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titof that kind which require elaborate fab-
rication processes before they are re-
duced to that form in which finally sold
for con sumption. Te'xa s pro'nduces annu-
ally, for example, about 5,000,000 bales
of cotl (n, 25,0Ot0,000 pounds of wool and
i800o,iH pounds of mohair, and this
wealth of raw materials goes into one or
the most extensive of fabricating proc-
esses. It is further significant that iron
and steel do not enter into this process
as cotmponnoat materials, hence if Texas
iron ores arc ne\-er developed it will of-
fer no drawback to the textile industry.
Undoubtedly it is in this field, not only
in the manufoeture 'tf cloth but finished
garments as w-!el. that the greatest inm-
mediate opportunity is offered for indus-
trial expansion in Texas. If all the cot-
ton, wol and mohair produced in Texas
were finished for the consumer in this
State, several million inhabitants would
be added to the population. Of course,
th is i neither probable nor possible in
the nhr future; tte remark is made
merely t, indicate the significance of even
limited development.
Food Products.
Though cotton, and to smaller degree
Wool and mohair, offer the greatest op-
portunity for development in Texas from
the viepoint of raw mtiferils, there are
others of vast importance. Texas is rap-
idly increasing its production of raw food
products, and processes required to convert
them to consumers' needs are, in many in-
stances, elaborate. Texas has a vast area
adaptable to wheat growing and an in-
creasing production. The flour milling
industry is well established and there has
8been rapid development of stock feed
milling from the large production of oats,
corn and grain solorghulms. The can:initn,
pickl!ri ani preser ving industry lhats in-
-renosed r:0pidly, lbut it is still in its in-
f nlcy. r' adultive resource's to supply
suchil an industry are un!llimnited. Tohe mom-at
packing industry is well established and
there is a growing industry in lpro(duction
of by-products. The sI a maly 1b said to
the cotton eed milling I,:.iness, for while
the State has for a itulnii of years pro-
t-essed into crude sit e practically all the
seed pr'odtlced in T'Ixas it has been only
during recent yeOrs that crude refining,
and the itnufature of ! Vst nuttmlber of
lby-productls h: s dv t\-iopelcd. The smi;ot
may be snid of p)et(rot'l re(fning and the
manufa i cttre of mti::a II ineous poetroleum
products-likewise forest and timberl
products.
Building atier'ial Resources.
The r, tulatu o f building materials
and house ft!rllishin s ottot1 ('-illttllt has
developed r'aidly. The sawmill iinustry
is probably tIhe oldest latre industry in
Texas. Later planing mills, sash and
door factories and other mill work indus-
tries leveloptd and more recently there
has 1,e'n co "nid abiP, delvelopmenlt of
Smanufacture of ! ri iure and fixtures,
drawing upon Texas harxxdwood as well as
1ine resources . There ita w-videspread
i;ri'!ck and ti!e in!ust ry, sovera-ll large
cement plants have Ien erected during
recent years, antd Iherli hias !been much
dv ,lopm'nt of liomanuf ct ure of cement,
plaster, wall Ioordl, sht lr c and other
building materia;-l frti" the great gyp-
sutm resources of the State.
It may be said that Texas has to the1---E TEA MNC
M/ag noia Petrolelum t'lompnll l H etineri. E moi;iimovn
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1927 The Texas Almanac and State Industrial Guide, book, 1927~; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth123785/m1/229/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.