The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-01-23
LET THERE III LIGnT"
ANA WIN IL Home, sincw ana Capital
VIII Pind tis way 10 Texas.
DALLAS, TEXAS, January ~, 1875,

furnishing such Information? Won
you renew the appeal TO their own In
terests In this matter, and that at $,
small cost that no one Will feel IL as
burden? II II II population and tn,
consequent development Of countr.
that make both the city and country
then never was II more important 70
Dallas and the country tributary there
TO TO make their advantages and In
ducemt hts knOUR, and that In mos
emphatic terms, 10 the world. I..
The North and South, the East ant
Northeast are possessed OF emigration
ides and are maturing emigration pur
poses, and have generally the "rexas
fever" Texas is u big country anl
occupying rs much territory rs severa
States east of the Mississippi river
and will require multitudes and years
to fill up its unoccupled territory and
enterprises. Dallas being the very
center Of Northern TeXaS-the center
Of Its wheat, corn, oats, barley ant
cotton region combined; the center OF
its railway projections the great poinI
Of interest, and upon which the eyes o
the world are turned-why will not tn,
citizens of Dallas avail themselves o
the grand opportunity TO place thei
city and surrounding country in theil
true colors before the world? The en-
tire ground may be covered and th,
work most eflectually done 10y III,
preparation, publication and circula
ton Of $4,000 to 1000 copies of d
pamphlet Of not exceeding fifty pages
How many Of our business men are
daily called upon to answer by mail OF
in person the mnay questions of In
quirers about Texas? How few of then
take the time to do so, systematically
and ellectually? How many can spar,
the time to do so in this busy
city? And yet, if called upon, how
many will respond with cheerfulness
and liberality to theexpense Of such 8
pamphlet as will exactly meet the re-
quirements of thousands of distant in.
quirers, and which information would
he instrumental in bringing to our city
and county thousands of people anc
millions Of capital for the development
of our agricultural and mineral re-
sources? Ffpe thousand dollars thus
crpeRdGd and ,jadici0uSly done would
be worth millions of dollars to Dallas,
and what is emphatically the interest
of all, each and all should be found
ready to sustain by their purse and in
lluence. Such n publication has al.
ready been prepared and few thous
and copies distributed among our bust.
ness men, and while in matter, design
and supposed efficiency to the end PRO.
posed, 1t met with the most hearty APP
prevail of all, yet personal application
for funds to defray the expenses of its
multiplication to fifty thousand copies
is met with so little encouragement as
to have induced its suspension, il not
abandonment altogether, by the pro-
jector.
The following communications, OF
extracts therefrom, Will. perhaps more
fully illustrate the necessity and vital
Importance OF such movement on
the part of Dallas, than any other
argument, that might be used
and no doubt every business man in
Dallas, often receives just such CON-
munications:
DEPERE, Wisconsin -- - 1875.
DEAR SIR-"Will you favor me with
such information as you can con-
veniently afford time to indite by mail
of Texas and the city Of Dallas ?"
GThen follows a list Of inquiries toe
numerous to recite here, but just such
as any sensible party would likely ask
about any strange country to which he
might be looking for home
BATAVIA, New York, - = 1875.
SIR-"I am thinking of going ia
Texas and write you for such facts as
will decide that question. What Is the
size of Dallas ? What sort of n farm
ing country around IL? What's the price
of lands +? What's the health, taxes,
homestead laws, &c. d? What can a
young man, with $1,000 or $4,000
capital, do at farming in your sec
ton 20
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky, - - 1873.
Mr. DoNoHo-"What inducements
are offered in Texas for land invest.
ments ? What are your usury laws
and will money find safe and profit.
able friend for investment, &c, DC.
Yours truly, w. A. II.
BALTIMORE, ND, January 49, 1870.
SIR-Having determined to emigrate
to Texas, and the purpose being known
to many persons, | am daily besieged fol
information in reference to the coun-
try. There are thousands of
people here able and willing to work,
but cannot find work to do, and many
families suffering for the necessaries o.
life, that never before knew what II
was to want for anything. The great
cry is to get away from here, and theil
perpleXity is to know where they ought
to 90, and hence this communication
seeking and hopeing for more light
| venture to say thst If any county Of
section of your State were to appoint
committee, with means for the prepar
alton of the proper documents for cir
culation here, that thousands of gooC
and responsible emigrants could bt
had for Texas within sixty days. Many
families have been induced to vel
ready for emigration to Texas by the
exceedingly meagre information de
rived from me. | do think this is 0
matter worthy the attention of you
people. s. A. s.
Kansas City, January, 1876.
Messrs. Donoho & Co.:
Can you furnish such facts as may
serve colony of excellent people, con
sisting principally of farmers and me
chanics, and EN- bracing some two hun
dred and sixty families, who arr
inclined to locate in Texas. or course
we cannot expect to tax you with such
an undertaking as that of a detailed
letter, but hope you will send for circu
lation among these people such printed
matter as may be convenient, touch
such questions as the character ant
PRODUCTION of soil, price of lands, cos