New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-06-14
THE LONE STAR STATE.
WHY 1T ENJOYS A BOOM.
SOMETHING ABOUT RIVAL CITIES IN THE
NORTH OF TEXAs-wmcH WILL
WIN SCPEEMACA

WIN SUPREMACY
benson. Tex June 4 1t IS douhtinI Il any Lohe''
mol. ,ho b,. never before visited the state OF Texas.
mo-, nreiudiced will fail TO be impressed
hara al his cvpectatOns by what he secs ana hcaTs
d,r,rc hi visit have made little tour Oh what Is
i,r,y, A. d. Northern Texas starting III AZ "aihee
Vile coming on to Dallas. thence 70 foi' "V''"' "
sherman and Denson, have seen c"'"7' - ~
,r,vols ~ discover that Texas Is much Iaso' i" 'o
fc,,ros and statistics regarding IL lhui'"''' ~ '''
nt i hoe an area Of over 275.o00 square miles docs
=, .. +bc mind an adequate conception OF It's
... ,or docs II convey the idea that tnl' area IS
- .hon all ~ tic New England and Minuie S'a'e'
t,ohcr with the addition Of North Carolina virginia
and Delaware .. .ho ca.e u e
further across this wonderful state th"h i "'.h
Philadelphia to II. Louis. opc man '"' -"
o,,h land IN single tract to exhaust d'y Jour
,or,c,r I allude % senator FIrwcH,
n hos aver . 600 600 acres OF land in the western
ut II tho state extending In direct lno 3oo mlc'
80 tho south Nor is any adequate conception III 'i's
rc.ources Of this state held When ! wac d. fo''
worth I visited the famous spring faia'e ." ''c
. d,v on which it wa burned. II covered an
avon NJ nearly 80 900 square feet. ana us Nv" ""o''
yerc crammcd fall Of exhibits OF minerals "o''',
ctolJes cereals grasses, fabrics. nuts Tu''S' anu
in fact almost everything in the shape oil III" pr"-
NET, that any state in the Cnion can prolncc' anu
,ot there wa, not q single exhibit III HI WIS WIZ
1orfnI couoction that was not the produet ol ''o
state Of Texas. ,, -, rd
Te>a, has no state debt worth speaking o. anu
the rate of taxation for state puTPo'o. - ''", |
and onc half mills It has several millions oil d"i
49, T., -, school fund il has IT. own state lunaic
LIND de,f and dumb. and orphan asylnmN' II ha'
opc third Of the entire railroad mileage 81 t'' '''
has the finest state Capitol, with the eN'eP''o" ="
mat ,t Albany ever built. and many can II '"o
orost STATE brlding IN the Union. II has more "'''
-. ,,rhor land than any state In the "e't-m'Fe
-, '''''D. .,rcc state, With all this wealth, and
vim a climate unsurpassed. It contains pop"''''"
oler than that of most state. ana ho' m"'"
,.,,.r than that Of the cities of Brooklyn ana Nc"
Work. nut together; yet. If all the people III "'o
1ritcd states under the last ccnsi', AVcu III l'A"''
IT, nonnlation would not be A. dense As u'"V u
France. .,.or,r,.i,,
cine. that have visited. do not deiN u'aO "
has had a great boom pa property Vau''' 10 mr.
. noted the price OF land and choice Tote i ''c ''H'
j.. socucd a, Il property Wa, held al Vet! HE"
rc7,rc, and vet conservative mcrch'h''' az" ~"
,,ro were building large brick structure ID" ''
for which they had paid these lHth pH'c'' "'''','
mo that IN every instance they coH' A"'t '''''
,n.ir p,oprriy AT much more than ihcy p"u i'r it,
.a a., contradiction Of tins statement, which was
nd. on every side u WAS precisely tc same ~
lt Worth. which J., a rlNal of Dall., ana '"I} '"'Y
-.il.. T.. tl,. We-tNald. Fort Worth c!alnr i"i- "n
vantage over IL, competitors. that il j. Ae"''' '0
oItlinr country. ,rd tha, 20 l- the h"'"l4 "'''i'
,l,c f,r an the vast and ,e.ue REGION Only Sl"''"
.ctf!ci t. the westward. j. Wa I'I' worm '"''
,,t ,te none, up los Tire llmou, 'pTi"s i'"'''
"a r,,t Worth today Gems ready 10 pat up Sl"oVo'
.,n, o., ,.~ -aoooob for auythns that PROMISE q"
i,,. Lu.,.,-, {, IT. cty AID add Ia IT. 'AI''' II
..,.- .,r,u.e 10 seq q -i5o.Ooo nuiid.ne q" ei'"I
-t,.du. ou Nlu-t, alone, h"H '"'"" '''" ~
f..,,e structure, aud -AaaDc- uidt laH 'p'""7 "'
for store, and other parp',c- bat IL must w. '"'''
IA mind taat Fort Worth s >'i"-' ''N ''''.-
few wear, las It been ans tlDe DUR COY - ',''.''
'',,iit.r station. Lat It~ selection a. 7.''.' 80
,.,l..i that 10 had tf -..c i'r 'it' ana r''"
Gainesville ], oar ga %" .Ht..'i 'l''' ~ 't
.t,',i,f- a.ay io tl- Do.a"aid from i"i N"'.'
ana some - tIc u,4 "Ap Lave Di'' ..'' ''' -
w. devcIopn. the growth u Fort Worm lt'c lr' ulN
r'cd ,I.Ir ,u,rcc- and capital toward Gai.-N ll 20
lncy cau scc. tn'N LAY, WY IL ''4 - 80
, sfcat INV That Gainesville - not rival VI az,
" r nl,t ,b'.r >ncI, and that Fort Worth j. not
aiitd ~ II. VIII e1 Tar toward ttNclupH, J, '''
me- ol tl.c .reAt Ducs. sherman ! iuu" To BE- 'li
" , fl, t',' ID ,,,c c,cn 100 tu., new fashioned '.un-
H. nut II la determined T., thIo~ "sidc II, con
,,''t,~ and h,> recently iuishcd aa clc' tuc ar
lmc ANA started up several ur" industries I'""
i, G,V, icon la.d out for some distance from ihr
trade centres aud bankers a.a b"."Ssa , n.on , '
Tn.trr money sherman boasts Of heius TIE Aiirh'
II mi. ~trtc II ha, s.yual good schools 10! IA,'
AID !, Good military school fOI Boys. Like an o'''
r,ir- m th. section. is looking for Industrial c.'
tclpri>e,. Already II Iis ore 81 Nt '''-''t "a
ID IA
Tract 81 lnLd, oG eHns -"' 81 "''t'v' ,iar+
can pa, IS ,hciman Here o. In 81! ',i'' ,
cities. me cifiLcus arc "hA TOO fe'", ,,'', -.
, nurse toward project 4 u WI hulH g it,'ois
ana secure 1t Ire" Industry -hein'"h ~, - s ,i
wear, hA- al piled uarhins funds f'i TN P"t % ~
state. Put Dcnlson, !onis MN, "" Hno,t.n, A. ,
have right also 10 dispute me A'W- p'H'''I '
,,,I, Ill ,,Iload town. d. not mean by tnl7
merely That railroad, pas> through ~, bht ti''
seem To- make benson the ccNic VI '.'' ''tl
and coal bins from which they receive ih'r 7uppH''
- j. .ad tb,f M could. noticing thls clos'hc'N t
The coal ncds OF The Indian Iplipp, T." mn
f., the north. C0Lt@uplatce malnf sherman ~ i,
,o, one of hi, IMPORTANT points. A. I'D "ih'l
Mos / hav. visited. town lots have been Ild "n'
Mo or three miles from the cry IL is '"it,u'
note how the building loom J. '.It 20 GOO ma :.
stance. = fine cotton mil n 'p't 1890 i't
u.e - 900 spindlcs. butt largely win W" rl-, ~.
capital. f. being erected tu'r 1l-'"'r "wn ~"
,c.,re If the city. and since II hh, been planned
| 49,, IN mi, new field have Iisen greatly H. value
| a,d i, !. c,rcctcd that the cotton mil VIII loon
| mark The centre Of large population. Inc s'i''
| schcnc l. nursucd In other ctcs 81 Texas
Ti rate ~ Interest on gtedred loans l. never ",'
! ,ra, q per cent and is usually 10 to u per cent
TIE most conservative man can ma PlcnN "l "HP'
| t,nitjr- 10 employ his money AT thc'e htli'7'
| ,i,n hoveyer that bankers are compelled lo per
,o generous ovcrGrafts by their best cusl1'', q ''
dhon of Affairs thai HANKS H lr fte, ,Ly tb
. 80 and he said 1t custom ana was H.'
'1antcd on gerry good security. IKE warhon-e rc',p
| ~ H' I'M q. II vould DE sure to Great" lllicrHnE
am CONVINCED however. that Ih'I' i mu u NJ H.
lnGrx 81 northern capita 10 I'NE HoM d M, r',,
| a. .,.r Lcru before Am all" '"hNI''' 'il'' "'"
80, f,ou thc North and Fast are uihlh' inc i'llu
arr mari Of Texas their homes Nur'l''H 'tPl." -
! %orihcrn men hav" insisted ", a iIcy ramc an,
| ,'i'n' men i'm Texas frankly admit th'I ohhpa'ph
m Vnrthcrn men for placing the busihe,, "l lfAaS ."
| more conservative and secure ua'' IMAM " W. .
| other day.
rvrerrS FOR THE DArNrLESS REGATTA
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