The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-09-25
THE FUTURE GRAIN EMPIRE AND ITS
METROPOLIS.

MtIhuFUllS,
All that immense area of country
comprised within u line drawn east and
west midway between the 3lst and
32d parallel Of north latitude, and the
ed degree Of longitude west from
Washington, and we have perhaps con
siderably over one hundred thousand
milen OF gnln producing country uns
oquallod in It's adaplabiity and powers
Of production, by any territory Of simi'
lar oXtont In the known world, The
capacity of the soil Is equal TO amy aud
superior TO most Of the grain areas now
in cultivation, while the traotability Of
the soil makes the cultivation Il mere
pastimc, and the mildness of the ellis
mate presents the advantages Of cheap
living, health and contentmont 10 the
people Into this area is pouring now
tremendous tide of immigration, and
principally from other grain producing
countries,
It's a fact that California has drawn
about all the population she will ever
got by immigration, influenced by her
grain growing advantages, The same
is true Of Oregon also, leaving out of the
calculation the great cost of n journey to
those distant states, while Minnesota,
Kansas Nebraska, Iowa and other
newer states and territories, lying east
of the Rocky mountain submits, are
too cold and Indictment and ropel in,
stead of attracting the grain growers OF
the states farther east, who, by reason
of the increasing density of population
and the natural wear of the soil, are in.
duced TO seek newer aud more sparsely
settled countries and stronger soils. In.
deed, the older residents of tho newer
northwestern states are now coming
into this north Texan cereal producing
paradise themselves in largo numbers,
BY all this ii appears that Texas is II
reservoir for this class of people, and
nature has erected barriers which stay
the northwestern drift of grain produce
ing people, which leads them inevitably
to this most favored region.
1t would be idle to attempt to estiN
mate the capacity Of the region Of grain
producing country which we have
skotched What it will do, when its
every arabic acre is titled to- its utmost
capacity, even the most sanguine of its
people now have but faint ideas. A
glimpse only Of the immense result
can be had by rejecting upon the magi.
cal results of the last five years Of pas
tient effort.
1t is the history OF the world that
those countries producing the cereals
are the wealthiest, hoppiost and most
in every way. 1t this is
true in the inhospitablo north where
fires are necessary for six months of the
year, what must be tho result here
where we make rs many bushels to the
acre as they do, and where our expense
of living is reduced by reason of the
mildness of the climate to within one
half,
A glance at tho map of Texas reveals
tho fact that Dallas is very nearly in
the exact geographical center of this
grain growing region, She has already
the prestige Of large, enterprising, in>
telligent and active population. She
has capital and has already many of the
requisites and conveniences for hand.
ling the immense trade to grow up
with the future development of our
grain growing interests. 1t is idle to
expect either Galveston, St. Louis
chicago or New Orleans to handle this
grain, and do the business which will
surely grow out of it. The certainty of
I future interior center of commerce
grows palmer with each day Galveston
will simply be the port from which
Dallas will ship her grain, and at which
Ter imports will DO received. The nat,
,ral trade conduits lead from every
'ort of this great grain area to Dallas.
She must be careful to keep pace with
he surrounding development, and if
he only does this ten years will give
Ter one hundred thousand inhabitants
Without doubt.
To render assurance doubly sure, she
ught to use every influence to push on
he Texas and Pacific, to complete, nj
he earliest day, the Dallas and Wichita
'uld the road to Palestine; send out
arrow gauge roads in q half dozen |
iiierent directionsi for, so surely as
he years pass, will she be required to
o all this. Are our merchants, prop |
rty holders and citizens generally, |
wake to the immense future which |
'ys 50 invitingly Immediately before
81 We shall see.
uoeess of aIanIey'a African ExpInra.