The Russellville Democrat., 1880-01-15
THE NORTHWESTERN TRADE.
The RussellvilIe and Harrison
 Road Already Bearing Fruit.
What Is Being Done.

for long time to get m interest awakened in the important matter of opening up trade with the rich northwest. At last we have the sat isfaction of seeing the matter we'll on foot and of producing some evidenc- es that our agitation of the matter has had the good effect of getting a thorough and lively interest aroused.
 The Harrison Times of the 10th has this to say editorially:
 l. is with more than ordinary pleasure, that we call the attention of the pubic to the proceedings of an enthusiastic meeting held at the court house on Thursday afternoon last which will be found in another column of today's paper, and ask a careful perusal of the same, and it is earnestly hoped that all will cooper ate in making the trip grand sue cess, and the largest exhibition ev- CT made Tn Arkansas for the purpose of opening up new avenue of trade and traffic for our people with those who are directly interested with us in the growth, prosperity and wealth Of our great State.
 For years that portion of the State known as northwest, has been pour ing her surplus in the lap of Spring field and other towns on the lne of the St. Louis and Sanfranclsco rail road, thus aiding in building up tho State of Missouri, and depriving our own merchants of Little Rock and Russellville of trade rightfully be- longing to them, and of assisting in making the railroad named one of the greatest monopolies in the coun- try, whose every effort has been us- ed to keep our people in an impover- ished condition by a systematic plan of extortlon.
 With a good road to Russellvllle, it being at least twenty miles nearer to us, we have our natural market thrown open, and the proposed train, by pouring into the lap Of our sister town Of Russellvill small portion of our abundance, accompanied by a sample of our people, will prove to the citizens of that place and the State at large, that Northwest Ark. is really the gardon spot of her do main, and its citizens .among her noblest sons.
 There has meyer existed anything but the Boston mountains between us and our capital city and the rich Arkansas valley to prevent our trade from going in that direction, and now that the noble citizens of Russellville have made road across that barrier, the present proposed trip will make our people acquainted and in the future Arkansas will be the solid State of the south in every particular, and Russellville will reap the profits of a trabe which has here tofore enriched Springfield and Mo.
 Feeling confident that our people are heart and soul in the movement, and that there will be an almost h. unanimous turnout, and we thus notify our sister city of Russellville, that Boone and the adjoining counties, with their sisters, their cousins, and their aunts will invade their town on or about the 10th inst, and that then we hope to grasp their hands and commence friendship real and lasting.
 And here are some local para graphs from the same paper:
 Several of our merchants have ordered their last bills of St. Louis goods to be shipped to Russellville. This is right, and if our trade is to be turned South, our merchants should all follow their example"
 "Our old friend H. F. Maggard gave us call yesterday, and assur- ed us that his neighborhood is all right on the Russellville question, and as he leaves today tor Searcy county he will be sure to shove the good work along"
 "We are informed that on account of the terrible bad roads between the Arkansas line and Springfield, that that road is lined with broken wagons and some teams that started north have returned home and in tend taking their loads to Russell vile with the traln." LITTLE ROCK AROUSED.
 Here is the report, as taken from the Gazette, of a meeting held in Little Rock last Friday:
 In pursuance to kind of spon- taneous call, meeting was held in the City hall yesterday afternoon to recognize the importance of the proposed road from Harrison to Russellville. The lack of such a road has ever worked detrimentally to the interest of this city. It has been estimated that at least 8 mil lion-a and half dollars worth of trade which should come to this cityr goss annually to Springfield Mo.
 The meeting was called to order by Gen. Pagan, who moved that Col. l. -1