Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-12-03

Ono Of tho THINGS Texas has long been
SHOWN for B It's immense territory. No
state in the union better deserves the
Gitle "rhe Empire than Tc1aa. In area
and population, in wealth aud production,
81 leads nll other Southern STATES, and
thcro Is no chance of any other state p1ss-
Ing Il Ia these important essentials as
long as il remains undivided. Aud tho
public sentiment in Texas is strongly an
favor of keeping abe ante 10 iis present
shape and size. There has bccn an oc-
cuSiOnnl suggestion from outside that
noUas was 'itOo big" but The people Of
mo state know, to the contrary, that the
prosperity and success of their empire"
depends upon SIS union and that il would
lose hale Ito strength it cut up into four
or ivc statcs. IL can do anything 70
deSireB in tho WY of sub-diyiding the
Buate, as II preserved this privilege when
admitted 10 the Union, as Il likewise did
It's great and magnificent public domain.
But u Inns never shown the least incllna-
ti1n to avail itself of the privilege and
probably never will " Texas ROMANS
thus tmited, as The Gazette believes It
will, u must IN time step 10 the front
1'ink Of ita sister states la the Union. IL
has been going up. pace By pace, in
every CENSUS of late and stood seventh
In 1890 Ia tho List Of stntes and probably
3, sixth today. TcEaa contains o52,dDG
square miles OF territory, or moro than
ahe entire ncpublio OF France Tcxur rs
fret In area, hnt Ia thc production of
cotton, first Ia the number of sheep
raised, frst IN The number Of cattle
r0iscl, first in tho number of horses and
mules rytiscd. first In the amount Of
money set inside for her public schools.
colleges and universities. and first In tho
Hiac and iniEh Of her capitol. Texas has
the lowest state tax of any state in the
Union
There arc i5S030 farms ndcr culuya-
dion and 100000 ncres planted In cnops.
The tenement farmers number %, 100 aud
she laborers JB,0Dl, the average wages for
iaborem being Sl423 per month.
Ihe most important crop of Tcxus ~
cotton In that staple It has long since
passed the rest of tho South. both In
'Lo acreage planted In It, and tho number
of babes produced.
Tho crop of 1889 was 1,6734OG bales;
that Of 1890, 1,GO2, $40. tho average pro.
duction being ~ OF u bale per acre. In
lSol tho banner crop of the state WINS
raihcd 2,O2d,77i bales, an increase of
da30I over $500. Not only was il tho
mrgest crop but the largest Yield nor
tcrc, AS Of bale. In Ills rcsncct
Texas has continued TO show a stonLy Inn
proVement for some years past tho bet.
hr agricultural methods OF die farmers
Ncturning better results. Thus In 1887
ieAas farmers soeupd only ~ Of a bale
per acre; in 1SsS rs of a bale; In 1sSl
md 1880 the same, ~ Of bale. Ia 1871
rlS OF hale; o steady Improvement il
WIN be seen from year TO year. or
rourhe, with the decreased value of chi.
ton, tho crop has not brought as much
as 1t did formerly aud although the Yield
Ter acre was greater In 1891 than In 1850
IN quality, It declined IN value from
$l0.0i TO S15.57 per acre. During mn
this timc there was a steady increase In
inc acreage in cotton, much land In
Northern Texas which had been grown IN
wheat being planted in Il.
II will be seen from these Rrurcs u,ot
IeNas Is cotton county, PRODUCING IN.
deod quarter of the entire crop of tbc
country today, and promising in time 10
produce an even larger proportion. Nhle
II does not raise as much to the acre il,
inc alliivial lands Of Louisann. Arlnnans
ana Mississippi, on tie other hand M
staple is grown very cboaply, and tho
Sop IL almost certain oao. rakcn nm
m all despite bis distance from marl,e,
, ehe lexss farmer eau raise co,ton no.,
Sase.pH snd With greatcr prodt than IN,
Nv. ~ VI any other state In fbe Sn,,tt
nc AsAAE agricultural statton V1hi,i, t, ,.
,s,st r rNeNnfauus this Qucetion al m,
~. ~ production has obtainnI H., ~, ~
'1,asl..soie hiNrination on MS s,i,ia,.,
NVNvt.uuk 70 ats reports Tho ,oaf IA "a.
ny evtton IN the lone Sf.r I, s,'ts'
considerably less that AZ cc1ts S0," =
Inc cost IN Georgia. wl,ich NJ I. = peunu'
sSusc Southern state, h Z 90 cents +, y,
.pun1ehuy shown IN die exncriincn,'
NC Messrs; CLARK Of Bell connt, NV. .,
cotton can he grawn at less than ens'
pound. Mr.. w, A. Clark cr a. veiits
raised npou land that bad ainea8yy WIS
npoeu q crop OF poas, tie Profits ~ s,iia ~
ure npt rlvcn. Mr. Welbarn w ~ wi..',l
eonnty. by tho MD OF cotton Ia re s'',"lc
grew tlle staple az 81 cents a NM ,'s's''
~ tno latter Is Che most r,e,,s.l's,,
n@ure yei Given Ia reSard 70 colon H9 MN