The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-05-19
WESTERN rExAs AND THE WHEAT
OuEsIION

WESTERN rhNAs AND TIE WHEAT
QUESTION.
We took occasion TO suggest, a day or
Two ago, that test ought to BIO made OF
Texas wheat In the matter Of Ito ability TO
bear, without deterioration, transportation
ecIoss the ocean, that tho world might SEQ
~ the Worlds Exposition next winter, that
the reports Of 10 toitening aud eonrlng
we're utterly without truth, aud that iiwas
the equal ir all respects OF any wheat made,
Wo now propose TO direct attention to ar
other vital point which Is the collateral NJ
that thought. viz; The great value Of Texas,
sud moro particularly western Texas, lands.
AZ ,his latter section II explored
aud experimentea with, Il Is found that
the rumoFs which certain interests made
ourleni, TO the effect, that T. vas purely
rrszlng and not farming country, are
being disproyed In toto. The lands no
compared With these In the western and
north.weoiein etaiea ere besides being OF
oqusl fertility, wonderfully low In price,
md % tho railway lines penetrate them,
/ ,ausportation 10 the eeaboard becomes o.
equal facility and OF az low cost as a farm
anywhere else They therefore offer 10 oil
most remunera,lye fields for Investment.
Illinois, Kansas. Missouri Dakota, Iowa
! ard Wisconsin have long held monopoly oil
the grain trade, but the time. may not be
far distant, when = certain competition
will re .def grAiu aud particularly. wheat
growing, not the profitable business II now
IS
To-day there Is gigantic competitor
that Great Britain ie cxerting her utmost
to make tupercedo America In the produc'
ton Of wheat. We. refer 10 India Th's
o1nniry has not attached the serious inn
portance It lhould In the efforts and deyel'
opments in this direction; for that rsmo
India 10 making vast and rapid strides In
supplying Europe with the "stsn OF life"
and the diver lion IA this hour in swift pro-
gress. The acreage OF wheat culture in
India some two years ago was.in excess Of
20 COG, Goo acre., yielding IN average OF ten
bushels per acre, which under the stimulus
OF late improvements Of irrigation and
maturing. will BIO run up 10 a. least fifteen
bushels. And two Gears ago the
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than. !. one-halt OF Epeland's total
imports Of wheat from America. Another
important fact is that the oerssl ,hero Is
raised at nearly one.hhli the cost of raising
II here.
There is one, and only one, foo.or that
today permits American wheat to COM
pele with the Indiop, namely, the lack oil
transportation facilities in that isr-oil re-
gion. Communication OF India farms with
The ssabosrd established at anything Ike
on par with the facilities our farmers On
Joy and presto India becomes the principle
source Of supply for the wheat demend,
not only OF oil England, but Of Europe az
well. We have over 200. miles OIL
railway to every 10000 Inhabitants
against only miles in India. Be-
aides this enormous disparity the
India railways have been hampsIed
with oil soris OF vexa.ious restrictions that
enforced high rates, rates for beyond those
charged by our lines. Adding 70 This the
ruinous cost of carting for long distances
from farms TO railway stations We can
readily understand .hy United. States
wheat to-day completes with the Indian.
Now, the British government is awaken
ing, indeed, is acting up to these great
facts. II IL at work TO alter this ugly con-
dition Of things to her IN this line. India
is 10 be opened up and elled with rail-
ways as rapidly as possi2e More wheat
will therefore be henceioIth purchased oil
India, and consequently more English
iron, cotton, wooden and other manu-
facLures are TO be cold 70 that
country. India village lands will Hoon De
oil readily accessible to European marss.
" hat then, as to the price Of wheat? The
answer Is clear. II must fell under that
great law of supply aud demand. What
nex,2 II must lossea the profits Of the
wheat producer in tho sections above mel.
toned, and Illinois, Kansas, Iowa and the
other great wheat growing farmers must
correspondinely suffer.
Tn must come our western Texas lsnds
into requisiiiou. For these are closer TO
the reaboard, with Galveston and Now Or
Leans for outlets. For.tbete, furthermore,
will also yield the cotton and the tobacco,
with variety OF other products
ADD resources not possessed by the wheat
region named. Verify, tho prospect iorwest-
crn Texas Is bright beyond comparison.
Ia view OF this. is it not well 10 evidence 20
the world, at the Worlds Exposition, not
only what Texas can do in the way OF
irming etc., generally, bat in the line OF
oheaply producing wheat equal 20 any,
wherever grown?