It is very great.

There are farms in Arkansas that can be bought, partially cleared up, and with some improvements upon them, for from $5 to $20 an acre, less than the rent of fair lands on the river.

There is no finer section of country in the world--I say that unhesitatingly--for a foreign immigrant, or the immigrant from the East, or from anywhere, than is afforded to-day in Arkansas and Texas.
Q.And political disturbances are at an end?
-- A.

We apprehend nothing at all; there is no reason why we should.
Q.You were speaking of the necessity of the education of the laborer of the South, the negro especially.

Will you not describe to us the actual condition of the masses of the colored people in the matter of education, to what extent it has progressed, and what facilities and opportunities exist, and what additional are required?
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