Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-12-18

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sisisd 70 one ihsi ihs ruiian sfur ~
ihe euuuiy IN is5s wss be- sitiy.
eve bales I'll t0li- sith bet tee
gins To- the oouHiy, shsFs a. Ne
crop " the present year sill b 30
isesn fiuF and ave ihoasand bales.
with ~ gihs, against the siHiy Ave
lAles u o0,ion aud i~o gins u %.
This shows rapid ineTvsss 10 the
rullars II cotton, snd u seems n
have gone beyond the sIPsslsli0ns
II the planter,
What has been said 81 KAufhAh
in regard 10 the richness OF her
lands, the produeliysness o. her soil,
tho education aud the moral train
ing " the youth Of the eOahlry, aud
tho picturesque appearance IL the
same, apply also TO Dallas and Col
liz counties, Only 10 . greater ex'
tent But great drawback 10 the
prosperity aud rapid upbailding Of
this garden'spot of our empire State
Is tho want Of railroads, aud this
lack Of market facilities, with the
devas,ations made upon tho wheat
crop for tho last Few years, have, no
doubt, been great incentives 20 COT
ton raising, As tho market for cotton
was better at homo than that tor
wheat or -four. Ii the wishes 90 10
do, he can ship his own cotton, bat
II not, Il ID ready sale 10 the msr,
chants all over the country for goods
or cash. There Is an old and rather
vulgar saying thst-"monsy makes
the mare GO" Now this 10 too true;
Tor no matter how important Il may
be to our people for the great wheat
raising sections 10 continue the bus.
mess of wheat. growing, they will
not do 20 while there 10 more money
in growing cotton, for truly cotton
Is King; aud greater preparations
are making for cotton raising next
year than over before, there being
but little wheat sown, and doing
badly on account Of the long con.
tinusd dry weather. But notwith-
standing whest.growing has virtu-
ally "plsycd out" yet there 10 a
sense in which Dallas aud Collin
may be appropriately called the
Egypt Of Texas, this year, At least,
and that il in tho abundance Of the
corn, oat, hay and hog crops. Here
l saw tho largest surplus Of corn,
and the finest hogs and more Of
them than in any section through
which / have Travelled. The price
of corn being from twenty-five TO
forty cents n bushel, and q year. old
swine, with but little extra feeding.
that will draw from three fifty TO
four hundred pounds net, and i
think l can say truthfully that
those good people will have . plen.
ty Of "hog hominy."
Great numbers Of omigrans are
pouring into these counties from
different States Of the Union, but
principally, l believe, from Tennes.
SEQ and Mississippi. Lett them come;
there is no part of Texas which
holds out better inducemen. "a to en-
igrants than this, nor can they find
more cordial welcome by any poo
pie than will BIO given them by the
citizens Of Dallas and Collin coun.
ties. IT'S in this section that / met
with many old friends and acquain-
tances of other and better days, and
received many hearty shake of
the hand; amongst whom was my
dear old friend, John William
Swindclls, ono OF the editors and
proprietors of that staunch, sterling,
and worthy sheet of Northern Tex
as, the Dallas HERALD" May
he and his paper 1.-Two and "rcign y
thousand years"