The Forrest City times., 1898-03-11
FORREST CITY, ARK. AFTERNOON MARCH II, 1ses
ca,ioI are opened up, will prove very valuable. 'e'y

aa. .he once of secretary of state s@o charters for manufacturing. bank. ing' commercial, lumber. furniture s'ave mill, fruit canning, mining. rail. roao and steamboat companies. appre. gat'ng capital of s25, 145, ,OOo, of which aoout 65 per cent was paid up and repu- iariy represented in the varied business enterprises authorized by the charters
 NO other state offers such wealth oi raw material awaiting the magical touch of skilled industry to transform It into merchaptable form. Arkansas IS just at the dawn of her development as an industrial community. and the growth and triumph of the next few years will yet surpass anything known in our history.
 Arkansas has IS, COG, 900 acres of forest area containing more than 50 kinds of wood, largely used in building and do- nestle arts, the most noticeable of which are pine, oak, cypress, ash, hickory. wal. nut cherry, pecan, gum, cottonwood ana cedar. The future of the lumber business is assured not less by the mer- It's of 1t than by the decline in the east efn timber supply. The pine lands of the northern states are not vet ex- hausted, but point has been reached where the end is seen. This explains why so many Michigan lumber men are moving here. Out of the measura- Die short leaf yellow pine standing on the 2O5, 300, 900 acres in the entire south, amounting to 95, SOC, ,000, 900 feet, Arkan- sas has Al 1915, ,000, 900 feet. She heads the south; her saw mills have a daily capacity of 5,50o,o ,o0U feet. The value | of pine product for 1896 was at least $ls,000,0 900 and near five millions in ex- cess of any other southern state. These mills offer not only a field for those seeking employment, but also remun- erative home market for the gardner and farmer, as we'll as opening up source of income to the settler clearing, In affording market for timber on his homestead or exchange for building material
 The coal fields of Arkansas cover an area of 2,50O,01e acres, over half of which has been examined specially by the geological survey. This coal is con ceded to be the equal at least of any SOsAA AOuhu, ioi SiCd" anu HedtluR purposes. The percentage of water nowhere reaches per cent. Iowa coals reach s.57; Illinois as high as 12; Kansas, 4.79; Missouri, 3.4O. Percentage of ash loss. 6.76; Kansas, 1919; Illinois, 7.6. The fixed carbon of coal is it's princi- pal com bustible constituent, and in this, Arkansas is high, the average be- ing 76 per cent; Pennsylvania bitumin- ous coal only averages 6s; Kansas. 45.4; Illinois, 50. From IS pits it's coking qualities are assured. Let manufactu- CTS keep these facts in mind. The devel- opment of this interest has been great, beginning about 1883, and in 1889 had an estimated output of 350, ,000 tons, and employing 1900 persons. It is shipped to Texas, Kansas and other points, and will, with the growth of our industrial enterprises, assume huge proportions as factor in the development of our state. A continued supply of cheap fuel Of a superior quality is thus found surrounded by raw material, and large home market. It is used on all our railroads, as we'll as for domestic purposes.
 Northern Arkansas is acknowledged to be pre-eminent in the production of fruit. Apples, peaches, pears, grapes and all the small fruits grow as prolific here as anywhere. The following facts are sufficient evidence of the quality of our fruits:
 At the Worlds exposition held at New Orleans in 1885, Boone county was awarded first premium for the best display of apples, peaches and pears, and carried off 1S first premiums on individual specimens.
 At Boston during the Pomological exhibition, in 1ss7 the first premium for excellence was again given to Ar kansas. and the award was made on the display sent from Northwest Ar kansas.
 Again, at San Francisco, in 1888, r. kansas carried off the first honors, and this, too, over California, the aclSnowl- edged fruit country of the world.
 And at the Worlds Columbian expo sition at Chicago, in 1893, Arkansas carried off the sweepstakes and seven other premiums for fruits, leaving nothing for the balance of the world.
 
 In addition to this wild fruits grow in abundance, and no one need be with out fruit every day in the year. But little attention has been given to fruit culture on account of lack of trans portation, but now thriving young orchards may be seen on every farm. few years ago the United States surveyors at work in Marion county found such unmistakable indications of mineral deposits in the out-croppings of zinc, lead and copper, that by their advice a considerable body of land was taken of the agricultural list and placed in the mineral belt, to be gov erued by the mineral land laws. In his report to the United States mineral opical bureau Prof. Gardner, state peologist, pointed out particularly the richness of our zine, comparing the same | in quality with the Silician ore, the finest | in the world. Until the last four or five wears. little was done to develop what will undoubtedly prove in very few years to be one of the richest and great