The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-03-19
community OF which he has so long
been a resident.
Some Things Texas Needs.


A great deal is said about what
Texas has because there Is a great
deal to talk about. There Is scarcely
single Industry which flourishes in
the United States that cannot be sue
cessiully carried on in the state. OF
the things that Texas does not have
and reeds, visitors and outsiders can
talk more freely than those who are
citpeus, but ususaliy the statements
Of the outsiders are based on limited
knowledge.
Exhib tons like the National Feed
ers and Breeders show now in prog
ress show that Texas is awake to all
the livestock opportunities before 1t,
Expositions like those of Dallas and
Sanu Antonio, as well as those in
smaller Texas cities, snow that the
state is not behind in agricultural
development, But there are import
ant things needed in the development
OF the state for which there are few
or no expeditions. One OF the most
important OF these is dalrying. There
are dairy exhibits at most of the
fairs, and the display at Dallas last
year was credltable, but for state
the size OF Texas It was exceedingly
small. There ought to be enough
dairy interests in Texas to give an ex-
hibition which would fill Fort
Worth's big coliseum. There Is no
state offering so many opportunities,
climate, water, forage and, best OF
all, a home market for everything
that can be produced for a score of
years to come, yet carrying in Texas
! is only in its infancy.
Hog raising is another Most of
the prizes at the hog shows given are
taken by Oklahomans. The produc-
ton OF hogs in Texas compared to
the market for pork is astonishingly
light. Texas eats pork by the ton
and produces 1t by the hundred
weight. The result is that outside
states are feeding us with meat that
could be produced at home. There
ought to be An annual Texas hog
show that would bring 5000 hogs to
some central point and people enough
in Texas interested in the industry to
furnish market for the hogs after
they get here. The Texas Swine
Breeders association is growing
steadily, but there ought to be a
time, and 1t is coming, when the
Texas Swine Breeders association
will be as large and as powerful as
the Texas Cattle Ralsers' association
And still anothr thing needed is
more good roads. Work for better
roads has been in progress during
the past several years, especially in
the northern part of the state, but
it is only begun. Good roads are
needed from Eel Paso to Texarkana
and from Texline to Corpus Christi
because good roads improve land val
ues, and aid accessibility to market,
an important requisite for successful
agriculture.
The agricultural sections OF Texas
are not the only ones that need many
things. The cities need better light
ing. Even San Antonio, which boasts
OF its superior street illumination,
falls short Of what it should be. In
time Fort Worth will probably be
the best lighted city In the state, but
it will take several months. Every
city with more than 10000 popula-
ton should be so well lighted
as to excite comment OF every visitor.
More needed at present than light
ing is paving. Texas cities are be-
hind those Of the same class in older
states. Oklahoma cities never fail to
excite commentator because of the
work they have done in this respect.
Every street used for business pur-
poses, no matter how little, should
be paved, and the principal residence
streets should also be improved.
Civic Identification is needed ev-
erywhere in the towns from 200 pop
ulation up. More trees are needed,
more parks, more sidewalks, more
shrubbery and better lawns. A we'll
kept city is not only more prosperous,
but it is healthier city in which to
live. For many years nobody has
ever visited Buffalo, N. Y, without
coming away to talk about the miles
of asphalt which are washed clean
every night.
None OF the things mentioned
among the needs OF either country
or city can be classed as a luxury.
4 They are all necessities to improve