Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-02-17

rials. Il is also an accepted fact
that q factory investment of $4,000
gives employment to one man. Who
In turn. creates-through hts labor
-Si.30O OF wealth each year. This
is n general average. of course, and
might not apply to specific cases.
But Il is n safe basis on which 10
work With labor, therefore. cheap
cr in Texas than in most Of the 9TH
er states. II gives a fair idea OF the
returns To be had on a factory Inv
vestment.
Nowhere do greater opportunities
exist for the manufacturer. MOie-
over with the opening OF the Panama
canal these opportunities will in
crease MANIFOLD. for with the
tion Of new markets and more direct
transportation facilities, Texas Is Ges-
lurtd In time To become n trcmen-
jous manufacturer of its own prod
ducts. Il can not afford to keep on
losing that &C cents.
The situation In Texas is unlqde>
lu area il is greater than all OF Ger
mauv. larger than all the New Eng
land states taken together. There
are in fact fortv-three counties in
Texas that have a larger uucultivat-
cd area than the total area Of the
state of Rhode Island. Most of this
laud-aggregatiEg in all l36.00o,00O
acres-is subject TO profitable farm
ing. Texas needs and can support
.. 900 600 farmers II IL getting
them today at the rate of 1870 a day.,
but even with that immigration the
opportunities open and waiting far
exceed the influx of farmers. There
fore. Texas needs more farmers.
Where it needs them and in what
lines, a description of the various
sections will best show.
Texas Is So big that, to better unr
dCrstand this fact, it needs sizing
mp" first. For instance, n the en-
tire population of the German En-
pire were suddenly to cross the At
lautic and Ian In Texas, the popu-
! lajion of the Lone Star state would
De no greater per square mile thani
90 is i'm Germany today In other
words. with its great diversity Of
crops its fewer mountains, its more
numerous rivers. and its better soil,
Tovas is better able TO support the
! Germany Empire today than Is Ger
many itself.
Letus ampliiy that statement,
however by a study Of the resources
oi this state. This can be summed
MP quickly and graphically by the
,mplc statement that II reXas
should be- shut off from commuuioa-
ton with tive outside, her people
could take better care 1f themselves
ard supply their own wants more
completely than any other commu-
uiy in the world That means In
-hnr. that more crops are grown On
/ TeNas than ,n any other section of the
-ille From cotton TO fruit. Texas
af..rs o soil OF unusual fertility
This b.. lrc partly 90 Deer .re-
.HI purity f1 Door s1I u.
u... conditions. IsaHr 81. s.
divided INTO cicht great section.
.'1. brownsville district. t.a
.r'u ihe ar'cs'aa Dele. oaa. T...
.'. Rcd River valley and t.n jpn.
handle
The Sln hutonio :r@uitorr.
r., reason. 700. of hl'u- .
pcs OF SELL. fBrm.ns iu the ar...
belt has @ wide range o: is only
ro6on' Years. In fact. hat this SEQ.
tiou OF Texas has come into ro
prominence THIS was 1ue ta '.
discovery that well water. or'c
and shallow, might Ie had in Oh.
Greater part OF southwest Tc>as
fact that gave tremendous jmrc'.-
10 farming At on tlmc this artcs.lr
basin was thought TO be very linn
tied in extent. brt today 20 g. ho.r-
discovered that It is quite general
though somewhat irregular Most o.
this water supply Is. VI course usa
for irritation purposes. especially in
the growing Of truck IN no middle
NJ the section also are many fauon
health and winter resorts that Inv.
sprung nap as a result az the mclia
and other qualities Of the ar',-'l
water.
Tn" products qrc remarkably
ricd In this section and include s..
staples MS corn, wheat oats and rv..
though early vegetables and sinai
berries have hccn grown with su.
cess In the main. the artcs.0u h.'
produces the same fruits as CH'fH.l
MIA, included awonr which are lcr
ons. oranges. grapefruit. grapes. 1
ricots, peaches pears and plrws
Immedi1tclv west ~ the 9rtr.
belt Is what Is known as ccutrl' TeN
as. the eastern portion of which
made mp Of the "Rlark Land COM
Ties This territory o. we'll v1f.re
and the black land holt. c>'..''
through Il makes possible % '.r
hlah fertility OF the soil and diver.
fled farming has become popular
cause Of the wide ranec OF crop D.
can be grown. Cotton. Grain U.'.
corn and other grains arc Grown