The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1899-04-22

ried to $50 tons per day. Water
creek and Tomahawk mines 100 tons
per day. Boat creek and Cedar
creek mines so tons per day, Bax'
ter county territory of Buffalo river
so tons. Cow creek mines $50 tons
per day. Buffalo City, including
Warner creek, mines, $50 tons per
day, Jenkins Hollow, Jimmy's creek
and Lead Hill mines 400 tons.
The total average, According to
the figures given, is 1850 tons per
day, $500 tons per week, and $685.
800 per year, This is certainly ire
mendous amount, but even though
I.tlfirty-three per cent is deducted,
which would more than cover posi-
BILE exaggerations round numbers
usually imply, it will be found, that
232 ,533 tons is the remainder.
The final sum means, that, compu-
ted as so much traffic, it is the equiv
alent of II ,626 car loads, of 10000
pounds each. And therefore, when
there is added the fact, that it in
cludes nothing of merchantable mar
BILE, timber products, fruit, grain,
phosphate rock, textile material, live
stock, grain products, incoming traf-
fic, etc, etc, the marvel is. in this
age of railroads, that so remarkable
country should have been compelled
to depend its fortunes upon the bust
ness sagacity and liberality of Con-
gress, when dealing with the ques-
tion of upper White river navigation
The final consideration is the
"open door" improved navigation
of upper White river is to offer COM
merce, manufacture and immigra-
ton.
For even though the total of 232,-
$50 tons of ore, before predicated for
the upper White river country, be
multiplied by an average of $40 per
ton, which is probably something
like the fixed price it will sell for here
after, the money value Of such an
output would be 1915, 800, exclu-
sive of other industries than mining
to which the country is conditioned,
as well as exclusive of the value of
other marketable products and ma
terial before mentioned. And as
stands to reason, in face of such
prospects, there is no man who
could, in moderation, forecast the ef-
feet which is to follow for New Or
leans, Memphis, St. Louis, Louis
vile, Cincinnati and Pittsburg, as
well as for the upper White river ba-
sin of Arkansas.
But this much is sure. The wis.
dom of Congress in voting the large
appropriation for upper White river
will vindicate itself to an extent new.
er before exempliied in the hist DRY
of national legislation, having for its
aim the benefit of any part of any
one of the southern or western
states, And, in this light alone, it
is sufficient to the occasion when it
is stated for the people of upper
White river, that their gratitude is
all the deeper for the fact, that the
liberal action of the 55th Congress
had been dictated by the business
sense of that body, and no play Of
sentiment allowed to have part in it
1t was a business vindication oil
claims set up for this country, which
comes home to them with more force
than any former event in the history
of the state. And in consequence
though without precedent, it was
no buncombe on their part, when ii
was decided by the upper White riv'
er to take public action that would
show their appreciation Of the event
Nor indeed, could there be profound
err gratitude than is now felt by the
upper White river people. 1t CORE
spends in all senses to the liberal ac
ton taken toward n rich but neglect
ed part of our common country, and
is such a feeling as will always dc
honor to the history of the 55tt
Congress.
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