The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-06-30
ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT.

tants and not soap factory. What splendid openingl
 We have iron ores in quantity and of good quality with limestone and fuel near by for smelting, all at the present having little or no value.
 Arkansas proposes. making an exhi- bition of her minerals, timber, fruits, textile flores including nearly every kind used in the arts, in connection with her wonderful agricultural re- sources, at the St. Louis exposition this fall.
 Having taken the first premiums for the best fruit at every exposition and Worlds Fair held in the United States during the past ten years or more, Arkansas now invites the fruit men of the world to visit the state this season and see how easily we can pro- duce them.
 Eastern and northern people are just beginning to learn something about the wonderful productiveness and cli- mate of Arkansas and it is like the discovery of new country to them they are coming, making homes, build ing manufactories and investing their money in various ways which we are glad to see.
 No doubt it seems strange to resi- dents of less favored states, that Ar kansas is so free to share her wonder ( ful gifts with those who will come and make their homes with us. The facts are we have more than we can use and are anxious to see the state developed it is true, come and see.
 Arkansas has 52,198 square miles, and on every square mile grows white oak and other members of that family, furnishing the best of bark for tan- ming, but not tannery in the state. Carloads of hides are daily shipped north. Here is an industry offering such inducements as can be found mo- where else.
 Thousands of bushels of peaches and large amounts of other fruits will be wasted in Arkansas this season for the want of care. The American Manu- featuring Company, ot Waynesboro, Franklin county, Pennsylvnia, offer the public evaporators of most any ca- pacity wanted, and at reasonable prices. Write them-get one, and save your fruit; there is money in it.
 Did it ever occur to the home seek CT when looking for location how many advantages were offered by a country that had plenty of good tim Der in variety, good water, and.a eli mate whose fruits and other agricul- tural products grow to perfection? Arkansas has all these and land al- most without price. For further in- formation write Hon. Thomas Essex, land commissioner, and he will send it free of charge.
 A wood pulp mill using our sweet gum, and a merchant rolling mill using scrap iron, would be two of the best paying enterprises that could be started in Arkansas. There is noth- ing of the kind in the state. Thou sands of tons of scrap iron could be had at rominal price, and the sweet gum for pulp, for the chopping. The gum wood has been tested for paper and proved equal to aspen, which is said to be the best for that purpose found in the north.
 We have heard it stated and by good authority, that Little Rock is soon to have first-class pottery tor the manufacture of various kinds of ware. This is what we have long de- sired to see, believing that there is not another place in the United States where there is such diversity of clays and of quality SO we'll adapted for the manufacture of all wares known to the ceramic art as are found near this city. The writer has had years of practical experience in his business, has tested the clays spoken of for many kinds of ware, and knows whereof he writes. Of all the vari- ous manufactures that Little Rock needs and could supply the raw ma- terial for, there is not one giving greater promise of being a profitable investment than this. With cheap fuel, variety and abundance of clays, an extended and unsupplied market, what more could manufacturer ask forp
 We must have manufactories if we desire to increase in wealth and popu- lation. What has made the New England states what they are-owners of one-half the wealth of the United States but manufacturing, and they will continue to grow richer and richer as long as the south furnishes them with raw material and are pur- chasers of their products. They now supply two-thirds of the manufac- tured wares made in this country, and we of the south are dependent on them, compelled to pay freight to and from their factories beside the profit that has so enriched their owners. There is no economy or reason in this,