Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-02-16
Great Opportunity For Farmers y
Grow Vegetables For Shipping
and Canning Purposes. Plant
May Be Organized.

lnefe seems 10 De III tihS couheAy
a very much discontented people. Our
entire population seems to be facing
a problem too hard for anyone to
solve.
The all cotton crop is now thing
of the past, and something else must
be grown, or else our people will suf-
fer. The one crop has brought US to
this point.
This section is specially adapted to
growing grapes, strawberries, all
kinds of vegetables. Sweet potatoes
can be grown at good profit, if cur
ing houses and canning factory were
provided for taking care of them after
they are grown.
With good size canning factory,
properly equipped for canning cab
bage, beans, peas, strawberries,
grapes, blackberries, plumbs, toma-
toes, soup-stock, corn, potatoes and
other vegetables, half million dollars
worth of such truck can be grown and
shipped from Oxford every year.
The opportunity for such an indus
try AS. mentioned above is simply
great. The only thing necessary is
CORPORATION between the town and
country people and the canning fac
tory proposition can be put over.
We will take the lead, if need be,
and assist in the organization of such
an industry. A plant sufficient to do
a paying business would work from
so to 100 persons. The weekly pay
roll to town the size of Oxford
would amount to considerable during
the. canning season, besides, it would
furnish something for our boys and
girls to work at.
The fact that there was once an eff
fort of this kind put forth in Oxford
some fifteen or twenty years ago and
failed, is no reason for standing back
on organizing another canning COM
pany for the same kind of business.
Many failures occur in all lines of in
dustry every year. Many times the
cause of failure is on account of not
having the proper cooperation, or
competent managers. A plant the
size that would be necessary for tax
ing care of all surplus truck which
could and would be grown here abouts,
would cost about $4,000, then it would
take fully $4,000 to put it in opera
tion. or finance it until returns Wouio
start coming in.
Our plan is to organize with a cap'-
tai stock of $4,000. Limit the safes
Of stock to 500 to any one person.
A1ow farmers to buy stock to tne
.mount of $50 and pay for same IN
sweet potatoes, cabbage, or o'ne.
4,,ol crown on his place. II hs
,n;sbes to buy more stock, wen an anu
GOOD sell him to the limit ol 9lou' !,
soo 49, e5a II cash and $50 IN truck
r. .ann;no All stockholders to snare
= t,,e dividends equally, as tnes =
declared. os;-
Tho comnanv shall have presl-
don't vice president, secretary ai''
tno.s,,rer board of directors con
e;st;no If FIVE competent men. =
s,,nerintendent, ~ who shall be an ex-
ner;enced canning factory man. Wno
laws the business thoroughly, shall
hove charge Of the plant, with fulli
authrity to manage it IN consis'e''.
and conservative way to make money
for tbe stockholders, and at the same
time advise with the truck growers
as to what to plant and when 70 plahe
and how to cultivate.
Contracts will be made in the early
sprnig with farmers for a certain tom
age Of potatoes, cabage, tomatoes, etc
the price fixed at the same time for the
truck. This will enable the farmer to
know just what he is going to receive
for his potatoes and his cabbage, TO-
matoes, etc.
IF the people Of Lafayette county
are interested in such proposition,
and are willing to throw off their coats
and 90 to work, we can have this
plant ready to take care Of 100 tons
Of ccabbage, 100 tons Of potatoes, 5O