The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-05-25
Our Agents.
FOR n0yER mon,
SUNDAY, MAY rs, 1873.
DUTIES DEvoLvING UPON US.

deavored to demonstrate how ut
tcrly powerless we were in advanc-
ing the material interests Of this
country when we are opposed as
wo arc by railroad combinations
which absorb for transportation nj!
the profits which should accrue to
our people from the expectation OF
their products. That such is the
case we assume as n fact too plain
and apparent for doubt. and hence
we dcsist from any further eXposi-
ticns having for an object the es-
tablishment of this declaration but
Notwithstanding, we are hemmed in
by iron barriers, along which the
iron horse is sent to scream its tor
rife defiance to all our complaints,
our condition is not so lamentable
nor hopeless but that we may trl-
umph if we will but will it, and
work earnestly and zcalously for
tho accomplishment Of that end.
As is known to every one, and
as wo have already stated, the prin-
cipal product of this section of our
State is wheat. To export it in
bulk to foreign markets will be
impossible so long as the freight
tariffs are preserved at the rates
which now prevail. Foreign buy
ers can never be induced to pay one
dollar per bushel for grain here
when they can purchase the same
article delivered atthcir warehouses
Tor the same price, Independent Of
the freight charge of $50 per
bushcl which the railroads demand
for transporting it from this point.
The crops of the country then be,
como dead weights upon the hands
of those who raise them, unless we
can arrange to dispose of them in
some other way.
The manner and mode OF reach
ing this alternative is the great,
vital question which should attract
the attention and command the
mature elaboration from our peo-
pie. How can we dispose Of our
wheat and corn so as to re a
compensation commensurate with
the trouble and expense Of raising,
is the one great end which should
now be attracting the thoughts and
study of our people, We have
givon this question much Iefec-
ton and have contemplated it from
almost every conceivable stand
point,and can conclude on no surer,
safor or better means of working out
our deliverance from the meshes in
which we are entangled, than by
making ourselves independent Of
combinations and at once resolve
ourselves into q manufacturing as
we'll as producing people.
There is no reason under heaven
why Dallas city should not grind
all the wheat raised in this section
of the State, and we sincerely hope
that our live men who are always
awake to the interests Of our city
and State willreturn with renewed
determination to the good inton.
tons they seem to have abandoned
with reference TO tho construction
of . grain elevator and -four mill
in this city, with capacity sufficient
to meet all the demands by which
we are surrounded. Colonel Tom.
Scott has purchased the North
Louisiana railroad, and by Decem-
Der next, intends to have the whole
road from Dallas to Vicksburg
completed. We can raise wheat
here as cheaply as they do in the
Western States, and can transport
our -four from this city to Vicks.
burg over the Pacific road for less
money than merchants in st. Louis
can, either by water or rail.
Besides this, we can fill the
Southern markets with new -four
before the reapers 60 out to harvest
the crops in the wheat growing re-
gions north of US. We have Just
returned from that country east of
the Mississippi,and speak advisedly
when we state that the people of
that region are anxiously awaiting
the time to come when they can