68 THE TEXAS RICE BOOK. 



bushels for consumption in New York City and other markets. 

 Excluding .New Jersey from the computation, the product of the 

 whole United States north of parallel 36 degrees 30 minutes in 

 1890 was only 2,278,591 bushels; including New Jersey, 5,532,935 

 bushels. The Texas product for the same year was 5,505,452 

 bushels, virtually all of which was consumed or wasted in the 

 State. The Irish potato is equally prolific and certain. The pro- 

 portions in the peach product were about the same and its disposi- 

 tion about the same. 



If the value of our farm products increases within 25 per 

 cent of the ratio of increase during this decade, and prices are 

 maintained at anything like the ruling prices of 1900, the values 

 of 1910 will reach $400,000,000. If all the cotton mills now in 

 operation in the United States shall double their capacity during 

 the next ten years, they will not be able to manufacture the Texas 

 product. More than half of all the wheat, one-fourth of all the 

 corn, four-fifths of the beef, one-third of the mutton and pork r 

 three-fourths of all the horses and mules must find outside mar- 

 kets. 



Without this, such products as potatoes and peaches must 

 continue to be consumed or wasted at home. 



There are no waterways to the sea, and unless Congress 

 comes to the rescue the transportation of this immense mass of 

 product must devolve wholly upon the railroads and their expor- 

 tation upon the facilities afforded by a single seaport. 



