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FIRST TANNERIES. 



Texas has hides, a great abundance of tanning material, 

 as has been shown elsewhere, and a home market. Now 

 she exports hides, and imports leather, boots, shoes, har- 

 ■ ness, etc. 



, IRON. 



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 Of iron ores Texas has an inexhaustible supply in its 

 eastern, central, western and northwestern parts; ores 

 as good as those of any country, and superior to many ores 

 which are -smelted and manufactured in other States and 

 countries.. , She also has an abundance of suitable materials 

 for the manufacture of iron, coal, wood, etc., and a home 

 market for railroad iron and iron wares of every 

 description, because she now imports largely of these 

 things. 



'AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. 



For the manufacture of these, eastern and some parts of 

 western Texas have great advantages. In the eastern part 

 of the State excellent timber for these purpbses abounds; 

 ash, oak and pine. On Little river, in Milam county, and 

 also in some places on the Colorado, below Austin, large 

 trees of the "bastard white oak," {qiiercus durandii). ^ 



The wood of this oak is tougher and bettei-' than that of 

 the common white oak. 



WOOLEN FA.CTORIES. 



The trial of these at the South has proved successful. 

 There are a few in operation in the State. One vi^hich we 

 visited at New Braunfels, last fall, is said to do a large and 

 profitable business. The advantages for the manufacture 

 , of woQlen goods in Tekas are like, in many respects, to 

 those for cotton. 



COTTON FACTORIES. 



Cotton factories have proved to be J)rofitable at the Sou,th,^ 

 many factories giving, from twenty to thirty or more per 

 cent, profit on the investment. . '. ■ 



Great Britain buys nearly three-fourths of the entire 

 cotton crop of the Sputh, and is eaid to make, more profit 



