The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-11-28

Kaufman, Navarro, Hill, McLeuuan,
h'll Rld Nillmmsuu,nud all tho ruun-
lr1 west Of these named and you have
ut leH.t any Waiu-proiuciug counties
Ultimate onc-llnh of tho area 0f each
county In wheat, that tx ll6 411 acres,
aud ihe average yield nc fifteen BUSH
els per acre, mld you have for each
curty li2s,0uu bushels aud tur the
MY counties 3d. iOu 01O bushels. Leave
IA leNas for home consumption aud
sced 2OWO,OOO Of this product aud ynu
have 600 COCOON for export, Calrulut-
INK the llour manufactured nc hume
ana sent abroad, and the residue Of the
crop for export the average
value per bushel will not he less than
one dollar or 500 600 0OO IN value from
this source, over and above home dc.
mnnd and wants.
Does any one doubt the correctness
OF this assumption lfs0, allow me
10 refer 10 the fact that the present
Yield OF wheat and flour from Collin
and other counties, the present season
pretty near approaches the figures for
ench county now presented When
We consider the estimate yield ut only
fifteen bushels pei acre land the facts
show this year an average Of twenty
live-and lhatNsye but II comparative
small portion or the agricultural lands
Of Collin and the ueighboring counties
We're sown in wheat this year, the con.
Yiction Is forced that the calculation Is
clearly within the bounds of truth.
This gives l,32O,GOO surplus for eXpor-
tation to each county Now add TO
this calculation another fifth to be cul-
tivated in oats ana barley, with ayield
Of thirty bushels per ucre, (Which Is
less than half the usual crop, and you
have for each county 3,450,OOO bushels,
or for fifty counties l72, 900 BUSH
els. Retain One-third for consump.
ton nj home, aud you have ll5,OOO,-
900 for export, which at thirty cents
per bushe, yields from this source
S3i, 500, 900.
Thus we have only calculated for
One-lifth of one hundred counties to be
cultivated in cotton, and tw0-tiths Of
fifty counties to be cultivated In small
grain. These facts are alluded TO
merely to show what we can do in
Texas. Grand results have been ac-
complished In older States without our
resources in production or genialiIy Of
climate. But we shoald be admop-
ished to
INVITE CAPITAL
TO come from everywhere; invite
skilled labor and capital from every
quarter of our country, so as TO make
Texas what observes to be-not only
the greatest in territory but the great
est in every respect of all the States
ICheers.
My tellow-cilizens | desire to
call your attention to selt-evident
fact that any man among you, however
lowly or exalted his position, will adj
nit, aud that is this, that there exists
deep feeling to-day against what ~
called
CORPORATIONS,
and more especially against railways.
| desire to talk and TO deal candtdly
with you on this great question. There
is no people under the folds OF the stars
aud stripes Of this Government tot
whom these are more necessary than
the people OF Texas, and inmy humble
Judgment there has never been IL time
in The history Of this country, when 10
required more courage to say SO than
at This very day. | want to point oui
a few things toyou, men OF Texas, ana
to ask you whether capital shall be
whether il shall De invited
Is como on. You have no naYigable
streams, have you Whe grnat Father
of Waters does not run along your
Is there Il single nayiga-
bic stream from Louisiana to the rio
U7ande, u distance OF eight hundred |
miles You have soil and climate |
eapable of sustaiuinga population that |
30 other State has You have every
thing TO make q people great, with wise
You hayepOL capital your
selves; il must come from abroad. You
can only get capital by the exercise OF
kindly feelings and judici0us legisla'
ton. In the State of Illinois, five times
less than your own great state, hVe
times less in territory and capacity, |
they have eight thousand miles OF rail-
road to-day, while you have only M
teen or sixteen hundred. why Is IL
that there is this disparity? The
Father of Waters girts their
State from its northern to its
southern boundaries; they have the
blue rolling waters of the Ohioi they
have the Wabash and other rivers, and
they have their great canal and yet
they raise nothing but wheat for trans
portation and little corn, flour and |
meats; but 10 cotton, no sugar, ANA
vet they have 5000 miles OF railroad |
WHY is it that they are superior to US |
in this respect? Simply because the
Industrial resources and the people of
hat State stimulate capital to come to (
hem from across the water, from New
Boston and New York to aid |
IN works of internal improvement.
How much older is Illinois than we?
In l84S, when ! was there, there was
not one single mile ofrailroad, They
attempted first the policy OF carrying
IN railroad system by the State, but
hat policy gave way to incorporated
companies, which was inaugurated by |
and was one of the features OF the De
and gave them the line ON
Cairo 10 Chicago. What built the
railroad from Cairo to Chicago where
here was navigation the whole year
round? They had only their wheat,
hour and meat az exports, but the gen
aral government came forward, and !
by lis aid of few sections of the pub
lie domain, built up the interests OF
thatmreat State. 1t built her up, and
to.day she stands fourth among the
States of this Union. If such is the
result in Illinois, what must be the re-
,ult in Texas with the same induce
ments and fostering care? Give las
more wise and liberal legislation; let
Us invite capital from every quarter OF
Lhe world; let us avail ourselves OF me