Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1859-12-21
A Source of Wealth.

Three wears ago, Il sack of Texas -four was u
GREAT rarity in Houston, and the loTty or hlty
sacks that were brought here that winter We're
sold mt fancy prices, people bayinS them out oil
curiosity more than any thing else. linen "iso
the total production Of wheat in Texas was es'i'
mated ut about II half million OF DushelS. -
Then then there were no merchant mills IN the
wheat region. and all the flour had dark and
unsighty appearance, though it was noted as
making bread of extraordinary sweetness. Then
If was believed that the day would come, When
the railroad should be built to Dallas, that Tex
ns would furnish most of the flour for home con-
sumption, and perhaps by getting to market /"
few weeks earlier than st. i4ouls lOuf, Iurn a."
honest penny by selling o few barrels IN NO"
Orleans. NO one looked beyond tI'u' m ,iVy 49, %s u
market for any of our Texas grain. But three
Years have passed and the railroad Is not ye'
half way to Dallas The production Of "he"S
has nlrendy grown to nearly three hililon Vi
bushels ucr wear. Here in Houston, fully Az per
cent Of all the -four solids of Texas namulacture'
This is evident from the fact. that While Tue iih-
nortations of every othat article OF western pro-
ducc have considerably increased this year over
last, tho lmportations of flour have diminished
80 per cent 1t is also manifest to any one v " W lio
will look at the immense piles of sacks OF hour
tn ho sonn in almost any of our large houses ut
all times The flour has also amazingly improved
in quality, and We now frequently see bread made
Of Texas flour quite as white and tw!ce as sweet
"a fine best Plants Extra, or any other couDie
extra brand that is brought to the otate. al.
roodv also are our merchants begininSto export
wheat. not to New Orleans, for that Is no mar
ket for wheat in the grain, but to New 1ork
The amount shipped from Houston 10 ne" ioi i n
this year by one house was over lo'ooo ous,.els
and tho entire amount, we presume ho. ,"' ;,nI
40 eco bushels. And but day or two since
Messrs. Ennis & Co., of this city, informed us
that they were shipping 1000 bushels to Liver
nool as new adventure, believing 1t could p'
made profitable.
Texas wheat is sold by weight, GO pounds oe
;nc the standard the world over oil p@snel
/ whereas measured bushel OF the whea' Vi o,i
r;h northern nrairies will weigh near ~ pOuhus
Whont can now be delivered in Houston lor one
dollar per bushcl, and with present PRICES ~
New York and Liverpool, which are sVilleMn VIM
lower than ordinarily, the shipment VIII u' io'''
pay out . ; a.,
If then. we can now transport wlca. INTO Wv
northern and European markets. anu .ulnl
with the Northwestern States is IL no' s' w,
ms IN osk if this is the best we can 10 wv
Loro oTtcn urred the Importance OF our cilzeh
tnrninr their attention TO the Manufacture q
gour in this city. With good Touring mills her
ot ,resont rrices. Extra fine flour could be turn
cd ont Mt IS per barrel, at which, rate, 'rc oouh
nov ship 10 N10 Orleans by Steamer, ana 'l,"e
good profit in competition rith 81. Lou'' tlour
! We assert it, there is no use OF waiting longer
| We oucht to have til ase mills ut once Scarcel
more than year or two will pass before we ShaI
have n railroad into the heart of the great iun
Der fields of the east, when the slaves VIII D
brought to our very doors for the manuiactnrs Q
-four barrels BY that time also the EN- ee tb,
Road will be extended so far that tue GUS " W, w
raw material. laid down here VIII NOT uJ =,
5%@ 5"ts This being the case there is nothing , tI
80 INV suTnlyine the West Indies, the @ni
coast ,o and mnGh Of the interior of the & Soutner r.
States states with aour, and still have million H,, OF 8
of barrels to ship to New nofh aG aIa "a mar naTket two
,aa1tbs IN advance of all the rest OF the wileai
,rnrinr countries and thus have the monopoly
ssr supglying -four from New WHEAT to hall the
world. .,--,.-.-s
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