Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-08-05
With Record: Breaking Grain Crops, Arkansas Prospects
 Better Than Ever Before

1 the state raised 42,OOO,oOo bushels of corn, and this years yield is estimat- Cd at 63,5oo,oO0.
 Not only in these three staple grains, but in rice, forage planys. fruits, market gardening and other products of the farm has there been marked increase. Flooded live stock more than ever before is en- gazing the attention of the progress slVe farmer.
 No small part of this movement is due to the work of the agricu,tpr,, schools, and of the various kinds of practlcal organizations under fed eIal auspices, corn clubs, cotton clubs, pig clubs, canning clubs, pea nut Clubs and what not. It is un- questlonably true that old-fashioned farmers have been taught valuable lessons by their sons who have inn bibed the methods of the farm dem- onstrators demonstrated that the old. aap-hazard ways are productive of more Ch2ttel mortgages and meager living than anything else.
 Fewer Mortgages.
 There has been a readiustment of credit, there are fewer crop mort gages than usual because of tight enlng up by banks and merchants, and the state is getting upon a firm basis, living at home, and paying as it go-s.
 The fact that the state government itself is getting further. behind in It's finances is only proof that it has been operating under the wrong sys tenn and needs a change.
 Lumber mills throughout the state are running full time, and report a flourlshlng business. There have been comparatively few business failures, and no large ones. The fact that Ell business interests are Weathering the storm is proof that times are not so hard as the pessi- mlsts would have us believe. These are not boctI' days, but thsy are steady, substantial days.
 There is an increasing activity m Little Rock. There has been a con siderable amount of building during tee year, with prospects for more Only this week work began upon street improvements that will cost $l0O,G0O. Employment is thus being furnished for those most in need, the money is going directly into the hands of the merchants, and the city is being beautified and made more attractive. Other improvements are Tn prospect, including about $20,000 worth of new electric lights that are 1 to be provided for the people of the city through the shrewd financiering 1 of Mayor Chas. E. Taylor.
 Postal Receipts Grow. Another sure barometer of business activity is found in the postal re- ceipts. The increase is not large, bu, l that there is an increase at all re. flutes the theory that there "has been no business" Receipts of the Little Rock office for the. year ending June 30, 1915, were $345,9S160, as com pared with $329,SS3.36 for the year
 Bank clearings, too, show health. full increase, and commercial inter. ests are looking forward to a most [prosperous fall and winter season.
 With all these material advan tages of the state, there are two tre mendous handicaps that must be overcome. N
 One of them is the lack of mar ket for a large proportion of the pro ducts of field, orchard, and garden This accounts for the tenacity witi which the farmer has clung to cot ton, for it is a ready cash crop. Blu it is estimated that the peach cror of the state this year was worth al most as much as it's cotton crop, an. [yet there has been no local markc