The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-12-05

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NiIp.
Sou gentlemen dead IN nRufol more
llun Nv lunty, su permit me 10 rosa
you few statistics taken nom The
NO. ual records " the state!
t1hr great state NJ TeXha embraces
II territory uf ~ ,Bl square miles, or
IbG. UO2, 80 acres NJ urHblo land, much
Of which /. unsurpassed by any terri
tory of like extent on tie continent.
There are yet In central, western cnst-
ern aud southern Texas, with climate
mild aud genial ~ that of Italy, many
Of acres ns yet tlnoccupied.
In 1870 the United States census mar
shals returned for Texas n population
of slS,j07, gain Of 2Oi ,3G5 In ten years.
II Is estimated that since 1870 the pop
ulati0n of the state has increased GOO,-
900, which would make the present
population AIS, $40. In 1870 the as
sessed value of the property of the
state was $l70, 473,77S. In 1871 the
value of property had increased to
$22O, G,G2l. In 1872 the assessed value
had arisen to $206, 256, 1924, showing an
increase In three years of Sl24, 49,, SAG.
And now from the figures of 1873, we
have the value set down at lin round
numbers) S310,OOO, 600.
"NO state in the union grows so sue
cessfully such n variety OF crops MS
Texas. In cotton, from crop of 3d.
900 bales in 1850, we have increased
to 100000 bales for the year 1874. These
are bales of 500 pounds each, remem-
Der, instead of the usual commercial
bale of $50 pounds. The aggregate
farm products of the state in 1870 en-
braced 424,50i horses, 6l,322 mules,
42S,Oi8 milk cows, 1872, 407 working
oxen, and 2, 933, .5SS other cattle; ia, 1851
sheep, |, 2O2, l45 swine, W, l73 bushels of
spring wheat, 2S,52l bushels of rye,
%, 554, 53S bushels of Indian corn, 76l,-
G63 bushels of oats, 4l,35l bushels of
barley and G3,Sl4 bushels of rice, 3d.
FOG pounds of tobacco, $685. bales of
cotton, 1851 1913 pounds of wool, 2OS, 1888
bushels of Irish potatoes, 2,lSS,64l
bushels of sweet potatoes, 6,2l6 gallons
of wine, 3,7l2,7F pounds of butter, 34,-
342 pounds of cheese, 62,77l gallons of
milk, 1920 hogsheads of sugar and 246,-
0Gl gallons of cane molasses. Among
the smaller items are hay, hops, hemp
wax, honey and garden and orchard
products. The progress in manufac-
lures has been no less remarkable than
in agricultural improvement. There
were in 1870, 1899 steam engines, 11G
water wheels, 1927 hands, $6,2S5, 10
capital invested, $6273, 1893 worth of
materials, and turning out $l1 ,5l7, 1902
worth of products. The products in
clude cotton and wooden goods, iron
castings, freight aud passenger cars,
leather, iron, hardware and a large
number of other important articles.
The principal products as to value, were
those of the 533 flour and grist mills,
amounting to about $500, 600; of 324
saw mills, amounting to abont 81 $780,
ISL ; and of the Is beef packing estab-
lishments, yield $l,052, l06. 1t is
entirely safe to estimate that botl the
capital and products of The manufac-
turing establishments in Texas have
increased 50 per cent since 1870"
Now. gentlemen, have mentioned
these things to show you the status of
Texas to-day, since the same ratio of
increase of property from $2l0, 000, GOO
to $40, 000,000 must also be applied to
increase this estimate. Since our
s,,is LII, ~ H. sor,o ;ntarost md Tia
gun, VIZ ',a.; Wv. 81 il ,,ni, tn onnUo;nt
SAM ues,y, 49, so Vs. W. nS
tr',,s1,,,tl 40 =, hoonp,e, y ,r,.oat ,,n,yor
;ne az Sia 'n az ne ef T'ev
~ I ta,' I h". si an,b 9.o of onnnraSs
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a., "G M p ne " b . ih iII at fhe and
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NE" ,i" ell. ~" had tho hornr Of
NV, ST. hani,ao,a nnt Inn,, 400 to
UdG $50 t,uoat,, tho,,sa, W nons,,a % fbat
,ao;,,t on ill., thc ,,roudast boost flat tie
p' could mate for II Was that II
,,,as the WAtlnnta of ravoSu, Tan.
r ma1 .n1 W. loci, to vo,, here and
ppm " 20, omd ;no;tato y y over there
W. ;nyita ,,o,, there MT IN mako Vol,
Grow hut TO Show Vol, orr state Tben
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t Ju go , o;s omd hieSS onr V own
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fShev told you That we we're lawless and
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+ ,uas 4o na trns ant nSon Tho frnntier
t Nv "%e n o"r hr,ye n;onoars took their
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