San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-04

cotton and corn and cane kings of the
future; the fruit growing and vege-
table growers. whose early products
are to fill the first spring markets OF
the country lying between this
Gulf coast and st. Louis, as
well as the markets of New
York, Boston, Philadelphia and
the great east by ocean shipments
through the deep water ports of the
gulf.
The variety of products grown
along the line of this road is simply
wonderful, yet great as it is it is des-
tined to be increased from year to
year, while the volume of it's products
Is at present meal ,ulable. The pro-
ducts already grown include wheat,
oats, barley, rye, buckwheat, corn,
sorghum, millet, alfalfa, broom corn,
castor beans, peas and beans of all
kinds, peaches, pears, plums, grapes,
figs, tomatoes, vegetables of all kinds
and melons of every variety, as we'll
as hops, jute, ramie, hemp, olives,
pecans, tobacco, walnuts, yams,
oranges, bananas, sugar cane, to men,
ton no more. The native mar bles,
GRANTEES, clays and sandstones Of the
upper counties traversed by this road
are inexhaustible in quantity and I'M
surpassed in quality. The fibrous
productions alone of this reg ion stamp
1t as most valuable one for the
agriculturist.
The meeting of the national horti-
cultural association at Austin last
February was made the occasion of
an examination by it's members
Of the region traversed by
the San Antonio and Arkansas Pass
road. The testimony of ]. G. Evans,
president of that body; of secretary
Regain, of the American horticultural
society; of Prof. Fernow. of the Agri.
cultural department Washington; of
Prof. Papenoe, OF the state agricul-
tural college Kansas; of president
Campbell, of the Ohio state horticul-
tural society; of Garretson, of Topeka;
Elliot, of Minneapolis, and others,
was unanimously favorable to this
country as possessing remarkable adj
vantages for agricultural and horti-
cultural enterprise. That it will yield
beautifully to any kind of cultiva-
ton and husbandry"; and, Support
a dense agricultural population, and
one capable of prOfitably cultivating
a great variety of products" was the
universal verdict.
THEY ARE EASILY REACHED.
These lands are all within easy dis
lance of the Gulf and the question of
market is assured. 1t is assured by
the dense commercial and manufac-
turing populations so sure to gather
in the great seaports and inland cities
of this vast southwest, as our deep
water ports are opened; and also by
the low ocean freights which will
place our vegetables and fruits in the
eastern markets weeks before they
can be supplied from the South At
lantic states. Lines of railway are
converging TO the Gulf from every di-
rection. The great trunk railway
systems are making their approaches
to this region, quietly but certainly
They are making connections and
ordinations which will place them
at the Gulf ready for the
great commerce that will he Gre
ated as by magic when the immense
territory lying between the Rockies
and the Gulf tides its wealth into
tucso oul pOItS. L NUS Ill tutst
counties contiguous to the Gulf are
certain to be so intersected by rail
ways within brief period, that the
cheap lands now q few miles distant
from railway stations will be CEN
trally placed and a double gain &C
crue to the purchaser. The San An
tonic and Arkansas Pass road offers
every facility to prospectors to exam
Inc the lands along the line of their
road. Their liberal terms with ship
pers and settlers, and their courtesy
are proverbial. Wisely understand
ing that their interests are one with
the interests of those who settle the
lands through which their lines run,
they have ever met every attempt at
settlement and development in the
most generous spirit. No other road in
Texas has ever approached them in
this, and no other road can show
such increase of agricultural areas as
the result of its constructions. The
cotton crop of the counties mentioned
IN this article, as traversed by the
lines of the San Antonio and Araps as
Pass, show the best cotton yield Of
any section of Texas. It's top crop
will always be better than that Of
more northerly counties, because
frosts near the Gulf coast are weeks
later than in the upper cotton coun-
try. This outhwest is the garden of
Texas It's acres are many and the
present prices of land a marvel to
those who have seen the prices paid
for much inferior lands elsewhere.
These lands are cheap because large
ly unknown. When known, they
will be held at their true valuation,
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