The Green Forest tribune., 1903-05-30
HE IS NOT so RAMPANT.
Siioam Springs Editor Has Tam .
 ed Down ConSiderab bly.

The following reply to the article in THE TRIBUNE of two weeks ego from the Siloam Springs Republican is much tanner affair than we were look ing for, in view of the uncompli- mentary remarks and insinua- tions he turned loose against this section month or so ago:
 .sTHE GREEN FOREST TRIBUNE takes the Republican to task be- ,Ayse it comes to the defense of this section as against Carroll county, and says scme very un- kind things. The fact of the business is that we didn't say a word against that county, but we did say and will continue to say many good words for Benton county. We will agree with THE TRIBUNE that Carroll county hasn't hardly had a fair shake on account of railroad facilities, but when it comes to markets for that section being as good as from here--we don't. We have watched the market quotations between Kansas City and St. Louis ard on. apples and small fruits the Kansas City market will average at least 25 per cent better. This section never ships to St. Louis for that reason. Take the strawberry m arket quo- tation of the 10th inst, from the St. Louis Globe Democrat: Ark ansas express receipts, 75c to S1.25, choice stock up to S1.50.o K. c. Journal, same date: Ar kansas, S2.00 to S2.75, for choice }, to fancy; $1.25 to S1.50 for poor z to fair
 Same difference is noticeable on all other kinds of produce. This section is on direct lines for the great markets in Iowa, Min nesota and the Dakotas, and a matter of few hours means much ill handling perishable produce. We have no doubt but that Carroll county land will pro- duce as much, and perhaps just as good as the land of this county, but d profitable market you must have if you make money.
 The number of acres put out to fruit along the line of K. c. s. IS greater every year than the total number of acres that was out before that line was built, eight years ago. It has proved a profitable investment at almost any price for the land, many in- vestors paying for their farms rom the first crop.
 The Republican would not be honest with itself, or it's readers, If 1t sat down and let the willy real estate men, by misrepresen- tation and other methods, known only to themselves, locate any man where he would afterwards be sorry for the investment, without word of protest. If there has been farmer sold out a ap this section and located in that
 -aion, as THE TRIBUNE says, the factis unknown to us. Per- haps 8 half dozen people have lett here for that county, but they sold no farms to invest there.
 You'll always find us working i'sr Arkansas, brother, but for thls section-the best on earth Tn particular"
 There is but little left for reply to the above. About all the Republican has failed to take pack, it has denied saying, and taking the article as a whole we consider it quite complimentary 'o this section; for it certainly shows that we have natural ad- Fantages equal to the ''best country in the world," save the question of a market, which is oeoatable. It is hard to con- celve how Kansas City is so much better prepared to handle our fruits than is St. Louis, but granting that it is, there is two- .iliros 10 the fruit growers of "the oese country in the world" Ben soh county-in exactly the same oox With those of Carroll. Their oilly outlet is the Frisco road and