The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1902-02-08
st. Louis Fair.
1903.
I Continued From last Week.

~ Actoib. Lie SutC1Ssl I'll Oh
companies, the insurance companies.
the loan companles-ail lires will |
contribute If they know that the
money subscribed will be spept In
the manner best snited 10 gain the
object, ,namely,to advertise Texas and |
her resources. There should be .e.
presenlatves from the association.
from the railroads and other lines.
and from these should be selected /
central commits tee and officers. In |
every county III the State there
should be organized a "Progress
Club" aud III this way local pride |
coald be aroused, and such pres.
sure brought TO bear on repl esent-
atlves and Senator,os as would
compel tnem to make an approprla-
tlou. | confidently believe this,
hu. IL would only be in time to
complete, perhaps, work well on it's
way by private subscription. The
legislative committee of the Texas
Bankers Association is a mos,
efficient body. Under the lead of
such men as Messrs Woodbridge and
Hancock, they have acc mpli, he'd
much III preventing perniclous leg
| isla,ion. Their work would be much
easier If you would take up at home
with your Representatives questions
Of interest to you. There are few
Representatives who are not on good
terms with their BANKERS. This dir
ect dealing thiak effective. and
The bankers owe it TO themselves to
discuss pending measures with their
Legislators. Often ne ,s enlightened
on subjects OF which he would o her.
wise remain ignorant My idea cor
templated asking the Governor for
some official recognition BY appoint
ment of commissioners, etc Since
then there has been naugurated at
DalIis move looking 10 an exhibil.
and the Governor has appointed
comm iss'oners. They are to meet
In Dallis today to discuss plans, and
really feel embarrassed at having
made any suggestion III connection.
As stated, when spoke first, there
was no move on foot, and | hoped
ihat the Bankers' Association of
Texas mig ht be the prime mover in
the enterprise.
Il NAV he naws TO sama OF YOU
| 10 learn tha. no incons,tierabe por.
ton OF Texas was originally nAelnd-
ID in the Louisiana Purthase. The
Terms OF The contract prnvlded for a
cession and the original Louisiana
domain 1ncluded all Of The territory
embraced in the water shed nf 'ht
Milsss-ippl River on the West. II !,
tact that there are SO ccurties u
the State Of Texas which were n,i
finally embraced IN this pn. c:,a e
These cnun, es lie alorg the rortheri
boundary of he State adj scent Il
those streams flowing directly o.
iudiree.lv, INTO the Mississippi
Il These 50 countries embrace an are,
of something over 900 squar'
miles, and the 500, 900 bales of cot
ton raised IN these counties i'll 190t
was valued at something like $50,
lOOO. 900, an amount equal to IS DO
cent of the entire cotton product o
the balance of the purchase.
The cotton crop Of Texas TO
1900 was :, $50, 600 bales. Of cot u
seed Ga, ,103 tons, The value c
this crop was for cotton s147 AGO
So. 80. and Of the cottonseed S26,
3O6. Cos. making tosal Of Si73
7e7. .495 80. sCrop Reporter pn'
,ished bv the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, shows Januar
/. 1901, that the wheat productlo
Of the l3 largest wheat grown
States was as follows:
Kansas, 82,4Ss,656 bushels; prf
duct pc. acre, II 7 bushels.
Minnesota 5I.5o9,2 1852 bushel
product per acre. los bushels.
California, %, 543,62e bushel
rrodpct per acre. 1913 bushels.
Washington. 25,o96, 6,e0l bushel
product per acre, 23.5 bushels.
Nebraska, 24sOl, 900 bushels; pr
duct per acre, 40 bushels.
Texas, 2s,3s5,7l3; bushels; pr
duct per acre, 1s bushels.
Iowa, 21,sOs, 1928 bushels; pr
due. per acre, $50 bushels.
South Dakota, 2o,l49,684 bus
els; product per acre, s 8 bushels
Missouri, ls s46,713 bashel
prodact per acre. l2.5 bushels.
Illinois, u, 1882, ,O68 bushels, pr
duet per acre, 1910 bushels.
North Dakota, 13,176.213 bus
els: produc, per acre. 40 bushels.
Wisconsin, 1896, o9e busbl'
product per acre, l5.5 bushels.
= Indiana, 6,ll,7 7o2 bushels; p
duet per acre. 5.s bushels
These are virtually all the nj
using fertilizer States Of The Umt
Texas appears sixth in the total p
duction aud second in product