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The Prescott Daily News
Prescott, Nevada County, Arkansas
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Arkansas Commissioner of Mines, Manufacture and Agriculture Jim G. Ferguson highlights that residents import food products like potatoes, tomatoes, and others from various states, despite local production potential, leading to high living costs and millions in lost handling dollars.
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A generally disregarded reason for the high cost of living in Arkansas has been given by Jim G. Ferguson, commissioner of mines, manufacture and agriculture. He has found that Arkansas residents are eating Irish potatoes from Minnesota and Colorado; tomatoes from Virginia, onions and cabbage from Texas, corn products from Illinois; milk from Washington; sweet potatoes from Georgia, syrup and jellies from New York, apples from Oregon, peaches and pears from California, flour from Kansas, bacon and lard from Missouri and beef from Montana.
These products, Mr. Ferguson said, can be and are to some degree, produced in Arkansas and millions of dollars are lost in handling these products from outside the state.
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Arkansas residents import Irish potatoes from Minnesota and Colorado, tomatoes from Virginia, onions and cabbage from Texas, corn products from Illinois, milk from Washington, sweet potatoes from Georgia, syrup and jellies from New York, apples from Oregon, peaches and pears from California, flour from Kansas, bacon and lard from Missouri, and beef from Montana, despite these being producible locally, causing high living costs and millions in lost dollars.