The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1915-10-29

IS urging our farmers to produce
more food to prevent world famine.
We should not only increase the pro
duction per acre but get more acres.
We should not be content with less
than one fourth of our lands in cult
walton.
One of the greatest needs of Arkan-
sas is more tillers of the soil. We
want immigration. We want capital.
If the state is to grow and prosper
he must have more of both labor and
capital. But she need not expect much
of either until she restores her credit
and reduces taxs. We have done but
little to encourage settlement in this
state We have been sitting on the
curbstone and watching the process
sion of immigrants pass on to Texas,
Oklahoma and other western states.
1t has taken 30 years for Arkansas
to double her population; Oklahoma
doubled hers in the last ten years.
Arkansas lies between 33 and 36 30
latitude and her immigration in the
past has been largely on the same
lines of latitude. With proper effort
we could get much more from the same
states as we'll as from the great stat
es of the Central west. We need on
every quarter section of our tIllable
land home builder. We should do
something to bring together the own
ers of large tracts of land and the
landless tenants. If we had our popu-
lation doubled and our land settled
with small land owners the problem
of schools and roads would be of easy
solution.
Why is land more valuable in Pres
colt than in the country The peo-
pie live closer together. Why is land
more valuable in Little Rock than in
Prescott? More people live on block
of land. Why is land more valuable
/ in New York City than in Little Rock =?
More people live on lot
believe in permanent homes. There
is nothing in my public career | am
so proud of as that | led the fight
that resulted in the repeal of all the
public land laws that authorized the
private sale of public lands and re
served all of the public domain that
was fit for cultivation for actual set
tiers under the homestead law; and
of the forfeiture and restoration to
the public domain of fifty million acres
of the uncarned grants to railroads.
| am also proud that | contributed to
the best of my ability to the reclama-
ton from overflow of the alluvial lands
of the great Mississippi by the Con-
struction of the levees.
The greatest relief that can be Civ
en- the farmer at this time is sys-
tenn of distribution of farm products
through the means of a marketing bu-
reau or system to be encouraged or
fostered by laws that will enable the
producer to place in the hands of the
consumers his products at the least
cost and inconvenience. Too great
proportion of the farm products is
consumed by the present means of
conveyance from producer to consum-
er. This would eliminate waste and
save money for both.
We should have law that will pro
tect the farmers from impure seed,
in the form of a pure seed law. We
are now in some measure the dumping
ground for impure seed. the sale OF
which is restricted by law in other
states AS a result thousands Of
acres of our best lands are infected
with Johnson grass and other obnoX
ious grasses and weeds.
| voted to create the Office of Secre
tary of Agriculture and make him a
member of the Presidents Cabinet.
The record of that great department
is justification of the wisdom of that
law. Its beneficial effects can be seeG
ut every turn. Greater development
has been made in agriculture since
its creation than in any like period
/ before that time. Too much praise
can not be given to that department
and to our own state agriculture!
bureau. They should work together
and be supplied with sufficient fund
to carry out their constructive plans.
1t is shown that in our Southern
country one third of our farmers move
| every year. The census shows only
! 35 per cent of the farmers remain or
the same farm as long as five years
! A shifting population takes no interest
| in the community. This and the want
| Of more population accounts for The
poor condition of our roads and othe
! public improvements as well as TO,
| the lack of interest in our schools and
! churches This unrest and diSSatlS-
| faction on the farm can only be chang
ed by making the business pay. |,
has been well said that farming mus
be made an interesting and educatlV,
calling requiring experiments and N
vestigation, making the farm labora
tory, and a productive plant"
Farming must produce a vigorou
ace of men and women; permaner
rural citizenship for whom the cour
try holds out opportunities to develo
the human power to its utmost.
Let us all work to bring about co
operation between business men an
| farmers
Bankers should take interest l.
farmers as we'll as FROM them
They should, and | believe will, sue
ceed in working out practicable plar
of rural credits or some kind of Ions
term loans that will be satisfactor"
and will enable those who desire I.
acquire homes. An experience @
forty years in business has taught mo
hat character and morals bestow o.
those who have not capital, a powet
that will nearly always enable them
to obtain it. Good character, good
conduct with honesty, industry and
enterprise can be trusted. My obser-
yation leads me to says that the bank
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