Miscellanies
by Charles Bradlaugh, 

London:
A. and H. Bradlugh Bonner, 
1 & 2 Took's Court, E.C. 
on Chancery Lane and Holborn
1899

2nd Ed.


[A section dedicated to "Hints to Emigrants to the United States of America"]

pg. 53
"...In Texas at present the objections to colonisation are too great; but if it 
shouldbe determined to select to that State, then the emigrants should proceed
straight to the port of Galveston, to which steamers run direct from Liverpool
or Glasgow.  The State of Texas contains 175,000,000 acres, and has a population
of about a million.  Stock-raising has been the favorite occupation of Texas 
settlers, and its vast and fertile prairie lands afford facilities for breeding
and raising large quantities of cattle with comparatively little care and
attention.  The climate is good, as the sea breeze is an alleviation of the 
heat in summer.  North Texas is especially adapted to the growth of wheat, from
Dallas north to the Red River, or east towards Jefferson, south to Fairfield,
and west to the river Brazos.  This district is not only liable to Indian raids.
in consequence of its proximity to the Indian territory, but, what is worse,
has afforded a shelter to some of the lawless spirits left from the great war,
and I hesitate to recommend it.  The low river bottoms in Texas, although 
fertile, must not be allowed to tempt English settlers, as they are extremely
unhelthy; and it is said that in the northern parts of Texas unacclimatised 
persons suffer considerably from chills and fevers.  In many cases such diseases
arise from inattention on the part of the new settler to diet, clothing, and
the state of indigestion.  Lands in Texas are very cheap indeed, and is held
under a special land law, differing from the other States in the union.  While
there are many large tracts of good land on which such a co-operative village
might easily be founded, it should be remembered that these would be far 
removed from civilisation. and that produce would be realisable with difficulty,
in consequence of the cost of transportation.  Should emigrants desiring to 
become settlers in Texas be unwise enough to go by way of New York, the fare is, 
first class, 68 dollars 25 cents to Houston; or for emigrats in the emigrant car
36 dollars, but all luggage over 100 lbs. costs 9 dollars per 100 lbs.  There
is a large German population in Texas, and a cosiderable negro element.

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