The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-07-16
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q. @. McLURE, Editor.



twenty milliong Of souls, or rather
bodlea OF course, u conpot be OK
pocted that anything that number
Willie found within her borders dur
Ansihe present generation vNor would
II be desirable that any such rapid In
hux Of immigration should take place
IN tho settlement Of u new country, as
IN all other things, Y " well not 10
make too lnlich elceti, FtstMd iente
h n sound ruloin all The affairs OF life
But that Texas only needs citizens
aud capital TO become n self-sustoIning
empire, no one will gainsay. She has
the climate, the soil, the size, the riv'
ors, the harbors, the productlons-in
fact, everything that Is requisite 70
amaJse her a. independent of tile bal
ance Of the world rs II is possible for
civilized nation TO be in this enllghl-
ened era, That 1t should be the higl"
cat duty Of every citizen TO use every
means In his power to induce desirable
immigrants to settle within her bor-
dcrs, wetnke TO be n self-oyidont propo-
sltion. N6 r @isui Nd.
Our thoughts have been turned In
this direction by noticing the AM
nouncement that G. w. Matthews, Of
Tyler, has been appointed lmmigra-
ton agent for the southern states, and
will leave on his mission Immediately,
This we regard as the wisest thing the
bureau OF immigration has yet done,
and we think II would be advisable for
IL to recall the appointment of the sew
reral agents recently designated to go
to.Jsmopo and,send them In tile Same
direction thnt Mr. Matthews IL going
In making this suggestion, we wish IL
TO be distinctly understood that II Is
not becausdNthis scheme Would bring
exclusively southern men toTexas, but
plysbecausewe believe the labors
Of tho agents would be crowned with
more SUCCESS IN that quarter than in
any other. Individually, we are pre-
pared 10 extend 60 tho new conner Of
every country Except Africa and Of
every elime the same generous well
come that we ourselves have met with
on the soil Of Texas. We care not
what theimmigrant's political princi-
pies are or may have been; all that we
would wish to know is whether he IL
IN honest man and whether he has
come To better his own condition in
life and to'aid in the development of
the state. And these We are assured
are the sentiments of the people Of
Texas.
In consequence of the misrulc, OPP
preston and political degradation to
which the people of Louisiana, Mis-
sissippb Alabama and South Carolina
have been and stiil are subjected, there
are thousands In each of those states
who are looking longingly to the fair
fields and free prairies of Texas as the
city of refuge from the mlseries that
surround them. All that these people
want, in order TO cut loose from their
present surroundings, Is for some one
on Whose Information they can rely to
go among them, to tell them the truth
about Texas, to pointo out the relativead.
vantages.and disadvantages of the diff
erent sections of the state, and to show
them how cheaply they can get here
by means of the arrangements made
with the railroads for carrying imml-
grants ut special rates. 1t must he re-
membered that the newspapers of
those states pre- exerting themselves as
much to keep theirpopulation there as
the papers ofthis state are to draw new
people here. Hence we can notexpect
full and frank statement of the, advau-
tages of this state to be hid before their
readers. And, therefore, it becomes
necessary that agents should travel
among them and give them correct In
formation.
We'believe that this new policy on
tine part of the bureau of immigration
will bring many thousand of good citi-
2ens to Texas next fall and winter. In
order that Dallas county may get her
null quota Ola that do come, we sug-
gest that the suggestion made by Gem
eral Robertson, in his recent circular
letter, be carried out ut once, so that
the desired information may be for
warded to the agents who are at work,
The suggestion is as follows:
respectfully suggest to the people |
OF cash county, either through their
county courts, or by voluntary associa-
ton of their. citizens, to have prepared |
by competent and reliable parties, de-
scriptions oftheir counties, character
of soil, kind of crops grown, and an |
average yield per aero Of each crop,
with meansof transportation and dis |
lance to market; relative amount of |
timber and prairie land, and In coun-
ties where pine and other timber will |
make the lumber tradeimportant, give
extent of such timber, and probable
market for lumber, with price of land
OF cultivated land in the
county, and terms On which 1t can be