New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-02
TEXAS IS A GREAT STATE
EX-GOVERNOR NOGG SAYS so, AND HE
OUGHT TO KNOW.
WHEAT. COTTON. CORN AND CANE GROWING SIDE
BY SIDE-AN AREA As LARGE AS NETWORK
STATE WITHOUT \ FACToRY-PEoPLE
NOT WORRIED OVER THE

SILVER QUESTION
Ex-Governor James $. Hogg of Texas is at the
Fifth Avenue Hote.. Mr. Hogg. who Is in the city
private business. says his interest in politics
pired when he out OF Office on January /.
and he is now devong all his time 10 his law bust
ness Speaking of affairs in his State. Mr. Hosg
said:
IS vague msconception of It's resources and area.
Texas - SO bug that You could take New-York and
its borders our state is one Of the richest in the
Union. and yet has some of the oldest attributes
sphere. In Texas there two different grades of
land There is first the agricultural district where
deep. The agricultural district Of Texas last year
produced one-thrd Of ali the cotton grown in tae
United states. about one-f1urih OF the worlds
production. Our agricultural productions last year
amounted to about 100000. That is equal In
vaiue to on -hdf the rntrr personal properly OF
the State. one-seventh its total tixao.e value.
Now in the grazing section We have another rich
rainfall makes i impossible I, grow any'hinS nui
prairie grass Thousands Of att eraze on 1t; ana ma
are the SQUIRE Of supply for the markets OF the
word one thing that is OF interest Is tnat where
bought the fsrmers and SOCK rasers are beginning
10 80" the sources Of their own lani, anu are
The quest G. OF dive rsicd crops is being agtated
in Texas Just now In the past when cotton Was hs
stockman devoted all their time to. the one man
crop. Recent hard times have chastcned them into
IA new belief. and where before much money was
spcnt for wheat, corn. etc. the landowner Is now
producing these things for himself. II Is nothing
unusual in Texas nov 10 see wheat, cotton, corn
and cane all growing SIDE BY side. and equally vel
Now here is something that Is the stranGcst
thing in the world to mo. Down in Texas. IN the
district surrounding Austin. our capital, an area
almost large NcW-Nork state. are some OF
the richest farms in the world. Here rich coal
mines unWorkcd and great fields Of cotton growing.
Here is the great Colorado River. torrent con
tanning power. With all these advantages. In
all those thousands OF not single factory or
The sky is clear ard smoke dims the
horizon 1t * 4 marvel to me that, with the Goa
supply. the vast cotton-erow.ng interests Al hand
AMI thr water power n manufacturer takes adj
vantage Of Il 20 nut up his works where all the
requisite material is.
In 1880 three mites above Austin dam
built across the big Colorado River. This dam was
built out ~ marble is Xty feet hign and twelve
hundred feet across. The water comes tumbling
il Ike a miniature Niagara. Turb ne wheels
and electric power works put in and the
city Is lighted and water service secured This
river. clear and cold mountain water meeting the
dam. is backed up through the richest country IN
the South for thirty miles. and mandates and irri-
gates the land The tributaries AMI branches are
also pushed back and IN this way thousands OF
acres arc enriched In bcarng power:
During the last two years there has been tide
OK emigration To- Texas Kansas illinois. Indiana.
Ohio and other S;at"s have furnished their quota.
The is vast that al are absorbed and little
evidence is shown u tn" aiIiton. II - "A state
for young mon have not known single North
Eastern man who h1s gone there hut who
has succeeded II IS a stat" o. vast possibilities.
our laws are purifying politics. AMI ont ~ the
stormy Of the past Is emerging a stat" iulI OF
promise and wealth.
Governor Hog says that tho people Of Texas
are not both~rinc about silver. as many OF tho
o;her States of IN" Inon are doing. They in
dGStricus and self reliant anI ar. be- lurcd
away by prophets with false ,r"-I-.