The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-12
TEXAS TREATED TO TAFFY
IT'S ENOUGH TO SPOIL US ALL.
showing Us Up SO Great that the Balance
of the World Looks Like a Gnat on
Bulls Horn-But it is
Every Word True.


Texas is so immense in area, and its
scenery, soil AID products so varied, that
description of one part of it would not
properly describe any other section, and
it would take volumes and volumes to
hold even statistical account of its
prominent features, products and re-
sources. To describe the state / would
nave tocarry you from north to south
200 miles, and from east to
west $50 miles. The ares
If Texas is 274,3G5 square miles
Figures do not lie. Let me surpris,
you with some. If the kingdoms of Bel
GUM, Denmark, Great Britain and ire
and, Geeece, Netherlands. and tn,
states of New Hampshire, Massachu
setts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New
Jersey, New York and Maryland, were
aid down in Texas-not on top of eacf
other, but side by side-there would bt
enough ofthe surface of the great STATE
OF Texas uncovered, on which could BIZ
caised all the cotton, say l2,000,0 600 bales
ghat is at present grown in the world
Cant believe it," you say? Well, take
pencil and the back of an envelope
and you can easily figure out that an
telling the truth.
Here are some more figures. There
are raised in the whole United States
in round numbers, about:
BALES cotton acknowledgements. aeon M
Bushels wheat ............. bOO,0u0 I'M
oDusheIs corn .....'''.. "'.......... 100000 i
bushels oats Observation-Disclosures. bOO.OOOOn
Bushels pototoos, ............... l5O'OOOOOl
Bushels barley. Observation-Disclosures. 45'OOOO4
IONS hay. Observation-Disclosures. 45,OO00ol
There is, within the boundary OF
Texas, enough land on which to raise
all the cotton, wheat, corn, oats, pota-
toes, barley and hay now raised in the
United States, and then there would he
enough land left over to make seven
states, each one as large as Connecti.
cut.
Ii Texas was populated in the same RI.
TO as the countries above mentioned. IL
would have $4,000 600 inhabitants, and no
one who knows Texas would Question
the fact that it could support as much
population TO the square mile as could
any OF the countries named. Probably
no other country on earth equals Texas
IN the value OF her natural resources and
the variety of her products.
Within her borders can be found
growing side by side cotton, corn.
wheat, barley, sugar cane, rice and to,
bacco, and in the same orchard NAV be
seen some OF the fruits of the tropics.
such as oranges, bananas, pomegran.
ates and the hardy apple and nut. in
digenous to more northern climes.
There is hardly any product of the
temperate zone that cannot be success
fully raised in some parts of Texas. ow-
ing to the varying degree of climate
and varieties of soil.
If Texas was cut off from all the world
her inhabitants would not suffer for lack
Of any OF the necessities of life, and few
Of the luXuries would be wanting.
There would be produced the staff of
lie In all It's varieties-wheat,c corr, rico.
oats and almost all the known cereals
Also sugar, tobacco, tea, coffee, and
every variety of fruit and table vepeta-
BILE grown in temperate and semi-tropi-
cal climates; all fabrics composed of
cotton, wool, paper and silk. There
would be coal, marble, lime, ,potter's
clay, cement and porcelain clay. OF
metals, silver, copper, lead and iron.
VI TIMBER, pine, cedar, cypress, oak, ma
pie, hackberry, sycamore, lignum-yitm.
bois dare, ash, locust, elm, walnut, cherry
and many other varieties.
Texas may be said to be divided intn
three great natural divisions: Eastern
Texas, which comprises the pine region
and the sugar Plantations; Central
Texas tho great grain and Gotten belt:
western Texas, the vast prairies and
liable lands that stretch west TO the Rio
Grande, and that are covered with
countess horses cattle and sheep.
Until Few years ago Texas was popu-
larry supposed to DO a resort for tho
refugees from Justice, who had To Nv
from the older states; q land where
might was right, where power was rem.
resented by the six-shooter, and iustire
by Judge Lynch; where the elite were
gamblers and stage robbers, and the
"tenderloot" from the east was ostra.
cised until no had killed his man.
The great influx of immigration 10
Texas during tho last ten wears Ina.
changed all this. Northern and eastern
capitalists hayo invested immense sums
Oh money III different enterprises there
There has been built in the state i'm tht
last decade almost o,OOO miles of rail
roads. Tho population is now 1000, 600
in 1870 IL was 100000.
,one-hth OF The cotton crop of the
United states Is now grown in Texas
The stockman has crowded the Indiar
and the buffalo across tho Rio Grande
and now the farmer is crowdiug tb,
stockman further west every year
New farms are being opened up, sot
Elements are bong formed, and town,
ana cities are springing up on every
Five years ago immense quantities o.
land could be bought at from y To s,
cents an acre; to-day the market price
OF that same land Is from 81 to S. AL
acre, and II is increasing in value every
year. The land fitted for agriculture |,
very productive. The soil varies from
light sandy" TO "black waxy." Tn,
only drawback 20 farming in Texas /,
an occasional Dry years. year in which
no rain VIII fall from May until prob
ably the ond Of July. In such seasons
che crops arc sometimes cut shor
almost one-half
In no part OF tho United States can ,
farmer make living with less labor, or
u he Is industrious, become rich, NOR,
quickly than in Texas. The climate /,
80 mild IN winter that he can work In
che fields almost every day. The aver
age temperature in summer Is 81 do
grees; In winter, 81 degrees.
There arc rs many churches, schools
ana theatres IN Texas TO the population
as there are In other western state, and
no state has such grand public-school
endowment, the state having devoted
20 that object all the alternate section,
pf land reserved out of its liberal rail
road grants, aud also large portion OF
che public domain, Tn DO sold for tho
dowmont fund.
A new capitol is now being built Al
Austin, that when finished, will rank
seventh among the highest buildings ii
tho world. The syndicate that is build
ing II will receive as payment 5000, OOl
acres OF land.
From those dcsultory notes II will b,
,een that Texas Is not behind any othel
western state in progress, and in ali tina
pertains TO modern civilization, TIL,
people who are now Building up the in
terests of the state are the men %
brain and muscle, who, dissatisfied
with the condition of thing,
In older states aud older countries
came 70 Texas To carve name and for
tune for themselves. They give cordla
sreeunB 10 every stranger who comes q
settle In the country, and when ths
stranger Is worthy OF Il, they are moi
slow to extonda helping hand. "WhaI
does Texas needr" you ask. Texas