The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-09-08
INVITING IMMIGRATION,


Texas has many influences at work
TO invite attention TO her peerless ads
yanlages 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 TO its
utmost capacity with immigrants, while
numbcrless wagons are thronging the
roads Leading into Texas from LouisiN
ANA, Arkansas and Missouri Part OF
the new influx Is 10 be ascribed TO the
vigor with which the railroads have ads
vcrtiscd the advantages OF the state,
their motives being to sell their lands,
no less than to carry the people Part
of IL is due to the organized efforts OF
landholders and persons acting for
them. But by far the larger share oil
this influence has been exerted by the
press
The papers have been engaged for
over quarter Of n century in heralding
abroad to the world tho 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 melane
choly satisfaction Of knowing that it is
at the same time the least valued judg-
ing by the rewardit reaps, A few years
since, the fine county of Comanche had
buta meogre population and its magni'
fcent lands and extraordinary topo-
graphical beauty was comparatively UNI
known, A newspaper was established
and at once the new influence was sen~
sibly lelt, and 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 evils
cation were visible ON every hand and
to,day Comanche ranks one of the best,
wealthiest and most desirable Of all
our western counties The county is
under heavy debt to its brave little
paper the ChieE, and while this is true
of Comanche, it is also true of nearly
every other county in the state, and is
q strong argument in favor OF n better
and more liberal support of the local
press, But 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 rivesharp 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 well
at the location, quality and titles Of
lands before they purchase. A few dol
lars spent in careful Investigations may
save an Investment, and immigrants
cannot be too careful about receiving
representations from agents whose
only interest in the transaction is the
commissiony the get on sales effected,
The old citizens should be on the alert
to give the new people all the assists
anco needed, and instead of driving
hard bargains for what they need, the
newly arrived immigrant should be
able to touch minimum prices in every
instance. This is the true policy, and
is also the soundest business morality.