The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-09-15
lsVIIins IMMIGRATION.

Texas has many influences at work i
10 invite attention to her peerless adj
yantsges OF both soil and climate, TO /
say nothing Of her other attractions to
people of all classes and conditions |
These influences have been at work for !
years, and their strength and efficiency |
is now bearing fruit. and every train /
and every ship which enters the state
from any direction, Is burdened 10 lis
utmost capacity with immigrants, while !
numberless waeons are thronging the
roads leading into Texas from Louisis /
ana, Arkansas and Missouri. Part of
the new infux Is to be ascribed to the
vigor with which the railroads have ad,
vertised the advantages OF the state.
their motives being to sell their lands.
no less than TO carry the people. Part
oft IS due to the organized efforts Of
landholders and persons acting for
them But by Ear the larger share Of
this influence has been exerted by the
press.
The papers have been engaged for
over quarter Of a century in heraldiug
abroad to the world the fame of this
new asylum for the struggling thou
sands whose best efforts have not and,
indeed, cannot secure competency in
the older states Perhaps the least
selfish Of all the influences at work Is
the newspaper, but it has the melan>
choiy satisfaction OF knowing that il is
at the same time the least valued iudl,-
ing 10y the reward it reaps A few years
since, the fine county of Comanche ha I
bta q meagre population and its magpi
ioent lands and extraordinary topo-
graphical beauty was comparatively mn.
known. A newspaper was established
and at once the new influence was sem
Z sibly felt aud i strong tide OF immi-
grafton setin that direction The beau
tiful valleys were at once instinct with
new life. Dwellings, schools, churches
and all the usual attendants OF civil,
zation were visible on every hand, and
to,day Comanche ranks one of the best.
woalthiest and most desirable of all
our western counties. The county is
under heavy debt to its brave little
paper the CHG, and while this is true
OF COmanche, il Is also true of nearly
every other county in the state, and i
q strong argument in favor OF better
and more liberal support of the local
press. Bat whether this obligation is
paid or not, still both duty and interest
would dictate to the papers the neces~
sity of pursuing the same policy for the
future. But in this connection they
have another duty to perform duty to
the newly arrived immigrant, the new
made Texan citizen.
1t has been the practice with many
land dealers to drive sharp bargains With
the new people, and many of them
have fallen the victims of the land
sharks.
1t is the duty of the papers to warn
the incoming immigrant TO look vel
at the location, quality and titles o.
lands before they purchase. A few dol
lars spent in careful investigations may
save an investment, and immigrant,
cannot be too careful about receivin
representations from agents Whose
only interest in the transaction is til
eommissiony the get on sales effected
The old citizens should be on the aleli
to give the new people all the assist.
anee needed, and instead of drivin
hard bargains for what they need, til
; newly arrived immigrant should b,
able to touch minimum prices in every
instance This is the true policy. ant
is also the soundest business morality