Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-09-21
WANTS EXHIBITS
 NOT PROMISES GUY I~ STEW ART TtIkS OF LACK OF INTEREST IN GATH-
 BRING THEM.
DOES NOT CRITICISE
Man. Ire Willing to Get Farm Pro duets. But Few of Them
 Are Active.

Its like drawing teeth out of the back side of a surgeons mouth to try and get exhibits from this and oth- CT local points, notwithstanding the fact that have listened to the tales of wonderful diversity of products hereabouts
 Such Was the exclamation of Guy l.. Stewart, industrial and agrieul- tural agent for the Cotton Belt road, "05" as il was showed onto the siding at Third avenue and Walnut street. yesterday afternoon immediately ar ter his arrival from indianapolis, where he had to see some extensive real estate operators whom he hopes to interest ill settling up the cut over lands in this county
 As q matter of fact" continued Mr. Stewart, "l believe that local real estate men must come to the time when they will do as other real estate men do and form d definite working relation with the large or ganiZed real estate concerns of the North. Such concerns as have a line up of probably 9 or more local agents working under them and agents who. when they get d party together, go With the party to the lands they are selling.
 The recent Mexican troubles and some undesirable notoriety that these real estate firms have met with in the last year have turned their at tention in d very tangible way to Arkansas. They are frank in ac- knoWledgin2 that Arkansas is becom- ing one of the best advertised states and that there are opportunities here of which they never dreamed. l be- lieve that while the iron is hot is the time for local interests to keep eter- nally hammering until We have en- listed such cooperation as these firms offer. One of the best things that we have done in this department has been the exhibit work, perhaps, which We have featured at county fairs in the North this season. Every body is from Missouri, but you must go there to show them. They are not coming here to see
 Speaking of this, one of the most difficult problems that we have is to get from local parties suitable exhibit material. The man in the North is not interested in cotton or sugar cane, ex- cept as curiosity He does know corn and the forage crops, of which you have more than twenty in this county. And yet it is almost impos- sible to get the different individuals and commercial organizations to send them in. In many cases I find that they will promise me at least a car load of specimens, but it generally results in my digging the potatoes for them. This should not be. Every To- cality ought to be interested to that extent as we have never asked them to go to any expense at all in making this collection. do not question their willingness, but the "Mannana'' attitude will not do in business way.
 "I expect to spend the better part of the next thirty days in and around Pine Bluff and attending several county fairs in Arkansas and Texas, where can make my own selection of material and take it away with me and l will be sure of having it.
 One of the strongest factors and one of the most willing in co-operat- ing in this sort of work are the local papers, who have never denied me space and whose editors in many cases have personally gone out with me to get such specimens as l need shall be in Pine Bluff for two days working up such material as l have here now, after which l shall go tt East Texas to meet some appoint ments.