Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-05-14
Young Crops In Bottoms Washed Out-Many
 Fields Grassy.
TWO BALES TO ACRE
A. II. Nance, Residing Near Searcy, Believed by Hutchins to Be Ideal Farmer-CrOp Rotation
 Achieved Result
(By A. w. Parke.)

Little Rock, May 13.-Crop condi- tions are not what they were at this time last year, on account of the con- tinued rains. In the bottoms the young crops have been washed out, and in all other sections the wet weather has prevented working until the fields are we'll taken by grass. The rains have also worked havoc with the berry crop, but the warm weather of the past few days has brought joy to the hearts of the berry growers, and they expect to reap the harvest. The rains affected the crops in Texas and Louisiana so there has been little choice fruit on the northern markets for the past three weeks, and with continued hot weather the Arkansas berries, reach ing St. Louis, Chicago and other cities in prime condition, will find the people berry hungry, which means steady market and. good prices. With peach prospects poor, the growers can stand a good berry season without flooding the banks with surplus coin.
 All bills which are to be submitted to the voters under the initiative, must be filed with the secretary of state by Thursday, and it now Is a certainty that every one of the bills the people have undertaken to ini- tiate, will pass before the voters in September. There will be three acts submitted under the referendum, and four under the initiative, and from now until the election, the voters will be submerged in literature tell ing them why or why not, their votes should be cast for certain bills.
 The constitutional amendments to be voted upon are those for bond issues for cities, a lieutenant gov ernor. and the placing of the legis- lature on salary. All these will no doubt be adopted, for they are admittedly step forward by the people of the state. Nevertheless there will be a healthy opposition to each of these measures, for 1t IS always easy to find few people | who are ever 'agin" the government.
 The bills which are submitted will hardly be so lucky, for all of them, unless it is the publicity bill will meet with strenuous opposition. The bank guaranty bill will be strenu- ously fought by the bankers of the state, who contend that this is a vicious bit of legislation and was drawn by one very ignorant of the banking business, and who suggests nothing to further the protection of the depositors. The bankers claim the Oklahoma law has done more than any one thing to injure that state in the past ten years. The mine qualification bill will be fought by the mine operators, who see In Ii the most vicious bit of legislation ever brought before the voters oi Arkansas, and to those who have analysed the bill, it would seem as though the miners are taking steI too far, in as much as this bill will take the operation of the miners out of the hands of their owners.
 The child labor law is quite popu lar, for there never has been a- institution in the state working child labor, and this means it will have little opposition.
 A meeting of the board which will apportion the s50000 provided by the T state for aid to county high schools will take place in Little Rock. May 2S, and the country high schools will