The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-26
Located in the Center of the Rich
est Section of the Lone Star
State It Affords a Tempting
Field to the Manufacturer.
THREE MILLION PEOPLE
CONTRIBUTE TO IT'S TRADE
Big Northern Houses Waking Up
to Advantages the City Offers
and Establishing Branches to
Capture Its Great Business.
BY HERBERT VANpERHOOF,

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motion circle that will include one-sixth
OF the cotton producing territory Of the
world and also a portion Of the great
green universe that may properly be de-
scribed as Gods country The point on
which the finger will be placed, however.
must be that indicated on the map by
the name Of Dallas.
Not long ago in addressing great
crowd Of Texans, the president Of the
United States said Of Dallas and its dis
trict: This Is the garden of the Lord"
and nobody ever accused the president
Of inaccuraoy in his characterization Of
the varied portions Of the immense and
wealthy west Of which he is the historian.
It Is only the pessimist and the croak-
sr who denies the present existence in
this great country Of the opportunities
that have contributed in the past to the
making of fortunes for the right kind
of Americans. AL the opportunities were
Argonauts. stratton and his iik labored
long and patiently for the opening Of the
new El Dorado in Colorado. A chosen
few won wealth in the Klondike by rea
son Of persistent endeavor, and the sands
Of Nome yielded Of their wealth to those
who wooed them with patience. Carne-
gle won because he saw his opportunity
than it could be made in Europe, and
recognized chance to supply the world.
And Dallas, Texas, is the center today
many opportunities as any that ever
waited to be grabbed by the wise first
oomers in any bonanza district that the
rndtscriminating sun has ever shone
npon.
Equipped as Metropolitan Center.
With a population tributary to it of
nearly 5000, 600 people the city of Dallas
may we'll be described as a city Of mag
niflcent possibilities. 1t is already well
Iequipped with all that goes to make up
she modern metropolitan center. Manu-
ifacturers of prosperous character, many
of them leading their lines in the south,
already are found established there. In
dustries of varied natures thrive within
its limits, and the people are of the pro-
Eressive kind that welcome the stranger
WIG 1s comes 1 with the intent MT. to make him.
Nine railroad systems contribute to
the growth and prosperity of this typical
city Of the new south-the south that
promises to emulate the progress of the
In all that goes to constitute modern
Americanism. It will be news to many
e learn that in the year 1905 the total
e. m an act, products distribvtsd
100000 and that in more than one indus
try Dallas ranks first among all the cit
les Of the world.
When one considers that more sad
dallas than anywhere else on earth, hats
must come off to the Texas CITY, and q
contemplative attitude must be assumed
toward the prospects 1t holds out to the
r. manufacturer seeking location for his
~ business and the industrialist who seeks
a market for his labor. But the location
for thu the It h be en- sare
fore, that the eyes of capital and labor
lare turning toward the southern city.
x /. The desirability Of Dallas a. center
Tor manufa cture is ,oo well established
fruitful and populous country, inhabited
by progressive people, that furnish q
market of Themselves. The. raising Of
world with the best of beef is only side
issue now in Texas. "The garden Of the
Lord" gives to the north it's early vege.
tables and its early fruits weeks before
American people. Corn, wheat, oats, rye
and barley are al Grown In abundance
hn the territory that lies around Dallas
enough cotton is raised in its inmed
vicinity to clothe all the naked nations
of the earth and make shirts for a lot o.
American boys besides.
A Great JobbIna Center
With nearly 500 manufacturing plant:
Has room for more. It is a great jobbinl
eenter, and the manufa ctures find {
ready market and the best Of transpor
1sn sSshsss in hs so G'>s IS d
iaense proportions, has just made ar
Engagements to transfer large part 0
its distributive force to Dallas, and will
prove a pioneer for many similar dis
tributing agencies Of northern manufac
lures.
One Of the features Of the progress o
|self on Its record in the race for CONNER
Dial and financial supremacy among it
sAourishing sisters in the state, Is tn
nat IN hoS u to the
lth such abundance 1t will soon have tn
added advantage Of waterway to tn
gulf of Mexico. In this work the paterr
hal hand Of the federal government wi
be seen, and the improvement Of tn
Trtnisy river so as to- furnish navigabl
waters from Dallas to the gulf Is we
hnder way.
When it is remembered that there
IN the immediate vicinity Of Dallas
county that lends itself so we'll to a
The arts of the husbandman and raise
BE seen that the possibilities for tn
manufacturer are immense. For wher
the farmer Is there also will be the de
rnand for which the manufacturer
looking.
No better idea can be given Of the pos
abilities Of such location as that al
f6rded by the city Of Dallas to all VIII
ouch as their predecessors Sc enjoyed whe
the country was more sparsely settled
fhan to quote few facts about the re
center. For Instance, Texas has NOR
timber than Michigan, more iron tina
Alabama, more corn land than rlinoi.
more wheat land than North and sout
Dakota, more fruit land than California
and more oil than Pennsylvania. It pro
duces more watermelons than Georgia an
II has more tobacco land than Virginia.
short, 1t is state Of boundless POSSIBLE
tEes, and the possibilities afforded by til
eminently desirable location and til
characteristics of Dallas make it an Idea
- SPOT for the establishment Of new Indus
tiles and the inauguration Of new man
ufactures. 1-5- ~ ~.e...5~ -
It Is the proud boast of every Texa,
and one well justified in fact, that the1
5s no state in the Union, nor any terri
Tory in the world, which shows such
diversity Of soil and products as Texa
There Is nothing grown on farm
dry part Of the United States that Is n,
Successfully grown in the Lone ST.
state. AS Texas is first In area, first
production Of cotton, CATTLE horse
Beaches, pecans and honey-truly q VI
Etety Of products In which to bear of IL
balm from among her sister states
she may reasonably be regarded as fir
g In those chances that are 80 q eager
q sought for nowadays, and among Il
phances freely offered to the world /
the splendid resources Of the state grea
est In area and in SO many natural pro-
bets the magnificent chances offered /
the city Of Dallas for the location the
be Industrial enterprises and manufa,
slres Of all descriptions must never
krsrlooksd