THE NEWARK JOURNAL
Published Weekly
O. F. CRAIG
Editor and Publisher
Our New Governor
and Petty Politics
Arkansas has a new gover
nor whose virtues have been
widely heralded by his friends
and w'ho has been held up as a
model, high-toned highly
cultured, educated Christian
gentleman of the highest type.
The Arkansas Gazette, the
State’s Bleeding Loosepaper,
has enthusiastically held him
up as a paragon of perfection
whose mind and motives were
as pure as the driven snow—
a man who would scorn to
stoop to anything common or
coarse—a man who would
shudder at the thought of com
mitting any unquestionable act
—a man who is the living per
• Bonification of the White Life—
a man who is too much of a
gentleman to stoop to an un
kind act of any kind or char
acter—a man whose purity and
high sense of honor was never
equalled by a living being, with
the bare exception of (he Man
of Galilee.
His elevation to public life
was a token that all things
common, coarse or vulgar had
come to an end in Arkansas,
and that h nceforth every liv
ing thing, even the donkeys,
would become fine-haired and
w’ould bray only in the most
highly cultured and musical
tones.
But instead of this what do
we find?
The day arrives for the in
auguration of the new gover
nor. The hour is fixed by his
friends at 2 o’clock, and de
spite the alleged culture and
refinement of their chief, they
attempt a rough stunt to humi
liate the outgoing governor
that was never equalled in the
history of Arkansas, by refus
ing his messenger admittance
for the purpose of filing a list
of appointees who must be con
firmed by them.
It is whispered around that
if the list is not filed the offices
become vacant, and thus the
incoming governor will be en
abled to pay some political
debts by appointing his friends
to the places thus made va
cant.
This is the very rottenest
sort of cheap politics, and was
never attempted before by any
governor in the entire history
of Arkansas.
But the senate adjourns with
out permitting the list to be
filed, and runs rough-shod over
the outgoing governor in their
attempt to humiliate him,prob
ably because he is considered
only a very common sort of a
human and not in the same
class with the very dignified
and highly cultured new gov
ernor.
In a few moments a rumor
reaches the state house that a
senator who has been sick for
several days is dying. A speed
program is then staged in
which the cultured and high
toned new governor plays the
leading part. It is rumored that
the sick senator is dying, and
the new governor, it seems, de
sires to take no chances in per
mitting the senator to die be
fore he gets into office, fearing
that the retiring governor might
appoint someone to fill the
vacancy.
The new governor is a very
cultured gentleman, but he im
mediately proceeds to exhibit
a sacreligious disrespect for
both the supposedly dying sen
ator and the high office of gov
ernor, and show his contempt
for the retiring chief executive.
The hour for the inaugura
tion has been fixed at 2 o’clock,
and it is now only 11. But, holy
smoke, that damned senator is
dying, and something must be
done. So the retiring governor
is hurriedly sent for, he is
hustled to the door and the
foot of the incoming adminis
tration is forcibly planted upon
the seat of his trousers with as
much venom and vigor as a
hungry farm mule kicks at a I
hog that ventures too near the;
feed trough at noontime.
Thus we have the spectacle
of the retiring governor of the
great state of Arkansas being
literally kicked out of office
by the high-toned and cultured!
Christian gentleman who is go
ing to “elevate” Arkansas.
The Journal holds no brief
for Gov. Hays. It is an admit
ted fact that he has made many
mistakes, just as all other or
dinary humans do, and has
made many enemies during his
tenure in office. Rut he was
still governor, an office he held
by virtue of the votes cast for
him by the honest citizenship
of the State of Arkansas, and
as such he was entitled to all
the respect due to the office of
governor.
And the rough stunt pulled
off by Gov. Brough and his
followers in their glaring at
tempt to humiliate Gov. Hays
is resented by the intelligent
and honest citizenship of Ark
ansas who believe in fairness
and justice.
Gov. Brough has been her
alded as a man who is too big,
too manly and too broad to in
dulge in petty politics, but
from impressions gained from
his official induction into of
fice, The Journal is of the can
did opinion that the Irish hod
carrier who evoluted into a
political win d-heeler will have
to look to his laurels if he ever
meets Mr. C. Brough in a con
test on the chessboard of petty
politics.
I'lu'iv are only two states
ahead of Arkansas in the num
ber of bales of cotton ginned
to January i. I hose are Georg
ia with 1,811,266 bales and
! * xas with ,2.526,106 bales. In
audition to growing a big cot
ion crop,.the farmers of Ark
ansas raised a big crop of food
and feed products, and this is
a combination that always
brings prosperity. We should
follow the same course in 1917.
It is a whole lot easier to
dodge trouble than to fight
your way out of it.
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WHAT THE FARM IS FOR
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There are two conceptions
as to the farm. One is that it is
tiie place to make money, an-:
other that it is a place to live
and serve. The same general
conceptions prevail as to busi
ness. Some men value their
business chiefly as an oppor
tunity to accumulate wealth,
others for the particular reason
that it permits them to build
up homes and serve society.
No man should be censured
because he likes to earn money,
provided always it is earned
honestly. Society may be served
by men of great wealth as well
as by men of limited means.
Rut we believe the highest
conception a man can place on
his business is that it gives him ■
an opportunity to serve his fel
low beings in society, in educa
tion, and in general progress.
So long as the farm is re
garded only as a place to make
money it will not afford com
fort and conveniences that peo
ple enjoy. But when it is main
tained and enjoyed as a place
for a home, where the fewest
temptations are met and the
greatest enjoyment of family
life may he had, then it is apt
to he both attractive and pro
fitable. In one instance the
comforts of life are uppermost,
in the other the accumulation
of wealth >s the chief concern.
The farm ordinarily is not a
good place to accumulate mon
ey. There are many other oc
cupations better than farming
for men who are prepared and
desire to accumulate wealth,
fame or political distinction.
But there is no better place to
live than on the farm; there is
no better place to rear the
children, provided educational
advantages are availble; there
is no better place to serve so
ciety and enjoy nature and be
independent;. The requirement
is for those who are contented
and who are willing to learn
and ready to make use of their
opportunity.—Farm andjRanch.
Opportunity at our Door
For Development
It is said that 80 per cent of
all the land in Ohio is improv
ed and producing something
for its owners.
The same is true in Indiana.
Illinois and Iowa. In these four
states more than four out of
every five acres of land are im
proved and yielding returns to
the owners.
In Arkansas, only about one
third of the land is improved.
Unquestionably here is one of
the reasons why the business of
farming has not been as profit
able as it should—too much of
our capital is tied up in idle
lands.
There are several thousand
acres of good land lying idle
right here in our own commun
ity.
East of Newark,and between
the town and White and Black
rivers, is an area of 3,000 to
5,000 acres of good land now
lying idle that should be pro
ducing something. If we value
this land at only $10 per acre,
this means that $30,000 to$50,
000 is tied up in land in this
immediate community that is
producing absolutely nothing.
Counting interest on this at
eight per cent, we have an an
nual charge of $2,500 to $4,000
for the privilege of keeping
this land in idleness.
It is true that some land in
the section referred to is be
ing cleared every year, and
this burden is being gradually
lifted, but it is not being lifted
fast, enough.
The most prosperous com
munity is the community which
has the least land lying idle.
Idle land not only produces
nothing, but is an expense to
>ts owner, in the way of inter
est on the investment and in
taxes, although the last named
expense is often too little.
No tillable lands that are
easily accessible to markets
should be permitted to remain
idle, especially when they can
be brought into a productive
condition with the outlay of on
ly a few dollars per acre.
The Journal would like to
see the people who own the
land east of Newark get busy
and clear it up and put it to
producing something. This
land is too valuable to be per
mitted to lie idle. Some of it
that has only recently been
cleared produced, the past sea
son, crops worth more than
one hundred dollars per acre.
The improvement and devel
opment of the country east of
Newark, will benefit Newark
and the entire com
munity. and The journal hopes
the day is not far distant when
every acre of land between
here and Black River will be
brought into a state of cultiva
tion.
With the creation of 38 new
offices, all to be appointed by
the governor, and each receiv
ing $2,000 to $5,000 per year,
and several of these to have
clerks, secretaries and deputies
at salaries of $1,800 to $2,500
per year, how is Gov. Brough
going to get Arkansas out of
debt and redeem the state’s
credit, as he pledged himself to
do during the campaign? The
new officer he wants created
will cost the state at least
$200,000 per year in salaries,
and will be of very little bene
fit to anybody except those who
get the appointments. Are the
taxpayers of Arkansas willing
to dig down in their pockets
for the additional $200,000 per
year in order that the new gov
ernor may provide fat jobs for
his friends?
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There is no indication of a
decline in the price of food
stuffs of any kind. The farmer
who grows a surplus of food
products and raises some extra
stock is the farmer who will
make money this year.
Success in any undertaking
comes, not to the man who
waits for a great opportunity,
but to the man who seizes
whatever opportunity that
comes and makes it great.
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