The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-01-23
STILL THEY COME AND STILL
THERE In ROOM. -

STILL THEY COME AND STiLL
THERE IN ROOM. ~
The trains from the North and East
come with their hoardes of prospec-
tors and settlers, and the mails with
their thousands of inquiries, addressed
to our Mayor, Sheriff. merchants,
bankers, mechanics and professional
men, and seeking information about
Texas.
With all that has been said of this
great State rarely has any visitor form
ed q just conception OF Its real advant-
ages until he has seen 1t. No pen has
yet been able to portray Texas as II is,
and hence the surprise and gratifea-
ton of strangers. The extent of her
territory all understand, but the OK.
traordinary fertility of the soil and the
versatility Of its productions, the
temperatures and healthfulness of the
climate, the great abundance and
cheapness of lands, and the wonder
full growth, prosperity and progressive
ness apparent everywhere, surprise
every new conner. Let any one con-
sider for moment the Importance
and value Of the fact that Texas
possesses millions of acres capable of
producing Oh the same tract of land
just rs fine wheat, oats, barley,
corn and cotton as any other State
can produce of either, and that such
lands may be bought at three, five to
ten dollars per acre, sunimpr0yed; the
taxes on such lands not exceeding an
average of half of one per cent on the
lowest assessments; that the mortality
statistics present Texas IA head and
shoulder above all her sister States,
and that the whole land is alive with
the spirit of enterprise and progress {;
railroads, telegraphs, towns, cities,
schools, churches springing into exist
enee as II by magic, then have those
ut u distance some reasons for the as
tonishment of those having sight of
Texas. w.ryf-
The stream of emigration into Texas
from every State east OF the Mississippi
is just now simply q food-tide. 1t is
not the slow, plodding, half-asleep
classes, but the wide-awake, progress
i've people who are on the look out for
the choice of chances and advantages
linen who come with strong purposes
and strong arms, and many with strong
purses, ready to lay hold Of any and
all legitimate enterprises - farming,
stock.raising, railroad building, min
Ing, merchandising, &C., &c.
Young men reach here and If nothing
exactly suiting their ideas and tastes
present for employment and money
making, take hold what next pre-
sents ITSELF Every ais on the
novel No idlers or loafers need ex-
pect great company, for the industry
and enterprise Of the great masses soon
crowd the indolent and shiftless to the
wall.
Notwithstanding this great flood
tide, there Is room for millions more of
the same sort. Farming is always at
tended with certain and profitable re-
suits. Good grain milling establish
nlents have a wide field for profit here;
SO with WOODEN and cotton mills and
tanneries, and those who have the ex-
perience and capital to, inaugurate and
prosecute such undertakings. Living
10 exceedingly cheap, as best beef re.
tails ut eight cents per pound. Corn
fifty cents per bushel, flour So so per
hundred pounds, ETC., etc. House rent
and money being the only expensive
articles here, and house. builders with
capital to carry contracts aud parties
with surplus money, may both find
profitable employment for both their
skill and eapitaleS EgF48n