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of the population of Texas, and from 

 that region comes one-twelfth of the cot- 

 ton crop of the United States, besides 

 large crops of corn and grain. Some 300 

 factories represent an investment of about 

 $27,000,000 and pay $4,435,000 a year to 

 employees. 



Fort Worth has about 75,000 popula- 

 tion, but as this is nearly three times as 

 much as it had 10 years ago there are 

 great expectations for the future. Fort 

 Worth leads in stock and grain interests 

 and now has 18 elevators, with a capac- 

 ity of 2,555,000 bushels of grain. 



Houston has nearly 100,000 inhabit- 

 ants, the number having more than dou- 

 bled since 1900. It is the hub of south- 

 eastern Texas, with 17 railroads and the 



most extensive terminals south of St. 

 Louis. Here is the largest cotton mar- 

 ket in the world, handling over 2,500,000 

 bales a year — that is, over 20 per cent of 

 the crop of the United States — and 65 

 per cent that of Texas alone, with money 

 value exceeding $120,000,000. The cot- 

 ton-seed oil production alone is a large 

 item. 



Houston's wholesale trade in other 

 lines is $125,000,000 and retail trade 

 $52,000,000 a year. It is a headquarters 

 of a large trade in long-leaf pine lumber, 

 an industry in which it has invested more 

 than $50,000,000. It is the principal rice 

 market, handling 2,600,000 bags a year 

 or two-thirds of the Texas production. 

 It also does a large sugar and molasses 



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