The Harrison times., 1915-09-25

without cause that she has been |
looked down upon aud regarded
with contempt for this; but, like
Cinderella of old, she at last is COM
ing into her ownQ for Prince Progress
has found her slipper and has come
to claim her for his own.
One of the strange things connect
ed with the development of a section
is, that the richer its natural re-
sources, the slower it has been to
develope and emerge from the
wilderness state to progressive
civilization. Doubtless one reason
for this-and it is especially true in
the case of Arkansas, is the ease with
which a livelihood may be wrung
from such a country. Give a man
food, water, shelter, and a
pleasant climate, and he often is too
contented with the most primitive
mode of life to spend energy and
time in developing the resources OF
his community.
In the case of Arkansas the settler
found here hills aud mountains
heavily timbered, and he could build
his home with logs ielled on his own
site; wood for fuel on every side, and
even coal if he would take the
trouble to mine it. The woods were
full of game of every sort-deer, bear
turkey and ducks--and the list is
long one; and there is to-day many
an old settler living who can relate
how in the days of old he shot a
bear or deer from his cabin door.
The country is remarkably well
watered and full of RVS well stock
" rn;th 6sh I'D here the settler
~ -, meal, never dreaming of
the enormous amount of unharness-
ed water-power he was allowing to
60 to waste. Undreamed of mineral
wealth lay on every side untouched.
few years that we have heard so
much about Arkansas, Florida and
Alabama, and the reasons are easily
explained, because after the Civil
War there was no one to take care
of the farms. Many of the young
men had died in the war and the
nemTc,es we're freed, and throughout
=, by lie South there were only the
i>o "a women aud children to do
Il" md little or no money.
lad been burned, the
God : devastated, and they easily
- cropped back to the old primitive
mode of living. The children as they
grew up followed the line of least
resistance and did likewise.
And it has only been of late years
that Others have gone Into the South
and discovered her great undevelop-
ed wealth, lying hidden under a
cloak of neglect
But at last Arkansas plea Of pro-
test is being heard; the false impress
ions concerning her are fast being
blotted out. The railroads have
come and put her in touch with the
whole world. The value of a thing
is the price it will bring, and now
the products of Arkansas are being
placed in the markets of the world.
She is just little over four hundred
miles from the Gulf and midway be-
tween the markets Of the East and
West, situated in the center of the
rich Mississippi basin.
For the last ten years, from 1900
to 1910, the value of farm products
per cultivated acre was greater in
Arkansas than in any other State in
the Mississippi basin. Here are the
figures: For that ten'year period
the cash value of products per cult
waited acre in Arkansas was $22 o.;
in Louisiana, $15.19; in Missouri,
$13.54; in Illinois, $1724; in In
diana, SIG 35; in Ohio, $1762; in
Iowa, $14.52. These are the Gov
ernment figures; you can verify them
by the Government reports This
icw yeafs tua,'iias uGuu'a "A edc eSas
to bring farm lands to the front is
scientific farming, If man can
read, he need not be ignorant of up
to.date methods of farming. By
sending to the Agricultural Depart
ment of the Government man can
get pamphlets on any fruit, vege.
table or grain on growing, canning
or pruning. These pamphlets have
'en prepared after years of expert.
It's. Experimental schools have
established all over the country
vare 6ndingout what can
'ith the soil of each parti.
.ctlon. Corn clubs, tomato
CLUBS, and apple clubs are being or.
and prizcs wa rded tbe hes+