The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-02-11

, uHhS Oh tniS paper last week, QueS
tionnaires had been sent out. Owe
J 200 were handed to different one
and just a few mailed. Unfortu
nately, in the judgment Of this paper
so many seemed to doubt their abili
!; ty to properly answer the querie
and still others did not want thei
names used, and as result only
limited number will be published.
The purpose of the QUESTIONABLE il
stated in its caption, Give the public
the benfit of your Judgment" This
might be elaborated by stating, thai
in view of the present state of public
sentiment and business conditions, il
was hoped that the answers to the
QUESTIONABLE would show how nearly
everybody is in the same boat, and
thus touch common chord of broth
erhood and neighborliness, out OF
which might grow some concrete and
definite purpose to work together
to set those things which are out of
order in order and thus the more
quickly get everybody to travel in
the path of common sense upon
which sign boards of Reason and
Judgment can be seen at all times.
This paper is grateful to all who
responded and is also grateful to
the many who discussed the Ques-
tionnaire with the Editor and who
seemed so much interested in the
good results which they hoped it
would accomplish.
There seems to be quite a general
conviction that the county should
have Chamber of Commerce or a
similar organization.
The following is the QUESTIONABLE.
The queries are numbered, which, in
Guiding remarks" make eight in all.
The answers will be printed by num-
bers but the questions will not be re-
peated with each answer:
1. What does Grenada need most
today and suggest how you think
what she needs can be best OBJ.
tanned?
2. What about business" as that |
word is generally used, the price |
of labor and what in your opinion |
is the biggest factor in preventing
return to approximate pre-war
prices?
8. How can greater spirit of CO.
operation be brought about |
among the citizenship of the en-
tire County?
d. Give the Board of Supervisors the
benefit of your opinion as to road
working and the expenditure of
the money to be derived from the
100000 bond sale
5. What about taxes and assess
- l
would seem that many public ex-
penditures will have to be great
ly curtailed.
5. Have you given any thought about
prices for cotton this fall and have
you any suggestions to make as
to marketing cotton? |,
7. Compare present business de- !
preston" with other similar per-
lods in your experience.
). Remarks:
Hon. w. A. Winter.
l. A Cooperative Marketing Bu- I
eau, and the Grenada County Cham-I {
'er of Commerce. These s<organiza-
ons can be established and main II
aimed by the active, concerted and II
determined effort of the .progressiveI {
armers and business men, of Grena-1
"a County. Ia
2. Business" and the price of
abor are largely dependent upon the r
Prosperity of agriculture, the basic r
Industry. Free trade, suppression of a
ambling in futures, restoration of
'orld peace, and revival of world U
ommerce are necessary to insure 2
eneral prosperity and stability of b
rices. '...'-' t
8. By forming and maintaining the T
rganizations mentioned in answer o
first question, and by mass-meet- t
1gs at the court house for public
lscussion OF important questions, af-
ecting the general welfare of the
ounty. -.
4. Jefferson Davis Highway in this is
ounty should be completed with Il
Of gravel Other mainI Il
ighways should have hard-surfacel il
f gravel as far as the money will
rovide. due regard being given toI
luitable distribution of bond money.
5. Assessments should be lowered r;
here values have greatly depreciat- a
!. There should. be strict econo- o!
y in all public expenditures, and
'duction of the heavy tax. burden. b
6. Price Of Gotten will remain far .ly
,low cost Of production, unless cot
n acreage is greatly reduced. The 81
ruth should reduce cotton acreage W
is year at least SO per cent. Should to
I've cooperative marketing. pt
T. The present situation is CON- :,
lrable with the general business de- us
ession following the "panic" of w
1913, except that taxes and cost of If
ing then were much lower than, al
w. But we have this advantage W,
w, that the Federal Reserve Bank pr
W saves the country from danger of
oney panic. .s
8. Hard work, economy, optimism m
d a hearty spirit of cooperation W,
II enable us to overcome the diff
tiles of the present hard situation.
1iy by cooperation, and by every pu
dy bearing his share of the burden, he
n commercial equilibrium : be re- be