San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-01
SOMETHING ABOUT TEXAS.
A Few Interesting Facts Cleaned
From a Northern Paper.

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most needs is population.
She has land, millions upon mil
lions Of acres OF il.
She possesses resources, some de-
veloped to high degree, others as
yet undeveloped, fully capable of
supporting a teeming population
in positive afiluence.
She has great transportation
facilities, being the third state in
the union in railroad mileage, and
has many rivers destined in time,
no doubt, to carry much Of her pro-
duct to the gulf.
Her laws are wise aud bene-
ficent, being the result OF decades
OF progress. Few states are so for
tunately situated in the matter OF
public debt, finances, etc. Her
bonded debt only amounts to about
100000. Taxation is less than in
any other country in the world,
the state tax being but one-fifth Of
l per cent.
Texas has endowed her public
schools with a munificence equaled
by no state in the union and by no
country in the world. The "fathers"
OF the state dedicated S5O,OOO,OOO
acres Of land to education; of these
HIP acres were given to each
county and are controlled by the
counties, the remainder being con-
trolled by the state. Before many
wears the interest on the purchase
money Of school lands will be suf-
ficlent to maintain the public
schools without taxation. The va
rious colleges, academies and edu-
cational institutions, both public
and private, are Of the very best,
and are constantly growing in
numbers.
Her religious advantages are Of
the very best, all devotees of chris
tianity of whatever form being en-
abled to find their particular re-
ligious home here.
To further demonstrate her abil-
ity TO accommodate all who are
! likely to seek a home within her
borders, for few years at least, it
may be stated that, while at pres
emit she has about 100000 people,
it has been estimated that she is
capable Of sustaining on her sur
face a population of 6O,000,000 in
case and prosperity. Texas has an
area of pa, 1856 square miles-33,4 4 Is
more than the Austrian empire,
sustaining a population OF 36,000,-
600; 81, 800 square miles larger than
the German empire, whose inhab-
itants number 100000; 1926
square miles larger than France,
which contains 100000 people.
She is twice the size of the British
isles, which support population
of about 32,000,000.
Texas has about 100000 acres Of
unappropriated public domain.
This can be acquired as follows:
Every head of a family without a
homestead shall be entitled to re-
ceive a donation from the state Of
100 acres Of public land, and every
single man of the age OF Is years
shall be entitled to receive from
the state eighty acres Of public
land. Application for land must
be made in writing to the surveyor
of the district where the land is
located, stating that he makes the
application in good faith, that he
is without any homestead, that he
has settled on the land. After oc-
cupying it three years a patent
will be issued by the state. Besides
this the very best railroad lands
can be purchased at surprisingly
low figures, varying, OF course, ow.
ing to location, degree Of improve
ment, etc.
That the resources OF the state
and the opportunity it affords for
happy, prosperous homes for those
in Europe looking longingly to tho
new world, are beginning to be
fully realized by them is attested
by the large number of European
immigrants already located in va
rious sections of the state, and the
constantly increasing tide of emf
grafton to it.
The nations now having the
largest representation are the Ger
man, Polish, French, Swedish
and Norwegian. Many of the new
ly developed counties have large
German settlements, and nearly
every county in the state has set
tiers OF German birth. Houston,
Galveston, San Antonio, Austin,
Waco, Fort Worth, Dallas and all
other cities and towns of note rank
among their most prosperous and
enterprising citizens the German
immigrant. This German element
has done much for Texas. Her
commercial stability and the con-
slant advance she has made, unin-
terrupted by "boom" collspses,
have been owing in no small de-
gree to the we'll known conserva.
tIsm but true progressiveness of
the children and descendants Of
the fatherland.-N. Y. Emigrant.
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