Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-06-15
STATE HAS BEEN DIsCRIM1NAT'
ED AGAINST IN NATTER Of
ADVERTISING.
RETARDED settlement
Stnnctt Declares Great Panhandle
Fair VIII he Potential Lever In
Overcoming all Existing
Prejudice.

As one familiar with the past MS
tory and efforts made In the direc-
tiou of securing settlement. emigra-
lion. etc. ! recall that practically all
the Advertising, all the personal mis-
sionary work and efforts OF every
character whatever along lines OF ex-
plotting the resources. exhibiting the
products and In fact practically all
together with that of the railroads
with their journals. folders, and
What not, have been confined TO the
States at the North and East. and
TO anyone familiar with the condi-
tions in Texas. who will reflect for
"a moment, II will be apparent and
obvious that the work that has been
done heretofore was gravely at fault
and incomplete, because such. first
lot all, did not include the State of
Texas.
Had the Panhandle. regardless of
the enormity Of the task. placed it.
self right before the people of Texas
their distrust. prejudice and antag-
.onism would have been eliminated.
which would have won many thous-
.ands OF settlers for the Panhandle
OF Texas. though none OF the said
settlers would have come from any
section of the State itself.
However In Going this the people
OF Texas would have long since set
tied the Panhandle, and in a substan-
tial and permanent manner.
would not charge that the advertis-
ing aud work done through the north
aud east was not well directed and
pr0motiye OF much good generally,
but do assume. and correctly so,
that all OF this work should have
been first thoroughly and faithfully
'9err rmod throughout Tex s. 80 that
tue first great stream OF settlers
would come from our home state. as
Il II wen known TACT that all the
middlc-aged and old men, and many
OF the younger men of Texas are IA
mliar with the development work
in Now country, and realize and
know how good country would
have rcyorses and ups and downs.
and eventually triumph over all the
difficulties and make everyone pros
porous DO not rich
They have had the experience as
d. % 90. tf.rr ne
finding hose nav ng best adaptable
lity, and know fun well If the fruit
ili year does not come now IL will
later aud that with more peole, there
is seasonal Improvement greater ain
'all and more reliability in crop pro-
/ Iduciiou. rising values. progress and
Improvement generally
They have seen aud know these
things from actual experience COW
crur % period of the last 25 to 30
years. Boo which an Texas has made
i's greatest strides and Development.
Iand enjoyed us greatest gains In pop
| IHafIou
H.eHf here will digress to state
..u HH.u was % small boy. in Bell
IUIun uoH one of the greatest and
|nHtHasf counties OF Texas today.
.H.-. Nas no farming attempted only
F.. .u.t anI river bottoms, where
H. Hnu haf a mile there were
I..h BLACK Hud prairies that are to-
'H. worth $4,000 to $500. per acre.
/ Anyone HH0 would have attempted
/ |'H""s uu these black land prai.
|rl. .n..d have been arraigned. tried
|.rI convicted o Iuuacy
/ .a- ..a.fomed to ride my pony
...r .m 1' The prairies now and
. ..... t..t hl3 crackes and assures
ur.s ..D and there, as a result of
+ |I"H. ar-. enough to swallow me
' u IaE. togcther. and now re-
"....r .uH careful | had to be In
u..HH HI' FOR these fissures.
/ b.. #. Ny some caring farmer
mHI' OH. experiment.. and though he
.H'.. .a times he continued his
.HH eventually proved tho
. HH. ".. prliries were safe. and
Iut. Took to these prairies also. as
f.. caster farming job. on account
'H. OBJ. hard work and heavy under
taking .u clearing out the forests
/ iaol underground alongside creeks
land rivers
also ramember from early child.
hood what is known as the Eight
years drouth when many people.
throughout tho county we're conyinc.
od that the time would never coma
again when anything could be pro-
duced. relate these Occurrences
, 10 emphasize the fact that IL Ia more
or less thc experience of all Texa.
people. and that II they were trans-
planted To the plains OF Texas thex
would stick and make an eminens
success. and be guide and inspsr.-