The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-02-03
NEW BODY ORGANIZED FOR
THE STATES ADVANCEMENT
The Commercial Secretaries Launch
Welfare COMMISSION to Ana
I'VE Conditions-Entire
State Represented.


has launched the welfare commits
sion" for the purpose of provldln
the people with dependable informa
ton essential to more intelli Zen
ANALYSIS of economic conditions, t
tho end that the citizenship as
whole may be able to more readll,
distinguish lines of industry con
dueiye to its progress and to more
easily recognize and maintain pub
liza policies which promote the gen
eral welfare of the people.
The commission win hold its first
session in Houston March Z, and
& and some of the brainiest men
OF the state and nation will appear
before the commission giving their
views on subjects of vital impor-
lance to Texas.
The personnel of the commission
is as strong as could be found in
Texas and their individual expert
ence and interests touch every fibre
every section of the state and are
interested in every form of invest
ment and occupation, and are in
aud social conditions of Texas.
This body of men will sit as
tribunal reviewing the material life
Of the state and there viii pass be-
fore it for inspection some of the
grandest, the most stupendous and
some of the saddest events in TWEEN
tieth century civilization.
In this line Of march will be seen (
the Texas farmer hauling per an
mum S425. 100000 worth Of raw ma
terial to the foreign factory-form-
ing a procession that viii reach
from the earth to the moon; the
Texas cowboy will be there driving
a herd Of sixteen million head Of (
1--we stock to the market: Texas
lumber mills loading hundred
thousand cars of their products for
the factories of the north and east,
and millions of dollars of other pro-
ducts Will pass on their journey to
the factory outside of the state.
More important than the mighty
current of commerce that is sweep !
ing our raw material from this state !
ia the mute pleading OF it's powerful
resources for an opportunity to
pour a golden stream of wealth into
the channels Of trade Texas has
less than one-fifth of it's area un-
der cultivation; it's mineral wealth
is sleeping undisturbed; Texas cot
ton factories can handle only on,
bale of cotton out Of every seventy
produced, The opening of the Pan
ANA canal will open to Texas a new
world of opportunities and there
are many possibilities yet undevel-
oRed
The return of the tide of com
merce brings with it from the for
eign factory 500. 900, 600 of finish
ed products per annum and Texas
ships in annually seventy-five mil
lion dollars worth of feed stuff, o.
200 carloads of cured meats, 1000
cars of canned goods and $25, 000,- (
600 worth of miscellaneous items, /
all Of which can and should be pro
duced and manufactured in Texas. /
There are many other problems
that must be solved Texas has /
96S 900 school children and the pub |
lie school enrolment is only $751;
600 and the average daily attend
ance but 2o6,S37. In literary we
rank thirtieth in states of the I'M
ion Our cities. as q rule, have few
parks or play grounds, although real
estate is st.tl @Fs7p
Today the state has 100000 miles
Of public highways that must be
improved. we need 50. GOO miles