Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-17

New York Morn '- Journal.
General \. e. hutchinson. president OF
the Morgan's Louisiana aud Texas Rail-
road and Steamship company. who also
controls the Atlantic system OF the south
ern Pacific railroad, has been Ia the city
some days. General Hutchinson was scot
last night Mt the Windsor. ana talked ON
the condition OF the southwestern couu-
try. lie said;
~ don't remember any summer when
we were able to nh three large steamships
Per week with goods from New York
for the Southwest. We ARE doing II nov
and the ships are going usually one day
In advance. Last year at this time We
were sending only two ships per week,
and they were not fun. OF course. this,
to us, s the best evidence Of Improve
mont.
zone OF the best Illustrations OF the
growth OF tho Southwest In the crops Of
Texas last year. which, no FAR nA cotton
is concerned, was onc-thlrd OF the entire
crop OF the South, or 100000 bales.
"Western Louisiana shows marked I'M
proNemcnt in the last fcw years The
prairie country west OF Lafayette, il)
miles from New orleans. was considered
worthless except FOR cattle ruislng. In the
last ten years 1t has been settled by
colonies from the West and Northwest.
no that today It produces more rice than
any other section OF the state.
IN 1887 the nrst crop Of rice was
shipped from that part of the State. IN
1873 about lSO,00O01l pounds was shipped,
This year the crop VIII be nearly %O,O0lOjl
pounds. In 1885 lands could be bought In
! this section from 80 cents TO fl,2l per
aero; now II " worth $50 10 $50 pcr ncre,''s
when asked n his section suffered
| from the depression General Hutchinson
| replied: "'rhe South stood the depression
| better than any part Of America. We
/ have been fortunate In having good cropH,
4 uIs.NI
4 the population wdH not affected by the
! fluctuations OF the finances Of the coun-
| Try. fair illustration Of this IL the
! freedom from failures Of banks and bus
! iuosH enterprises, The manufacturing In
tercsta Of tho South have Increased very
/ rapidly IN tho last ten yeara. New Or
! leans alone IN now turning out an annual
manufactured product Of over siN0O1.0OO
| Nearly all Investments have had good
| returns, except the coal and iron inter
csts, Taking Into consideration the de-
Vclopment OF coal IN the South IN the
past fifteen years and the very large In
crease In the production OF cotton. the
results are astonishing.
"Only few years ago the people Of
Texas bought all they ate from the West
now they are exporting corn, bacon aud
-four very largely. In 1880 the population
was barely over 100000; 1t is now said
| TO he over 10000
General Hutchinson tells a story OF
town building IN Southwest Louisiana.
1t Is IA country occupied for about no
years by the Arcadians, They never found
the value OF the lands, and lived a se-
cludcd life. Some i've or six years ago
two brothers, w. w. and G. G. Duson.
concluded to build town They called
It Crowley. and II Is now charming
little city
Last year the Dusons started another
city named Eunicc, which promises 10
be even greater than Crowley,
The planters are rcaping large fortunes
from rice planting, and have built n
costly canal some thirty miles long.
through which they barge their crops TO
connect with tine Southern Pacific rail
road