The Washington times., 1928-02-25


salute Texas when Ilcross her
have mixed much with Texans.
you see. Texas! What oratOry
the Lone Star State incites-in-
spires. ]. should rather say.
y Texas, an empire of 266,9S
square miles. beside which
most European countries look
liIliputian; Texas, with p0pula-
ton Of 5,397, 900 and a trade terri
tory Of $4,000, 900 population;
Texas with 10000 miles Of rail-
roads, 4 500 miles Of electric trans.
mission lines, soc, 900 telephones,
443, 900 miles OF wires, 1914, 900 600
invested in public utilities, $780,.
100000 4 in mineral production;
Texas Boosting more than 1000.
600 automobiles, 10000 miles of
public roads and 10000 miles Of
improved highways.
Greatest In Cotton
Texas, the greatest Of all cotton
States. producing from one-fourth
to one-third of Americas total
cotton crop and leading the world
IN cotton-seed OIL products. Leader
of the world. too. in sulphur
production and destined to lead
Id potash. Texas. the state in.
calculably rich In oil, neutral
gas. in Ignite.
Texas, able to feed, under proper
irrigation and cultivation, the
worlds total population Of al
most two billion souls.
Why not hats off in salute?
Texas, despite lOw-priced cotton,
strikes me thus far as unusually
prosperous. Liquid gold. as Tex
ans call oil, Is spouting from
thousands Of wells. pouring mill
lions and Millions Of money into
nnyriads of pockets. Natural gas,
an industry bounding forward BY
giant leaps. Is swelling the States
wealth as never before.
Cattle Prices High
Then, cattle prices have ruled
exceptionally high. making many
ranches profitable. Other farm
animals have recovered since the
drought of 1926. Hides, wool.
mohair have brought In additional
millions.
railroad building has been alb.
normally active In south Texas,
tapping lands Of Incompatible
richness and productiveness espe-
cialIv IN the Rio Grande Valley,
4 territory Of infinite potentiali-
Texas ginned /, $50 900 bales Of
cotton up to January rs, the Gov
ernment,s estimate to March ~,
1880 600 bales, the official crop
statistics TOR 1867 showed
$3.50. 900 bales. Incidentally. the
governors OF various Southern
States, including the popular Dan
Moody. OF this State. have been
conferring on how to bring about,
without fail, q substantial curtais.
Ynent OF acreage. Bankers are
appealed to for effective co-opera-
ton, q wise move, theoretically,
but rather q slender reed to lean
on.
Have Political Hopes
ParentheticaIly. Texans hope
that their youthful governor viii
be nominated for the Vice Presi-
dency il Governor Smith is chosen
as standard bearer. His pay as
governor is only $4,000.
Here are some figures authorita-
lively supplied: The Rio Grande
Valley planted 100000 additional
citrus trees in 1927. The district
shipped $500 carloads Of citrus
last year. When all the trees al
ready planted mature. that fig
ure will be doubled.
Some 10000 carloads Of fruits
and vegetables were shipped out
OF Texas in 1e26-27. An increase
OF so per cent over the previous
year, according to J. Austen
Hunter, Of the Department Of
Agriculture. Watermelons led
with 5,7S4 carloads. Cabbage fol-
lowed with 5,351 cars; spinach
was third, ASS cars; onions,
4,O21 cars; and mixed vegetables,
$500 cars. Irish potato ship
merts totaled 1925 cars; sweet
potatoes, 556 cars; tomatoes, 1856;
string beans, $50; grapefruit,
1877; lettuce, 80: Strawberries,
1874 cars. Figs are coming
crop of importance. Turkeys
shipped represented a value OF
approximately $35,O0O,O0O.
The increase in Texas indus
tries last year is put at $685.
100000. That is puny contrasted
with what shall be-and before
many years, too.
Texas, overtowering geograph.
ically, is destined to become over
towering agriculturally and, later
Enthusiastically