Arkansas intelligencer., 1845-08-30
doob; z "a: IL I3zas) hss bleu The lsres 'uss.e
,sn,s N tho choice !s::as for purposes o. spscu'

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% s'So demand for Ipuds, well adapted for sock
,r,u ing. We think will very soon increase nn.
Il our farmers will take advanngc Of theif neaFet
10 oxas. and the better adaptation OF
r',r ai.'. climate 10 lhe growing OF domestic am
mails. returns from Texas 10 .ie north ana wes'
,r Arkansas may soon be made, which VIII oc
zen in cverv bronch Of business A permanent.
mako, win thus beI developed and understood
4 M men will s~tle down in our better ne'gnoo'-
hoo,Is who will maize their calculations and COM
mencc their industrious operations ior ives
And here a litie out OF place, we may re'nu'
that Arkansas and the Contiguous states w,'' reap
another advantage from annexation, nor le,e'o
fore mentioned. Before aunexauon' hunoteus /
and thousands looked forward to the cousunn'a'
ZION whilh certainty; and hundreds OF visionary
calculations where inade as TO this or maj auvan'
tago 10 result from the measure. Many II "e
whole contiguous country were mus hep' ~
restless s,ate--a kind Of passage to the "prohisfu
Iand.'' They will>pow very soon come ,,' 10 'ns
discovery. that a Staie is nothing buta STATE and
,ha, lobor i, as REQUISITE 10 Texas elsewhre.
Texns will not open advantages to the stock
yrowers of Arkansas alone. Tho north and west
of Arkansas contain many extensive tracts oil
LAND as well adapted to The cultivation OF wliea'
! as amy. uart of The United States Lac sane
causes mentioned in pfevious numbers have great
lv retarded tie progress OF this branch OF mus
ltry. And when, three years ago, the "hrkah.
sas Intellirencer" was established, the poeoPle OF
tho whole valley of tho Arkansas river had sci,
dom eaten a biscuit. except from flour impofseu
! from Ohio and other states. Within those three
wears great chungo has been felt and now lh9
river counties arc generally pretty wei snppHeu
from lhe northern Counties the STATE, ana nun
dreds Of wagon loads of flour have been prohIa-
! by sent 10 Red river. We every week sec wns-l
on loads purchased in Van Blren and sent oil IA
this direction. And Notwithstanding tins cerIain-
| " of market, very little has yet been done.-l
| Last svrinr the citizens Van Buren and Fort
SmitI, were purchasing The Ohio flour a, iighpri-
ces, BECAUSE of tile future Of tic market 10 iho
Inorthern COUNTIES. The writer during tao same
months, travelled through the northwestern Gown
ties; and without inten ipg 10 be person,' lowafas
| the farmers. who has his every sympalhy, tpe-
cause ho was brought up to the bvsiness') nc "'s
surprised 10 see the small exerions 10 take adtin
llnge of the times. Many ielcitnied themselves
on their line wheat crops, OF firc or zen defrS!- 81
Almost all OF iHose were without barnes 10 WHICH
to preserve their harvest. And as 70 tho clieup
contriyance of "tIresaing tnaehine propelled
by horse power, in many nolshtorhoojs thcy were
I. not thought OF. ~
(. The sudden rains. WHICH converted The raviDes
into rivers. swop, off the shocks OF whea' OF na'
Inv. while the .lonC wet SPELLS caused tho same
/ kinds of shocks Of others to sprodt Many
seemed 10 regard this as 10 great misfortune,
since mills were not very convenient AMI lhey
| knew Of no certain market. OILERS. in no small
numbers. were going TO Texas anyhow. where i
they made any lting they woaid be ecer,ain TO
4 hs.e4a market at homo. And even now 've
hear continual cry, that some one opgh,t 10 es.
tabiish pork house, al Van Puren. in order 10
consume, we suppose, oil the pork Of The back
lcoun!ry-iI certain home market. W hle we are
in favor Of tbs and all other senierprlzes, even
to the finishing of thu Steam Mil. in Van Buron.
which as ano,her commentary orour want OF en-.
.erprisc stands ia n ciopidacd s!nie, we must yet
say thai this con,inunl cry for a homo market. is
one of the greatest absurdes, which ever chain
ed down ignorant and selfish minds. We want
4 something to scud abroad, which will bring back
profitable returns. And wiat home market will
Texas have for her great staple. She must, like
ether southern States, depend upon The European
marke. for the CONSUMPTION OF her immense sur
plus of cotton. And while this is her destiny,
the northern part Of Arkansas, and southern
par! of Missouri, should not only supply the 'hone
market Of Arkafsas with -four. but shodId send
tlCiT wagons lOauCu WIN tue silHt " lHe
rich neighborhocls Of Texas. Tho inconvenience
of carriage niay present an insurmountab'e OBJ
slaco TO some. To this We reply thai within our
short rocoiGctlon. great portion OF tennessee
and Kentucky sent their wagons, with SIX horse
teams laden With bacon. flour, fruits and whis.
key. (oud we regret to say This last named nrt
Gle was very saeablelio Ansas.e tss.:;S ST.,
Georga, and to Charleston in South Carolina,
and to all Intermediate points in those Sates.-l
They had 10 pay a doilarpor bushe for coru,nnd
fifty cents a dozen for fodder. and two dollars
ahead for sloeing horses on the road. The edlscov-
cry had not then been made that oxen could trav
el several hundred miles without The expense Of
corn, fodder, shoes or breaking gears. The man
Y N, Arkansas, oads his wagon with flour orr
bQc86 fur Texas cares very Little whether there
be corn, foddefnr blacksmith shop on the road:
He goes.and rcturns.wilh very little cost, or tho
loss OF any other timefkan tina, of the ,eainser.
The saving of ihese snses would hayo made
tho ken'ueki'ns ID lnnssscnns' twenty years
ago rich. ;sszzfAaa--s5ia7
Our argument is intdII ow, tiat no coun.
try ever yet had so great "a 1ugement 10 grow
wheat and Manufacture 1ou1 ansas; and
this is one Of the consequences nne xaieg I
of Texas