The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-11-07
TEXAS MIsREPREsRNrxn.
an Atlanta Doctor Who Told = y,.S
Story About the Drouxh,.

Vi september ~ last contained an in
terview with certain doctor OF that
city on the condition OF Texas. hsr
crops and people, that demands a re-
ply from some person with more infor-
nation THAI the doctor. The large
headlines to the article are "The Wolf
In Texas" AN Atlanta Man From the
Lone Star State Describes the Dread
Prospects of Poverty" Doctor In
terviewed." He tells how the fearful
brought burned the earth up and de-
stroyed the grounds fertility"
The Atlanta doctor Is unknown 70
me and perhaps to Texas people. II he
was better known maybe this reply
would be needless. But assume that he
did travel in Texas and that he did
see the worst drought In parts Of this
state since the year 1851, still the
statements are far from being correct.
In his extended tour through the West
he tells a sorrowful tale OF the condi-
ton OF the crops of the West, and es-
pecially in the state Of Texas. The
doctor relates only one exception to
bad crops, 'and that is from Helena,
Ark, up to Southern Mississippi" And
there the land will make from half
a bale TO a bale of corssn 10 the acre
and from thirty-6ve TO seventy-five
bushels OF wheat to the acre." This
must be an enchanted land, marvel
GUS paradise for the farmer From
Helena, Ark, TO Southern Mississippi"
Kansas, Nebraska and the Dakotas are
far away from the real wheat coun-
try and do a little business In COM
parison with the doctors golden grain
land from Helena, Ark, up to South
ern Mississippi"
The doctor says no rain fell In Tex
as since May !, and in some sections
no rain since April to the day of his
interview. September 30. 1896. Suppose
the weather reports were drawn on
the doctor and they showed rafnfalls
since April of two inches, four inches
and as high as seven inches at one
dropping in large areas of Texas. The
picture drawn by the doctor is "sor-
rowful tale" of woe and distress, such
as would choke off every man who
dreamed of cheap lands and a COM
Portable home in Texas. Listen to his
mournful weepings for the miserable
people of this state; Much cotton that
was planted has never come up. There
has not been enough moisture to gen.
crate the seed" He proceeds: Corn
is almost a total failure this year."
that the ''little half-grown stalks that
have dried up in the summer sun rus
tie mournfully in the wind that sweeps
across the barren waste" The Georgia
doctor when interviewed must have
been in a sad state Of mind.
These statements were published as
IL they were based on facts In re-
putable journal in the largest city In
the great state of Georgia as coming
from an atlanta man." Now, what
do the people Of Texas think OF such
statements? What do the people OF
Georgia think of them? And what do
the people from Helena, Ark, up to
Southern Mississippi" think of them?
The best test of such assertions, per-
haps. is the price that the staple pro-
ductions of Texas bring in an open
market. 1t the city Of Tyler, about
the geographical center OF Eastern Tex
as. where the Cotton Belt Railroad
crosses the International 4 Great
Northern Railroad, is in the midst OF
the drought-stricken area, and l VIII
submit the prices at retail here To-Day
of some OF the leading staple produc-
lions of tnls section Of the state, VIZ:
Cotton. best grades, cents; corn In
shuck. 40 cents; hay, best quality, slo
per ton; dry salt bacon and clear sides'
& cents and 6 cents; corn fed pork on
foot. 3 cents; prime beef, Ia cents;
four. per barrel. 81 to s.; OCTOBER
neaches. COO per bushel; fall apples,
large. rs cents to 81 per bushel. THESE
prices could not exist II these articles
had not been made here. The fact Is
that Texas has on abundance OF feed
for man and beast, Notwithstanding q
severe drought for Texas occurred this
mast season. This state Will stiii MAKE
more cotton than any other state IN
the Union. No one can safely estimate
the cotton crop yet, as the fields are
green and the plant is loaded IN many
parts of the state with growing Dolls
that with late frost will mature INTO
good cotton. q,
give one example OF farmer IN
Smith county this year. / sold MIN NJ
ty acres Of land, unimproved. In 1879
for $3.50 He moved on It IN 1890
cleared twenty-ax acres and fenced H.
built a three-room house and OUT
houses and cultivated eighteen acres
cotton and eight acres corn, all Win
nJs own labor. Yesterday he reported
No had Ave bales Of cotton picked ano
that ne would likely get two more anu
had $50 bushels Of corn. UT AZ .ne
nr,cs above now ruling. II he makes
s,x bales Of cotton he will have roi
his CROP 1910 cash, and In this "oreao-
rJ YEAR" pay for his home ana nave
eco left. II a one-horse farmer can ouy
a home in the woods and pay TOT II ~
ona YEAR in such q severe drought
what may he not do In all the NE, NE,
,,,ne of good years? Texas Is the oes'
Moor mans country, all things consia.
cred on this account. ana mos WI.
seek n good country and q comirtap, :,
home should not be driven IRON ,n .n.
nurnose by the "sorrowful tale OF 'h'
sensationalist. Respectfully,
''A' w. s. HERNDON.
dallas News. Oct Q, 1880
Col w. s. Herndon, ex-mempel -
Congress from Texas. is probably -, -
we'll equipped for giving accurate IN !,
,,o,,on concerning Texas as any v