The Van Buren press., 1895-08-24
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From the Little Rock Gazette.

From the Little Rock Gazette.
Upon the principle Of judging the tree
by Its fruit there Is no question of Craw.
ford County having turned the farm
industry OF the State to new sources Of
profit.
1t takes nothing from the influence It
has thrown over our farmers that it is
the most remarkable part of the State In
the matter of conditions favoring a
phenomenal fruit and truck develop
ment. The fact remains that IL not
suited to the whole series of products for
which 1t bears the palm over all other
parts Of the State, there are two or more
of the list to which, as leaders, other
counties are peculiarly adapted, and
which can be made successful IL the
undertaking is upon scale large enough
to arrest the notice Of buyers, or at least
large enough to supply the demand Of
certain markets.
Another feature about the object les.
son Crawford County supplies at this
time is the compact organization Of its
fruit and truck growers, the benefits of
which are too plain to need mention.
And taken together. favoring conditions
Of the country, and methods brought
over to the business side Of their new
industries, it can only be question of q
few years when Crawford County will
be the wealthiest and most famous of all
counties of our Southern and Western
States.
OF Van Buren as the center Of Craw
ford County and the pivot upOn which
the State turns much Of its farm indus
try to let in more profitable crops than
cotton, who is there that would stint
their applause of the place. now that its
enterprise and public spirit are seen to
have inspired change in the farm in
dustry Of the Statei
They may have builded wiser and bet
ter than they knew, but 1t removes
nothing from the patriotism and bust
ness sagacity Of its citizens that they had
taken no thought of q wide spreading
influence to grow out Of efforts on their
part to remedy misdirected farm indus
tries of their friends and kindred. But
that it has not been altogether a result
of accident is its own argument, II 1t Is
reflected that there must have been q
waiting period. when the success Of
their Inspiration hung in the balance,
and when for some time it was neces
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as community to stand unmoved in the
shadow of radical change Of industries
upon which their business depends.
1t is not the first time this paper has
given to Van Buren space equal to that
Of today. The place has twice before
dated its propensity from the Gazette g
efforts to win recognition for it from
those who seek homes, or who have
money to invest in our Southwestern
country. The Gazette has shared with
the town in the hope that time brings
all things to those who wait. There has
never been about the place a desire to
boom. The citizens are Of q more GER
tain and conservative stamp than that.
But now that the country has grown to
the height Of the town there is no doubt
of its day of prosperity having come,
and town and country blossom like q
flower in its season. Van Buren COM
prises brave and intelligent people who
merit the distinction Of the "wisest and
pluckiest in the State, - even as their
county merits the distinction Of the
'.most remarkable and attractive fruit
country found in the South and West. -