Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-02-04
TEXAS GAN FEED
POPULATION Of
UNITED STATES
State is Larger Than the Ger
man Empire With Only a
Fifteenth of Its Inhabitants,

Especial Correspondence TO Morning Journal
san Antonio, Texas, Fob. with
! the impression prevailing that the
| people of the United States viii soon
| nave to go on half rations it may be
Of interest TO know that the state of
Texas alone is able to fully refute this
theory. Nc doubt the TRADES OF
James Hill and others against the
spoilation of the American soil by the
farmer have their place and value but
there does not seem to be any reason
for grave fears rs to bread and butter
yet.
or the 265.7S0 square miles of Tex
as less than Is per cent are now under
cultivation, yielding in 1905 an income
Of 1851, 339, 600. Water surfaces eN-
cepted, Texas has a land area of no.
099, zoo acres, of which 141,372,000
acres are tillable and 2G,546, 100 now
under cultivation.
To the income of her farmers Tex
rs adds $741, I66, 600 derived from her
vast natural source such as lum-
Der and minerals.
But large figures are poor convey
ors of information. There is q large
amount OF material for comparisons,
however, that may serve to picture
Texas as it is. Texas has Al per cent
of the population Of the United states.
although IL forms 7.2 per cent of their
area. The density of its population
today is about IL Inhabitants per
qua mile, as against hat of Mas
sachusetts with 3S6, and Rhode Is
land with 40S. There are in Texas
Pas counties OF which 100 have less
han 10 per cent of their and under
cultivation and of which 43 are larg-
err than the total area Of the state of
Rhn1a TullnH ThiTTaan rninfiaS Ia VI
a greater area than Delaware and lei
Paso and Brewster counties have each
a larged uncultivated area than could
be covered by the total surface Of the
state of Connecticut. lei Paso could
accommodate IN its uncultivated lands
the whole OF either Maryland, Massa-
chusetts, New Hampshire, New Jef-
sey and Vermont. Texas has only
nine counties that have ~ per cen
ana over of their acres under cultiva-
ton, and six counties there are in
which a pillow has hardly even been
tunred. Bexar county county in
which the largest city in the state.
San Antonio. Is located, has an m
cultivated area larger than Rhode Is
land.
There are other factors that show
the relative extent of Texas. Although
larger in area than the German cm-
lAAN' ~ iA.AH A't3 20
Of the population of that country, and
the same is true in ven greater pro-
portions of Spain, Japan, Italy, Aus
tria-Hungary, in fact of every other
European country with the exception
of Russia. This, Notwithstanding the
fact that in soil and climate Texas has
decidedly the better Of them,
The claim that Texas could take
care of the entire population OF the
fDitpd Statac Is ctmpWh1t -yfraVpppnf
but there Is no doubt that the state
could easily be the home of some 55,-
600, 900 people. Taking the present
value Of Texas products as a basis
the state when fully developed viii
annually produce farm products OF
the value of $S,929.373.OO while its
total production would reach about
~9,117,535,00 In view of the fact
that greater density Of population re
in better methods of production
value of the Texas farm products
will ultimately reach the ~stuDendous
figure OF $"7,294,0O0. 600. For the time
being. therefore there is little danger
that the people of this country will 20
hungry.
Solves Equilibrium Problem.
Patents now pending may give to
capt. A. Il. w. MacManus. L. S. A.,
sole control of a device that
will make it possible FOR an aeroplanc
# any type TO always maintain equi-
while in the air. II is under
that the law of gravity as en-
.orced by the pendulum is the gov
factor in this new departure.
'he platform of the acroplane, ear
wing all the weight with the excep-
Of that of the planes, is suspend
d from the ntter by a pivotal ar
susceptible to all deviation
f the planes themselves. BY this
means latitudional and l~ongtitudional
detection OF the machine from the
curse desired viii be adjusted me-
.h%anically and without interference
4 the operator. \ din downwards of !
he planes for instance, would %
he platform or ear to tilt forwards [
nd thus restore the planes To- their Z
position and the same opera {
ion would cnsuo should the planes (
AXE q sideward slant. 3
The principle uf the device is cX-
remedy simple. it, being that 10 be
oted in the descent of a parachute !
- preserving at all times the exact I
bad center Of the machine in this ]
hammer M planes will be susceptible" :
o q constant and perfectly eNen dis 4
of pressure dpwnYards, the (
needed To mako CIpsi2Ine u