The Van Buren press., 1875-12-07
Total valuation,

Hay 1850 lis @s.So
Total valuation. 1850. 90
The total average in cultivation in 1873
was 822. 293
The average production of corn per
acre in Arkansas is shown to be the
same as in Missouri, and Is larger than
in any ether southern Stakeholder, also,
than in Illinois.
The average production OF wheat is
better than in any southern State, Mis-.
souri, and Texas excepted. The average
of rye and oats is better than in any 9th
cr southern State. excepting Missouri
and Western Virginia.
Only in the articles Of tobacco and hay
which in this State are raised mostly for
home consumption, is the average pro.
duction of Arkansas behind the majori
ty OF the southern States.
The average cash value Of all agricul
tural products, per acre, for Arkansas, IL
slS,s9-or higher than any other south.
ern State, and exceeded only by Massa
chusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut,
New York, Pennsylvania, California and
observation-disclosures standing ninth on tho
official list
In the value of mules, Arkansas is sixth
in the list of States; of oxen and other
cattle, eighteenth; of hogs, thirteenth.
According to the census OF 1870, the av.
crage value Of farm productions, was
82l So per acre. or s372 per capita OF
our farming population; which averages
are exceeded, in the south, only in the
first by Louisiana, where it is S25. AZ, aud
in the second only by Delaware, Mary
and and Missouri.
All this we, here at home, know, aud
have known for years; but now. at last,
it is finding it's way abroad, and those OF
us are furnishing tho testimonials in our
favor to the outer world.
We can even take portion of the re-
port Of Daniel Morrison as to his crop
OF corn on Watermelon Island in the
Onnchita. and challapoA thu world for .
contest. His corn. ns the report was,
grew 50 high. and the ears we're 80 large.
he had to make ladders, and by their aid
gather it; and so dense did it grow that
he got lost, and laid ont in it three days
and nights, unable to find his way out OF
the field to his house.
| Here we are. then, with u kind and
generous soil and climate; a people late
ly depressed and impoverished; apeoplc
though rallying in q most marve.ous
manner to restore their fortunes, and
giving another instance in history, of
how fast country can recuperate from
great waste and desoation. What. thea.
do We need Immediately, in order to be.
gin an accumulation OF great wealth, as
well as to enter upon race OF the high
est advancement We want our wild and
uncultivated lands settled and opened
up By industrious and live people; we
want and must have people to come
among us with labor, capitol and enter
prise. This Is one Of the features Of the
message to the astlegislature already re
fcrred to. And one of the most encour-
aging presentation We now have in our
State is the effort being made all around
and about US by corporations, individu
ais, newspapers, and officers, to invite
persons of this class to and among US.
The press with wonderful activity and
unanimity, all over the State, is putting
forth its best cxertions in this behalf.
New papers arc being started almost en-.
tircly in this cause. The large and su.
pcrabundant crop we have made, pub
lished to the world, is one of our best
advertising agents. With the publishing
Of this vast produce, let it be told in ev-
cry shape, what our advantages are how
the laborer is rewarded for his toll that
out of the results Of his work no large
or cxorbitant sum is required by the gov
ernment for its support. Show that
government here is what II should be-
common force organised, not to be an in.
strument of oppression and mutual plum.
der among citizens. but to secure to eve
ry one his own, and to cause justice and
security to reign, that il leaves the ut
most latitude for individual enjoyment
and excrtion, but requires obedience from
all alike; that there is peace and good
will.all over our State. Let it be under
stood that here we recognize. in theory
and practice, the condition Of well being
! peace; that we are tired Of strife and
contention, and will have no more of il
let it be blazonsd forth in colors Of liv-
ing light that we want no more war in
| our State. We want no wealth in camps
and courts, and there is no longer need
for forts and arsenals, but we want and
intend to have all that outlay to cultivate
and cnlighten our people, to improve
them in arts, science, and laws, and to
make them prosperous and contented.
And let those we invite to come, know
that while they are all alike aud equal be-
fore the law, they are welcome thrice over
in our midst. These are the lessons we
must inculcate, and already are they be-
ing taught with good effect.
Every day are inquiries being made for
our lands--places to settle colonies--pla.
ccs to erect mills and workshops--place
to raise grain and stock, and places to
grow cotton, fruit and vegetables With
onya few years of the partial success of
the last several months, and we will see
large addition to our population OF
thrifty, intelligent, and useful citizens.
How fortunate have we been in this, one
trial year. With what remarkable zeal
have our people sprung TO labor Every
body seems to have cancht the inspira+