The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1896-12-11
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more genial climate. or sunn vale
be found to bless contented nv "a
These words were spoken 90
by her enthusiastic governor
Johnston, in his recent inan. Phi
dress, and one not living there 49,. .
ed to believe it all when tina, saE
lowsGov. Johnstona as he enuma. %
resources and capabilities of No
With an area of but little NOR. !.
$4,000 square miles," SAYS NJ aS
ston, there is no territory Of IN h
IN the known world so proliso
variety of its resources: wara as
erected around our state eu..s W.
all access, we could produce v;,A.s %
borders everything necessary 81
comfort or convenience OF man
veins of iron ore and seams ~ ~
at our command almost bopr,,,e- pa
sources in fuel. iron and steel SsN
did forests of yellow pine here '&
ready to build homes for millions sAa
pie. Building stone and marh,a ~
clay. kaolin and lime exist IL w
abundance; walnut. maple, oak ga -.
~, ash and other hard woods aw.' s'
hand of man for manufacture =.
adornment of our homes.
In the production of mic iro.
sake rank as the fourth STATE !,
union; in iron ore. third; in 80,
stand fifth; in the production -
ton. fourth, and in its mapufs.,s.
fourth.
In lumber we are near the head oss.
list.
1T would be unjust should f.a,.
include in our minerals conner -
graphite. mari and gold: indeed i.
only mineral that we seem to he w.,
cut and TO want most is silver.
Leaving forest and mine and cor,,.
to our fields we find that they produe.
generously cotton, corn, wheat =.
oats, tobacco. rice and the grasses III
here is the home of the pear. the neach
the grape and all small fruits vss.,
tables are grown with great success
and this industry is steadily deyeIo,
ing Our splendid rivers. the Alabama
Cossa. Tallapoosa. Warrior. Cahab,
Bigbee and rhe Tennessee are the lloua
arteries of the commonwealth. fed h,
innumerable creeks. all fruitful In DOW.
er to convert our raw products mo
articles of merchandise.
Over 1000 miles OF railroads IN.
verse our state from north to south. and
east to west. furnishing quick transpo
tation TO market for our products.
when we come TO our climate We
find that the Giver of all good things
has not stayed His hand. and that n.
has blessed us with opportunity to b
! Dor 10 months in the year without det
riment TO health or comfort. Indeed
we can scarcely appreciate the has
ings we enjoy in this respect Wien
compared with less favored regions n
even now we are seemingly unconscioa
that roses are blooming in our gardens
and the fragrant air is sweet with Their
perfume.
THE Piedmont region of our STATE
shows that it's average Thermometer IA
summer and winter ponds almost
exactly with that OF Berlin and Hamburg
whilst Mobile and the lower part Of the
state correspond largely with the el-
mate of Frankfort-on-the-Main, and
Carlsruhe. The average Temperature
for the whole state shows about 70 de-
grces Fahrenheit for January. u for
July and 90 degrees for April and Dc
tober
"0urstreams abound in fish. our woods
are fragrant with flowers. and our
beautiful seaport supplies an abundance
of fish and oysters for all our people
Nowhere in all the republic can more
prolific response he had from the sou
TO the intelligent cultivation OF man.
Nowhere can purer water, more genia
climate OF SUMMER skies be found 70
bless contented homes.
These are our opportunities, thsse
the substantial groundwork upon whlea
great commonwealth can be erected
OF course all of this was not said wiln'
out a direct object. and continuing .,
pointed the way in which his dream "
a great commonwealth could DC "
allied. This for citizens OF the s'a''
both actual and prospective. We wonos'
If the same, or similar. wise tnihs'
might not be said of many ano'ns'
state, highly favored by natural y
sources and dormant wealth. OF ou
great union.
This is the age Of industrial DC
velopment. and to that task the leg's'a
tor and citizen should bend their enc
gies and weary not in we'll doing. "n''
we consider that we are now cultiyaun'
and utilizing less than one-thiro
these resources. and that the other 'NO
thirds produce taxes only, II hehoo'e
US to invite TO our borders and give e,
erous welcome TO men and money 'oa'
in awakening these dormant :
sources.
"Our pig iron should be melted az
our cotton spun and woven at non''
thus giving greater employment 70 :
Dor and establishing home markets u
our agricultural products.
THE smoke of our factories shoa'
be found rising in every county. ~
our furnaces. like pillars of fire. sh0''
light the night.
The production of grasses ana ~