Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-10-29
SINCLAIR TELLS OF HIS TRIP
Believes Business Conditions Over
Entire Country Are Bettering

Darllett olnclalr returned last week
from a brief visit to Texas. With
the exception OF washout due to
heavy rains in Oklahoma the trip
was a most enjoyable one. "My
ticket took me through seven or eight
states" said Mr.. Sinclair, "and | saw
a wonderful variety of climates, pro-
ducts and conditions. At Glacier
Park the ground was white with
snow, in Texas the ground was white
with cotton. The first days ride
was through dense multi-colored for
ests and mountains, the last was
across treeless prairie as level as
floor.
l was gratified to see evidences of
prosperity all along the line. The
corn crop, the wheat crop and the
other staple crops have been good.
| was informed that the cotton crop
was not only a large one but that
prices are soaring. 1t is now about
IS cents pound but it is thought
the price will go to 20 cents. There
is a fortune in cotton at that price.
The Texas and Oklahoma cotton is
of the highest grade. In my boy
hood days back in South Carolina s.
cent cotton was the rule. Cotton
seed then had no earthly value. Seed
now brings about $4,000 ton.
Cattle has gone up about dou-
BILE. This has rehabilitated that in
dustry in Texas. European ship
ments are heavy. Much money is
being earned in that line this year.
To be COW man is to be prosper
Gus. A band of cattle is as good as
gold mine at this time.
cat Midland, Texas, very fam
Gus cattle center, heard a great
deal about this business-how for
tunes were started and completed
in few years. / think the oppor-
tunities are just as numerous now as
ever. The business requires unre-
hitting industry and not infrequent-
ly considerable personal hardship.
Where the man has the right stuff
in him he usually ends as the owner
of the bank or banks of the towns
where he had to borrow the money
to get a few cows to start with.
Midland has several of these success
lful men-men who commenced with
nothing only a few years ago. ]
met a number of them. Unlike most
capitalists these Texas bankers do
not take themselves too seriously
They are very modest.
politics; well, / should say / did
hear lots of politics. Every man in
the south talks politics. While many
democrats do not altogether admire
Mr.. Wilson they all agree he is the
best man for their party to nominate
They wish he had adopted a more
vigorous policy towards Mexico.
Everywhere found interest in
Senator Borah's prospects. He is
highly respected and admired as g
statesman. There is a feeling OF
friendliness towards him because Of
HIS WtSIcIH uOHlClit. tSltin re
publicans like his independence anc
broadness. l heard the name of nc
other western republican mentioned
in connection with the presidency"
From what / saw and heard
think it can only be a question Of
very short time before an era Of
business activity reaches the north
west. This section needs better rail
road rates to get its resources to {
market. If our mills could get hall
what the Texas and Oklahoma PEG
pie are paying for timber they would
be prosperous. Railrad rates are toe
high for the mills and too high fol
the consumer. This is the genera
complaint"
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