Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-05-23

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than double this cost How labor
saving machines are growing upon
u.s. Within the memory 0f Capt,
John, who is not q hundred years
old, these labor savers were vol
coined with bloody riots among the
laborers, who vowed they would
take the bread ont OF the mouths 0i
honest wOrkmcn, The spinning jen-
ny was only established in ils place
after terrible struggles with its OPP
eratives, The steam eNcayaiorroused
the wrath of the Irish railroaders
beyond control stage coach drivers
invcighed loudly against railroads ;
aud 50 on 10 the end 0f the chapter,
Yet no one has starved from all
these oauies, bat on the contrary
each new cont ivanCo 10 save human
muscle has opened up some new
channel for It's more advantageous
employment Aud labor, saving ma
chimes are all OF them the greatest
advanceTs of civilization.
| read in n Galveston paper that
sour eight millions OF sheep produce
forty.oight millions pounds Of wool
which sells at 90 cents, yielding
1900, 600" took occasion TO no,
tice the tendency to indefinite figures
in the newspapers, when more pains
should be taken to be correct, some
time since. When figures are made
to lie old saws are broken, aud poo.
pie get confused. Tho facts are
that Texas has less than one million
sheep, and that her wool crop is not
far from five million pounds, netting
10 the sheep raiser between six and
seven hundred thousand dollars.
The editors figures should have
been revised by his statistical wri.
ter who keeps up his commercial
tables. Tho object of the writer is
to show. that by washing Toyas
woods more thoroughly, the amount
ofmoney they would bring is lurgely
increased, This is matter of con
siderable doubt and not to be dcci-
ded by an editor who don't raise
sheep nor manufacture wool. I'm
qucstionably careful handling and
good packing raises the prices of
produce, and the money paid for
transporting two hundred and fifty
thousand pounds Of Texas dirt from
the pastures to the woolcn mills
should be. saved. But thoroughly
cleaned wool has not so far com
manded price to justify the labor
for some reason. ! do not doubt the
true doctrine lies more in the mean
than in the extremes, and that sheep
washed in clear running branch,
and placed upon a compact sward
for a week are in better condition
for yielding profitable clip of wool
than any others,
The Masonic Grand Lodge is to
meet in this city on the Sth of June,
| suppose the usual number Of del.
egates from Northern Texas will
come down. They will be exceed
ingly welcome and will find the
town large enough, to hold all that
come. The local Masonic bodies
are making preparations for the
meeting,
There is some talk of Spring
horticultural Fair, which L trust
will not end in talk. We need such
a thing much, and the month Of
June is the time to hold it in this
latitude. Then all manner of veg
etables are in their prime. Then
gardeners can leave their homes
better than at any other time. Such
u Fair would do moro for the pro
gress of horticulture in this State
than we can readily imagine. 1t
would afford an opportunity for cx-
changing ideas, experiences, etc.
Everybody could find out how Mr..
Smith raises such fine potatoes and
always perpetuates his own crop;
how Mr.. Jones never fails to have
an abundance ofwhite head cabbage;
how Mr.. sombebody else raises flne
celery year tafter year, and onions
and strawberries; what advantage
there .isiin new vegetables that are
so famingly advertised; what new
tools and machines are worth buy
ing; what fertilizers are most ad-
vantageous, etc, etc, etc. BY all
means let the talk be kept up till
we get the horticultural Fair.
'The Agricultural Fair must not
be lost sight of either. | nope the
Dallas County Association will set
a good example in this matter and
make a Fair this year that viii ava
ken interest in the matter, and that
ere" long the State Society may be
thoroughly organized and prepared
to open its grounds for the show of
the produce of the State, as well as,
oftsuch inventions as may be of use
to the farmer. .1n73 " " ID
~ Yours, truly,
sr,4ua = .s,as CAPTAIN JOHN.