Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-08-24
Dallas as q Manufacturing Point I'm.
poftant 10 Dallas and Galveston.


BnIron DAlLAs IIfnALp g. before M.
olhfr year rolls around, our prosperous
city will be blessed with far better rail.
road facilities Than my other point In The
Hiaic. Our merchants will have the jhoico
Of hrce different routes 10 New York.
Dallas will then DO "I,allroad centre" In
fact. Oui superior advantages can not
be question ID. What 10 there then 10 hin
der Dallas from being tho great commer-
cial centre and distributing point for nor.
lhern Texas2 There Is certainly nothing
In the way, unless II Is the lack Of men Of
nerve, energy and capital. Our citizens
should wake up and go TO work to induce
and encourage all kinds of manufacturing
Interest. There Is no interest that tends
more to build up n city permanently nnd
substantially than the manufacturing in.
forests. Tie question may be asked, what
can We manufacture In Dallas that will
pay? We can manufacture wagons, agri-
cultural Implements, furniture and all
Kinds OF wooden ware, and hundred 9th
er things. Where is there q better point
In the Unit ID States TO establish extensive
Touring mills, than our own city Of Dallas.
There is m st assuredly no place in the
whole Union that offers so many induce
ments for he manufacture of flour, as
Dallas offt re-. 1t being situated in the
centre of the largest and richest body Of
wheat lands in America, q section of coun-
try that will soon be one vast grain field
teeming with wealth and industry, and
having such superior railroad facilities
and being in such close proximity to the
cotton region south and east of us, to say
nothing of the vast territory west of us
that will soon be opened up as the Texas
Pacific Railroad progresses on its west
ward march. The field is indeed inviting
TO men OF capital and enterprise. Why
can't our wheat region furnish Its quote
offour I'd wheat to the great European
markets? There are certainly but very
few obstacles in the way. The present
high rates charged by the Houston s. Tex.
as Central Railroad will certainly not con-
tinue Icing. The only obstacle in the way
then is the want Of frst-class arrangements
for storing, and receiving and forwarding
grain in bulk both here and at Galveston.
Galveston has the capital to make oil neces-
sary arrangements to enaugirate this great
trade. viii she do it? Unfortunately for
Dallas, she has not got sufficient capital now
to engage in the great work. Our citlzcns
should oil put their shoulders to the wheel
and use every exertion to induce capital
istst come amongst us and erect elevators
and extensive mills. 1t will be no trouble
to do this if we will only make our mani
fold advantages known. The erection of
extensive Touring mills and elevators in
our city would be of more benefit to it than
anything else. 1t would be q blessing to
the whole country. 1t would insure to our
farmers ready sale for all the grain they
could raise at paying prices. What could
be more desirable than that? 1t is true
that we have some good mills, but they arc
not prepared to handle grain in bulk. The
farmer is in q state of uncertainty all the
time about th c sale of his grain. There is
no regularity and system about the trade.
If any Of our farmers bring to our market
hundred bushels of wheat even, he has
no assurance that he can dispose Of it at
value. The erection of mills and eleva-
tors will cure this great evil. The enter.
prise should be inaugurated now. Who
will start it? LOCOMOTIVE.