The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-11-27

socn viii be in commerce. 1t contains
10000 square miles, Is as larke as New
England, with New York and Pennsyl-
vsuia. and seven times as large as Ohio,
In 1860, il had population of 600,0O0 in
1870, 100000, and In 1881 10000.
Its estimated population in 1884 is D.
100000. This phenomenal growth is not
attributable to chance, but it is the re
suit of satisfactory causes. First-rhe
climate OF Texas is mild, the tempera-
ture seldom rises above % :, or falling
below 35o with almost continuous
hreezes from the Gulf and northwest.
Second-The soil is of excellent quail.
ity aud very productive. The average
soil OF central and west Texas is the full
equivalent of Hamilton, Warren, Clin-
ton, Fayette, Pickaway, Clarke, Mont
gomery and Butler counties in Ohio.
Third-This dark brown soil easy OF sc-
cess TO water, and Of q pr0ductiveness
equal to Ohio counties, where farms will
average $S5 per acre, IS obtainable mt the
mnimum price of 81 per acre. These
are among the causes that have drawn
this immense Immigration to Texas,
as indicated by the foregoing figures.
The following exhibit is in accord
with the preceding statements:
Acres
Lands appropriated In 1880 ... 97,6}6,79
LGnds appropriated in 1881 .. ll0,l57 ,6Ol
/ "a gain OF over l2,000,010 acres).
Assessed value OF property in 1850 SSll En,73G
! Assessed value Uf property In 1888 503OOj,OQO
| "a gain In hree years of Sl0l 5l9,2Bi)
| In 1851, after satisfying the home de-
msnd of about 2,O0O000 of people, Texas
/ shipped to other and ess-favored locali-
| ties the following products and values
/ Estimated 10Y the Galveston News:
Cotton, 1918. $40 bales, worth .. N5,665,50l
Grain and hay, worth ,....... 5,6l4Sli
! Sugar and molasses, worth .,.,. bt22O
cutloA-sred oil aud oil cake, worth, S,i2S,5ld
| Miscellaneous products, worth ... 2,N5,llG
! Wool, %, $780, go pounds, worth. .,.. 4l00il
! Hides, l3,3l27 iB pounds, worth ..... l,iA,4 0l
Horses and mules, rs, 22i head, worth iSO,uW
Cattle, T03.642 head, worth ,......... l6,A6,9S
Total ................ ...... sllO,G7s,2 ,
In the erections of new houses aud
the repair of old ones, lumber and shin
giles manufactured in Texas were used
to the amount of $9,226,4l3.
In 1888 the crop products grown and
principally consumed in the state are
! estimated as follows, with their values
Coru-9| 100000 bushels worth .S3S, 1000
, Wheat--i}2lS,O00 bushels, worth o.. lS,00O00
0ats-30, q, 600 bushels, worth ... H,000,00
Total of grains ..............., .,G5, 200 OO
Catile--5, 500 900 head, worth m sl2j5OO,OO,
Horses and mulcs-l $4,000 head,
Sheep =. 100000 head, worth l7,5OO0O
Goats-5U0,GO) head, worth ....... 100000
Hogs, O23,870 head, worth ....... l,322, iS
Total OF live stock .......... slsl, By, As
PUBLIC SCHOOL FUND.
3 There were, on January |, 1884, $4,000
I 900 acres Of school land unsold, held a
4 the minimum price OF 81 per acre, max
= ing a sum estimated at Sl00,0O0, 900; cas-
, and bonds on hand to the credit Of tn
: school fund, $50, 100000. making q tots
1 ofSl30, 100000. When Texas was admit
7 ted into the union in lSf5, 1t was stipr
a lated that the state should retain its ow
lands, and pay its own debts; hence tn
: United States never owned any land |
Texas except q few acres obtained fl
Government purposes. Subsequent |
. t 10 admission of Texas into the unio
r the national government bought {
n tho state q strip Of land an
" tached it to New Mexico, aud in COZ
sderation therefor paid the origini
q debt of the state Of Texas. Thus ii
. state became free from debt, and rich /
n lands. To each county the state ga,
II 1900 acres ofland tor county and scho
If purposes. A majority OF the counties
i Texas are free from debt, with money
t loan. In 1883 the state had cash ba
tho treasury; state debt, aft,
thirty-nine years existence, of "a. 037, q
with her bonds at 40 per cent above pa
y, and all this with state tax of 30 cen
" and county tax Of 10 cents on the bur
/ dred dollars.
, The value of the trade and commerC
Il OF such state commends itself to the Ii
\. terests and consideration of your me
n chants and manufacturers. Your fu
"a share of this trade is within your reac
4 and of easy access. 1t Is only siXt
\. hours from your city TO Galveston, I'll
gulf city Of Texas; the same to Austil
capital of the state; siXty-four hours
San Antonio, the great commercial cit
n of southwest Texas; forty-eight hon,
Al 10 Dallas and Fort Worth, impnrtar
cities Of northeast Texas; sixty hour
u TO Colorado, tho commercial cit
y of west Texas, and sevsnty-two hour
). to FL Paso, on the Mexican border. TIL
y Missouri Pacific railroad has PRACTICAL
four lines across the state, and thes
with the Houston & Texas Contra
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe, Fort Wort
4 Denver, st. Louis Il Texas Trun
% Line, Trsnscontinental, Austin x North
t, western and the great Sunset Rout,
l. reaching from Galveston to FL Pasc
i. mako the trade of every part OF IT,
4. state accessible; while the Iron Mnur
tain and the Missouri Pacific proper
both starting from st. Louis, conneC
this wonderful railroad system of Texa
l. with all the limos which connect Won
[. city with st. Louis, Cairo, Memphl,
/, Shreveport and New Orleans. This In
= cludes your own Queen Il Crascen
/ Route. That Texas must be an impol
tant factor in the future commarea q
this country Ia evident. | ask you 3
consider how far II is to your interest /
J. cultivate and ally your trade with thi
coming Empire state.
& Texas Is the gateway to Mexico.