The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-01-03

This year on the same land he had
good crop and on Saturday come In
town 10 got hands 10 gather H. II
commenced raining and blowing on
Sunday, and he got hardly q bale oil
storm cotton from the whole twenty
! llvo acres, II You miss q harsshrealh
ia either direction YOU viii become n
bankrupt As an evidence of the nm,
certainty of the crops ! will say that
When ! went out there, corn was q drug
ON the market az twenty 10 twentyslive
cents q bushel Now II h worth seventy
cents q hushel In Dlhs-more than il
Is worth here ! believe,
These sudden changes make every.
thing out there uncertain aud leyerish.
There is nothing settled and safe
IL Is q place that u man with a family
and respeotabillly should certainly
avoid"
us living cheaper here than in Tex,
asY
" Yes sir; ! find that can board my
'amlly here cheaper than | can out
there, and at the same time get better
laro and accommodation; out there
there are 80 many strangers that every.
thlng Is pitched AT transient rate, and
II Is consequently cheaper here"
just as we started 10 leave Colonel
spencer stopped US and said
have nothing personally TO saw
against Texas, was treated kindly |
there, and made great many warm |
friends, There are many pleasant
associations connected with Texas. and
| should have liked very much to have
made 1t my home
But ! gave it u fair trail. II failed
IN all the essential elements of home,
and ! felt It to be my duty to warn my
friends and the public in general
against making the mistake that has
proved 50 disastrous to me,
If you had seen what | have seen,
you would readily perceive the neces>
'ity for making some efforts to stop
the enormous tide OF immigration that
Is flowing towards Texas. never
dreamed that it was half so seri,
Gus, All through northern Texas
.he trains are literally jammed with i'm,
migrants pouring into the state. The
seats are fall, the aisles Of the cars are
backed, and children are pinned in be,
,ween the seats, have seen, since |
eft here, hundreds of such trains. The
are most Of them, the poor.
'st OF people, having barely enough
money with which to reach their destiS
nation. | have seen mothers sick and
ainting, with Il hali.do2en hungry, cry
ng children with them and husbands,
depressed and discouraged, and not
weeks living assured them after they
lad ridden out'their ticket. Ny heart
.lways bled Tor those people Nine,
eenths OF them that stay in Texas do
o because they have not the money to
et home on, and exc out miserable
from home and friends
nd kindred-despondent and almost
elpless In Dallas, Sunday two weeks,
saw train OF thirty-two wagons file
lt0 the town. The occupants were in
God spirits and were going further {
'est. By wonderful mlschance, they
let about fifteen wagons OF immigrants
Ding back to Missouri. They would ]
stem to nothing however, but pushed $
n ahead
Colonel Spencer was very earnest in :
is remarks, and said while | am
OF going to be oihcious, | am going to !
o my very best to keep people in Geor-
ia, 1t is great, and often fatal mis-
IKE, for man to try Texas as u rem
ly against hard times at home"
Colonel Spencer is now at home for
Il time. lie will never leave Atlanta
gain, He says he is satisfied that it is
he best city in America, and he in>
ends to 60 to work and build up his
battered fortunes right here.
We are heartily glad to welcome Col-
mel Spencer back. His energy and
bility won him host of admirers here,
nd he is certain to achieve a success.
His head is level on Texas, as it is on
early everything else.