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The Denison Daily News
May 31, 1873

The three great wants pressing upon Texas are - Population, Education and Communication; on the last we are rapidly beginning to realize; the first is being attracted by our grand and boundless resources.

The soil of Texas is directly or indirectly the source of nearly our entire wealth. What is more wanted is productive labor - agricultural, mechanical, and capital. Without these Texas is great only in name and resources; with them she is destined to beomce the most wealthy and prosperous of States.