San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-09


million dollars more than the entire
assessed value of San Antonio.
From 1000 to 1925, in rs years,
Los Angeles grew from 100000 to
100000 half of this growth oc-
CURED in the last five years. In that
period Los Angeles added 461 200 10
its population, Two hundred thousand
a year, million in five years, have
been added to the population OF Los
Angeles county, which means the city
and its suburbs. Fast as the city Is
growing, the towns and country OF
the metropolitan area are growing
Just as fast. That's why the migra-
ton has not crowded the city to euffo-
cation. -
Along with this vast concentration
of population has gone an almost I'M
bclievable ascent in Los Angeles real
estate values. According to the city
tax assessor, the assessed value OF Los
Angeles real estate has gone up thou
sand million dollars since 1920. The
World Almanac tells us that this IN
crease is more than the assessed
valuation of all property in Baltimore
and Pittsburgh.
TEXAS CANDIDATES
At least half the million Americans
who immigrated to Southern Califor-
MIA from 1920 TO 1925 passed over the
soil of Texas. Not half of 1 per cent
of those who travelled through this
state knew the first elementary facts
about the opportunities they were
passing by. If they had known, at
least a fifth of them, say 2OO,OO0
Americans of enterprise, ability, char
acter, and capital would have been
candidates for settlement in South
Texas. You may be sure that they
had been fully supplied with every
picture that could be painted of Cali
fornia, whether that picture referred
to climate, sunshine, highways, OIL
real estate, automobiles, mountains
cheap living savings deposits, movies
oranges, swimming, bungalows, palms
or success stories.
Have you any idea Of what 1t would
have been worth to San Antonio and
South Texas if they could have stop
ped these 100000 fellow-Americans off
here, with the scores of millions OF
capital which they carried with them?
ness and trade.
1t is the sober truth that IL the
counterpart of California's intelligence
and enthusiasm can be concentrated
upon spreading the gospel Of San An
tonic and South Texas, this region
will be the goal of the next great
American migration.
The chief obstacle to the develop
ment Of such a propaganda spirit ID
this state is the false doctrine OF
Texas for Texans"
This doctrine is spread by those
who claim some special virtue for this
or that enterprise as being Texas
owned" The idea seems to be that If q
business or factory is established by
New York or Chicago or Pittsburgh
capital, it is a detriment to the people
of Texas. There never was falser
doctrine. 1t should not be called
Texas for Texans" but Little Texas
for Little Texans"
FEW LITTLE TEXANS"
Every man and every dollar that
comes here to work in Texas makes
every Texan so much richer. No en-
terprise that puts scores of Texas men
and women on its payrolls is anything
but "Texas-owned, in the larger
sense. 1t leaves in Texas 80 cents out
Of every dollar that it takes in, and 1t
leaves the other ten cents, if the peo-
pie Of Texas encourage 1T TO develop
and expand.
There is no use inviting Americans
into Little Texas" Texas is too big
and its future is too great for it to
be content to call on the resources OF
men and capital Of anything less than
all America. In San Antonio the Lit
tie Texans are few and growing fewer.
Their fellow citizens are learning tc
recognize in the voice Of Little Tex
ans, the plea Of monopoly and en-
trenched privilege, to be protected IL
its profits.
Learn about your city and you
state. Believe in 1t. Talk about it
Write about it.
You own the ground; you know
| the treasure is there. Encourage mel
with shoyels to come down and hell
you dig it up so that you may gel
rich faster.
That is a simple A b Q statement
Of what new men and new capita
will mean TO Texas.
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