Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-09
IMMIGRATION.
"hnt Has Been Done 10 stop It and VIVA
Might Have Been Done to Augment II

"hnt mas Seen Done 10 stop II and yVha
"iEht haVo Been Done to Augment II.
GoLnD, TEX, Dec. 4, 1885.
To the Editor Of the Gazette
As the advantages of immlgrotior ia an,
state seem to be again an open ouestio,
and are being discussed, submit Tor The
columns OF THE GAZETTE, which is 81
aoly maintaining the affirmative side oi
| that question, some of my conyictions
from thorough investigation of the ouns.
non, | say the question seems to he
again an open one because the full aud
exhaustive discussion of that uuestion
allrmatively by Gov. Coke in his animal
messages to the legislatures OF 1879 and
| 1910 was conclusive and no succrs SIM
eHurt was then made to answer hi4 ann.
! ueutS. There are two kinds of capitaI
necessary to our state as well as all othcr
| new ana undevelOped countries. viz
LABOR and money The first I'm imnor
rance OF these Is labor; both, however ara
necessary, and by proper management can
ne carried together That there ore a
TINS time In the Northern, Eastern and
southern states of our Union over hoIf
million good, substantial citizens. labor,
lng men, with no other conitol
than their strong arms and willing bearts
lmmigrating TO the Western states viii
their families, is a well-known fact AMI
that these immigrants, by culuyating
crops as renters, on shares or for WAGES
IN few years become free-holders. ner'
inanent citizens and important factors In
developing the resources of the conptry
TACT that viii be apparent to any one
traVeilhg through the newly settled states
het us sec II there is not a chapter In The
history OF our own state that gives some
impressive evidence of the truth of This
position. Begin with the crop wear ~
1904 the end of reconstruction, when
lne people resumed control of their state
government. The production of cotton
tn%S year was . fraction over 40o, 900
puieS, we helng then the fourth cotton. |
growing state IN the Union. Her total
assessed values for that wear. MS shown nv, |
the comptroller's report, was SSo7 400 /
b26. Our state policy was then an actiro /
encouragement OF immigration. Tbe /
poverty in the southern states ana az
prejudice IN the Northern states eo,,sed /
ny the war was serious draWbacl, ~ ~
Immigration of the good peonIe fros,
eilhef section TO Texas Tor n timc
IoWhS, cities and rural districts ,ynro
visited IN All the states North, Sopth s,,S
hast, ana several IN the West by the stoto
agent OF Immigration, and information
was given by public addresses and nrint
ca descriptions OF the state and copnties
with maps, Two immigration exonrslnns
were given by the two leading rsilrneaS
ana their connections. over 20 900 nam.
phlets and printed documents were P az
trlbuted to persons asking intormot;n,,
about Texas In every state and terri,o.r
IN the Union, and nearly one.balf ~ ~,
number We're sent to inquirers in CO
many, Eng'and and France from the of,ee
az Austin This constitutes a brief SYM
ol'sls q what was done by the state II
snevNtaSe Immigration during the exist.
ss sss - tne Immigration bureau, from
q about $4,000 annually. - = cost
Tux GAzETTE states the Wal,
traln IN the statement thar tSsr