The Green Forest tribune., 1903-04-25
WANT SOMETHING TO SELL
This Country Suffering for Lack
 of Mark eta ble Products.

It uiuSC oO dpI)c1i0iio lo every student of the commercial condi- tions that exist in this section that the great and only hindering cause that is withholding from us all of the facinations that go to make up one of the finest quarters of the earth in which to live and do business is the lack of pro- duction of a sufficient amount of marketable products, that will feAd to offset the thousands upon top of thousands of dollars that are flowing from the country like mighty gushing stream to the cities of the north and east for the necessaries and luxuries of life.
 Walk into dry goods, hard ware, grocery or drug store, or into any other place where there a'e wares for sale and note what proportion of the goods are pro- duced beyond even the limits of Arkansas. Itis almost appalling to contemplate the amount of money we are sending to other markets, from which we are scarcely receiving cent on the dollar in return in exchange for the products of this country.
 Not only are we buyers of every line of merchandise, but there are hundreds of other things for which money is being con- {, stantly carried from among us, E.eturning us little or nothing of xcommercial value in return.
 Every variety of insurance is taking money out of circulation and if any of it is returned it comes back into the hands of the few; every agent that comes along takes money out that we can never expect to have return ed into circulation among us; every newspaper and magazine that is published elsewhere and taken by our people takes from usjust so much of our means, leaving us nothing of exchange able value.
 When one gives all these mat ters a candid thought he is made to wonder how it is that we are thriving so well under such em- barrassing circumstances. It appears that the very life- blood would be effectualfy drawn from the veins of our little commerce.
 Take out the income to the country from stock, produce tim per and federal pensions and what have we left? Not enough to market to keep us in coffee and tobacco. As for fruit, we are Ftlll buying more than we are Felllng, taking it the year around.
 This is not altogether strange Propo sltion to the readers of THE = RlAUNE, for we have discussed ~ matter before, and the more
 ught we have given the mat
 the more we are impressed
 tn It's great importance.
 hat can be done to turn this Feat tide is not so much of a uestion as to how itcan be done.
 deed, the planting of orchards
 1ers solution; but that takes
 me. An orchard set now re- alres several years to yield re-
 rms, and then it takes consid-
 able time in which for suffi-
 ent number of people to be-
 me interested in the fruit in
 stry and to begin to reach out
 thls direction. What we need
 something that will change the
 ioitlon i'll advance of the or
 ard, while the fruit trees are
 ming on.
 pefawberries and tomatoes and
 re extensive poultry raising
 ne could be made to change
 great outgo to an income
 'he country in two years, if
 se Ines of industries were
 perly set on foot and encour-
 Rd.
 u1, the question is how are
 people to be induced to turn