THE STATES: Wisconsin v. Texas

For weeks Texas and Wisconsin have been at grips in an economic war. Texas land was pitted against Wisconsin manufactures. State pride brewed bitterness. Last week a friendly settlement between the States seemed likely.

Wisconsin had fired the first shot against Texas when the Wisconsin Real Estate Board put a quietus on some Texans who were hawking Rio Grande valley land through the Wisconsin back country. The Wisconsin Board claimed that the Texas land was no good, that it had been misrepresented by its boosters. When the Board found that its own...

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