The Mena weekly star., 1912-01-18
TEXARKANA JURIST BELIEVES THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD ESTABLISH EXPERI- MENT STATIONS IN DIS-
 TRICTS.
ASHDOWN CROWD CORDIAL
Judge J. M. Carter Addressed Largc Crowd at Opening of Circuit Court at Ashd0wn in Interest of
 His Candidacy for Congress
 From Fourth District.

AshdOwn, Jan. i.-Judge J. Nj. Carter of Texarkana, candidate for congress from this district, intro dueed a new feature into the cam- paign here today, when he stated the opinion that the federal gov- ernment should establish scientific agricultural stations in each con- gressional district, and pledged himself to work for this boon for the farmer if sent to congress.
 A large crowd was attracted here | by the opening of the Circuit court term, and by the announcement that Judge Carter would present his claims Lo the voters of Little River. The Texarkana iurist and | farmer was given a cordial recep- ton, and that his views meet the approbation of the farmers was demonstrated by the frequent out bursts of applause.
 Referring to agricultural schools and the establishment by tho fed eral government of agricultural stations, Judge Carter said:
 There is another matter in con- nection with this question of taxes which I desire to present for your consideration The state of Arkan- sas has but recently established four agricultural schools and ap- propriated large sums of morey to maintain them. These schools were established by our own peo- pie and are supported by direct taxes paid by all of us each year. If Arkansas shall ever reach her place as an agricultural state, for which nature has so richly en- dowed her, we must press forward on the lines blazed out by scientific agriculture. These four agricul- tuTal schools are not enough; and yet the. little support we are able to give them in the way of money in connection with other branches of our state government is now hard for some of our people.
 The trade and commerce of the United States with the other na.- tions of the earth, and from which commerce and national govern ment now derives the great bulk cf it's revenue in the way of taxes on imports, is based upon and SUD- ported by the agricultural inter- ests of this country. Were it not for our cotton and grain the mer- chants of foreign countries would not bring their manufactured pro- ducts here to sell or exchange; and without this trafllc there would be no imports on which to lay and collect a tariff.
 And since our agriculture IS the basis of the policy which the gov ernment now pursues for it's rev. enues, and so long as this policy obtains. I am in favor of the na- tional government bearing a DOT tion of the expense necessary to bring about the best results along the lines of scientific agricultural schools.
 l1tb IlG 0Stdbti'ti and maintain in every congression- al district, where agriculture is the chief industry of the people, a scientific agricultural station, where each farmer or other person interested can go and get first-hand the information needed, and also where he can see with his own eyes the exempliflcation of the best methods in the actual cultivation of crops. He will then not have to send to Washington to get this in formation in a book. which proh- ably he could not understand, much less will he probably under take to put into actual practice without first having seen someone else actually do the work.
 "The government in establishing these stations will be doing nothing more than it ought to do in help ing to develop our great agricul- tural resources, while at the same time it will relieve you and me of direct tax burden of hundreds of thousands of dollars each year That is one of the things I shall earnestly advocate, and hope to bring to pass, if you should honor me with the place as your member of congress-"
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