The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-09-12

respect Is not now idea, as we have hersto-
fore explained, but just now 1t would seem
that the dream Of a century and more Is
about to be realized. But whether these or
pectNtons shall DO achieved or not may yet
depend, rs wo say, upon the cour.e and the
conduct which may BE- adopted by the mer'
chants and business men of the city. 1t Ia
within their power to snatch the cup of sweet
prosperity from the lips Of the Crescent
Queen; nay, whether sho qusf tho cup or
not will depend upon whether II is lifted to
her lip, by her merchants, who are appointed
TO that duty" While tho trade OF all sec
tons of tho state Of Texas is large and diver.
sihed, that OF the section known rs north
Texas, embracing an area OF territory equal
to that Of some Of the European empires,
Is the greatest and por consequences, the most
to be sought after. During the decade past,
in which TeIps has received an increase in
population Of some SO0000,the bulk Of these
people have settled in north Texas. The
climate is genial, the lands exceedingly pro-
ductivc in cotton the great staple Of the
south, and in grain. Here is the
wheat region Of the state, here
is whence the grain New Orleans
desires must come. All over this section
are thriving young cities and towns, and
everywhere we'll titled farms arc TO be seen
Railroad facilities arc abundant and con.
stantly increasing. That our New Orleans
friends may form a correct estimate Of the
value Of Texas trade We will state that the
trade Of the state with st. Louis alone ap-
proIimates 1886, 100000 annually. or this
amount, it is safe to say, that S2O,O000OO
goes from north and northeast Texas. Over
tho Iron Mountain. railroad alone, going
northward, there went from Texas during
the year, ending August 3l,t, $780, 22l,3s4
bales of ccttop, 1850 barrels of cotton seed
oil, 00,4i5 head of live stock, S.40S907
pounds OF hides, 402,402 pounds Of woob
100000 pounds of bones, 1886 hogsheads of
sugar. 2S727l pounds Of pecaus, lO5,77l feet
OF lumber and 1850 tons of miscellaneous
freight Over the Missouri, Kansas y Texas
railroad, it is reasonable to assume, that o,
much more, or nearly so, went out of the
state northwsrd. OF this immense amount
of freight, fully half of it went from North
Texas In the counties of Collin, Cook,
Clay, Callahan, Dallas Denton Ellis, Erath,
Grayson, Hood, Hill, Jack, Johnson, Kauf-
man, Montague, Palo Pinto, Parker, Rock
wall, 'tsphens, Shackclford, Tarrsnt, Taylor,
Wise and the frontier counties, all con pris-
ing what is known rs north Texas, the
acreage in whoat for 1880 is l,755,0i7 in
wheat, corn, oats and cotton. Of this amount
AS, $50 bushels were in cotton and half
bale per acre is safe average yield. In wheat
there we're lSl, 453 acres in cultivation,
These figures will give an idea of the wealth
aud resources of north Texas. The counties
of Bowie, Camp, Cas-, Delta, Fannin, Gregg,
Harrison, Hopkins, Hunt, Lamar, Marion
Morris, Red River, Rusk, Smith, Titus,
Upshur, Van Zsndt and Wood, comprising
in part north and northeast Texas, we have
not enumerated in the above estimate. These
counties are all productive of the cereals to
greater or less degree and of cotton on par
with any counties in the state. They are
thickly populated too, with prosperous
uell-to.do people. The principal towns of
the counties We have above
enumerated, are Dallas, Sherman, Fort
w orth, Denison, Paris, Bonham,
Mckinney, GAINESVILLE, Terrell Tyler, Mar
shall, Jefferson, Toxarksns Sulphur SPRING.,
Greenville, Mineola, Wills Point, Queen
City, Longview, Henderson, Gainesville,
Mount Pleasant, Denton, Weatherford Hen
ristta, Decatur, Dangerfold, Montague, Palo
Pinto, Stephenville, Gresham, Fort Griffin,
Jacksboro, Rockwall, Breckenridge, Cooper
Buffalo Gap, Cloburne, Granbury, Pitaburg'
Waxahachie and numerous other smaller
places in each county. For the year ending
LIST, 1879, the trade Of tho city
of Dallas amounted to over $7,C00,000 that
of Sherman wu but small figure under
100000 and that Of Fort Worth the rise
of $S,00O,OOO. For the year ending Septem'
Dor LIST, 1880, tho trade of these cities WAS in
creased very materially that of Dallas being
fully thirty-three and a third per cent. that
of Sherman perhaps twenty, and that of
For. Worth some fifteen per cent. We men
ton specially the trade Of these cities, be-
cause they are the largest in north and north
sest Texas, Paris, Jefferson, Bonham, Denison,
Cleburne and Gainesville being not
much behind Sherman and Fort Worth.
AL these facts considerable it not apparent to
our friends in the city of the Delta that the
trade of north and northeast Texas is well
worth striving FORT In twelve or fifteen
months time we have every reason to believe
that there will be railroad from New Or
leans to Shreveport connecting with the
Texas i Pacific road which passes through
the heart Of the section Of country we have
outlined. This road will give New Orleans
a route one hundred and twenty miles nearer
TO north Texas than the present rail route
via Houston. In view of this fact and of
this increased facility so soon to be pos
sessed, is it not the part of wisdom to be now
laying the foundation for the possession of