The Harrison times., 1900-07-07
ARKANSAS.
The Commercial Appeal on Her Re-
sources.

In its special, Arkansas edition the
Memphis Commercial Appeal speaks as
follows editOrialiy of Arkansas:
If the state of Arkansas were walled
III, OF IL some CONFUSION OF nature should
suddenly separate her from the rest OF the
world and prevent for ali time 10 come
communication with other parts OF the
earlhS surface, her people would be dis
commOded temporarily, but they could
live and thrive, be happy and prosperous.
While possessing less Of the ilhmitaUie
sweeps of territory and bOundless area of
Texas. California and some other Of the
sister cominonweatns, she has more OF
the elements OF empire, more VarIegated
resources than perhaps any other state In
the Union. There Is no blessing youch-
safed any other state that she does not
possess. Her mountains are rugged.
frOwnlng, craggy, but they contain Inc
coal OF Alabama. the onyx of Mexico. the
iron OF Pennsylvania, the marble IL
Maine. the valuable ciayS and minerals OF
the world. Her cotton lands equal the
Mississippi delta. her wheat lands vie with
the Dakota praIrle>, her fruit lands excel
New Jersey, her tim Der lands are greater
than those of Michigan. She competes
with Texas in cattle, with Illinois in corn
and hogs. with any and all the states i'll
the elements OF greatness. Arkansas is in
her infancy. With AN area of So 5lS $50
acres and with %. .49O. $50 acres of arabic
land, only lO.2400 0U0 acres, or less than
one-thlrd. are in cultivation. leaving
Is. $50 $50 acres awaiting the husbandman.
More than 5000 miles of Eavigable rivers
pierce her in various directions, natures
own highways of commerce.. OF railroads
she mas 2,641 miles in operation. In this
respect she is behind, "a will be seen by
reference to the excellent map which ac-
Coin panieS this number OF The CONNER
'o.al Appeal. On the south and east rail-
roads have entered, but in the vast domain
throughout the central north from Little
Rock tier alter tier of counties are await
ing the advent OF the iron horse. and prac-
tically the same condition exists in the
middle est from Little Rock. This con-
ditIon of affairs will not long continue. A
number OF railroads are projected and will
be bull; without state aid or with it. with
private capital or with state capital. The
deVelOpmental processes that are at work,
the ambitious energy of her people and
the atten tlOn which The state is attracting
must sooner or later bring every portion
of 1t In touch with every otncr part ard
with the outside world. There Is no state
in the Union that can boast greater va
riety OF natural resources. Her rivers are
teeming with fish. her valleys fertile as
the valley of the Nile, her prairies are car
peted with rich grasses and her timber re-
sources are practically ineXhaustible. On
every hand is found the raw material, and
Il few years Will see it utilized by manu-
featuring enterprises. Every city, town
and community has its ~chools and church
es, ITS courts and civic bodies. high
state OF civilization eXiStS-a higher state
of civilization Is inevitable, to the poet
and artist the wild grandeur and magnifi-
cent SpiendOrs of the OZarkS will always
furnish themes and inspirations. the won
derS of ner Sprid9S and health resorts,
modern Spas and Badens. will ever be re-
garded as Chief amo Z the blessings giver
by providence to mankind"