Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1911-12-10
FARMER GIVES VIEWS
Thinks totpns CHRISTI ~h"Wid ~.
tend ril,r, ~ soil ITS Credit
tot fve~rcIit,

Editor tailrr
\ namhcr OF tricuda hayr asked
me repeated, 10 write aud have pub.
ushcd an article ou the same lines
as spoken on previous oc,asiop
9 ana DOING so not hccauso :
think said anything rrcei but bs
cause J hclio,e that thrrch, : serve
the farmers cause na,ing followed
The occupation OF farming for man,
years ny cholce Won can hardly cN.
pee, anything elise oi men than to
uulorifc che farmer
Hon,c m, subject let Corpus
christi nc,cg ioresl What the inrm
Cyl has done fof "
nemf present az meeting oi the
Commercial ciuh when The annual
REPORTS were read Ahefe all progress
was vet forth steamship company.
Pilot HOY Increased trefic new rail-.
roads. etc the Thought struck me
chat ihp main ,eusv next GO nature.
nf ne succcsa of thear undertakings.
was th. farmer and his producIs ~
was said in ono ~ me reports how
iho twelve OF fifteen foot shin cham
mel and the pass itself could hardly
have been obtained from tho rn'-
crnmcnN Hsd IL not been Tor the one
steamship piylnF between this port
and Galveston believe 2 am cor.
rect ln saving that this steamship
would NOT have hrcn ron had n not
hrru for ono product of ,bc iarmet,
The cotton
There is not better way to more
iorcihly illustrate She usefulness and
Importance of tho farmer in ga"
lnhvildinr of this town ami connirY
thnn tn plctufo go yon tho eamo with
nui him
without tho former and his cot
tom uo steamship without mcam.
shin no deop water without deou
water. no adsancinr prlros ln town
lots, without this. mo- rnalettats
msn and without them what
without the irurt grower. no yer.
eiahlon without yHEoiRhiea no buy.
rn nor traluioads ~ export no Hov
innu1 ~ FARMERS mo demand for
mon esio 81 land NOT much adyerile.
lur ~ Corpus CHRIST aud vicinity
no So Louis. RfoNns,ilie railroad.
uo Southwest Texas ~ u exists To-
day
The demonstration 81 Tho Trunk
growers aud farmers w ibiH slriuii,
fprrmit mo ia say caused the
ufowua,ilio railway 20 be- built
oaused tho opening ~ ~ Southwest
Texas to agriculture and io settle.
mcat These demonstrations ALEC
rauRod the swarm 81 real estate men
I iolloWod by irainloadH ~ pfosprr
tors They caused the once noai "a
worthless ohApAifai af hfurbiand ~
soil ~ yaiuea eagle high fhry
caused tho HpriuginF up ae II by
magic ~ numerous smaiior iowna,
caused spectators ia invest. noN
stores aud homes to be buli, The,
caused the number OF farmers n
manifold and the export OF cotton "a
1 boz much higher. even so ib" ipsl
three dry years. Than ever before.
"Flfiy-snyon statements turned
I tho trick rald we'll known lndE'
in The matter when once qncnil0uce
by me
Islfiy-sesen statements 81 me
deeds ~ the farmers have helped
very materially 10 make this to~f
and this cuuniy what u w.
The farmers are sim making Cor
puA Christi aud Southwcsi fcars
I Thoy arc SAL dlgglng the pass an'
7 the channel. are stu building homel
and stores and towns and railroads
I They viii be- doing 10 for some tim'
10 come. rreafdlsss of tourist, an'
( other big hotels. regardless %
I drouth or flood. ~ heat or cold. %
panic or prosperity.
I claim. perhaps contrary 10 ON"
I peoples Views. that one farmer y
worth more 10 Corpus Christi thai
one tourist millionaire. II 20. hor
much IL no worth
! rIasm that out In the country
IN the deep and fcriii soil, there arr
buried millions ~ treaHures, vAitini
for the farmer 20 llii them wAiiin'
10 be spent Va town waiting 20 en-
rich Corpus Christi Yours truly
"A. FARMER. =
/ nri4hton. Texas. Dec 3, 1871.