Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-11-02
Where to Go.

All parts ofour country arc nov
so unpreccdentodly prosperous IN
der the wise and benign rule of The
Republican party that thero is moth
ing like tho stimulous for omigra
tion from tho East to the West
which exists in times of great bust
ness depression, such rs are usually
concurrent with low-taritf periods.
Yet tho region west Of tho Mississ-
ippi never before offered such great
inducements to immigrants. The
iron-horso now reaches almost ove-
ry portion of it, supplanting the te'
dious and clumsy OK team which
had formerly to be depended upon
as a means of reaching noarly all
points remote from navigable riv-
ers, as we'll as for the marketing of
produce. The change which the
railroad has thus wrought in the
advantages of that vast domain is
incalculablc, but some idea of the
effect may be gathered from the
suddenness with which the Terri
tories lying between tho Missouri
river and California have been
opened up to settlement and culti-
vation since the completion of the
Union Pacific and Kansas Pacific
railroads.
The influx OF population into
Texas since the close of the war
and tho abolition of slavery gave
frcer play to all the industrial &C.
tivities including the building OF
railroads, has been marvellous.
Two hundred and fifty thousand
people, it is estimated, sought
homes there last year, and. the
number is annually increasing.
Texas is pre- c.eminently the State
for stock raising, and all that has
been written and spoken about tho
wonderful opportunities for amass-
ing fortunes in the Southwest, out
of small capitals invested in sheep
and cattle, applies with especial
pcrtincncy to large portions OF
Western and Northern Texas.
There are found vast, almost limit
less, tracts of grazing lands, where
stock may roam at will and subsist
the year round on tho sweet, nu-
tritious grasses.
The climate is probably the heal
thiest in the world, and is particu-
larIy favorable for consum2tives.
1t is related that gentleman OF
veracity living in Blanco county
once wrote to q friend that there
was but one doctor within twenty.
five miles of his house, and he had
10 mako q living by tending saw
mill.
But Texas is not only unequal
led in its advantages as grazing
region. Unlike wild belt ofcoun-
try to tho northward, it has n great
variety of the richest soils, and
nearly its whole vast extont-it is
three times as large as Now York
is fertile and arabic. Cereals
and fruits of all kinds can be grown
in abundance, and there is said to
be no part of the country better
suited to grape culture. AS for
cotton, there are, according to Da-
vid Christy, author of "Cotton is
King" ten millions of acres in Tex
as capable of producing one bale OF
five hundred pounds each, and ten
millions moro capable ofproducing
two hundred and fifty pounds each,
making total capacity OF fifteen
million bales, or more than three
times the present total need OF tho
world. This statement, Mr.. Chris
ty says, is based on The official es-
timates of the United States mar
shals.
Texas is also exceedingly rich in
coal and mineral. ores Of nearly
| every kind. This noble State is
already travorsed by number OF
railroads, and the Texas and Pacii-
ic road, which under tho energetic
direction of Col. Thomas A. Scott
is about being constructed from
Marshall through to Ell Paso, near
ly on the 23d parallel, will open up
it's marvellous resources still more
completely, and attract immigra-
ton in tenfold more rapid ratio.
There are evidently so many
young mcn--and middIc-aged ones
too-whose eyes are turned toward
this beautiful Land" that in wri-
ting concerning it VIC desire to be
as explicit and particular as possi-
bic. Tho estimated cost (accord-
ing to Mr.. Sweets pamphlct) OF
getting to New Mexico, and most
distant of the several States and
Territories named by him, is sl26,-
so. This includes railroad faros
from Washington to Denver, added
to the expenses ofan overland jour-
ney from that point, and OF sub
sistance on the whole journey, sup
posing a wagon and mule team to
be bought by perty of four per-
sons in St. Louis, aud sold again at
cost on arriving in New Mexico.
The fares from Philadelphia to Gal
vestion, Texas, amount TO only
$50; going from New Orleans to
Galveston, by steamer, via the Red
River, they would be more. One
hundred dollars should cover the
cost of getting 10 almost any point
! in the interior of the State. We
may rccur to this interesting sub
iect, and shall be pleased to an
swcr editorially any interrogator-
ies.-Forhey's Press.