Amarillo Daily News (Amarillo, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 81, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 17, 1912 Page: 3 of 8
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WHAT THE PANAMA CANAL WILL DO
FOR DEVELOPMENT OF WEST TEXAS
PREDICTED BY PROPHETIC WRITER
El I'aao Time.
A few week aso when President1
Taft was ninkini? hia twin round
the country I attended a dinner at
which he spoke. Kor a week I had
looked forward to thin occasion with
Rood deal of pleasant anticipation.
It wan rumored that ho was to an-
nounce some new policy. Imagine
my disappointment therefore when
the toastinuster calmly announced
that President Tuft had decided to
talk on the Panama canal.
"Shucks. It's lohhcry and decep-
tion." gaid I to myself. "Why do I
want to hear about the Panama can-
al ' What is tlier.. L it to tell? "
Tin- president Wnan to toll n'ooiit
the Panama nn.1l. Many of the
tl.ilris he told I had heard before;
I lifan to unci a little .r sties.
Tin 11 suddenly he launched Into u
iliM iw.si .ii of thi oiutin n ial advan-
tages ( in.il was coii. Id have.
lie told ho.x in a certain nt.ii.lor 01
Jears. its effect would have been Si)
ir.at as to almost piy for the tr-
testmcnt. M. tub 1 why. I in-yau to
s.i up anil listen. About a thou-
sand ni licr men sat up too.
Tin re was in w untie in tills. I
had thought ami read a pond deal
jihutit this feature of the anal Le-
fore but the enthusiasm of the pres-
ident added now strength and Im-
portance to his figures. Statistic
hepan to In Mi forth opportunities.
Itetter than before. I could see the
tremendous possibilities that were
destined to open with the completion
of the canal.
And the president fixed that date
lit I01.T That Is n year ff. There
fore I have been looking into the
subject prdly deeply of late. I!eri
is what I have found out:
Slatinir fait number one- Of the
$2.M!V.-i.1!'a worth of merchandise
exported from the I'nited Slates in
the last fiscal year. $7 1 71 M or
.11.1 per cent passed out throiie.li
southern ports. And of the total
exports $011 000000 or 17 per cent
originated directly or Indirectly In
the fmulli. And this made up from
a set nn of the country that con-
tains less than one-third of our pop-
ulation. These figures have a far-
ther significance In pointing out the
future commercial and Industrial
Importance of the southern states.
Take Calxoston. In 1"'So CaUes-
ton was fourth amonir the southern
cities as an export center. In l?no
however she ranked third unions:
the ports of the I'nited Plate hav-
Inc increased her export business '
from $1 fi.noO.ooo to $(." nftu.OOrt. j
That placed her first p.monj the t-nn-thein
ports. Then mm' oven ereat-
er ptouress I lie result was. in 1 'to
Calves-ton nssutiK d a position second
oniv to that of Vv York as an ev-
pert rent r.
of o'it:'o:ir:
the t:st'- . :
-fit .f t'. !
v Hi'
not tv"i Ii I"
1 'I lO . -v
ex:nri.: I; i
her t::'..lT
merchatiilli'e
i o f 1 1 1 p ' ro !
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Ma: x I .lid Port ' tree t' in
(iuo.i .in : w i' it i's : ' 1 ;.i .
i 111 ' o'-! s i a'r- in i-h..' jn 1
ad-li hla as th fourth Import
lor of the 1 nlti-1 States.
The iniportatii e of these f.u
." of
I'hil- j
crn-
Is
found in the proposition that they
herald unmistakably the future
crowth of the southern cities as com-
tiienlal and Industrial i i nters If.
wl'hoit th- canal the tx b idiiiB
uorts on the 1ulf of Mexbo rati ns-
smiii' suili tremendous Importntice as
si Iptdni centers what mav they not
I oino when as n result of the I'rn-
in.i cut they are ma le lo-.-bal tlls-
trlbntii: centers for poods both K"-
Int and rominc from i ll seitioui of
the world?
Il it how you ask does flirt at-
feit the southwest as a whole ' V here
v ill on nnd I cain?
Market of the World.
Take ')ut vour man of the I'trt 'l
Stat s run vour pern il down to Texas'
cor t in re It ilia i:opall' pel os t' e .tulf '
of Me bo to the Pana na canal and I
st o t.r a moment there to consider 1
and dis'i-t the fief that Texas and'
the other states of the sontllAcs! nre
destined to become the y.re-it distri-
buting poirts to the coniittc n-ar'it
Of the world.
Tb I'eoirr.'H hlcil location of Tex.is
makes It todav the natural hU'hwav
Ask Your
Itca.iaxlus. Headache. lleJ.whci.
I'iImicmu's. tliliou.-.ncM. lil!li)UMir.
i'onstipalion. Constipation. Coimtipation.
cr Tills. Aycr'sl'ilU. Ayer'i I'ill.
If your doctor says this Is all right remcmher It I
TYPEWRITER
mav D i:i p.i ii i x i f
l I. sHIH;i
imi'.p.'ins am i i pii:
I Iv.iert l pal rill? - I se Sia 'is
ois. w. smi.i -hik
p' er.' TV-
for tlioe creat trade routes. A'.onj
one of these flown the commerco be-tit-n
the I'nited States and Mexico.
Ah nix another Is exehancod the pro-
duitK of the eastern at ate for thoe
of the wst. while over the third Is
transported across Texas to Texas
ports cotton. ijraln and o'her pro-
ducts of these states of the west
and southwest yoekii' cheap ocean
transportation to the eastern states
.no! to Kurope
Those are ImporUi.t facts. H it
the fourth and most significant
will come with the opening of the
Panama canal. Hero we find Texar
the nearest commonwealth to the
iew- waterway: the logical distribut-
ing point for the preat hulk of Roods
destined for South American and Orl-
jpntal markets. The canal will put
Texas and nil the southern ports Into
j direr touch with the west roust t.f
j Central and South America ns well
i a'i with the west "onst of Mexico
tnus doinn aw-ay with the ra.l am'
wi.tcr haul neres air at 'his lnt
Texas and tl.i T.iih.T -t Are f. i
inR toiny tne .irT r "sintnt'.es
.oiv.tuer.dal e i-i.Mv sunt. N-j r r.v -
;.nd ntu! New Vork (a'fd back In tli
early days. New hue la ml pained 'ii
those days from the export trade that
was Just heplnnlnp to open between
the American and European rorts.
Manufacturing plants and :reat ex-
ii'Mptr houses flourlslieil at that
time because of the new market that
a. s lust opftiini; for American uoods
I-';! r in ui ir in New Pimland was also
at ti e lieitht of its prosperity for -be
il remembered It Is the export
market t hut fixes and c utrols the
prices of nil products both a '.riciil-
tural and tuapiifai t tired.
Today Texas faces the ;iiue oppor-
tnniiv. The creat 'eixers ot Atiiin-1-Hl
products ill the fltim W le
the "rieiit.il aii'l Soi th Anerii :in
eot'iitries. TP" '-iture of 1 1 1. vporf
trade of tliis coutltn lies in those
iliieituii'v The ari the i cw ip ir-
! kef-; tin" future markets the com-
in opportunity.
Take the (trii'it .lat'an is today
the larL.-st buer of Ainetican cot-
ton woo and flour. The first of
these proilip ts she hus in Texas
ok'.ihnma and Aikarsas Texas is
the t rent est cotton jirod'icer of ;l;e
Aineriii'ii states Japan's wh-at Is
booslit ill Kansas Missouri Iowa
t ikl.il otr.a and Texas. Meanwhile
lapan pnrrh.ics likewise every sort
of foodstuff from the different sec-j
tic -is of this country. It yw to her i
by way of the IJocky mountains it
Is an exponshe nlmost ridiculous
haul There ymi have a reason in
I for tli" construction of the I'nn-
a canal. All of whbh means that
L'ulf ports are destined to become
ilist til"
of t.
l'xo:
titi rs
: tra.h
fol-
io a
t:- i '
for a
-oib!'.-Tr:i.l.
t I
'!!!
I ui '1 i
i a
Th.
t
:i e
T
al:
ki il. - !
Till
T'-xas ;.re
M... t 's'
.ir.. t v
as 'a' rs.
i" o of raw
i ivi. s o it-
e fanner Is
to the f.n-
.i' russ l ho'
is a oilMoti
IS pecr'iar.
The p'-i'i ipal t'l'o
i I'llin -nil c itt'e
' I iss t hl'illl --h t 11
I'll 1 1'
i 'ei x
l e ( otlsl"! I-.'. The
for instance ship $ I .'"'
na'i rial daily to the f:
:de the st He Thus tl
f . I t pav the ftie-.-h
tory. eu thoiu-h It t i
sea PU-ht here. then.
dollar o'. port unity a billion dollar
ole beiaitse t il t il-o an itn 'vt-
?i nt of t hat sie to I" il 1 'ill the
factories Heeled lii Texas P.at ev-
ivv fiaition ot that billion dollar
opiini t unit y Is a separate and ilis-
tii'it oppiittututv for the man of
small meat's This Is whv
Texas le! a rod ii as n i's ;'n:s
.''-'".'"'"..""I' worth r.ixx matt rial
' T the f:n toi f thi.s amoui I
" is manufacture 1 in the state
ami I .".'. "en. io n .s sijj.n i nut-
iil" poh Is. In other words placed
on a li-i-iiie s basis the ii.rk. t xal-
i'e if fane pro liits if uiaiiufa-
tured In Texas wou'd im lease
-0.1111.1. in. i ji.- ii ii ii i ii - oxer the
pi u .. now r.'. eix.-d fi-r the raw 'u.i-
li'iils And It is that .m ount that
is sllnpln nut :f Texas e.o h ear.
It is a rule of thumb that th.' f.o -
Doctor
Headaches.
Illllousncst.
Constipation.
Ayn'i TiUt.
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I
EXCHANGE.
i:i 1 1 i:s t.ri:M: 1 1
( It
i ui: v i ri upiii i:
Know- ! 1 x ' -1 i -
ivi i wciri i: m "
t: : r
I. M.
E3
am inn.!) d.ult inrmtiv. inter mv 17. mi
tory doubles the price of raw mate-
rials. It is also an accepted fat
that a factory Investment of $2000
Bives employment to one man who
in turn creates through hia labor
$1.3uo of wealth each year. Thia
is a ceneral average of course and
ml slit not apply to specific cases.
Hut It is a snfe basis on which to
work With labor therefore cheap-
er in Texas than In most of the oth-
er states. It ulves a fair idea of the
returns to V had on a factory Itw
c8tmcnt.
Nowhere (hi creator opportunit i"S
exist for the manufacturer. Mote-
ox ir with the opening of the Panama
canal these opportunities will in-
i n ase manvi'old. for with the er-a-ti'n
of new n nikcts and more dlrrct
ti.tiis-.nirtatioii fai i'itie Texas Is ?-Mr-4.!
in tune t become a trcunon-
'oiis mi"iufai turer of Its own prod-
! its. It an not uflord to keep on
!. - iv.i that ff cent.
The situiitioii In Texas Is mil i-ie
In area it Is creater than all of tler-
iiianv. lamer th. in all the New Kn''-
'lland states
- 1 in f.i. t
takeu together. There
fort v-three cunt leg In
T. as that have a larcer nne..ltlat-
ei1 urea thai.
t itc of Ithodi
tlie total
1-land.
area of the
Most of this '
land a-ire'ii'tn;.' Ill i'll rifi.OuO.OOO
acres is subject to profitable fann-in-4.
Texas needs and can support
".i .nun farmers It is cettin?
them today nt the rate of 1 'mi a day.i
but een with that Pnmirratlon the
opportunities open and waiting far
exieed the Influx of farmers. Ti'ere-
fnie Texas needs more farmers.
Where It needs them and in what
lities a description of the various
seiijouss will best show.
Texas is So Id.' that to better unf
'b island H'ls fact it needs "st.'.ln?
up" first. Tor Instance. If the en- i
tire population of the (lerman r.m-i
lore were sndili-i'ly to cross the At-j
lar.tic and Ian 1 in Texas the popti-
l.itimi of the I .one Star sti'te would
be no ureatcr per square mile tinn
ii is in ibrmany today In . titer
words with its 1'ieit diversity of i
i rnn its fewer mountains its more i
in merous riM-rs and its l etter soil j
IVvs- i:-- better al le to support the j
i o in. inv I inpire todav than s fler-
many Itself. I
l.etus iim'ditv that tateneiit
lloxvexer by a st n il v rf tl'.e resoercesl
jo lie: state This i. 'in be summed!
! 'h klx :'ii I craphicallv b thej
.:;i'ie ':-lement tint if Tcx.-.s;
U villi be Mint off from conimtinb a-
tioti with lee o.'tside her people
co i! tike better I are f t lieinselvg '
a: I supph tprir oxxii wants more'
o..n..; th in anx niher con iuu-
x in il. w in Id That Me its In j
' t !:;'' inofc i to s are vrn'x i
t h.iti
I'
ll
1' X ot ' er so t 'on
io:t"ii to Iri'it.
I tl
'I i x
Hi of
s"al fert ill'
:x I '
: 1
II
- in u. iiin
el l ll
! ix a
1 1
'-.!. I it mil-
i:i
I
i
s a xx ide r llli. e I : hi
e.irs. iii fa-t. 'hat t
n
' "f lexis has i Hue ii
mini 'ice T'ii v ;.s di e
i il
u ; io iv that well w at r.
it.i! shiilhm initht 1 e I a
:'l"ater part of soul! west
fad that .-ave trelneiilnus
to fartiiini- .t on t i this
X.I-
iur '
a rtes
I asln was thoueht to be very In:
It. d ill extent b 't tod iv If i- I .
discolored that It Is quite eetie: '
tho. '-'h son exvhat Irfcmilar M
i'-is 'xater supply Is. f cour-1 i;
for irrigation pnrposes. epei iallv i-
the vroxvlnn' of fui V In he m 1 1
of the section aJ(1 ;ro n i x
health and wltiter resort t:
s-pruni: up as a result of the
: to other qualities ef ft-..
w ater.
Th" ui d ii ts ire r'ti rs
r'ed In tl is section and in '
st I'des ns corn wheat o l's
fie.
at I
tlioii-li earlv voci tal b s
''eir'e.i b.ivo been crown
: li.l
w i'
I ess j. (ir .! h. nr
erodiices t'ie sa'i'e fr: i's :.
tua Included ntroni' whhh
at-
oie- iratu"'i i-rai'efr' it c-.i".
riefxts. pe'iipes pears at: 1 pi f
Inilliedl llelv West i f the a " .
'elt Is whi't is k"oxx as (..ntvil
's. the eastern porti'n of xx 1 i '
made up of th. "Illai 1; I a" ' i'
Mes ' Thi t.r. ltoi v I- w.-' c r
and the bi n k land l"-l' .
tlfonL'h It ir.il.es ..ss.'.'.. a x
blah fertility of the se;l a- ! di-
'i'd f. ii mini: has lin a'.'
:i"s-e of the . ide r " e i ' i .. i
' an l e iTim n. Co t 'n .
orri and o'Iht era'ns are i -x.
'li s seclieii an I'ls'o fmi. i ' '
x ." . ' ib! s ai'd v line k I -I s ' '
The .Vi .!" n ..i tl s .
' 1 e ;. t fix .. . irs. how ex r. - !
''.a -ti 'x "i l.r' ; nil rr. a: I "
'I " - ' ''It Of W '. 1 : .. '.
"t f''.'l ' I '-: it rr -i ;t. 1
- "'- !..5! : i r i : I X h ' . to.
' I ' e . ; j. . . 1 .
" k" :.n 'I I s. 1 ; .
t". .1 " 1 are al: o i-s... i !U a 'a''
' '' i n ix- Hi of fin f-.;ts ;
trade tri.ms. thouyh fair mps of
-oit oj .in aid cereals have I -en
raiM-d As et the largest prorit-.
have be-n ( ( n he r.. h orh
:rg of e; :.t Texas. hlh have been
ptatiteij bx frun-nri from ViihUau
:i"d oth.r Ha.li s'a'es." with sat-
istaitory r. -suits.
lmmedi.i't.'y adioinlns the east
lexas region t th. north and west
Is the H-1 v.r Valley hest kKo it
for its RTains. Here wheat corn an I
oatH are crov nextensively. xvhlle al-
falfa and cotton hae furnished sri-
Islactory crops.
I'linbae llr Itcplon
Around the rorm r so to :ea?
from the !;.! Jiiver Valley. with Ok-
lahoma us its eastern and northen
boundary and New Mexico on the
cst. is t!:e famous Panhandle re-
gion the wheat center of Tex i.
'I he Panhandle is w.it found fame
thrift
ef C':.
I !Hito
I.II..I
ticres
it when J V. Farwell
-re j to bull 1 t!io s'-.tc
' l an-.-e for a s!b e of l:;:
to li'.-l'lt t.lMHiOl
T'-i
t i t'
that I'arwe'l
di I
!ut 1 .c .mm 'cr.'fei i's
amlle re-.-on and for a
Pa
i' f rnlshed an ideal p m-
en I for the Chii n.'oa'ns :i t -t
fiat dav Is mvtlv pa.- To-
I'.i .hi tiiile . noted 11' re e.
x for i's vh-at than f.-r It -
te
rat'le.
The
i nate of the P.il.hailille
e ri'ciuh1e that of Kansa and
same train crop tr.ay be vtoxxn
xh.'it of the s'.-tlon Is ahead'.'
'I -d to c ry part of the L'lo'-e
I" i i in. e:ts. and i"-ire lattertv.
the
The
f. 1'
Wl.i
k itrir corn l ave hem-ne iivport.itit
duds In addition thousands oT
lead if tattle are st 111 bred nrnuallv
Pi thb- lertior. and old to the deal-
ers nf the enentrv be paculnc hous-
es at Port Worth having heron. . Pn-
pi rtruit iii'ti'i'tiop..!. The .-.oil of the i
P.'t'lo"n!!e U nni's'ially fertile and i
itlv.Ts'fie l farmine will und.-'ibti i l.v I
be oi !. popular in certa'n si. -thins
t' o'l'-'h a a matter ef fact the nin '
cm :s- nre lest now in their i"fati' -.
t d a hi- f-itui intdo.iiitedl In
si .r.i for t'.e ra'ih.ui lie in the ".ro v
in-.' r-f w heat a'.-.ne.
lest hehev the TVi'iiia'alle and West
o' ctriMal T'-xaa 1; the Trans-I w
tiu'lon lb"-. !-.;! irrigation pro
ts l.ax ' ln'l cct.i' ljel are the
r.-elts -ii-t. in i t axe alreadv plael
lie Pec
'C-tal
'' Ii-" nd f 'e e-p.- ri-
n 'cvtai s'a. .. ;is i .b'sirablo fno' an I
e-.'el-ib
; t ion i
la xx !. sec'ion T he ele
'l.e P. i s allev IS .V'lV t
i f. et ibrxe the sen
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oil i-
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is
or
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food.
with
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a i ii ii
!x r rax e.
It is as ri it r iw-
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evcr. that tl'. Pc OS
vri'lev pro! ably has its iri''
nb-li-ies. Alfilfa
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Call Us Up
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A MAN'S SHOE u
The Pacer
Tarn ? Cmtf.
Flat SSmnk Lm
HU $5.00.
The Pacer
shown only in
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BLACKBURN BRO'S.
CLOTHIERS.
409 East Fourth St.
Saturday and Sunday
special
A sack of Bull Durham and a book
of Wheat Straw Papers for 5c.
Not more than one sack sold to
each person.
A 10c can of Tobacco FREE with
every 25c Pipe or over.
We have about 1000 Cigars (La
Cotiza) which we will sell Satur-
day and Sunday only for 5c
or $2.50 per box of 50.
This is a 10c Cigar the wholesale
cost of which is 7c each or
3.50 per box.
....Come Early While They Last....
PINK'S CIGAR STORE
4 IO POLK STREET.
ASK FOR PROFIT SHARING COUPONS.
... Ceas'i i n ':x ....'i .- t t A- - x c. S .' .r . rJ':l t will ;.
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l''it 1 1 nil llle Pailln I i'll. .'Ili.l of lb- eliepli.H.i aU.ill!
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a neat.
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Amarillo Daily News (Amarillo, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 81, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 17, 1912, newspaper, February 17, 1912; Amarillo, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth297728/m1/3/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .