Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-01-16
BUSINESS NEWS MEET
 IS LARGELY ATTENDED
Speakers Tell of the Importance of Profitable F:srmlng;i Much GInter- est is Manifested.

Little Rock, Jan 15.-Over thou sand business men, representing nearly every county, attended the Arkansas retail merchants confer ence, which opened at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning at the Hotel Ma rion. ome counties were represent ed by delegations of from three to a half dozen men.
 Agricultural development of the state was the dominating note in all the addresses. Numerous exhibits of late models of farm implements were displayed in the auditorium where the meeting was held and at tracted much attention on the part of the visiting merchants.
 J. B. Bodman, chairman of the Profitable Farming Bureau of the Little Rock Board of Commerce, called the meeting to order prompt ly at the hour set, and in brief statement as to the purposes of the meeting introduced w. B. Smith, former president of the Little Rock Board of Commerce, who spoke on the subject, "Why This Conference"
 w. H.. Smltn speaks.
 Mr. Smith told of how the Profit able Farming Bureau came to be or ganized in September, 1914. just after the opening of the world war, when blockaders and war conditions threatened to run the cotton market of the south. Its work had always been statewide in it's mature, he said. He reviewed the work that had been accomplished since then and outlined the work it now pro- poses to do, with the cooperation of all the citizens of the state.
 'Arkansas is primarily an agricul- tural state. Ten years from now Ar kansas will be a mineral state. In the meantime the agricultural re- sources must be developed.
 "The interest the merchants of Arkansas have shown in this meet ing is good omen. It shows that you are going to capitalize the ex- during the way and eXpend the same energies in building up the state" w. c. Lassetter, director of the state agricultural extenson work spoke on "State Farming That Will Make Farm importance of steady income from the State that produced from $2.300.000 farms the year round. Cities encourage factories on account Of their wreckly pay rolls," he said. "The aim of farm develop ment work should be towards week. ly pay days on the farm. He offer ed as comparison typical counties in the state that produced from $2,- 500000 to $5 000,000 worth of cotton, all of which was marketed at about the same time making only pay day to the year. with other typical coun- ties whose incomes were distribut- ed over the entire year.
 "As an example he mentioned county which in April, usually duh month with farmers. marketed S100.- 900 worth of strawberres; in July and August. SS62 000 worth of wheat l products and s5O00O worth of oats; in Septemher, October and Novem- her, $600O00 worth of apples: dur ing August and September, $500 ooo worth of corn: in July, s1O0oOO worth of peaches in November and December, s1O0,000 worth of hogs; during October and December, $150,- 900 per week for cream"
 c. G. Henry, president of the Ar kansas Bank and Trust company, told of how proper methods in farm /, ing would make collections safe next i fall.
 The principal address of the ! morning session was made by Fl. M. 1 Cottre1 agriculturist for the Profit ahle Farming Bureau. who snoke
 of personal service the merchant could render the farmer.
 During the noon hour 5000 feet pf moving picture films. showing i modern farms and farming methods, were shown.