The Van Buren press., 1902-08-23

The Manufacturer Record finds
reason for congratulation in that the
south is taking part in the forward
movement of the national prosperity
and will share in the benefits prom
Used in the profits of farmers and
cattle raisers.
The drawbacks to which the south
has been subjected seem destined to
become of added advantage to it. The
years in which 1t lay fallow from the
industrial standpoint did not destroy
any of its immense natural resources
for manufacturing, nor did they In
jure materially its natural capabili-
ties. On the other hand. it gave 1t
the benefit of experience of other
parts of the country in many lines,
and the opportunity. when energies
we're renewed, to start fresh with the
modern and best machinery.
Some of the results appear in the
textile industry. some in the econom-
ical handling OF mineral deposits and
some in the widespread interest in
scientific numbering from Tennessee
to Texas.
Typical of some other portions of
the south is Arkansas. The state has
already shown what it can do in agri-
culture and horticulture. and its min
eral properties, especially lead and
zinc, have attracted practical atten-
ton during the past year. Special
correspondence Of the Manufacturers
Record, dealing with the development
which is general throughout the state,
says
1T is exceedingly well for the coun-
try at large that Arkansas has been
a trife backward. for now her mag
nificent forests of hardwood and
pine will not lie ruthlessly wasted, as
were those of Indiana and Ohio, to
make a clearing for patch Of corn.
Giant oaks will not be felled, rolled
into vast heaps and burned to get
them out of the way and oak and
hickory and walnut trees will not be
split up into rails for fences.
"The hardwoods Of Arkansas form
one Of the largest bodies Of such
timber left standing in the United
States, because the settler has largely
gone by on the other side and now,
when the people have learned to I'M
derstand that one big tree may be
worth more than the price Of small
farm, the wooded wealth Of Arkansas
will be used in way to benefit the
whole people as well as the owner.
while a large portion of the tim.
Der being cut goes out Of the state to
be worked up, yet industries are In.
creasing which turn out the finished
product. For instance, there are sew.
eral factories in Little Rock as well
as in other cities out of the state,
which sell their entire output In one
city Of the north-St. Louis taking all
the doors, sash and blinds. yellow
pine and cypress, made by one Little
Rock factory and a handle factory
also marketing its entire output in
st. Louis as well.
THE furniture industry ls grow.
ing, and it is regarded as inevitable
that some day there will be one or
more southern centers Of furniture
and that wagons and car.
riages will be made in the state in.
stead Of In places where there is no
raw material"
Slate quarrying, brickmaking and
development Of deposits Of phosphates,
asphaltum and bauxite are also occu
plying the interests Of investors. These
changes have come about with the
Of railroads. and will be
accelerated by one Of the latest ex.
tensions of the Missouri Pacific, that
between Mariana, Ark, and
Trippe Junction, with portions Of ex.
listing lines giving direct route to the
Pacific from Memphis to
New Orleans, and running through
some OF the best and richest soil with
virgin timber In parts Of Arkansas
and Louisiana.