New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-05-31

little inducement to Northern immigration. Land
in the rich Brazos bottoms is held at high prices
although there is plenty of it lying unculiiyatedj
and although the people strenuously deny that the
country is malarous the extensive advertising Oh
liver medicines tells different story. Besides, THESE
fat black lands are not particularly adapted lot
ANYTHING but cOtrOn-grOwlng, and II whlte man
raises cotton by his own labor he puts himself in
competition with negro labor and does not hnd
the business profitable A white farmer can raise
n little cotton in connection with other crops 10
advantage but he cannot protitably make IL the
main thing unless he plants on large scale with
negro hands. Northern immigrant who expects
to work his own place should therefore seek sec
ton adapted for general farming. where land is
cheap and good crops of corn and the sinaiier
grains can be grown. West of here there Is SAID 20
be n broad belt of country of this description
stretching away up TO the Red Rivera hllly reglon
with occasional stretches Of prairie, wen
watered. well timhered and with excellent
grass. Waco is the best point of departure
for exploring this section. and anyone
DESTROYS of settling in Central Texas would do well
to come here first. would not recommend northern
men to come to this portion OF the state 10 sette
however, unless they come in colonies, or come 10
engage in stock-raising, which necessltates an
isolated life. few Northern settlers IN a comlnul
ity made up of Southern people strongly lmOHe9
with Southern ideas and pre1udIces wOuid not 1eei
altogether comfortable. Their nelghD0rs wou,d
welcome them In a friendly way, but they Won'u
soon feel that they were regarded as Aliens on d
hostile race. If they were Republicans III p0itUlcs
and expressed their views freely, as they had Deeh
in the habit of doing at home they would near
themselves denounced az ID hauica u.s. tba
SOUTH and would be made 10 feel that
tho community regarded them, as mimi
cal to its interests. Even If they were SO
fortunate to meet with kindly tolerance Ior
their opinions, the opinionated, aggressive, I'M
charitable Democracy of their neighboTs, the prlue
with which the memories of the rebellion arc cher-
,aI tho. az tprtIn qnnT
publican motives, opinions and achievements Ine
gross ignorance of the Northern side OF every queS-
ton that has arisen between the sections, ana tne
wful blindness to Northern superiority IN tne DGSO
elements Of civilization, would be unpleasant 10 Dc
constantly in contact with. colony OF dO+eu ~
twenty families settling contiguous farms wonld
make a society by themselves and afford sympathy
and support TO each other. ~.
Besides, the agricultural advantages OF this
region, apart from cotton culture are not such as
to compensate for social isolation or unpleasant
social relations. Corn not good crop, because
planted with more than one stalk 10 the NIL 10
runs to leaves and yields few ears or none
at all Forty bushels to the acre IS q big
yield. Wheat yields fifteen or eighteen DusheIS
in good season, but last year 1t ralned nearly al
Summer, and the grain was harvested In very poor
condition. The only substantial advantages OF
Central Texas cheap lands and mia W lhters'
Outdoor work goes on all WINTER tne WedtLcI' e.
cept when the nOrthers blow, beng delightful III
is easy TO make q living here on the SOIL II man
has enough money to get fair start, put IL is no
easier to make money than Ill the NOrth. lheIe
a year than there is in Northern climates but the
bright, clear Winter days, when outdoor exercise
is a pleasure, are compensated for by the long not
Summer days, one succeeding another month after
month, without intermission. 1t is no hotter than
during hot spells in the North-in fact IL Is
not so hot--but the long-cOntlnued heat ia
enervating and very facilitating, No9G0dy
works in Summer if he can avoid IT.. Inc
farmer loses about as much ,,, time f GufLlng
the Summer months as he gains in Winter In fact,
the Summer is a time of general idleness in town
and country, and everybody who IS rlch enough
goes North.
1t would be hardly fair to dismiss Waco without
saving at least few words IN praise of Its enter
prise in building a fine suspension bridge across the
Brazos in constructing railroad twenty miles up
the country, which Is soon TO be opened, III deVel-
opinG trade of great extent and value. ana IN
making itself a centre of educational enterprises.
Some mention should be made, tOO of its fine Court
House. It's Masonic and odd Fellows Halls, It's nl-
merous well-bullt and handsome dwellings, ana It's
general air of being exceptionally civilized for
Texas town. In this respect think 1t outIanKs all
other places of its size in the State. h W 81