The Prescott daily news., 1915-10-14
KEEP ARKANSAS
 MONEY AT HOME"
Slogan of Arkansas FraternaI Organizations--Every Citizen
 of State Should Adopt Same Only Way Achieve Prosperity.
By Clio Harper.

A'i'1A1 tN"1N, OCl' h. Keep ArHan- sas Money at Home" is the slogan of an Arkansas fratenal organization that should be adopted by every citi- zen of the state.
 It is one of the blanks in the plat form of those who are promoting the Home Products Show that is to be held in Little Rock, at the Arcade Market, Oct 27-3O
 Until this policy has been adopted by the Arkansas consumer the Arkansas producer cannot achieve the prosper ity which he has earned
 Diversifcation is an accomplished fact, but profitable marketing of the products of diversified farming is yet to be provided. Unless this is speed 1 fly done, the pendulum will swing backward to the tyranny of the one crop system. With cotton selling around Ii cents now and threatening to go to 19 cents or higher, this would not be at all difficult.
 All the varied interests that have been concerned in the institution of the New Agriculture in Arkansas are united in an effort to make the Home Products Exposition, a great, out standing success.
 The importance of a movement of this kind is emphasized by the follow ing peculiarly candid letter, address, ed to Commissioner John H. Page, by George C. Payne, Secretary of the Drew County Truck Growers Asso- citation:
 q have gotten myself in trouble by advising my people to diversity their crops, and succeeded in doing SO. Now cotton is in demand at high prices, and all other crops dead on our hands. We now have on hand at least a hundred car loads of very fine sweet potatoes and could not sell them at 10 cents a bushel if we ship. The railroads and commission merchants seem to think we are their slaves they get their and we get nothing. For instance, we shippd car of Irish potatoes in June-the freight was S104. and commissions 10 per cent, and We got $9 for the ear. How is this for diversifcation l have two ear loads of sweet potatoes and if you know of any way l can dispose of them. l would certainly thank you"
 This is a condition that certainly presented a poser for the Department. It was condition that required something more than theories for its solution. In answering MT. Payn's inquiries Mir. Page said he had taken it up with several parties, and added:
 Tt is regretable that conditions are as they are in some sections. It should not properly be laid to the door of any man or set of men but should be accredited to our system and the completely disorganized condition of affairs generally. If the price of cotton and other contingencies had not forced a decrease in the cotton acre age this year we would again have a crop of unprofitable cotton and, too, without the great supply of food stuffs that we have now with a good price for cotton. The system of mar keting that our farmers are compell- ed to face in the disposal of perishable goods is the real reason for the de pression now over those crops and not because too many have been raised. Sweet potatoes, for instance, are sell ing to the consumers in Little Rock for about S1 per bushel, and in my opinion there are markets without any Isweet-potatoes. There have been in- Icreases in acreage and production, too. for that matter, but the demand has not been met yet, if we could only market our crops as they should be marketed and at at fair price to the grower. Some time in the future l hope the crop enthusiasts and legls- latures and Congress and other farm ers' friends will see the real cause Of the one crop system in the south, and this is unproftable marketing and un- satisfactory methods to the farmer" /"
 That there should be a condition of increasing prosperity in the state not withstanding these adverse conditions is proof of the adaptability of the state. Should conditions be made