The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-01-03

mnnl Ol hepfDhnefilY nl lhelf ftaltls
tho farmdiH Of our country rus
could he d1ne entirely irrespective OF
any p0liliGal hrafing on tlie subject
diseuhipl The FARMERS Of our epunlry
are, "a y body large hearted, large
headed men, men Of more Than aver
age Intellect, While We grant [
that things apperlalning TO the
farm may he OF Interest We ~ the
samn lime take the ground that our
larners, as u class, Hre MT wnIthily |
represented by our purely agriculture
associates, The farmers are denied
that representation In the councils oi
our nafion that both tilelr numbers
aud their brains entitle them 10, This
IN u great measure N owing - the
lukewarmness Of their representative
press, We grant that many ~ their
Journals are Well and ably edited, but
II Ii Ia u local, not u national, manner
II may interest u few Of their readers
10 DO t0ld that such man raised no
many buhhels OF corn 10 the acre.
Why, ffty years since the late Com.
modore Stevens, OF Hoboken, raised
the largest crop OF corn 10 tie acre We
ever heard Of. What does II prove?
Simply that our improvements agrl-
oulturally have alone been made IN
labor-aavlng machinery And III the
manufacture Of manures,
We beg them 10 cease TIE discussion
OF such qlestl0ns IN 30 earnest man
ner, aud lake bold Of measures such as
the Texas and Pacific railway, the
James river and Kanawha canals, aud
those kindred TO H. We ask them 10
discuss them In largeness Of henrt an
BELTS the theme, Lot them Inform
their readers ns 10 the thousands OF
acres Of tlllable and millions Of acres
OF grazing land 10 DO brought under
theplow, and u be bought for n song
along the r0uie0f the Texas and Pacific
railway, Let them place In u proper
light before their readers the difference
between The sterile earth ana bleak
airs Of New England when compared
with the rich blaGk l0anl Of the soil
and the delicious atmosphere Of the
Lone Star state Let them compare
the products Of the frozen, frlgld North,
where II meagfe soil, only after hard
and weary toll, grudglngly yields Us
fruits, 10 the broad savannahs OF Texas,
where grow spontaneously the pro-
ducts Of the tropics In an almost tenn
porate cline where the orange, the
grape, the lig, cotton, corn aud sugar
may be had for llllle labor where
the maximum Of production II gotten
with n minimum OF workjh where
"tlcklo the earth with u hoe aud she
laughs with n harvest Treat the
subject as II deserves, and In all lis
bearings, both asto lts farming lands
aud lts influence upon our farming
people ofdlflefent states.
/ Let them agaln place before the
farmers Of the great west, the farmers
Of the states of Ohio, Of Illinois and
Illinois and Indiana, the great demand
10 he supplied by them alone, for their
vast productions OF corn, OF pork, Of
bacon aud Of beef, when tho country
we write OF Nils up with an enterprls.
Ing and thriving people. Let them
not forget TO state that our southern
farmers were everstheir'Lest GA, toners
for the products named. They NEED
fear no lessenbg Of the demand. Let
them tell their readers, TINT where it
Is cheaper to buy than togrow, pro-
: ducers must step In to meet those
wants. When cotton, rice and sugar
are the best paying crops, they will be
raised TO the exclusion of all Others,
and the supplies needed Of pork, of
beef and of grain must of necessity he
: purchased elsewhere. Let them say TO
: the stock r,,isers of Kentucky, OF Ten
I nessee and of Missouri, here you must
: expect to find your largest customers
J for your horses and your mules. The
mustang of the plains will not work,
: and could not II he would. Willing
: as he may be for Il days canter, heyet
! cannot stand the severe labor of collar
20 and of traces. Horses in many cases
1 hut mules in more, must no imported
o to do the work. Let them tell theil
0 readers OF the Unlimited capacity OF
. the state about to DO bound in the iron
!; embrace Of the TeXas and Pacific rail
d way. Let them tell of the 52,002, So
i aces which comprise the state. OF tn,
g paucity of the population, ii being 60l,
u $50 in 1850, and AN average only OF .St
Is to the square mile. Let them tell %
y the glorious future which Is not far of
J. Then we win ask them to turn agair
g eastward and say To the spnners o
Is Massachusetts, of Rhode Island, ant
Ii of Connecticut, from here must com,
10 your supply of wool for carding ant
n for cloth. AS safeguarding cOuntr,
% Australia--contineht though 1T ma,
Z be-cannot surpass In capacity the ca
Ie pabllities, Of the state. From 35O, 0O
q head in 1860 to a million in 1870, WIN
y can measure its future focks in 1888
by numerals? Let them 20 t
le the cities even, and tell the shin
ID owners an to the possibilities of Gal
lel weston and Indianola, when the Texa
Ie and Pacific railway ia completed. 1
Ie crop of 100000 bales of cotton fourteen
lie years since indicates o possible Gro
ID almost fabulous in quantity in the fl
lie ture. This crop must be marketed
ID and from where so rapidly and s
I'd cheaply as from the sea-ports? Wit
o. the Texas and Pacific railway tappin
e. the whole breadth Of the state, wit
&c branches like veins extending o
of either side, forming u ganglion OF iro
TO nerves tending to and bringing a
is products to a common center, and tbs
Is center the sea- board, who can predi,
ls the future? Estimates predicted lpo
in thepast woul,ls bes4wholH futile, an
In only mislead. Let these agricultur,
re journals indulge IN, prediction eve
I'd Munchausen-like, and such predicto
If would fall far short OF reality.
~ Let them tell their readers of onl
% % thirty years since how heggarly tbre
=. cars of freight a day were landed {
~ Jersey City from the only line haviD
as its terminus there. Then tell ther
e now of the Pennsylvania railway wit
W vs. its hundreds of trains and thousands T,
" cars daily, with It's depots coverin
no acres, and with its shops not +,
~ out on the meadows covering il
~ dozens of acres more, and then Of I'll
~ other railways--the Central, the Del.
ii ware and Lackawanna,g the Erie, til
he NQrthern,l-each, and all pouring Oh