The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-04-23

c0mplishod at san Jaclnto. Aud thls g.
how ono of the brightest Jewels ~ th'
slstBThOOd of states was auLSt quuutly
secured for our union, and ishor0 tO day
TO extend a greeting. IN Eii
the world and solicit pa'.
bountles with which Providence ha,
blessed her,
Imperial In her domain, intiite in the
vastness and variety of her attractions,
Texas Is truly wonderland OF wealth,
AN Eden for The farmer, an III nIrldo
tor tho miner, vtrltablc Goshen tor tLe
gra2ler, mint for tho manuiactuTeri
replete with commercial pOintstor some
future Porsepolis, Tyre, or Palmyra;
feast Of happy surprises for The tourist,
and an infirmary for tho Invalid. Thus,
tho story OF her resources reads like a
Persian poem IN an eastern epic. But
that IL be authenticated lot facts attest,
for fiction fades before them.
Extending between lines of longitude
equal To distance lIom Philadelphia 10
st. Louis, and embracing y lUti Jude
equal To the distance from our uorthor-
most county TO ST. Paul, Minnesota,
you may conceive OF the splondor OF her
geographical and Typographical coudi-
tions. You may also appreciate tue iur-
ther view that with these 27l,0OO square
miles of area, she Is equal In size 20
Maine, New III lmpshiTe, Yer mont, Mas
sachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode lslAud,
New York, Pennsylvania, Now Jersey,
Delaware, Maryland, Virginia aud the
one-hali of Ohio all combined. or by
another illustration: She Is terrtori-
ally equal 10 England, Scotland, Ire,
land, Wa'es, Denmark, Belgium, 31i-
land, Switzerland, Greece aud the one
half Of Italy. The largest of all the
states or territories OF the union gavo
bleak Alaska alone, and larger than any
country in EurOl o save Russta q Duo,
She is capable of superbly supporting
population of G0,0OO,OO0 or the whols oi
the United States To day, and then have
only as many 10 the square mile as now
'liveln France or in Massachusetts,. No
wonder, therefore, that in our 21G c0un
ties, some OF which are larger than Con-
necticut, wo possess a wheat region ls
large as the state OF Ohio, cotton telt
as large as Mississippi, a sugar section
as large rs Louisiana, mineral field as
large as Peunsylvania, and n grazing
ground as large as Kentucky.
With R climate thaJvie in sottnoss with
The sunny slopes of Spain, through an
atmosphere that tints with purest blue
the dome Of Italy, and in whose heaith-
ful uniformity Of temperature labor
ing man may WORK, or "A child may camp
out doors almost every day in the Il
months, oI the invalid seek his open air
tGnlc Iecreations, q climate whore
npurishHs every agricultural product
known to the tropical or temperate zone,
Texas is enabled to become the winter
garden and orchard of America, riqeu-
ing all the staples, when with our north
ern friends the seeds are just sprout-
ing.
With soils hat rival in richness the
autumn deposits OF old EatherNile which
he gathers all the way from the ADY-
sinian table-lauds tor those Egyptian
shores once the granery of the Orient.
Virgin soils of every hue and compost
tiOn, so eXhaustless as never to need
the suspicion of a stimulantin tho form
OF fertilizer TO bring to paradisial Plon-
itude the various growtns, 1t is no won
der that our pulsing prairies are por-
fumed with every fruit and flower that
can gladden. garden or carpet coun-
try, while our nodding woodlands pro-
claim the presence of every tree that
is useful or ornamental for mankind.
With over 300 miles OF mountains f
metallic ores, only awaiting the +! 9s-
pector with his pick 70 reveal to '.is
"open sesame" their hidden wealth,
more fabulous than Ali Babba ever
dreamed of in the cave, and which
would have mada old Buleau smile,
the forge, the furnace and the factory
can sustain in Texas a score OF Shelf |
fields and Birminghams.
With beds extending over $4,000
square miles where have boen sloeping |
ior the centuries in twin-like closeuess,
the black diamonds, those buried sun
beams of the past permian period,
ready to send forth their latent heat to
light to work the willing brain and |
Drawn Of a too often powerless ambition |
in search of subsistence. Texas can
supply civilization with coals for tho
to come.
With acres and acres Of quarry land, |
in superbly, sceneried sections, burst |
ing with all the igneous, aqueous, and
rocks, the granite and
marbles and sandstones and other |
material, abide with US in |
quantities sufficient to construct series |
Of Londons, TO ornament the palaces of
the czRrs, and the stores and houses of
Paris, or pave the streets and sidewalks !
of America. Besides these, we have all |
silica for every sort of glassware, and |
gypsum enough TO plaster all New Eng
land over four inches deep.
With 10000 square miles OF water s'r-
face, mainly 1.-Two rivers and streams
and creeks, on whose rippling flow,
from Christmas unto sCbristmas, the
ice king, even in the dead Of wintef,
never SSLo Jue S6dl VI StlOuC0j We udN5
power enough to turn 100000 wheels
to twist the wool and cotton into cheap
est clothing for christendom, to shape
the timbers into shelter, and to convert
the ores into comforts and conveniences
and to make many Manchesters, Leeds
and LisleS,
With I2,0O0,0OO head OF live stock,
herds of horses, caraYansaries OF cattle,
and flocks of sheep and goats, sustain
. /, s,ly uyh
upon some of our 375 known varieties
lf grasses, and ready for the market
month earlier than in northern sec
ions, we can make all England "mor-
lie" with roast beef, tatten the French
nan with our mutton, and ingratiate
,he German with our pork.
With timber area of 46,000,0O0 acres
IN which now stand 6S,000,0 0,0O0,00O feeC
BOARD measurement, l72 varieties OF
,he entire south, construct the naVies
If the union, and furnish furniture ot
he cosJlier woods, or of The cheapest
or the poor, for every household in The
and.
And for the ready transportation of
Ill these products we have 1929 miles Of
.ailway, which give through-bills-Of-
aiding from any point of shipment to
my of the markets OF the world.
Thus you read truly, as this banner
ust behind me states that of the United
States the state of Texas is:
First in area274,956 Square Miles.
First in Cotton ,456,0OO
Bales.
First in Timber Land - $4,000, 600
Acres.
First in Livestock-12, 100000 Head.
First in School Fund-$100,00000 900.
First in Mineral Area-42,000 Square
Niles.
First in Light Taxation-20 Cents on
he $l00.
Fifth in Railway Mileage-7,3 1923
Niles.
Seventh in Population, 100000 In