San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1879-02-22

come. The United States now produces
annually l0O,O00,OOO pounds, only half
the product Of either Germany or
Great Britain, while our capacity for
raising it is many times greater than
both. Besides the raising Of wool on
small farms, vast extents of our south
ern and central interior country, not
well adapted to agriculture, are admirA-
BILE for sheep-raising. So true is this
in New Mexico and Arizona that the
wild Indians for q hundred years have
kept large focks of them. The increase
is rapid, the occupation is easy, success
has been abundantly proved by trial,
while the railroads are making transpor.
tation of wool easy. There is certain
to be an immense increase of this pro-
duct.
The furnishing of live animals to
European markets will develop into an
immense industry. What is true OF
sheep is also true Of horses and cattle.
The entire section between the hun
dredth meridian and the Sierra Nevada
is more OF less adapted to their raising,
and large portions Of it are admirably
so.
The products Of the dairy, already
immense, are steadily increasing both
in amount and quality, the exports of
butter and cheese in eleven months being
152,OOO,00O pounds, an increase of one
third in twelve months, and much OF
the cheese sold abroad as choice
European brands is of American
manufacture. In the smaller agricul-
tural industries the country is max
ing steady and marked progress.
With half its people agricultural
its best vocation-its virgin soil
and school-house in every neighbor-
hood, the results are but natural.
The room for Agricultural develope-
ment in the West is yet immense, not
withstanding that the good public land
is nearly all occupied. The best signs
in the Eastern States are the renewal of
old farms, and better system in keep
ing them up.
The mining interests Of the country
are gigantic and charging. Iron and
coal are for the present checked, but OF
their immense value, easy production,
and untold usefulness, there can be no
question. The present unnatural phase
of this interest can be only temporary.
The recent successful experiment OF
sending coal to Italy may be the begin
ming of most important business.
The export of British coal is worth
5000, 100000 annually, and the United
States is equally rich in that article.
Her export OF iron and steel is decreas.
ing, while ours is steadily increasing.
Of petroleum our production is i'm
mense, and we almost supply the mar
kets of the world. There are as yet no
signs of failure in the constancy of it's
and at present there would
be no advantage in increasing it.
Of precious metals we produce a
fabulous quantity, which is measurably
settling into a regular and healthy
business, while each year develops new
regions of wealth, displaying great ex-
tent of veins of comparatively even
richness.
Our exports are increasing rapidly, as
is also the manufacture of such articles
rs bear expectation. The excess of our
exports over imports for the past and
present year are 500, 100000, and is in
creasing at a remarkable ratio, while the
causes of this are more fiatterlng than
the fact itself.
The Swiss congress, called to investi-
gate the causes of the decline of clones
tic industries, said their people could
not compete with American industry"
The English press says: THE story
That American cottons are sent out at
loss can no longer be urged. They are
seen everywhere in the shops, and
they are better, cheaper, and please our
customers better than any other" and
Of locks and house-building hardware,
unless better forms are adopted in our
with better finish, the