The Green Forest tribune., 1893-01-26

sources. Nor, unless / much mistake the TEL
ligence of our taxpayers, will your publlc-
spirited constituents regard rs eytravagdnt a'y
reasonable appropriations tethese ends They
know, none better, that true economy in govern
ment consists in using ample means for the ends
of government. Ia this regard, paraimony Is
the worst species of extrav agence, for it YIELDS
| no other result than waste.
Our public schools should be fostcred as We
would cherish the very foundation Of national
life
+ Our State institutions Of learning shoEld be
more literally endowed, that their excellent
work may be more efficient
SOME OF ARKANSAS RESOURCES
Arkansas has inexhaustible, and in some re-
spects, the most valuable deposits of coal, zinc,
lead copper manganese, chalk, antimony, mar
BILE, marl and beauxite, to be fould in the u Il
ted States. Our iron ores, though less III extent,
not inferior ia quality to that ofother States
I he timber resources of the State are uasur-
passed, and when the forests are cleared away,
they leave soil and climate so admirably
adapted to grain and grass and corn, that, ac-
cordng to the report Of our agricultural bureau,
the money value per acre of her farm products
exceeds that OF any other State except one, while
some sections of Arkansas have proven better
adapted to fruits, especially to the apple, any
known region of the world. Our apples have
taken the premiums wherever in the " orld they
have been exhibited for competition for excel
lence.
Yet large areas of our best cotton lands are
subjected to overflow, and since our national gov
ernment controlled for the past thirty year,,
has directed its efforts besto ed its bountes
giving some two hundred million acres of pub
lie domain and some hundred dollars OF the puJ,-
lie money toward building up private HIGHWAYS
belonging to private corporations, to the mex
cusable neglect Of these water highways, which
belong to all the people, AID which by our coz
stitutiou uGder the exclusive control OF the
national congress, it seems that the State, Dell.
left by this neg iect to her own resources, ohol
take some steps toward protecting the hon7e
and farms OF her overflow ed districts from thesr
frequent nundations
SO inexhaustible and valuable are the zinc ores
of our State, aad SO cheaply can tney inined,
| it is believed by those best Informed, that when
our zinc fields snail have been fully developed
and placed within easy access OF our coal fields
this much more valuable metal viii De sold as
cheaply as tin, and will supplanJ the latter IN
many of the useful arts.
! The late Jay Gould approved his character istic
shrewedncse III nothing more signally than in his
personal lHN NeSblSdliOH Cl VI <iAhdh-
sas and in his frequent purchases OF many OF her
valuable though uIdeyeloped properties and IA
the extention, actual or projected, Of his lises
OF railroad through regions OF the State Whieaa
though now not available, promise enormous
future possibilities. There will be very y
men OF means and home-seekers wno VIII vi i t
the coming Columbian Exposition il search OF
| Just such inducements as Arkansas has to oie2
:, fail to bring our wonderful resources to their
attention for fear OF the unnecessary eNpenee
would be disgrace, ifnot indeed crlIlie, which
will merit tine just condemnation Oh the present
| as of future generations.
| GOOD ROADS.
But cannot refr ain nom adding Il conclusion
that the highest deveiv lin..t caa lever be
reached in any community without great taci
ties ofintercourse, social ana commercial ltose
can be attached only through sood sy stem OF
public highways
Iue pub ic road is to the farm ard the rural
village what the railroad is to the city ltcheaf'
ems and facilitates intercourse.
Apart from their lancial advantages, incal-
culable as they are, it is dilncult to oseresthae
the Importance Of good roads to those pleasures
ard amenities of lite which constitute the very
essence Of civilization.
The Republic of France eXpends every yc;r
twenty times as much upon her public hghw ays
alone as Arkansas eNpeAds fur al! pirpos,s, aaa
yet she lnds it, in ali respects, a profitable =
vestment When, in obedience to the demand cf
the people, we shall have abolished The convict
lease system, SO out ofplace in Christ.ass con
try and in civilized community, i some tlan
can be devised to work The coavcts or ma1 sif
them upon the public roads, Under All orgahiss9
system looking to the connecting Of all t.,e con
ty seats Of the State with good hishWa.s sfa@s |
have at once rid our State of foul blot upon f.tr
character and rennere. Il incalcula5l, ses' CO
to her material advancement