The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1919-07-25
GRENADA COUNTY'S
GREAT HOG INDUSTRY
The September Pig Club Shipment
and How the Outside World Will
View It---Get in With Your Hogs

&'a D&StSh DN~AR ~
ually the man who raises the loudes
howl about HIGH TAXES for road.
and schools is a nan who has very lit.
lie If any tax to pay and the man whC
kicks the hardest against the ONE
PER CENT charged for local expense
IS most alwcys the man who has hao
very little if any thing to ship. Hu.
man nature is about the same the
world over.
However, Grenada County doesn't
have to contend with this bunch be-
cause she is the one, the only one;
County in Mississippi that is making
cooperative shipments Of live stock
aAd other farm products without de-
Quoting a certain per cent to take
care of local expenses. Now, | guess
you wonder how its done. Here is the
plans.
If you remember, we bought Irish
potatoes for you at $3.50 per bushel
when they were selling at $3.50 and
higher at Their places. You got your
Soy Beans at $3.50 per bushel when
the regular price was $3.50. You are
getting shorts at $3.50 when they
would otherwise cost you 1925 or
$3.50. You are getting hog oil for
16c per gallon when you had been
paying 35c and Ace per gallon. We
saved you from $3.50 to 800 per ton
On fertilizer and now furnishing
tSnkage at a dollar per sack less than
you could get it elsewhere. This buy
100 o~c hoe offnnfnd u nnf cav
ing to the farmers of Grenada County
of ver S3,QOO.O0, and in addition to
this we have made a sufficient mar
gin between the buying and selling
price to care for all our local ex-
penses, to buy a pair of platform
scales with which to weigh u hogs
and still have about $4,000 left to
the credit of the expense account.
The records and expense vouchers
are open to all and any interested
party can inspect The vouchers and
records or have it done at any time.
Now, if you don't feel proud of your
self and your County you ought to,
because Grenada is the only county
in Mississippi that is doing this, and
is one of the few counties that can
ever do it. | make this last statement
because | believe the spirit of the
business men of Grenada will be hard
TO match in any other County in Mis-
sissippi.
Of course the farmers are all
pleased because the whole scheme is
in their favor. They make q saving IN
what they buy and at the same time
get their shipments handled for them
for nothing. But there is another side
to the case. The merchants of Gre
NADIA have a just kick and legitimate
right to complain, but they are broad
enough and big enough to see and
know that when it becomes generally
known that farmers can buy cheaper
here than they can any where else
and can get more for their livestock
by shipping from this than from any
other point, they will come here from
I'll directions and as far out as dis
tance will permit. This is sur to hap
because men VIII always go
where. their interests are best served.
A few days ago l made this expla-
nation to the Board of Supervisors
and they were delighted. MIR. C.. c..
Provine seemed elated and urged me
to make a public explanation and
this article is out in answer to his
request.
In my opinion, Grenada County has
more good. gentle-supirited, fair
and honest-dealing people to
the square acre than any other sec
ton of the land, and l believe that the
great majority of you appreciate this
and will rejoice with me at our
success. Of course, everybody will not
be satisfied or pleased. No man has
ever been able to please all the peo-
pie. Our Saviour failed to do ii and
our President has certainly fallen far
short Of it. There are anarchists every
where and they are here. They are me-
yer satisfied unless they have a bone
TO gnaw or a progressive move to kick
and the only course is to leave them
mi the back ground and let them kick
and kick until they kick their heels
off against the wave of prosperity
which is bound to go forward. Don't
disturb them. Just leave them alone
and join with me while We breathe
he words of the sacred martyr. Faith
.r forgive them for they know not
What they do" 0. F. TURNER.
SHORTS