's God-given wealth
which needs only adequate capital aud
citizenship to develop.
A good business man advertfses for
what he needs, and the wise business
heads who dominate affairs In Mis-
sissippi have chosen a mammoth Cen
tennisl Exposition as the advertise
meHt best calculated to bring to this
state recognition from the right peo'
ple, who are needed here to help build
UP the empire State Of the South ana
the great manufacturing emporium OF
South Sea trade. Here in II we'll
chosen spot may ths counties thou
sands be shown all fair Mississippi
has to offer. Cotton of the finest tex
ture in the world; fruits, vegetables
and berries which command fancy
prices on Northern and Eastern mar
kets. poultry that has never been eX-
Celled anywhere; hogs that are worth
almost their weight in gold; the best
beef cattle in the world; strong young
mules bred hero in this State. Here
| also may they learn Of the tremendous
lumber industry and Of the two thirty
ing seaports through which MISSISSIPPI
pi exports more lumber than any other
state In the Union. Capital will be
quick to see the enormous advantages
lying open for manufacturing enter
prices whereby all these prod
ucts may be shaped for human
use at home at a minimum cost
OF manufacture and sent out
through the Mississippi ports by way
Of the Canal for barter in Oriental
markets, thus putting an end to the
present wasteful policy by which Mis-
sissippi is selling the raw product to
outside manufacturers who reap all
the profits Of commercial industry,
These outsiders are now sending Out
all over the world the finished goods
which eventually get back down South
and are bought by Mississippians for
an exorbitant price Of which the re
tailor. the jobber, the manufacturer
and all their cohorts of agents each
gets q fair slice.
Mississippi products for Mississip
: pi, and Mississippi for MississipptanS
T will soon be the slogan sounded from
y. yellow Rabbit to Vinegar Bend,
with a warm welcome and a free share
; Of statehood for every new settle.
= who would enjoy the privilege OF
part in To- u%pbuilding Of a sovereisi
. State that IL foreordainSd to be III,
leading commonwealth in HE creates
: nation Of the universe. Such is tn,
!, primary purpose Of the Centennial EN
position,
, No section of the State, that wills
be Il ever so remote, can miss 1t
share. The Nation, State, counties
and municipalities, are banding tC
gether IN a supreme effort on this on
hundredth anniversary that will prov
an e~ye.opener to our W people an
Q revelation to those from other SCI
kfo0u NJ tho country