The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-04-22

SlSternOOu OF states was subsequently {
secured for our union, and is here to-day !
tSe World world a and s'esdS solicit " psrl ar
tic. pation IN the numberless {
bou pties with which Providence has I
blesA cd her
imperial in her domai N, unite In the
vastneS and variety of her attractions,
Texas ia truly u wonderland of wealth,
an Eden Tor the farmer, an El Dorado
for the miner, ayeritabl0 Goshen for the
grazier, mint for the manufacturers;
replete with commercial points for some
future Persepolss, Tyre, or Palmyra; a
feast of happy SUI 'prises fol. the tourist
and an infirmary TOR the invalid. Thus,
the story OF her reSouroes reads like q
Persian poem in AN eastern epic. But
that IL be authenticated let facts attest,
for fiction fades before them.
Extending between lines of longitude
equal to a distance from Philadelphia TO
st. Louis, and embracing latitude
equal TO the distance from our norther-
most county TO st, Paul, Minnesota,
you may conceive OF the splendor Of her
geographical and Geographical condi-
| tious You may also appreciate TIE fur
thor view that with these 274 900 square
miles of ares, she is equal in size TO
| Maine, New II ampshire, Vermont, Mas
sachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, |
1 Il
| Delaware, Maryland. Virginia and tho |
one half OF Ohio all combined. Or by |
another illustration; She is territori- |
ally equal TO England, Scotland, Ire |
land, Wales, Denmark, Belgium, Hol-
land, Switzerland, Greece and the one.
half of Italy. The largest of all the
states or territories of the union save
bleak Alaska alone, and larger than any
country in Europe save Russia alone.
| GY., fe,r t.a 10 nf " "A
population of 60,000,000 or the whole OF
the United States to day, and then have
only as many to the square mile as now
live In France or in Massachusetts. No
. wonder, therefore, that in our 218 cOun-
ties, some OF which are larger than Con-
necticut, we possess wheat region as
large as the state of Ohio, cotton belt
az largo as Mississippi, a sugar section
as large as Louisiana, mineral field as
I large as Pennsylvania, and grazing
+ ground as large as Kentucky.
r With q climate thGtvies In soitnees with
q ;he sunny slopes OF Spain, through an
: Rtlnos sphere that tints with purest blue
!. tho dome Of Italy, and in whose hoalth-
Il ful uniformity of temperature Il labor
q INK man may work ,or child may camp
/. out doors almost every day in the Il
l. months, or the invalid seek his open ali
@ tonic rocreations, a climate where
HUuktAHts oNtiO fAbQhNl
le known TO the tropical or temperate zone
-e Texas is enabled TO become the winter
n. garden and orchard of America, ripen
m | ing all the staples, when with our north
IN ern friends the seeds are just sprout
10 ing.
Is With soils hat rival in richness th,
,p autumn deposits of old FatherNile whicl
no gathers all the way from the Ahy
N. siuian table-lands Tor those Egypliai
shores once the granery of the oriont
Virgin soils of every hue and compost
ton, so exhaustless as never to nee
the suspicion of stimulant in the forr
OF fertilizer to bring to paradisial pier
ltude the various growtns, 1t is no wor
der that our pulsing pratries are pei
fumed with every fruit and flower tht
can gladden. garden or carpet coui
Try, while our nodding woodlands pr
claim tho presence OF every tree thi
IS useful or ornamental for mankind.
With over 300 miles of mountains
metallic ores, only awaiting the pro
NO pector with his pick TO reveal to h
III. nopen sesame" their hidden wealt
are more fabulous than Ali Babba ev,
as- dreamed of in the cave, and whiC
would have made old Buleau smil
the forge, the furnace and the facteI
can sustain in Texas score of She
600 fields and Birminghams.
With beds extending over $3.50
square miles where have been sleepiI
for the centuries in twin-llke closenes
.re the black diamonds, those buried SUI
beams Of the past permian perio'
ready to send forth their latent heat
100, light to work the willing brain al
es. Drawn Of too often powerless ambitiC
,ls. in search of subsistence. Texas cI
led supply civilization with coas for d
,ad centuries TO come.
vi. With acres and acres of quarry Ian
in superbly, sceneried sections, bur,
ing with all the igneous, aqueous, al
mi metamorphic rocks, the granite al
marbles, and sandstones and 9th
MIA building material, abide with us
quantities sufficient 10 construct a seri
ats of Londons, to ornament the palaces
the czars, and the stores and houses
ana Paris, or pave the streets and sidewal
OF America. Besides these, we have
,kv the clays for thepurest Of porcelain, Z
silica Tor every sort of glassware, a
ate. gypsum enough TO plaster all New Ell
of land over four inches deep.
tir- With 10000 square miles of water 81
the face, mainly live rivers and strea
and creeks, on whose ripping flo
OBJ from Christmas unto gChristmas,
ice king, even in the dead Of wint
/ of never sets the seal of silence, we hi
an to twist the wool and cotton int nhei
que est ciothlnB ior cnrlstehuoni, 10 sht
in Tue uihpers lhto snelVeri nhu 10 conV
lled the ores into comforts and cOnvenien
al and TO make many Manchesters, lie,
San and Lislos.
To-. With 100000 head OF live sto
herds OF horses, caraYansaries of cat
hes, and ilocks of sheep and goats, susta
ing themselves tho whole year thror
rich upon some of our 875 known variei
/ 10 of grasses, aud ready for the marke
,nds month carrier than III northern
bou- tons, we can make all England "m
by rie" with roast beef, fatten the Fren
was man with our mutton, and ingrati
the German with our pork.
the With timber area of 46000,000 &C
$50 on which now stand 6S,000, 0,00O000 1
ubs board measurement, l72 varieties
tes. timber, we can supply the prairies
r of the entire south, construct the nay
of the union, and furnish furniture
tho the costlier woods, or of the cheap
the for the poor, for every household in
nall. land.
re Aud for the ready transportation
the all these products we have 1898 mllel
rob. railway, which give through-bills
Iited lading from any point of shipment
or auy OF the markets OF the world.
Thus yeu read truly, as this bar
ono Just behind me states that of the Uni
States the state of Texas is:
IS. First In area-27f ,356 Square Miles.
en- rHsb III No1toh frOuuctioh-iitoV
ours Bales.
now First iu Timber Land - 10000
,sent Acres.
that First In Livestock-l2, ,o000 900 Head
last First in School Fund-$l00,0 1900.
pre- First In Mineral Area-i2,000 So,
ainst Miles.
$50 is7o. First in Light Taxation-2O Cents
-day the 800.
yhst- Fifth in Railway Mileage
the Miles.
near Seventh in Population-2, 800 900
4 nies habitants.
4 OK. In 1890 at the present per centag,
natal increase, she will stand almost abr
es to oi New YORK anu fennsyIVanla IN
that ulatloh anu pontlcal power, anu
bap- corresponding increase of assess
r san values not far behind them In we