The Van Buren press., 1879-10-25
ARKANSAS,
The Review of the ST. Louis Times
Journal ON Our Prosperous
State.
Best Cotton Lands In the WOrld-Best
Timber In the Union.
A Perfect Climate, and Eqaalling, az q
Grape Country, France.

We set forth, in the Times Journal,
yesterday, some Of the reasons that
should prompt the merchants, manufac-
turers and business men Of St. Louis to
take not only friendly, but . deep, in
terest 10 the development Of the State Of
Texas. What we wroN IN regard to
Texas, will apply with even stronger
force 10 the state Of ArkansAs. The
same great artery Of trsde-the Iron
Mountain railroad-thAt gives our city
access to the heart OF Texas, aud opens
q northern outlet available to Texas at
oil seasons OF the year, brings, also. the
political and commercial capital OF Ar.
kansas to our doors, and whatever of
outside trade that great state shall have
to offer, st. Louis ought to obtsin.
That the trade OF the State Of Arkan.
sas will, in. the near future, be immense,
cannot be questioned. II il, to-day. the
wost inviting field for immigrants who
desire really cheap, - we'll - good lands
to be had between the Mississippi river
aud the Rocky Mountains. Arkansas
has been greatly overlooked and neglect
ed-not strangely, perhaps, when We
consider the reason. The walling in the
west side of the state by planting thsre
the Indian tribes was the death blow to
the advancement Of the state. II Vas
the most grievous wrong ever inflicted
on state by the federal government !;
and el0O, 600, 900 of gold would hardly
pay the State Of Arkansas for the LOSE 10
population and wealth that act hss occa.
stoned. Emigration, moving westward,
would not march toward that wall Of
semi -sayages. 1t moved north Of it
through Missouri into Kansas sad Colo
RADIO, and south Of it into Texas, avoid
ing Arkansas, ss not in the line Of march.
1t was not until the Iron Mountain raid.
road plunged southwark through Arkan.
sas and struck the railroad System Of
Texas, that great stream OF travel frst
and emigration aftcrwards. began TO see
what q state. Arkansas is. and began TO
90 10 aud possess 1t.
The state has Indeed some wonderful
properties which we will enumerate here |:
l. The bottom lands Of the W White, st.
Francis and Arkansas rivers arc the best
1--WE mean what ws ssy~-ths best cotton
lands in the world.
2. The State Of Arkansas hrs the larg.
est quantity, and the best quality OF good
timber Of any state 10 the American Tn
ion.
3. The state Of Arkansas has the mild
est. brightest and most perfecs climate
the most free from the hurtful effects OF
extreme heat and extreme celd--of ex.
tremc dryness and extreme humidity--of
any equal area Of territory in America.
The meteorological data will prove this
declaration.
4. There is no state In the union that
is more abundan.ly supplied ~lth water,
in every part Of II, goSi for domestic
purposes. er for TIE nse OF stock. for the
rearing OF which the state is admirably
adapted than 10 the state of Arkansas.
5. Three fourths Of the area of the
state is admirably adapted for the growth
Of fruits Of all kinds, and especially for
grape culture. The state has the natu-
raj capacity to equal France in the pro.
duction of wine.
6. Northwestern aud Northern Ark.
ansas is peculiarly the home Of the ap-
pie, and will not be excelled in any part
of the United States in this fruit in the
future,
7. The state OF Arkansas Ia one OF
the healthiest Of states in its hygenic
conditions, as one might suppose from
its pure and perfect climate, it's good wa
ter, and its generally rolling and semi, /!
surface. 1t was never Wei. |
ted by an epidemic-its chief diseases
are the malarial fevers OF the bottom
lands, which can be warded of by care.
full living, and which gradually disap-
pear before clearing, cultivation and dry. !
ing of the soil.
We could snImerate many other ex-
tremely important attractions that the
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