The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-09-15
SIGNAL SOUNDED ON
OPENING OF CANAL
ron TIE EXPLOITATION o. MIS-.
siSSiPPrs GREAT NATURAL
RESoUNcgo.
NO BETTER WAY TO PURPOSE
Mtssissippi's Centennial zxessitisn 70
De Held At outtpest-Avssmaslssl-
" eeeemiws the ostsway -
the Orient.


MfssissipDi's seaport city auaenst.
ecally becoming the gateway To the
Orient BY the opening Of ne Panama
Canal, the completiSn Of that stSaatic
project would seem just the PROV, r
signal for q worldwide exposition OF
this State's great natural. .reseaPces.
Fsr too long has one OF the most hv.
ishly endowed common ealths In the
universe been known as a lumber state
to the exclusion Of other more perma-
rent advantages. Now It 10 full time
for recognition along more extended
Tines.
The southern cOuntiss of MISSISSIPPI
pi. IL fully cultivated. might furnish
the world with canned vegetables and
fruits: the Delta's cotton output, il
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 east
ern counties. teeming with the sweet
melilotus. might feed = hungry CONT
nent on beef and packing house prod
ucts. A growing sheep raising indus
try would add wool and suet TO the
commercial output.
This and much more Of possibility
Il Mississippi's God-givsn wealth
which needs only adequate capital and
citizenship to develop.
A good business maj advertises for
heads who dominate affairs in Mis-.
sissippi have chosen Q mammoth Cen.
tennial Exposition as the advertise
ment best calculated to bring to this
State recognition from the right peo-
pie, who are needed here to help build
up the empire State OF the South ard
the great manufacturing emporium Of
South Sea trade. Here in n we'll
chosen spot may the countless 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 IN Northern and Eastern mar
kets; poultry that has never been ex.
celled anywhere; hogs that are worth
almost their weight in gold: the bes,
beef cattle in the world; strong young
mules bred here in this State. Here
also may they learn of the tremendous
lumber industry and OF the two thriv- /
ing seaports through which Mississip.
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 10 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 MisMssippians for
an exorbitant price of which the re.
taller, the jObber, the manufacturer
and all their cohorts of agents each
"a fair slice.
Mississippi products for Mississip-
pi, and Mississippi for Mississippians
will 500 be the slogan sounded from
Rabbit to Vinegar Bend,'
warm welcome and a free share
statehood for every new settler
who would enjoy the privilege of al
part in the upbuilding OF a sovereign
that is foreordained to be the
commonwealth in the greatest
OF the universe. Such is the
purpose Of the Centennial FIX
position. |.
No section OF the State, that wills, /
il ever SO remote. can miss its .
share. The Nation. State. counties,
municipalities. are banding to.
in a supreme effort on this one
lundredth anniversary that will prove !
IN eye-Opener to our ovn people and
revelation TO those from other see
ions of the country.