The Carlisle independent., 1919-10-30
4 STATE IN THE MAKING
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tFfom Kansas City Starr
 Anyone who believes that the people of Arkansas are unpro- gressive IS himself behind the times. Most people think of Ar kansas as principally a fruit state and that she has natural resour- ces, which when reasonably de- veloped, will give her high rank In this line, but the states princi- pal industries will always be cot ton, corn and live stock. It is along these lines that the state is making it's greatest development.
 Razor back hogs and pen nyroyal' cattle have been ban ished from the state as completely as has the Texas fever cattle tick Now 1t is red roans and white faces among the cattle and the Polands, Durocs and Berkshires among the hogs that one sees on every hand
 The college of agriculture of the university is contributing much toward safe farming and is leading the way toward rapid development of the states latent resources. Few states have bet ter organized extension service in agriculture and home econom-> ics. The experiment station is doing work which receives recog- milton the country over.
 Arkansas is moving rapidly to- ward a more diversified agricul ture than she has had. In the past too much of the money which cotton brought in had to be paid out for provisions for the family and for feed for work stock Now the state is getting about to feed itself, or to live at home and board at the same place.
 Among the greatest needs of the state now are local industries capable of furnishing Arkansas products at home, instead of send ing them away in the raw state. While Grand Rapids, Mich, is the center of the furniture in- dustry, the oak lumber which furnishes the basis of this indus try comes principally from Ar kansas. At present too much of the coal mined in the state Is shipped to other states to sup port industries there instead of at home.
 The live stock grown on Arkan- sas farms ought not to have to be shipped to Missouri and Illinois to be slaughtered and the fin ished products to be shipped back for consumption. The right kind of local market would cut out the cost of these unnecessary shipments and extra profits and would contribute more than any thing else toward live stock in- dustry in the state. But a local market which gives the Arkansas farmer Chicago or St. Louis prices less freight, shrinkage, and selling costs and charges the Ar kansas consumer of the finished product Northern prices with, icing costs and extra dealers profits added, will not help either the farmer or the consumer.
 nle Q West is there a better chance for a successful canning industry than in Arkansas. There IS an abundance of fresh products of the very finest quality and this industry is already developed to a high degree in many regions. The price of farm lands has ad- vanced since the close of the war but is yet relatively low.
 Arkansas is a state in the mak- ing. Development there is com ing late enough that its people should know with a fair degree of accuracy the best lines to em- phasize. Under wise guidance 1t ought to be possible to secure safe, well balanced and continu- ous progress rather than the hap hazard, cut and try method by which. other states have grown.
 The concentration of indus tries requiring labor at different seasons so as to give steady em- ployment throughout the year should receive careful considera- tion. The utilization of costly equipment for more than one purpose instead of for a short period for one purpose is funda- mental to economH development. To one who has ,been keenly m- ferested in the progress of Ar