The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-09-29
TINE FUTURE GRAIN EMPIRE AND IT'S
METROPOLIS.


All tli4t immense area OF country
comprised within = line drawn east ana
west midway between he .,l,t and
SD parallel ofnorth iasitnae. and the
23d degree Of longitude west iron,
Washington, and we have perhaps con
siderably over nac hundred thousand
miles OF grain producing country. un-
e9ualie'l in is adsptaHlity and POWERS
Of produrtion. hy any territory Of simi.
lar extent it the known world. The
capacity Of the soil IS equal TO any aud
superior u most Of the grain areas no,g
IN cultivation, whil. The tractab.lity az
the soil mas the cultivation a merc
pestime, and the miIdness o. the cii.
mate presents the advantages Of che.n
living. health aud contentment 10 ~,
people. Into this area is pouring aow
= tremendous tide Of Immigration and
principally from'oiher grain producing
countries.
It's fact that California has drawn
aDeut al the population she will eve,
get by immigration, influenced by her
gram growing advantages. The same
= true OF Oregon also, leaving out OF the
calculation the great cost of Journey Ia
those distant states, while Minnesota
Kansas. Nebraska, Iowa and other
newer states and territories, Wing east
OF the Rocky mountain submits. are
too cold and Indictment. and renel in
stead Of attracting the grain growers of
the states farther east, who. by reason
OF the increasing density of population
aud 'be natural wear of the soil are in.
duoed to seek newer and more sparsely
settled countries and stronger soils. In.
deed, the older residents of the newer
northwestern states are now coming
into this north Texan cereal producing
paradise themselves in large numbers
By all this it appears that Texas il a
reservoir for this class of people. and
nature has erected barriers which STAY
The northwestern drift of grain prodnc,
ing people, which leads them inevitably
to this most favored region.
1t would be idle to attemot 10 es,i.
mate the capacity of the region of grain
producing country which we have
sketehed. What it will do, when it.
every arabic acre is titled to lis utrnos,
capacity. even the most sanguine of lis
people now have but faint ideas
glimpse only Of the immense result
can be had by rehec,ing upon the masi.
cal results of the last i've years of pa,
tent effort.
IL y the history OF the world that
those countries producing the cereal.
are The wealthlest, happiest and mos,
prosperous in every way. If this is
true IN the inhospitable north where
hires are necessary for six months OF the
year, what must be the result here
whore we make as many bushels to the
acre rs they do, and where our expens 50
OF living IS reduced bs reason OF the
rnildness Of the climate TO within one
hale
a glance at the map Of Texas reveals
the 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,
teihgent and active population. she
has.capital and has already many of the
requisites and conveniences for hand
ling the immense trade to grow M
With the future development of our
gram growing interests. 1t is idle 10
expect either Galveston. st. Louis
Chicago Or New Orleans 20 handle this
grain, and 10 the business which win
surely grow out of it. The certainty OF
future interior center OF commerce
grows palmer with each day. Galveston
viii simply be the port from which
Dallas will ship her grain, and at which
her imports will be reserved. The nat,
ural trade eonduits lead from every
part OF this great grain area to Dallas
She must be careful to keep p.,ce with
the surrounding developments, and if
she only does this, ten years will give
her one hundred thousand inhabitants.
without doubt
10 render assurance doubly sure, she
ought to use every influence to push on
the Texas and Pacific, TO complete, at
the earliest day, the Dallas and Wichita;
build the road to Palestine; send out
narrow gauge roads in half dozen
different directions; for, so surely as
the years pass, win she be required 10
do all this. Are our merchants, prop
erty holders and citizens generally.
awake to the immense future which
lays SO insitinely immediately before
us /? We shall see.