The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-07
Money Is Plentiful in the Texas
City, and It's People Are Free
Spenders for All that Rebounds
to the City's Good.
CHURCHES ARE NUMEROUS
AND WE'LL SUPPORTED
Astonishing Growth Of the Com
munity Indicated by Census
Figures, Which Show a Gain Of
100 Per Cent in Five Years.
Rv HERBERT vANpERHooF.


contemplates change Of location. one Of
the first questions that he will have to
answer from his wife. daughters or
sweetheart. Is: ..t-. Fl g
What are the social conditions there?
What kind Of churches have they? How
are the theaters? Do they have the best
attractions? Do the best actors and act
resses play there? Do they have women's
clubs. and do they take an active part In
the affairs of the city?'' 81
AS general proposition you can put it
down that these questions are a poser to
the average man.. This man, as rule, is
simply looking for location where he
can better his fortunes. and the particu-
lar matters which are Of paramount in
terest to his womenkind are those to
which he has paid only a cursory atten-
tion if any at all.
My attention was drawn to this matter
at Dallas, Texas, while I was there, by
the correspondence received by the One
Hundred and Fifty Thousand club, and it
was forcibly impressed upon me that 1t
that the final decision as to home rests rests
with the women. No matter what the
allurements are that are held out to the
man of the family, no matter what the
chances are for betterment that he can
comes for action it is the women of his
family who dictate that action.
City of Great Wealth. Il
In social matters Dallas can take rank
with any city of the north, east or west:
the south, let alone the state Of Texas,
that ranks as high in such affairs. In
church affairs it IS conspicuous, not alone
represented, and the handsome edifices
which they but for the fna activity
1t must always be taken In recognition
in such matters that Dallas is city OF
great wealth. and that wherever wealth
social recreation. The churches, as a rule,
furnish the opportunities by which the
newcomer is made acquainted with the
people of the city, and these az. acqu tna mt
ition from old homes to a new Location.
But there is broader spirit in the south
than, exists in the north; The st5ain 4s.n
taken up by his neighbors, and made TO
feel that he is not a stranger, but Is one
Of themselves
seems little room for doubt, as Its cltl-
| zens claim that it will in a few years
not only be the leading city of the state,
but Of the South; 1t has many ,,r reasons ms
population. for instance. In 1900, when
the federal census was taken, Dallas had
population of only $4,000. Yet TO-DAY
it has a population of considerably over
81. 900, or a gain of 100 per cent In nVe
years. e
| When any city grows at such a phe-
nomenal rate there must pc vital reaI
sons to account for it. and with sueh
reasons Dallas is fully supplied. In talk
ing with the men of the city found
them primed to the gunwales, if, may
use, a nautical term, to account for the
| city's growth. And after nearing thelr
statements came away with the firm
| conviction that they were right Talk OF
optimism! There is more Of it in the
state of Texas, and particularly in the
city Of Dallas, than in any other place,
! in the United States of America. .E@
! The Red river valley of the north has
a reputation as one Of the most fertile
spots of the earth. This reputation is a
Texas is tract Of land extending for
some hundreds of miles around Dallas
which is without doubt the richest land
on earth It is called 'black Waxy''< land.
ers want to raise, from cotton to wheat.
There Is no use in raising crops unless
you can find a market for them. and the
I fact that Dallas is the natural market
what has made and is still making the
city a great financial center. It is the
natural center to which all the trade of
this great territory comes. What does
L
merchants of the city. He answered my
question with Yankee answer:
What do you think would be about. a
fair business?'' -.tr r. ~ .
! Some Figures on Trade. .~----z I. .
without, possessing any informatio
DID a business of about s25,0o0,o0O OF
s30,000000 you would be doing a good
! trade" was my answer. @
The gentleman simply leaned back in
In md nod Nv, -. ,.z1,
him as one of the most ludicrous things
that he had heard in years. IS
why" he said. do you know that
the figures show that our jobbing trade
for last year amounted to over $75, 900,
900? Can you point out city. of ou1
size IN the world that can show any such
amount of business?" -. - =
Such figures account for the wealth tina,
exists In Dallas and also account for its
social activity. Everybody in Dallas
makes money and also spends money
Labor .ag is always in demand and com.
going on necessarily. There is a genera =:
disposition in the north to regard the
southerner as a man of lassitude and in.
1t1at1ve that the northern merchants pos
sess. : This may be true of some cities ii
the south. but it does not apply to Dallas
keen and pushing as in any city Of Tho
north. and it may also be stated tina
their credit is of the best.
that Dallas should possess certain, excep
tional advantages socially. It Ndoes this
to a remarka BILE degree. It's people spent
] their money literally, and the many An,
homes in which the city abounds are tn,
centers Of an active social life.
But this private social life does not enc
the social side of Dallas. It's women
clubs are conspicuous for the. work the.
are doing, and their membership com
prises the best women Of the city. The,
are doing a great work in the elevation
of the city morally, and are distinc
\ factor that must be recognized by ever,
q city administration
Good Theatrical Town
The theaters of Dallas are the deligh
4 of every theatrical man or woman. TIL
best attractions on the road always in
= clude Dallas in their schedule, and tn
j artists are always favored with a gener
Gus patronage.
Dallas is growing and It is growin
: fast. The business men Of the city hav
organized and they are making an eff
fective campaign to make the population
of the city 100000 within the next fiv
& years. There does not seem to be an
4 doubt that they will accomplish this task
which would daunt any community tina
did not possess the push and vim tina
Dallas does. But down here they simpl
s and accomplish it.
The great tide of immigration that j
now flowing into Texas is destined With
4 a few years to make that state one Of tn
s greatest in the union. It's millions
acres of cheap lands are, of course, the al
lurement that attracts the new settler
But there is a definite program outline
which it has been decided that larg
q proportion of the ernigraf1ts now con