The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-04-08
A NEW ADVANTAGE FOR TEXAS.

OaAN"to AsoAASoAohu6 A<nop AsS eH - ~-' -
the state, thoroughly investigating the ut
look for business for this company. and
working up the same. This company II
after the order Of an express company, ex'
cept that it does not carry freight indiscrim'
inately, but confines itself to perishable goods
carrying them in refrigerstlng cara
Its object in extending its business into Texas
is 10 build up carrying trade for fresh fish
and oysters from our coast, and tropics
fruits from Mexico and the West Indies, such
as bananas. oranges, pineapples, lemons
guavas, etc, and early vegetables, fruits
berries, grapes and melons, from wherever
they may be grown along the lines Of rail
road, and game of all descriptions, which &c
plentifully abound in our state. Texas is
many miles nearer to Chicago, 81. Louis.
Kansas City, and other points in the west
that may DO classed as distributing centres,
than any other point from which
these cities obtain their supplies
Of tropical fruits, and early vegetables, ber-
ries, fruits, ETC., and if they can be supplied
from Texas, why not come here after them
We have but to 60 to those great cities or
read the commercial reports Of their daily
papers to know that it is the early vegetables
and fruits that bring the highest prices, aud
we know that here in Texas, with our mild
and equitable climate and forward seasons, we
can put upon the.market vegetables of every
description, cabbage, lettuce, beans, English
peas, radishes, beets, spinach, eschalots,
Irish potatoes, sweet potat oes, celery and
such like products, for which there is always
demand in cities, as early as any of the
southern states, and il we are nearer to
these distributing points where we can sell in
bulk all that we can RAISE, We can got better
prices for them than producers from other
s!atos equally AS early because the tran0por-
tstion will be less. In tho matter Of fruits,
what state save Florids,or the southern por-
ton Of Louisiana, can grow peaches, pears,
plums, grapes. figs and all the berries any
carrier than Texas or of any finer quality?
Being SO much nearer to these western cities
than either one Of theses! named. we nat
urally will have superior advantages over
them in marketing our supplies. This
is an enterprise that must develop market
gardening and fruit culture in the state,
thereby benea!ting it while it at the same
time profits by it, itself. Let us consider
our own county, for instance. The soil all
around the city is as fertile AS soil can be and
is we'll adapted to tho.growth Of vegetables
of every kind, as we'll as fruits. The climate
10 suitable and with facilities to got such
products to market in sound--and fresh con.
dition, it must be apparent that the business
will pay. There are market gardeners on
Galveston Island and around Houston, who
for some years past have been ship
ping as regular freight by the
carload such vegetables rs are
of tho least perishable nature, cabbages
turnips, carrots, parsnips, potatoes, ETC., tc
st. Louis and Kansas City, and they have
found that it paid them handsomely, but
with refrigeratiug cars that will give quick
transit like express companie, on passenger
trains, and that will preserve in perfect
condition any kind CT vegetable or fruit
shipped, why the business must grow and
expand rapidly. As an evidence that this is
a paying business we have but to consider
the fact that early strawberries in the large
cities retail at from 81 90 to 81 90 per quart
owing to how early they are, and al
vegetables and fruits do likewise. We
saw statement in a New
York paper short time since of the earning
of market gardener on Long Island, VIII,
had twenty-five, acres of land il
cultivation. 1t itemized the va
rious vegetables and berries raisei
by him. aud no Put into his pocket q
the end ola years toll Si5 900, clear profit
Just think Of those figures
81 500 per acre profit. Ths
beats raising cotton or corn or whea,
and il is business that men of small mean
can embark in. A market gardener her
near Dallas, with twenty-five sores in cult
walton. could raise everything on his groun'
that the Long Island gardener RAISED
and Of just as good quality, ant
have his products on tho markets
Kansas city, st. Louis and Chicago earle
than the Long Islander got his into Ne,
York, and would therefore get bette
price for them at tho outstart of tho season
We don't believe tho profits could DO mad
as great here as on Long Island, because la
Dor Is cheaper there and IL costs less TO u
the products TO market than could DO el
pec,ed here; but we do believe that frol
$500 to 5000 per acre per amman could b
realized clear profit, whom those rofrigcrs
ting cars got to running. This Chicago II
frig rating limo claims 10 have the count,
nance and endorsement. Of Nj. Jay Goul
and tho other railroad companies
aud IL they can got goods Il
their cara they will furnish thom aud trans
port them under guarantee to deliver .hel
in as sound and rs perfect condition ,
they received them. l. Is fac. Florid
South Carolina and Virginia ship vegetable
) into tho interior Of Iowa, Nebraska, Kans'
and other western states and territories, an
. vby should we Of Texas, 80 much superi