The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-12-07
gro. HEATING

lust organized the "Si'k Grower. Association OF
America" with Wallace Nc ktllick AS Wesl-
deuL The headquarters of The association are
at Memphis, Ten essee, Tbs present member,
a safe Of laud which more t50u rivals that Of
100000 acres of Florida lGud SOLD last year 10
Hamilton Djsstop, has been cunSGmmhted ~
Texas An English company hiss putchaSeu
$50, COS AIRES OF land in western and northwest
efn Texas, aud they propose 10 sen AltSthae
traces OF from 200 10 SO acres to European lmml'
grants Land In Texas, rs VOL as III az ule
other southern states, Is rapidly increasing III
value ~ d. with the steady swelling ude OF I'M
migration to dissection, sin better prices may
be expected III the future,
san Francisco HoiSld. Crops generally nave
been gooi for the past two years, aud nigh
prices have rued for tac most pant. -
Farmers aud Hgticulturlsts Ia general are com
lux money Hop men are particularly lnblNnt.
realizing how "a erp0und for thal Whl n c9hts
them less than zoe, Uud the fear now is mat
they viii 70 so extensively into hop raising
upon The Pacific slope rs to swamp thu whole Of
them fluit growers in general have done well
this year. aJd ~ 0t reals, etc,
over s. Cos, 500 bushels ofuyst'Ts arc annually
canned or this $4,000 0 bushels ere packed
raw aud $50 900 bushels cook anl hormeii'
cHlly senleh lhUro are l56 oysters IN bushel,
aud NJ the rate given there are canned each year
- oysters Tor every iuhHbnnt Ia the United
states. This requi cs ID, 800 vessels ana EMPLOYS
$4,000 persons The total amount 0t capital IN
vested is Si0 0O0.tOO aud wages earned Is t9O.0-
600 in round numbers
The paper industry is shown to be Of large
proportions. amounting In value to $50 100 ga
for the census year The capital invested in the
production of various qualities OF This article is
ei6,2il2U2, and employment is given To Nl2
persons Tho paper slock materials OF various
kinds aggregate dl9 1871 OF Nduc OF t5d9Jl ""
1t would seem that the business should be
fairly profitable to the manufacturers whose ng-
Eregate outlay for raw material and wages was
Silt G., 10, and re.eipS for finished products
sj5l00,gt, or nearly ~ per cent. on the capital
invested.
The increase in the number Of hands employ
ed In manufactures in the whole country In 1850
over 1870 HppeHIs 10 have been 1913 per cent
The most Striking fact apparent on comparing
the different sectlous is the relative dec0dence
of New England In that section the pr greSs
during the last decade is less than % per cent,
which falls very far below that of the average
for the whole country In the middle states the
increase is II n per cent, or considerably above
the national average; in the vast the ratio Is
about the same rs in the country at large; and
In the south 1t Is barely ~ per cent, or some
what lower than In New England, The ratio of
progress IL highest in the Pacific and new states,
where however, the manu- aCturing interest Is
quite nominal, 10 yet, however, all exact APP.
precistlon of the relative progress of the differ
cnt sections says an exchange, 1t is important
10 consider what industries are Inc uded under
the general designation Of manufactured"
Some things are included which are not gener-
nlly regarded us manufactures, aNd which ale
not strictly So. For insta &C, hog products,
packed beef, and -four and meal are embraced
In these returns And the large increase IN
these properly agricultural products naturally
swells the western figures to the apparent dis
advantage of the New England aud other states.
Al recent meeting of the California academy
of Sciences John q. Lennon, who has Just re-
turned from six months botanical campaign
IN the rugged range of mountains In Arizona
along the Mexican frontier, made very I'M
porant discovery In these hitherto UNEMPLOYED
mountain ranges. lie found two, and perhaps
three, specimens of native indigenous potatoes,
some of which were growing in mountain
meadows. whose surrounding peaks were 10000
feet above sea level. There these tubers grew
ahundantly MS large as walnuts, and he has
brought with him quite liberal supply. which
eight years, or sufficiently long To bring them
up, by proper cultivation, to the size of our do
nestle varieties.