The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-05-24
poR d0vBhNOR,
y. w. THROCIkmORTON. or Collin,
SATURDAY, NAY a. 1873.
OUR DUTY TO OURSELVES,

nre being irammelled and obstructed in
every effort which Is made by our people
for their successful development il fact
too apparent to mn observing eye to admit
Of any doubt whatever. II we are sur
rounded and hedgcd in ty bar,icrs calcu-
lated TO impriSon our fortunes and re-
strain The free expression Of our CONNER
cial and agricultural growth, which is n
manifest fact, admitted by every one who
has devoted n single hour TO the c1ntem-
plation OF our prospects md surroundings
thore Is evidently duty deyolvng upon
us TO overcome these distractions md to
open up the highway for our advancement,
in all those interests which viii give to our
State her lruN standard in the scale of
commercial importance.
The Grst thing to be done is for us to
acquoint ourselves thoroughly and under.
siandingly with our condition. both as a
producing and CONSUMING people aud
having done so, having Osccrlaned the
difference between our products and cen.
sumplions. the way TO our dCliyerancc at
once becomes easy and open to all who
may desire to work for the great good of
the whole country.
In meeting this first demand cf the
question just prOpoundcd, wo conceive
that but few of our citizens will be long
engaged in tho labor Incident 10 asccr-
tanning whether our consumplions exceed
our products or not; but should there he
any doubling Thomas among rs, any 50
blind that they can not see, We viii simply
state for their benefit that Texas to-day is
far ahead of any State in the Union in he
productions, both AZ TO quantity and va
riety. OF course wo must be understood
to mean that for every acre Of our lands
cultivated, the annual yield of our har-
vest will exceed in proportion that Of auy
Of our sister States, This fact being un-
derstool and appreciated, will naturally
suggest to any thinking mind the discrep-
anoy between the propOrtionatc profits
realized by our people, and by those who
inhabit the countries lying north Of u.s.
That there is difference, and big one,
every person at all acquainted with the
commercial transactions of this State ia
ready TO admit.
To harmonic those differences, to rcgu-
late the rugged surface of commerce aud
bring the rights Of traders to an equitable
love-, so tina, every advantage may be of
set by disadvantages, aud rice versa, is the
one great end to which Texans should
bend their efforts, nor cease them not un-
iii success should cIovn their aims with
its impershable aurels. The first ones
tion we naturally ask ourselves after I'M
derstanding all these facts is, why they
sre 80. To apply the question, and asl.
why Texas, with its magnificent yields Of
cereals, is unknown in the grain markets
Of the North ut once brings US face TO ace
with the issue which stands in the way of
our advancement and blocks up the aven.
ues Of our foreign acquaintance, and at
the same time suggests the necessity Of
some action on the part of our people cal
culated to reverse the order OF affairs. mud
to equalize our rights in just proportion
with those enjoyed by the trading element
Of other sections.
We are to-day q rnCe of seIvilo slaves.
who labor and toll with willing, active
hands fol the aggrandizement of railroad
monopolists, who reward us with cppres-
sions almost equal to practical confsca-
ton of all our worldly goods.
Illustrative of our argument, We will
state that for every pound of freight
shipped from St. Louis 10 this place the
railroad companies receive three dollars
per hundred weight. This we have paid.
net because the charge was Just one, but
because we were compelled to DO so BY
the railroad kings who are already con-
templaiing the plausibiity of unning the
whole government through the influence of
their accumulated gold. This exorbiiant
charge falls heavy upon our merchants,
who expect to realize their indemnity for
the outlay rom the sturdy farmers Of the
country, the fast ,tiends aud patrons OF
all home Institutions.
But reverse the course of transportation
and let us see who pays The cost of car
riage, if any there be. The products prop
or of this section are wheat and corn. The
former commodity sells in this market at
from eighty cents 10 one dollar per bushel.
The weight is, say sixty pounds, which, at
three cents per pound would cost, deliy-
cred at st. Louis, just one dollar and
eighty cents, or nearly twice The original
price asked and paid in this market when
purchased. With corn, weighing almost
as much, the case is even worse; and yet
we live, calmly aud quietly, without one
word Of complaint falling from our lips,
while the financial life's blood Of ssthe
country is being sucked away by the YAM
hires who control the railroad interests of
The country.
This arrangement, this great wrong and
fact, calls for thought and &C.