Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-10-05
THE GRAIN QUESTION.

In our last issue We noticed call from
many Of our principal ollirens for q meet
'ng 10 take under consideration the sub
i,ot OF q grain market nj Dallas, and The
organization Of company with sufficient
,api'sl 10 bring about this most dcslr. BILE
result, aud make II q complete success,
for this, nothing Is wanting but a little
enterprise and energy on the part Of our
rrupis pallas Is In the very centre OF
he great grain growing section of Texas,
II is At the crossing Of the two longest AMI
most important, railroad lines in the South
wes,-the Texas Central, which CONNECTS
with the NJ. X. & 7. Road, thus uniting
ST. Louis aud Chicago with the Gulf OF
Mexico NJ Galveston, and the great Texas
aud racihs Road, connecting the Milan
tic aud Pacific Oceans. Thus II has an
outlet In all directions, East, West, North
aud South, and eau choose it, own mar
Gel, being certain of competition b ih M
TO pur, lsers m freight. II is the very
point above all othcis for II grand grain
depository, TO which gain Of all sorts
can be brough, from the surrounding conn'
ry and be sold promptly for it's market
value In cash, the same as cotton anu TO-
bacco. When II becomes known that such
is the fact, the farmers from all this splen
lid wheat region, MS soon az their crops
IRE ready for the ma, kei, will bring them
in TO Dallas for s,lc, and receive their
money and 60 home rejoicing, while rnr'
chasers GO = Galveston and New Orleans,
81. Louis Chicago and other places will
rhrong to our city 10 make contracts. and
Dallas will become famous as the great
grain market Of the Southwest. What n
prospect in the future to contemplate, and
how easy 10 bring about, ifthc proper
steps are taken at once.
II will be readily understood that we
take il for granted that this section of the
State is to become almost exclusively n
grain producing region. And so it onght
10 he. True, cotton can be raised, aud in
favorable seasons in large quantities, but
we insist that this section is more partic-
ularly fitted for the production of grain Of
all so~ts, and the raising Of fine stock, and,
further, that n grain growing country will
ultimately become richer than cotton
one. Where cotton is cultivated, every
thing else is neglected. There is no i'm
provement of plantations. Much money
is often brought in, but i, nearly all goes
out again for -four and bacon and various
other things Where the main produc
ton is grain of all colts, there is ample
time left for improvements, in the way of
fences, houses, barns, sheds, sc. With an
abundance of grain, there will be an abnn'
dane, Of stock, horses, mules, oxen, cows,
sheep, goats and hogs, and un abundance
of milk butter ard C. ecse, and everything
a family wants, 10 live well and comfort
ably AID happily. We say, then, let Nor
hern Texas be devoted principally TO
grain growing, and let Dallas become the
great grain market place, as it easily can
be with little prompt cxertion on the
part of its en- terprising merchants, backed
By our intelligent and substantial farm
crs. Let town and country act together,
for each is equally interested. Now is
the time for action. Dallas has taken the
start Of her sister towns in this favored
section, and with the proper attention and
the necessary work, she can keep ahead
of ell competitors with her advantages,
natural and artificial. With her central
position and her railroads and united eX.
ertious, wisely directed, she will always
be the Queen city of Northern Texas. If
she fails, it will he the fault of her people.