The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-06-16
ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT.
Kind Words for the South.

full prosecution. Wltn everything the overfull north has, and the needs of a new world for enterprise and ex- pansicn, there is to be such develop ment to the south during the next twenty-five years as the world never before heard of.
 The rush and scramble and over whelming of industrial waters may not come this year, but what Califor- mia saw a little of in '49 is to be 8 mighty torrent all down amid the val leys and the plains of the states south of the Potomac and Ohio.
 It is nearer than the southwest, and New York and Boston and Philadel- phia now see how 1t has been neg lected, and they will not stand upon the order of going out, but proceed at once.
 The southern country will have multiplied thousand fold in wealth in twenty five years, and the grandest railway system, iron and steel plants, engineer feats and model mills and farms will be in these same states.
 All the south has to do is to insure the highest degree of safety and good order, the highest degree of security to capital and labor; seize upon every aid to a better, more skillful labor system, and more general intelli- gence; lead the negro in ways of in- dustry and thrift, take them as chil- dren and teach them the arts and industries, that they may be the ready labor foundation of the great work of building and operating the new indus- tries, and greater than New England or the north or than the world knows, will be theirs.- Chicago Journal.
 "The tide of travel has at last turned towards the Sunny South,' or where there is sunshine in winter'-towards Arkansas. Capitalists, tradesmen, me- chanics and others seeking new homes and locations are heading this way in large numbers, and the present prom ises to be great and prosperous year in the growth and development of that state. In Arkansas are almost untold millions of acres of uncultivated land, as fertile an any upon which the sun shines, and they are only awaiting the WOO0AAoA Q 0A SO 0l0 HI to the wealth of the state. The soil is naturally rich and strong and will grow almost any of the necessaries of life as well as the finest cotton. Why, it makes one dizzy to hear of the linn ited resources of Arkansas. It has coal and iron and timber and building stone, and in fact every necessary ad- junct to not only support, but to make rich 3,O00,OO0 people. And am happy to state that a formal invi- tation has been rendered to all the sturdy sons of toll everywhere, who are wondering where they can go to bet ter their condition, to come to Arkan- sas and they will be received with open arms. A million more farmers are wanted to clear these forests, to cultivate the waste places and to erect the family fireside, and they are wanted at once.
 "What pleasing spectacle it must have been to have looked upon the great immigration convention which convened in the city of Little Rock during the latter part of January, where 800 patriotic and public-spirited citizens of the state met in conference to devise ways and means to attract pub lie attention to the resources of Ar kansas and to indue those seeking new homes to come here and locate. What change from the custom of earlier years! That convention resulted in new spirit of enterprise all over the state. It was resolved to let the world know that this is land of plenty {; that the climate and soil combined to present advantages that should not be ignored or lost sight of by those who want sunny skies above them."- Fr0nk Leslse's Illustrated Weeklv. Adrch r, 1888.
 It has been generally thought even by the old settlers-that clover and the cultivated grasses would not grow or thrive in Arkansas, when the tact is that Arkansas Is the home ot more fine grasses than any state in the Union, as was proven st New Or leans. Lespedeza, or Japan clover, is growing wild all over the state and this is being followed in some places by wild growth of white clover, which is much larger than the Japan. Wherever an intelligent effort is made to grow almost any of the fine grasses for pasturage or hay crops, the result is most favorable. And again, 1t was thought we had no coal or mineral in Arkansas. Now 1t is known that our coal fields are in the aggregate several thousand square miles, and our iron, manganese, antimony, lead and silver, together with silica, sand, potter's clay, soapstone, Photographic stone, granite and marble are practically in- exhaustible. Our agricultural capa- bilities are perfectly wonderful, and horticulturally ArkAnsas stands with out . peer.-Fo~t &nsyh Elepator.