The Springdale news., 1919-02-28
.-.a.y. February as, ,,,,

"o1aie 11 grocery and nou.e dressing establishment All are a poultry a that we should have these enteag Tte agreed that they would be good for re4ttIefprlses tI and if properly managed lle o,, town be paying investment cought to ships more apples than any otbop bnopftlngdas the State, but there are m Ii eo1d eoWn In facilities here and our apple 0iu roaa storage to ship to other points # tbo, men ,t: have hold n (. tn thelr stock There are cold i1a stoa to age plants at Fayetteville, Roeersu q9tu I5or' p tonvllle and Siloam Springs bnt bls s,l3 :, Den dale surpasses all of them in annap 1pr1agg' ra?g ments. ''ppie snlp-
 Practically the same tb;na
 said with reference to strawhaa.ne eah De ments, more strawberries heina :h: :snlp from Springdale every season t5an slilppa any other town in Northwest 'al,.i ArIraLl rom It takes considerable quantity of HallSss every car of berries that ;S oa ah; lee Tor These cars are iced usually at FaTpdptsa FFla,ppsa Vllle or Rogers, sent to Sprinpdals Vsu sa1 loaded With berries While Snr;naSaan1u anu IS furnishing the berries why no. ,tsuds a1 furnish the ice? do not nratond te, ss0 know anything about cold stora ge as,In nla.s 70 as business proposition but t p'dns da seem to me that if there is any mono uoes such an enterprise it would he Y,s 9 naisI III proposition in Springdale, with tbe bps'ns n.s ducts right at hand to fill it to capacity rty . These things all being true, and i,s. ha lleve they are, why is it we haven't c01d storage facilities? Same old comnlsin eu'a let George do it." Y'"A's
 For fifteen years the talk has hoo, general among the business men of Springdale that the town should have wholesale grocery store. Such an entar' prise is needed, not only to supply the I. cal dealers. but to also take care of tbs trade of merchants east and west of IN who have no railroad facilities. and w5o would naturally come to Springdae f they could get their supplies here. h. stead of coming here, however. we Sp them going to Fayetteville and Rogers and worst of all, our own merchants de ing the same thing. There is seldom day passes that truck load after truck load of merchandise is not brought into Springdale, put on the shelves of local merchants and sold to our people the money which is paid for same finally ge ing to help sustain some business enter. prise In a competitive town. Is that good business judgment? Is that the way to build up our town2
 If 1 understand the situation the same condition exists with reference to the produce business. Local buyers prob ably pay as much for eggs, chickens and other produce, as the market will justify After buying it is sent by train, truck or wagon to Fayetteville and helps swell the business of that town. Car lot shlE ments of poultry from Fayetteville and Rogers are of frequent occurrence, ana the time was when 1t was shipped out d Springdale in that manner, but It seems now we are content to let men Tn cOl petitiYe town control this business tOrS Why shouldn't buyers in inland towns send their country produce to Sprnsd@
 instead of to Fayetteville and Rogers W pecialiy when Springdale has the aaVaf tage as to distance and roads?
 How much longer are we gong pay tribute to other towns and help pq.u n them up to our own detriment? Il" much longer are we going to play sa ond fiddle to some other town and ecm tent to be the tail of the kite? M we ns shut our eyes as to our responslolll'ssss;. ss;.I these matters, and, like the ostflclls sa our head in the sand and imagine, tnss n. a is we'll, but the awakening VIII eV"' Will it be too late? .nhM
 No enterprise, whether Of a tvT ptSh or private nature, was ever Sueces'tr rs carried to completion unless tae,s ] ,,th some man of vision connected N'~ hs The vision comes, and unless the 1sn msa t the energy and ambition to develop M ar vision into reality he is merely, y,ad ad rs dreamer. Springdale has long naa and ions of water works and seWefasi; at;ord l. .4ah l h 1lltNtlVH