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the gre al amount not less than three hun
bred thousand dolars-ofthe products OF the indus
try OF Pennsylvania, consumed by Texas In her In.
fancy, with population OF less than two hundred
Thousand in 1889, and when those products were,
to a considerable extent, excluded by the then sx-
listing tariff OF Texas, and without which she GER
million of the products OF the industry OF Pennsy!-
vania, had she been a state OF the Union. But in
ten years succe ding the ration the lowest
rate OF progress OF population to The square mile OF
the other new States, she would contain popula-
ton Of two millions; and consequently consume
FIVE millions of the products OF the Industry OF Penn
sylvaaia, one fifth OF all the surplus products OF
the mines and manufactures OF that great State,
sold beyond her limits in 1910 The principal pro-
ducts OF Texas will be cotton and sugar. and beside,
the iron used IN all agricultural implements, as well
as In the manufactures consumed by an agrlcaltu-
raj people, the Of IRON in the cotton and sugar
mills is very great. There all the great iron appara
tus and machinery connected with the cotton gin
and PRESS and the iron bollersand kettles and CRATES
and furnaces used in the making Of sugar il greater
than in any other employment. Together with this
10 the steam engine, now universally employed IN
making sugar, and being employed also in The gin.
ming Of cotton, and the iron that must be used by
Texas she developes her resources, must be great
indeed; and the question depending on the rean-
nexaon, is, whether Texas shall become a part Of
our home market, and whether England, or Penn
| svlvania and other States, shall supply her wants.
| There Is another fact which must lead 10 vast
consumption OF coal in Texas, and that is this that
from the banks of the Red river to the coast Of The
III,
other points. chiefly along her sire ANS Texas ia la
most exclusively prairie country; and yet, (wbat
is not very usual, except in northern Illinois, and
some other portions OF the West the soil of these
prares is Inc xhausbly fertile. From these causes
wood and fuel must be scarce in Texas, and the
coal of Pennsy lvania and other States must find
market there OF almost incalculable value.
We come next to the products Of the forest and
here the middle States stand first, and then the
New England and northwestern States. New
York here stands first, and then, 10 their order
Maine, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Ohio
From Oean point on the ALLEGHENY river in New
York, and down that stream through Pennsyvan
the lumber that now defcends the Mississippi is
very considerable, and OF which, including the
products from tn; forest from other quarters OF the
Union, Texas already took from US. as the table
shows. ia 1899, to the value OF $l67 A. The pro.
duct Of the fisheries Of the whole Union. in l8iO
was S. 996, OOo. of wh,ch New England produced
the products OF these fisheries. Texas aIread took
in 1889, to the value Of $43 426. which, as Texas
has no fisheries, must be vastly augmented hereaf-
ter. By the Treasury report OF 1910, as exhibited
in table No. the number OF vessels built that year
IN the whole UniOn was S58; and here the New
England States stood first, and then the middle and
northwestern States; and Massachusetts, was first,
and then, in their order, Maine, Maryland, New
nectcut. Now, by table No. 8, il il shown that
the cearances of American vessels 10 Texas. from
the United States, and of entries into the n,ed
States of American vessels from Texas, was, in
the whole, in 1889, Cos, being two thirds OF the
whole number OF vessels built in that year in The
United States; and our crews employed in navigat-
ing these American vessels thus employ ed that
year in our trade with Texas, were ATT The
number Of American vessels which cleared for Tex.
as in 1885, was greater than to any Of fifty. seven
out OF sixty-three Of all the enumerated counties
OF the world 1t was greater, also, than the whole
aggregate number of our vessels which cleared that
year for France, Spain, Russia, Prussia, Sweden,
Norway, Denmark, Belgium, aud Scotland com.
bined. The came disproportion also exists as re.
GA q pud nj pIanl N Anne lc
which entered the United States from Texas and
the crews employed. The same tables demonstrate
that, Of the foreign vessels which entered the United
States from Texas, in 1889 eighteen only, out Of
los, entered ports from Texas, and sixteen TO
reign vessels ONLY cleared from the United States
in that year for Trxas, out Of 036; showing that
our trade with Texas, IN 1889, stood nearly upon
the footing OF our great coaswise trade, and was
conducted almost exclusively in American vessels.
Having shown the large number Of American crews
concerned in the trade with Texas, and the great
look at the States which made these profits BY
the census Of $780, the whole number of persons
employed In navigating the ocean was &c Cpl, Of
which number AZ, lA were from New England, and
sets stood first. and then Maine, and next, 10 their
order, New York, Connecticut. Pennsylvania,
| Rhode Island, Louisiana, and New Jersey. Ia
looking Also 10 the States which OWE ed the ton
mage employed in this nave alton, we fnd. by table
No. 4. from the treasury report, that the New Eug
land States stood first, and then the middle States;
| and that the largest amount was owned by Massa-
chuselts, and next, in their order, by New York,
Maine, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Louisiana, Con-
nectIcu, and New Jersey. When we consider the
products of the fisheries consumed, and that will
| crews employed in that trade, the reanne Ration
must greatly augment our mercantile ::;arine, and
thus enable 1t to supply our navy, whenever neces.
sary, with an adequate number OF sklltn', brave, and
hardy seamen, 10 defend, In war, flag upon the
sea. The number OF persons employed in internal
navigation, Unfolding lakes, rivers and canaIs)
by the census OF 1910, was a3 076; more than one
halt being, from the middle States, and next the
from New York. and next, in their order, Penn
sylvania, Ohio, Virginia, Maryland and Missouri.
Here, the States which have constructed great ca.
| mails, which transported the exchanged able
products Of the Union. have vast interest in the
| remuneration OF Texas OF these canals, the
great works in New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio,
are already completed, and those of Indiana, and
Illinois approach completion, whilst Mary land
| and Virginia are pausing in the construction of
| their great works, the value of all OF which would
be greatly AUGMENTED and business increased, by
one word of the Old Dominion. She borders upon
! the Ohio and Atlantic, and when her great works
shall unite their waters by one direct and coniinu-
Gus canal, her connection with the West, aud with
| Texas, as part of it, will be most intimate and
important; and through the very hcert OF the State
| would float vast amount Of the commerce con-
nected with the Ohio and Mississippi And che
also has other great and peculiar interests connect
| Gu WIFI t.lc IthuutXhtlOu VI ItAhs. ne dIHOuHt
Of cast and bar iron furnished by her in 1910, was
~ 6s6 tons; of bi'uminous coal 1862 35 bushels;
and Of domestic salt, 745 6lS bushels; OF whcsf
SO 3l5 1888 in value; OF The product OF animals,
49, 952 27S; and of cotton manufactures 81 69 10;
Of all Of which articles Texas, the tables OF ex
ports shows, is a very large consumer.
From the official Treasury report OF 1910, lgive
the tab, No 6, for the year commencing the Is, OF
October. 1858, and closing on the Both of Seplem-
| Der, 1889, showing our commerce that year nth
Texas. and all the other nations OF the world This
shows that the total Of our exports Of domestic pro-
duce to Texas that year, was 81 $40 065, and The TO-
tai OF all our expsrts to Texas that year. 81 CH 0s2
that the imports the same year from Texas we're
over imports, OF 81 1853 966. Thus the ex,raordina
ry fact is exhibited, that the very infancy OF her
| existence, the balance of trade in our favor with
Texas, exceeded that OF each OF all the foreign coun-
| tries of the world-two only excepted; and the 4.
two were colonies of an empire, our trade TO the