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Show I SOUTH EXPECTS II TRADE REVIVAL J. M. Parker of Sperry Mill Returns From Business Trip That business men of the .south nd farmers are confidently looking forward to hetter business, was the opinion expressed today by Jo eph M Tarker. general manasrer of the b'per-fy b'per-fy Hour company of Op.Un. who has just returned from an extensive tour l" of Arkansas, Louisiana and other plate in the Mouth. ' ; Mr. Parker also visited the grain - vhango at Kansas City and St. l,oula find conferred with grain men In other I ' b sections. "Weather conditions in the south beautiful and their season Is far Advanced." said Mr. Parker today. Water In all sections of the middle west and south is plentiful and thorn tho-rn rmr-r look forward to a record year for their crops In many areas the t i nds are flooded with water, espee-I espee-I lly at St. Churles, where the Mls-.vourl Mls-.vourl river has flooded thousands ol eras or in nd. "The growers of cotton have started i ... to plant their crops and predict a re- ; , rival of business. V' Fa rm i- ..rid business men In the J V ' lections whb'h I visited are very op- HH timlstlc over the outlook for the fu- ture. They feel thai we have covered th- rough road and that the smooth i oad Is now in sight. Mr. Parker said that the farmer? In most places have had their crops planted for several weeks, being farth-i r advanced in this line than the; farmers of this vicinity, who have' bean hampered by bad weather. |