, 1873-11-22
CHICAGO AND TEXAS.
Co,nnlction Of . Direct All-Rail Line from
Chicago to tho Lone Star.
Resources Of Northern Texas--"An 1nvit-
Ing Field for Chicago Enterprise
...Futuro OF tho Cottol-
Trade.
Shall Chicago Become Great Cotton
Market2

II Tho Editor qf Ths Chicago Tribune:
Btn: Tho wrltor las roooutly visited tho fer
Northwest and tho far Southwest by now lines
Of railway from tho hIiaslssippl Rivor,-reach-
ina Northeastern >Dnkotn In diBtanco Of GOO
,niles, md Northern Texas In dataneo Of OFT
miJoB, from Chioago. In the former instance.
tho business mon Of tllis city wero mado aware
of the oxtstonco OF IN all-rail limo stretching
neross Wisconsin and Minnesota to within 1oo
miles Of tho point whore tho Northern Pacific
I,oad roaohca tho Missouri, and 30 miles beyond
tho limits Of scttloment In Aiinnosota. row,
however, OF our busincsa-1ncn aro aware thhs,
travorsing Illinois by the Chicago. Burlington
l. Quincy Road, thoy roach at Hannibal tue
hithor terminus Of n rond, wholly built within
throo yoara, extending southwest through Mis-
eouri md Kansas, and thenco-croBHlnG tho
Indian Territory from north to south-spanning
tie Rcd River, and having its torminaa ln
common with Tint Of tho Texas Central Road to
dalyostonl ut Dcnison, in the midst Of an al
1eady~populoua country, productive OF cotton
and Cattle
ON An 1A1rEn1AL BoALE.
have examined with much caro- the charae-
teristics and reHourcea Of o region now,
though long settled, frat oponod directly to tue
great markets, and upon which Chicago may II
she rocognizcB the importance OF securing now |
domain Of trade urgo claims for commerce and
comfy second to those Of no other city. But, in
these recent visits, provoking comparison be-
tween the NorthwcBt and tho Southwest, have
boon struck with tho contrast In tho relations
which Chicago susthins to them respectively, anu
especially in tho efforts making by our businosB-
mon to secure their trade. In tho Northwest, vhero
Chicago has no competitor, her dealers aro maxi
| Ing every effort to socuro business; IN the
| Sou Invest whore competition is mot at every
point,-with tho Gulf and Atlantic cities, and
especially with st. Louis,-ohicago is
/, po1No AB LITTLE
| to socuro what Hho must fight for II aho getB it
at nll, as though sho had no rival for tho trade
Of those vast mud rcsourccful regions Her
apathy In this important and most inviting field
suggests anything but II mnatorly inactivity."
Having hnd commercial greatncHs. in tho staples
Of grain cattlo, and lun'bcr, thrust upon"
hor, aho seems incapable Of believing that thcro
is any business distinction and advantage which
shc must "acl,ioye.' or sit with folded arms and
600 rival monopolizo 1t.
TEXAS OPEN TO THE wonLD.
Tho beginning Of 1878 still Baw To1na iBolated
(as respects railways) from the markets Of the
North and East. Itn cattle wore driyon hum
drods Of noa to points on reads m LEADING to nan X a.
It's miios to railway and riyor, found outlet only
via Galyoaton and (down tho Rod Rivor) New
Orleans tho bulky supplies for The Govorn-
weston aud 1ntanola, whonco they wore partly
cnrrod by railway but maiuly hauled by wagon,
to their distant destination whlld al morchan-
disc for country and town (and there
considerable yizo) was transported BY teams
many days' journey over wrotehod ronds, which
no labor could improve. Immigration came
through tho Gull posts, up :he uncortain Ned
ness Of tic lelt~aavago Indian Territory. Tho
. complotion of the Missouri, Kansas l. To1as
notwithstanding tho Missiasippl. Missouri,
,, Canadian, Arkansas, and Rcd RiyeEs-has
, pushed, through many leborions yenra, north
aorosa tho State to NEE. the railway at tho Rod
: Rivor. with tho purpose Of commanding for Gal
weston tho ontire trndo Of Texan-,tnes itself IN
CONNECTIONS with st. Louis, Chicago, and the
goabord citiea. This great limo connects at two
! points with railways running to st. Louis ut
Vinits, Indian Territory, with tho Atlantic Pa
But }ts iiuo extends lao milos north Of scdalin
! to Hannibal, giving it two connections with
! Chicago one Ut Mohery, Mo-, via tho Chicago
b Alton Road and tho other at Hannibal, via
Hannibal t has aiao tho ehoice q tho moro di:
rect line Of tho Toledo, Wabash & Western Road
: to aoaboard connections; It should bo added
l. that St. Louis has IN independent connection
|
!, Cairo l. Fulton extension to Fulton on tho Rod
. River, ut which point it moots the Toxas <
r Z Pacific Railway system, connecting With all
ono one % Star" L tahos ita place among Tho on:
! terpriBing Commonwealth OF tho Union. Aud
n what docs 1t bring territory (274 s65 square
d milos) largor than Franco, mud out Of whicl
4 York, containing almost every variety OF soil
~ production, and climate, known to the Tomper
~ nte Zone 1t may be takon for granted that thit
' now road from tho North will absolutely com
bulk Of tho trade OF tho northorn third Of tha
State Lot uB Beo what this already ia.
n COTTON s
~ In tho counties immediately tributary to th
- present terminus of tho road thoro il already
I. product OF l5o 900 balos Of cotton, tho rroduo
~ lion Of Which has only begun III a sparBoly
Y q settled country. This valuable commodity
in which tho coming, tivo years arc destined to IL
Of either Of 81. Louis or Chicago, Of that maIke
n whose loalors 20 in Htrong, aud occupy tue fol
ID with Intelligent, entcrprislng, and reliab!
It agents, carrying roady money enough to max
i, cost Of bagging aud tics. This nnounta to II
II moro than Sl0 per balo worth $50. This til
ly grower must bo trusted for; and 1t ID said
30 cotton-farmors that as claRa. they are as hon
nd Northwest Horo ID already q comnodit,
a ea having marltot yaluo Of $40 00o, 900, read
It to 10 attractod in largo part
nd this city, or ya this city to Now York mud boa
mt forth to attrnot grain, cattle, and wool to th
M market, our dealers might this year lave Of
DO tainod, and may in 1874 aoc,,re, $4,000 bale
,1o yaluo Of 81 900 900. Nor is 1t tho trade In CO..
nv ton aloue that ia involved: tho marketing I
II ST I,0OO 000 worth Of cotton would Hoouro to Ch
ho cago purchasers for 81 Gao, 900 worth Of goner
10 ~ Merchandise, This is, however, not q trat
est llat il to await tho pleasure Of any city indof
WV nitoy; King Cotton, like tho GODS, will ho
! ouly thoso Who he!p then,selvca. 1hc tirno
especially favorable nov; Tor tho roaaon W
his f' to uoll on commission, and the purohasi,
Ill, OF supplies through Tho Sumo agents, havir
Ind boon hroken np) tho tiold il open to compot
,io tiol among cities aud dealers, precisely aa n
bo tic erai,,-lio1s and phaturoa Of tho Northwoa
ots Thia trade, alroady 10 vast will in ita norou
no. Ing volnmo, fall into the llan!ls Of those wi
orc claim 1t by working for it, and by oHering to
1ropa oY1 III,