Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-01-10
BIG BOOST F0R
 PINE BLUFF
SIMON WhfrESfoSE TELLS htf- fLE ROCK OF vaE PNsJNG
 HOUSE I'R0JEgI.
TO ADVERTISE WE'LL
Says Pine Blnif is the Proper Eoration For the Bi@ Industry and WUl
 Urge Cattl Raising.

Little Rock, Ark, tan4 9"l4et the farmers of Arkansas raise enough of the raw material to make it an in ducement for eap.ta}. and you VII have solved the question of increas- d industrial development
 This is the theory upon which Inc agricultural department of the rail roads are operating and Simon Whitestone. bond officer of the Tex arkana Trust Co, is promoting Pine Bluff as packing house center, is taking advantage of the tendency td preach the doctrine of live stock pro pagation. It s his purpose to organ ize state wide, effective cattle and swime-breeding associations, increas~ ing the yield of live stock and the consequent building up of the pack iug try in the state.
 Mir. Whitestone will accompany the party of experts with L. A. Markham, commissioner of Agriculture of the Missouri Pacific. and will everywhere adye rtise the meeting of farmers to be held in Pine Bluff early in March for tGc organ zation of the stock tais- CTS association He expects to arouse an interest that will induce several hundred farmers to attend the meel~ ing. and will secure reduced fare oa the railroads. He calls attention t0 the fact that Arkansas has all the nat u1al advantages 10 make it one of the greatest live stock states of he un- ion. But the farmers arc not using their advantages as they should Thejr cattle and hogs are slipped back to the state, to be purchased Dy the consumer with the double-baul and tue middlemen $ prof ts added. It is the purpose of MT. White :tone to establish al Pine Bluff a packing house center that will bring to th it city the hogs and cattle now sect North, and thereby meet at home th- dema eds of our own people.
 MT. Whitestone has the assurance of the cooperation of the United States Department of Agriculture which has been encouraging stock. raising but has been seriously handi- capped by the lack of an adequate and convenient market. Following his trip with tho Missouri Pacific demon- stration car during the latter part of January. Mir. Whitestone has been in vited to accompany the Cotton Belt experts on their tour in February and March. He will prepare and have distributed along the way on both trips an illustrated booklet detailing the advantages of Pine Bluff for ths location of packing house, and of the whole state for the raising of live stock. Some of the strongest monied men of the Southwest are back of him and he Is assured a great success in the undertaking which will rebound greatly, to the benefit of the farmer who has too long been a slave 10 the one-crop habit.
 MT. Whitestone, who resides i'll Lit- tie Rock, has established an office at Pine Bluff, where his project has ben taken up by the Chamber fl Commerce which is backing him be cause of the great benefit that will accrue to the city. He will be as- sociated with O. l.. Wilson, of Potts- boro. Tex, who has been connected with the packing house business for many years.
 My associates declared Mr. Whitestone, "want 1t strictly under stood that they are interested in the development of the state and are To- oaing this plant at Pine Bluff because the city offers opportunities and gives advantages that cannot be obtainad elsewhere. We want it. distinctly un- derstood that this is not lot-selling scheme, but bonafide proposition.
 "The trustees of the Pine Bluff Chamber of Commerce have gone into the matter thoroughly have examined our credentials and are thoroughly satisfied with our sincerity. We Know the people will be pleased with our plans when they are made pub lie.