Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1894-01-18
PROSPECTS FOR 1894.
What Pine Blum Business Men Think
Of the Condition aud outlook of
tie Country.


this morning among a number ofour
leading and representative business
men and here is what they sayin re-
gard to the outlook for 1891.
a. J. MITCHELL
= think "a is going TO be as tough
as was 1913. | don see any prospect
OF its growing any better Cotton is
about all marketed Our only sal
walton is railroad shops and fac
tories. =
WILEY JONES.
Il think the hard times are over.
We are bound to have a better year
than we did last year.
JACOB sARRAsoS.
Il think times will be better. 7
like the cash basis We will not be
oyerstocked and credit will be done
away with. Better times are lust
ahead :
EUGENE FEES.
i look for a fair Spring trade. /
don think, however, that the bust
ness that is anticipated will be done.
am making preparations for a big
business anyway. My goods are
now ON the road
j. II. MANN.
4 think we are going to have a
better year than we did in 81. I
have made great many inquiries
throughout the country and / find
the people generally are il better
condition than formerly. Business
is more satisfactory; people are pay
ing cash for what they get and the
credit system is decidedly waning.
L. D. HOUSTON
For the next six months times
viii be tough, after that everything
viii begin to improve and continue
50. II Grover Cleveland has his way
at the end of this year the country
will be in better fix than she has been
since the war. In other words, it
would be like the years 70 and 80, as
far as business is concerned
MAI. j. b. sPEERs
4 look at the question in this
way: We need more work and more
economy; we need more farmers and
fewer planters, farmers that will
raise their own home supplies and
have cotton as a surplus crop. This
will bring the country to a cash
basis, and prosperity will be the re-
suit. Manufacturing industries
should be encouraged bnt diversity
of crops is the salvation of it all. We
have plenty of money for all legiti-
mate purposes. Credit has been
abused both by the lender and the
borrower. We have reached thebot-
tom; it is easier to go down hin than
UP. We must now begin to climb.
| look for better times
A. b. THOMAS.
Our only hope for better times is
from money from abroad. We are
an agricultural people without the
agriculture Give us money and inn
migration The only way to induce
Immigration is to satisfy people that
their persons aad property will be
protected, which has not been the
ease heretofore
JAMES Gouln.
THE outlook for this immediate
part OF the country is much better
than it was this time last year,
especially SO with the hill farmers.
They have tlleirown meat anti bread
ana some money. The people in the
bottoms are not in as good shape.
There is less demand for credit
among the hill farmers than from
those in the bottoms Oui sales have
been better this month than in De-
cember last. | look forbetter times
". Il. STEWART.
"Oh Lord | think that just as soon
us Congress fiisposes OF the tariff
question business all over thu coun-
try viii revive The uncertainty of
the situation has caused the depres-
sion"
l.. Z. GOLDSMITH.
This worlds rs we make 1T.
think the outlook is q .iaedly better
than we have any idea Of. The peo-
pic are taking care Of what money
they have, thinking perhaps they
viii get III the same fix they Were ia
last summer We viii do better
cash trace this year than ever before.
This is our only salvation.
S. BLUTnENTHAL.
Il think on account Of the abund-
anee of meat and corn in the eoun-
try the outlook is bright. There is
loo per cent more meat and corn in
the country than there waslast year.
Then. too, the farmers have plenty
OF sorgum The upland country is