Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-29
GOVERNOR HOGG In BOSTON
DELIVERS AN ADDRESS nEFonE
THE CHAMBER or cosMERcr,
which, Though Lengthy, ~ Listened
to with Great Interest by the
Progressive business Men
of That city.
Special pispatch.

| Texas grent pront In Boston today.
| First. q reception by Boston's mayor,
then hearty interchange OF courte-
sizes with the Massachusetts governor.
| The party was nil the time under the
chaperonage OF representatives Of tho
/ city government, and were conducted
to the lower house OF the legislature
and rendered the privileges OF the Moor.
They were taken 70 the senate. whose
| president announced recess ana IN
troduced Gov. Hogg a large audience
| listened 10 short but loudly app
plauded address. Next. the excitement
| always Witnessed ON the stock ok
change was for short time enjoyed
| by the Texens.
Al O'clock the party weht In a
body TO the chamber OF commerce,
where they were recipients Of many
courtesies Gov, HogB was introduced
In very neat speech by President
Klmbali. and made telling talk for
Texas TO an audience Of 200 or more.
In the afternoon representatives OF the
city government who had carriages
| during all the preceding program at
their disposal gave the Texans a de-
iightful drive through parks and other
beautiful parts OF Boston That TeNas
may know how her governor repre-
Hents the state the following speech
AT the chamber Of commerce as above
noted Is given;
Last winter a few business men pro-
INhNA Nlttb X enNlu spare Ilf Ilnr
lhtN would take trip with me through
the moth and east 10 return the Waits
some OF the good people up here have
recently made ia Texas. They reasoned
mat the common ties between our aec-
lions were strong and binding, and that
II the gentlemen who have been among
US from the north ana east during the
past few years were fair representa-
tlYeH Of the sentiment OF these people
thHfe ~ very little difference between
US except sentiment produced from
strained relation. They felt that if any
prejudice exists between the people
OF tho two sections it could not be
removed except by social and business
intercourse We have come not on
business. nor aa i'm migration agents,
we have come for recreation and pleas
uri aud TO mingle with the good people
up here, and TO testify our appreciation
OF Their good win and overtures OF
friendship,
Recently have bson Informed that
lurking In the minds OF most OF the
people of this section n an old, llLger-
Ing suspicion that Texas is a small
state Of ugly methods, Of unrighteous
laws and OF uncertain resources. TO
those who have visited our state and
become personally familiar with her
magnitude, her rich, varied resources
her magnificent Institutions and Balu-
thry laws, II would be idle for a word
% be said, While / do not wish to re-
Meet on the knowledge % school chill
dren yet | may be nnrdoned for saying
that to fully comprehend the area Of
Texas you must compare II to other
states or travel oyer t. The latter
you can not well do, so take the thir-
teen stntes OF Connecticut Delaware,
Kentucky Maryland, Maine, Mnssn-
chuaettg. New Jersey Ohio. Rhode Is
land. South Carolina, Vermont. Wet
virginia, and the groat Empire state "
Wv York, and compute the square
miles IN them All and then you Will
md They lack territory enough TO maNc
an additional state AS large as Mnssa-
chusetts OF being the size OF our Won
dcrful stare. This vast territory ~ at
trnctlYe and limitloaB IN resources.
within II are lands AZ d oh and nluvial
us the valley Of tie Nile ana others
~ poor and fiultlcss az the Sahara
desert; md the climate ~ az varied.
utcc riding TO section, az may be found
within any five utates OF tile Union.
There Ne have miiliop-Hcre utsl
ranches, ihousand-otre cotton rlanta-
lions, tongues of wheat fields, and
miles ehiiare Of sugar plantations -all
rich are productive and peculiarly
udaptse to the uses 10 which they are
iut. Sido by corn, colt III, cane " hent
cats, rye and barley. and delicious
fruits AMI vegetables are found grow
ing IN luNu+iant profuslun. In some
soctlnnR whole urea aH largo ms illi-
uiR can be carved out without taking
Ia a squire mile Of poor land. Yes, but
can find ID territory there equal 10 I'VE
or six or our leading states without the
rislS OF Inv adlEg the Irouth rrsIur %.
where at Least 20 rtr cent OF the soil
Il from three &c ten feet deep. on wbic
furtillzsra are 1evtr rsslsl fr used
g ~ fun crops are u}ed almost every
Our state IL divided between what
may be termed the grazing and the
agricultural sections. The stock ranch-
es are beyond the agricultural belt.
but II Is believed that as the man with
the hoe proceeds on westward tho
whole OF the state within tho next few
decades viii be eminently fitted 10 the
pursuits OF agriculture.
Our coast extends 600 miles upon
the quiz way. upon which are being
constructed by the government and
private enterprise four Important hnr-
borg, whore the water Is almost deep
enough now to supply the demauds OF
commerce. The possibilities OF our
state can only be estimated by refer.
once tc and In the light OF her mar
velous progress for the period OF the
last twcnty-three years,
In 1870 the aggregate property values
rendered FOR taxation amounted to
Nio,sSOOQ, while In 1904 they aggre-
gated ssd,tf6,Seb, Then the population
vas $4,000, now Il Is $4,000 Then
we had 500 miles OF railroad. now we
nave 1850 Then the acreage In firms
nEBregnted 100000. now they amount
to D,iiG,2e9 acres. Then the cotton
crop In bales was $4,000. now IL
amounts 20 over 100000 bales. Then
the corn crop aggregated 10000. 900
bushels, now. 1t amounts in bushels to
over 7fO00.00O, Then the wheat crop
yielded $4,000 bushels. now II amounts
20 6,503,0Q0 bushels. Then we had only
1908 factories, now we have over 1000
OF them Then thcre were only S.
$4,000 invested In factories, now there
are Invested IN thom over 500. 600. 900
Then The factory hands numbered only
1907. now they number over 10000,
Even the blessed school children in
the last ten years have Increased from
295,so7 10 e30,S03.
So YOU ohservo that property values
In the period from 1870 20 1893 Increased
go per cent, the population lps per
cent, the miles OF railroad $3.50 per cent,
the fartnH In acreage i06 per cent, tho
cotton N bales ga per cent, the corn In
bushels 2s5 per cent the wheat IN bush
els lfiq per cent, the number OF fac
tories 90 per cent, the capital Invested
IN factories 1898 per cent, factory en-.
lluNea IN numbers OBS per cent, and tho
scholastic population in ton years lis
per cent,
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