Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-10-19
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We hear much said about the future of Des Arc, Arkansas, and her pros. perity as 2 city, and the policy to be observed and pursued by her business men. Again, we have it rung in our ears every day that the people ought to build up manufacturing establishments of every kind; raise corn and make oun own meats, and become self-sustaining and independent and stranger would readily infer that we have got our heads level and are going on 10 the accom- plishmcnt of great things in this our day. But what do we find the facts to. be instead of planting and growing corn and grain, we find every body planting cotton, hiring hands at high prices to cultivate and grow the weed, paying vxtrrvagant prices for bacon, meel and other hecessaries't to feed and clothe these hands; and in order to ob. tain the necessary supplies, may make deeds in trust or mortgage their crops ere they are planted, even some are ex- pending ao.per cent per pound to raise 4cottba, which they haul into town anu sell at l25s and l3 certs@all say this is a foolish policy, but.many pnrsne 1t. Others ask why 1t is that Des Arc don't sustain or support shoemaker, . sad dlcr, timer, harness maker, &c. The answer is plain to any sane man. It is this: the merchants of Des Are move earth and heaven to get up money to tgo to Cincinnati, Now York and other Northern and Eastern citiestc lay out this money, wrung from the pockets of Southern laborers, amongt the detesta- ble and 'dcspnsca yankees that these same n1ef5hatits pretend to hate SO fer vently. These saine merchants buy all their shoes, boots. saddles, harness, tin ware, &c., from these people that they pretend to hate with the vim and fer vor of volcano and bring these things to Des Arc and under-sell the mechanic or artisan, who in vain attempts to compete with these yankees, whose ar ticles are made to sell and not for dura- bility or utility. Again aman opens business in Des Arc under the style of a produce and dry goods establishment and secures 8 privileged license em- bracing such business, but really on opening his stock he finds that his stock is general variety of dry goods, gro- ceries. liquors, drugs, medicines, chem icals, dye-sthffs, notions, &c., &c., and so on with other houses, from whole sale house down tothe least saloon in town. Every body, it would seem is a dry goods man, a commission merchant, a grocer, druggist, a prescriptionist or apothecary. Is there another such town as Des Arc in all the world, or so many men gifted with so many adap- tations to any and all kinds of business. To illustrate; suppose that every busi- ness man in Des Arc were To pursue and carry out the example set by some, and there would not be Q regular dry goods house or Produce house, or n regular drug establishment in our town. Hence we would find men going to a dry goods house for dose of msdi- cine and to a drug store to purchase a hat, or to a grocery to find a suit of ready-made clothing. According to our understanding of the Internal Rev. enue Laws some houses in our town ought to have several special licences under which to operate. Most of the houses are doing kind of variety bus mess, or mixed business, in Des Arc, as their stocks would seem to indicate. But is it characteristic of regular busi- ness towns and cities to find houses thus operating 2 Why not be PIG or PUP at once, and hang out your signs accordingly, and act up to it. Then let
 the longest pole take the persimmons. | LINUS.