Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-12-12
.s.Isaiss

nsatsa sis,as fspshilv erected in
"a l,sais The wufis were used
by senator bsHion many yeafsasn.
When advocating q rallrai 10 the
rssihc, and when many pe''ple
thought him half crazy on lhc suh
Jet Now they s-o that ~ Was
Oaly more sanv than Diher mon.
The Kansas city Advertiser, amer
rsfsrrlng Ia the lacl that the lndia
trade has foan,lrd the commercial
greatness Of the leading nations oi
the world, remarks a. Follows on
the relation of The great central
West 20 tho foreign trade which -
10 be brought IN this country 10y
the Pacific railra'l
"There Is India. the Kansas
citylan may proudly eSelalm as he
hears the trains nf tho Onion Pa
eide, taking their coarse up the kaw
valley. "fhere is India" too, Il
may be as faithfully said, AZ the
Missouri river, and up the two roads
under construction, destined to lap
tho Omaha aud A,chison routes 10
the Pacific. because hero in the
midst of the best country on the
American continent, with railroads
extending from the lakes 10 the
Gulf and from tho Atlantic TO the
Pacific, is one OF the points at which
that India trade. which has built
mp nations, must pcriorcc eoneen'
lrnto.
= In view OF these facts, can imng-
Ination stretch itself To compro-
hension of our progrcSs 10 metro
poliisn grandeur within the space
Of say, ten years?
Tho magnificent country extend
ing hundreds OF miles in every
direction, will then be dtIlSely pop
nlatci ii' the ratio of Increase OF
emigration Of the past three years
10 maintained. Al this country
will then be threaded with railroads,
ifonly those already projected be
built.
Already we are in connection
with the lakes. Within a month
we shall have three different lines
Of. road connecting us with the
great through routes Of trade and
travel to tho Eastern seaboard. BY
January wo shall be ia connection
With the Omaha branch ofihc Pa
cifc,s which will be completed
through TO California iiext year. In
a few months wo shall DC IN COM
m,,nication by rail with tbe entire
railroad system of Iowa aud Nc,
bra-ka. And within three years
our Galveston road will bc com.
pleted, bringing us ons Thousand
miles nearer the scaboard by rail
than we now are, and nearer by rail
than Chicago, ST. Louis, or any
other Western city,. ,,,v
II is hardly possible to overcsti-
mate tho progress We shall make
within the supposed ten years with
these advantages, adjoined to those
We enjoy naturally, and those to
accrue from the opening OF The
India trade. 9- rJ8g11EJg
2 We must, under any circumstan-
cos, become the point of trade for
this now commerce for a large and
densely populated scope of country.
This is certain, because we shall
have moro competing lines for this
trade than any other city, and be-
cause neither 81. Louis or Chicago
can furnish any Of the articles of
this trade to the country South or
West, or North of us, as chcaply
then, rs can. our, own business men.
"There is India" The words
have a world Of meaning for Kan
sas City. They mean cmpircin the
world of trade and commerce for
this magic city!
In another article the same paper
saws: ~ 'cstfoII'
Within three days ride of us is
the largest and richest mining re-
oion Of the world. 1t extends
through the United States and has
already proved so attractivet0pop
ulation, in the absence of railroad
communication witMthe world, as
to secure to the Union several addi-
tionaI States. This region is pene-
tratcd and being penetrated by the
railroads which are to bring us the
trade of India. In the precious
metals, in the minerals of commerce,
in gold, silver, coal, lead, petroleum,
etc, no other discovered region OF
the world compares iwithit 70
TThc future immense population
of this region must have some one
point As tho general commercial and
financial centre. st. Louis and
Chicago arc too far east, and with
in three years, when our Galveston
road is completed, will be too Tar
from tide-water. Kansas City, on
tho contrary, is in exactly tho right
spot. 1t has already superior facil
itics of trade and commerce. 1t
will be, inside Of three yenrs, with
in six hundred miles of Underwater
twill then possess advantages not
enjoyed by any other inland town
on the continent, and must, OF no,
cessity, become the largest inland inland
town OF the continent. ,.l..l-s4
These results, which are to flow
from tho construction of the Gal
weston road and the Pacific roads,
must be palpable to the dullest com
prchension.