The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-13
THE NEEDS OF TEXAS.
Governor C. A. Culberson In the Chatta-
nooga Tradesman.

Governor C.. A. Cuiberson In the Chatta-
nooga Tradesman.
Regarding the prospects OF the State
from an industrial standpoint. II can be
SAIL that. based upon our latest reports,
and the best information obtainablo, her
prospects are extremely encouraging.
Texas has long ranked as the greatest
cotton producing State In the Union. and
the acreage devoted to the crop Is annual
~ growing larger.
The figures for 1895 will show an in
crease OF not less than 30 per cent In the
number Of bales marketed. as compared
with 1894. while estimates as to the crop Of
| 1915 indicate the same phenomenal in
crease Cotton is the ready money crop.
but OF recent years Texas farmers have
paid more attention to diversifypg crops
than was their custom fo.Tiiefly. The pros
| poets Tor an enormous yield in 1881 are eN-
eeedingly bright. Thousands Of acres of
new land will be put in cultivation. while
In portions OF the State some farms that
have been neglected during the depression
| OF the past four years will again be worked
to their fullest capacity.
The acreage of wheat. oats and corn,
particularly the latter cereal, has CORE
spondngly Increased. and the same may
be said OF all the crops that receive atten-
tion at the hands OF Texas farmers. While
not distinctly manufacturing community
IeNas has made rapid and substantial ad-
Nances In that direction. The attention Of
foreign capital has been attracted to the
magnificent possibilities of the state az n
| manufacturing center. while her own peo-
pie are giving the subject close and intelli-
| gent study.
II would be difficult TO particularize as
to what manufacturing enterprises would
thrive in Texas. for the reason that there
is room for all. with a surety OF financial
success. Coal OF COOL quality and in in
exhaustible quantities Is mined In the
state; she possesses market for the great
or part of all that might be manufactured
within her borders. while her hsrbors al
ford facilities for readily reaching the
cities on the American sea coast and the
great distributing markets of the world.
There are several cotton mills in the
state Without exception these factories
| have always been paying investments. This
industry. which must eventually reach ri
gantic proportions in Texas Is yet in its
infancy. and II reqlres but momcnis con-
sidera,on to find several reasons why
manufacturers will seek Texas as n field of
operations.
onc-third Of the cotton crop of the ooun-
try is grown here. the old Eastern States
have no facilities for manufacturing the
product that Texas does not possess. Her
climate Is preferable In every way to the
cold, bleak weather Of the North; opera
tives can live more comfortably and much
cheaper. aud again she has the markets
of the world at her very door
Much could be said in reference to the
proper methods to be employed, In order
to best subserve the Industrial and ma
.tA al Lat.
them, perhaps. being the ENCOURAGEMENT
of q ltty immigration. Texas has here
toforc been particularly fortunate In Sc
curing ms settlers a class OF people who
have generally brought with them means
To purchase homes. and II Is this class
of desirable immigrants to whom her doors
are always open.
Texas is no longer new country On
the contrary, she presents all the signs OF
advanced civilization. Her cities are az
metropolitan. her people as intelligent rs
those OF any country, her soil is much more
prolific and varied, white her possibilities
are limitiess. TO attract the right kind
of people 10 present her social. education
al and agricultural advantages with q
Wow to inducing them to find homes In the
state, Is the paramount duty of her citi
gens.
The Enactment OF Just and equitable laws
ana their impartial enforcement has been
the boast Of Texas since the days OF MeNi-
can domination. The industrial and mn
teral interests OF Texas can be suhscryed
in no better way than by establishing be
fore the world the character virtue and
intelligence of her people. and the adj
vantaEts which she offers to all those who
are seeking homes
In selecting homes people first consider
soil climate and educational facilities and
when these conditions are satisfactory there
VIII be found a community blessed with
health. prosperity and a high order OF in
telligcnco. Where these conditions exist
there ought to he but slight difficulty ex-
perienccd In advertising the fact attract
inE general attention TO these localities.
Inc methods to be pursued are best un-
dorstood by those whose business 1t is TO
promote immigration
There has been marked improvement IN
this direction during the past five years
The railroads OF the South have been ex
tensive and careful advertisers and the
result Of their lahors is found In the fact
that thousands Of people from the older
states have, during the period referred to.
found homes in the South
Texas, like her sister States. has prohtcd
hy this Immigration. but she still has room
for millions Of the same class of desirable
people.
a state that uses less than one tenth of
her cotton product in home manufactures.
that produces the best tanning material.
and more raw hides than any territory in
the world, and yet imports all her leather.
State that produces 5000 900 bushels Of
peaches. larger crop of this nutritious
fruit than is raised anywhere else in the
world. and yet makes use of less than one
htth of the product. a State that raises
immense quantities OF wool and manufac-
lures but a small percentage Of the product
OF her crop, 1t would seem presents a grand
heid Tor the investment Of capital m al
most every branch of manufacturing. Texas
mas. Of late years, been engaged in harness
ins her water power in certain localities.
until now she possesses facilities in that