San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1879-07-19

Tightening the people Of other states in
regard to the productions Of Texas,
to- 1877, when we abandoned it 10 dc.
ference to the will Of the jaokassss
who formed the new constitution. in
those four years our population dos
bled. and our taxable wealth rose from,
sl40, ,O00. 900 to $3.50, ,0O0, ,0OO.l lSl ., And.
now the 6rst is at stsndstill and the
last on the down grade. ~, ~ %, paioe
We must, he said, force the TsxAs /.
legislature. to pass an amend dmept re-,
pealipg this clause Of the oousti.ution
aud 60 back and commence where We.
left Of. The agents must asaih, take
the field. Until that iaw il abotiShsd.
the only way TO eDploy. sNd .eseip,
them for service is BY aciioh Of sosars
ties. districts and conmueitisi, If,
we do nothing we will get nothing e
a reward, But tive adopt-sns .aptirs
policy it Isl possible we may .iasl6eQ
countas many accessions as in 1876,
and certainly will in 1881. ,.u az,
Whilst our immigration has fallen
TO nothing, statistics show that, the
material on, the move into the western
states along the northern Pacific, to
Kansas Nebraska, and west TO the
Rocky. Mountains, into Arkansas, and
even.the Indian Territory, is ten per.
cent greater than ever known, before,
But these people are alive to the nee.
essities and progress Of the hour. The
reason Kansas is bounding like rock
ct and her real estate rising by !, the
hour. she is flooding the northern and
eastern states with maps, books, agents,
pamphlets illustrations, specimens Of.
crops and Minerals, and expending'
hundreds OF thousands Of dollars in
new settlers. Never did bread. east,
upon the water return greater fold!
And vet Texas is far, far superior to-
Kansas in every respect that can.
be mentioned, excepta progres.
i've spirit, that fatal, lethargy'
born Of false economy and ~
penny-wise and pound-foollish, econ,
omy, which unfortunately has Of late
seized upon otherwise wise apd
lood men. A comparison Of their
elm ties is that uf Italy and Siberia.
the Mississippi bottoms and the gopher
hills Of Georgia. We reap and sell $40
worth of cotton from an acre Of Texas
land, whilst the Kansas farmer gets,
$40 from his acre of corn. We pro-
duce better wheat and more Of it..
Texas soil is better adapted to the po-
tato than that of'Ireland, while Louis
lana has no advantage over us in sugar
Ian ls: ,i'a t' 4" '1ta "i E
But the world does not know this
any portion of these statements of
facts. Is tito our interest to'enlight-
en- them? Is 1t to the interest Of rail.
ways owning millions Of acres Of land
which they cannot now sell for ten
cents an acre, is it to the interest of
the state of Texas itself, which is now
on the market, trying in vain to sell
an amount of her public domain to
make respectable sized state, to build
new capitol. is it to the interest OF
those controlling the public school
lands. which they are freely Offering at
fifty cents with no buyers. is,it to the
interest of merchants without enough
customers to pay rent or newspapers
with DO subscribers--is it of sufficient
importance to all Of these to lay the
naked facts about the glorious domain
of Texas before the world, resting as.
sured that when this is done multitudes
that no man can number, will rush in
here !? nd r...-1 . .'..