The Forrest City times., 1893-02-03
ARKANSAS LUMBER.

the state With the Indiana Lumber
mems ENTHUSIASTICALLY Pleased with
Arkansas Lumber. Forests and Mills
Exchanging Lumber for Dollars.
The Indiana lumbermen who visited
Arkansas recently, to inspect the mills
and forests of the state, travelled on
their way south over the Cotton Belt to
Texarkana. and on their return north
ward over the Iron Mountain. These
routes traverse some of the best lumber
regions of the state, and enabled the
visitors to form a good opinion
of Arkansas and its resources.
The party numbered about 225, and &C.
cupied five Pullman cars. They spent
week i'll the state. and on their way
home arrived at st. Lonis on Saturday,
January 2s. While there, one of the
members OF the delegation, Mr.. Robert
Snider, Of Terre Haute, Ind, was seen
by reporter, and talked interestingly
and instruetively about the trip.
The forests of Indiana, said Mr..
Snider, are almost gone. Good tim
Der is hard 20 find and commands good
prices and the result is that Indiana
lumbermen are looking around for a
locality where they can purchase plenty
OF good lumber and at reasonable rates.
We were greatly pleased with Arkansas
and its tim her resources. Our train was
Il special one. and we stopped at all
the towns on the roads, going south
and returning north, where there are
mills. We inspected the mills. learned
their capacity and ascertained the re-
sources of adjacent forests. The mill
men were all pleased at the visit,
showed us about their mills, gave ex-
hibition of the saving capacities of
their plants, and in every way endeav-
ored to show the strangers that their
visit was appreciated"
How do the Arkansas saw-mills com
pare with Indiana mills?''
They are far ahead Of anything we
have in Indiana. In fact there are mills
in Arkansas that equal the mills of
the northern pineries. We saw large
logs sawed into lumber in a minute
and half, and that, too, in instances
where II was necessary to square the
log. That is rapid work and no mis-
take. But what Arkansas wants is
mills they do not want to be backward
about telling the country about it, for
their products will be in great de-
mand. not only in Indiana but in other
northern states"
''Will the trip of'the Indiana lum ber-
men result in much benefit To Arkan-
sas?"
Yes, and in this way: While the
visitors are all jobbers-that is lum-
Der dealers-it will result in great
deal of money finding its way into the
state. They will not invest money in
lands and mills, but they want Arhan-
sas lumber We are convinced that we
can secure good lumber there, and at
reasonable prices, and that being the
case. we will buy there. We will Just
simply send good dollars down there in
exchange for good lumber. The money
will GO into the rockets OF Arkansas
people. They will be simply taking
the timber OFT their ground and putting
it into their pockets in the shape of
dollars"
Mr.. Snidcr further stated that If he
was out of business. and was looking
for an opening, he would 20 to Ar
kansas, and engage in the lum Der bust
ness, as there are many fine chances
for an opening. lie spoke wen of the
hospitality of Arkansas people. was
pleased at the indications of thrift dis
played in Pine Bluff, Cameron, Tex
arkana, Arlladelphia, Newport and
other towns and stated that he was as
tonished ut the growth Little Rock has
made in a few years.