The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-24
TIE PROMINENTLY OF TEXAS.


As the year draws 60 y sIsss, 1t is proper
time to refer to ths prosperity Of CUR own
state. l. is unsxamplsd within our history
We, in the iiilt plsos have raised, and are
new marketing ths hsavislt eros CT cotton
wa ever gathered. 1t hM bssR astiAatad Al
100000 bales and S6O,00O0JO. Thus
figures are new doubtless y shsdS tso hisA
bat oven if they are any way n'ar the truth
they sre certainly very satisfactory Inc
acreage wss largely increased, and ~ the crop
has bean and is selling at hsnaioms prsK'
to the pllNtsr, and 80 Esu settlers Ara
pouring into tho state through oVsry avenue
ths grom proddetisa will bs larger ir'la yeEr
10 ysar, scarcely without limit. 1t has oS"n
carefully Gem putsd that the toiAI capacity Of
tho cotton laads of Texas is fully 6,oOQO0J
ksleg. or the total amount now raised IN
the United States. "a consumption 10 null
tiplying with production, theirs is no telling
but the crop Of Texas will c7antuilly reach
its maximum limit Thi, is our chief source
of revenue, snd Will b. until We shall have
arrived at thai day ia tho future
when not pound will be eH-
ported, but every lock csnsuSa'd by Texas
Gotten mills. Dsubtlen ciiIiraE now living
will $50 that day, a. they will 500 all our
hides tanned aud tarG,d into boo.l aad rhot'
al hons sac our tim5or manufactured into
Implements, and gas hundred dlihren. 2r.i-
clss made st bema which We hoW bring from
abrszd. No are rapidly Advancing to"Rra
The. dav, AZ al aiiniO j. is ND must conc.
Tia il,a snoo prevailed lass drsst Brisaia
would forever manufacture he coItsa goods
of tho werld. This r@ ealy twenty CT
twenty Ave ysNs ago, aad Tsa Uo today Ess
the United Sts.4a lot only preducisg
all we consume, bu, actually aasplyiss
sons Of tks British colsllFs. ihs popular
idss in soiau soctona soU is Shat Now Eng
lasd will sarfor@ that for us Old England
onca did. But grav.talion viii Nos e'op sAtil
tbs mills Of the usrd will al ss located ia
proximity to ana riEtt AMONG the cotton
helds. Texas is now tAtisg atsp, to tue eAo
that scr people st ksart will make thar own
estton goods, 2Aa Nhsu wS ara eoa'lserlnE
the prsEssn OF the state, tho new
rhilwAys which have sGsn built
this year and sra now building Muit net SO
fSrge.tsn. The ..lunmiag up Of the year,
work will Show we hsvs nsds as zuca pro-
grsss in this dirsstion aa' any stAtS in the
union, and nS1t ysRr will carsaialy double
THU. Ws will coao naAr, ifRet quits, tap
ping tbs RE Grsnlo at LNrSdo and El PaBS,
and viii have doubtless pssotatsd with our
iron ssnds far into PaR Handle OF Texas, rs
well az between this city and Sabine Pass. Not
less than two thousand miles of nav road
are in process Of construction, backed by
ample capital AID with objective points in
yisw they are obliged to reach. And i! is
chssriag to know that tao sys Of the world
are upon our state that inmisr,!isn, already
goat, is certain to be still greater in tho rear
future 1t is the last ShAsSc in the United
States Tor people Of medsrAts nsSaS 70 So
cure coed and cheap lAudl. Splendid oppor'
tuaitiei are daily bsi,g cp'nHcd up along
the nav railways 10 make sudden fortunes.
Towns And sitits are TO be built, clothed snd
fed. Mines to DO opened, factories hnd other
industries, which civilization impsrisusly de.
msndI, called isto beiag,