The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-06-03

weston II No much--say eight hundred
lnllus--nenror than New furk or any
Of the Atlantic seabOard ollles they
will, ~ "a matter oi course, endeAyOr 10
make the former city iselr port OF oNll
~ web m their point Of entry,
Galveston to-day enjoys hg0odbepu'
lnlIOn ~ n cOllne nnrKei, hutM docs
not do tho business She u capable ~
doing hy inr, She lab0rs under more
disadvantages In not being able To send
fair proportion Of exchange 10 ITO
and South American ports 10 oilscl HE
amount OF trade she brings from these
points, for instance, II | am not misln-
formed, the uncertainty Of vessels be-
Ing nble 10 get full caTgOGg throughout
ali seasons Of the year from Galveston
10 other ports prevent on drive away u
great many that would come there for
business, and the roundabout way the
vessels that ply between Galveston
and foreign ports makes the lrlp stu
more uncertain, and consequently rates
ARE charged IN prop0rllun' N,@els
from Rio loadod with coffee can get No
return cargo from Galveston hence
they take cotton 10 New York, lInvro
or Liverpool from Galveston, aud at
none Of these points they experience
any difficulty In getting u return cargo
OF flour or merchandise for the South
American trade, compelling thom 10
mako q kind of Triangular trip nttcnd-
cd with doubt, hazard and other seri'
ous obstacles. II Galveston WINS nble
10 furnish these vessels with n lull ear
90 Of -four thereby establishing d.
rect trade between herself and South
America, would cqunllzc Itself 0rlhr0w
the balance of exchange In our favor,
She would then have the immense cOl-
fee trade from Saint Louis aud the
west 20 build herself up Into one OF the
largest coffee importing cities In the
union.
Before the late war Richmond, Nir-
ginlu, establshedn better coffee market
for the south and southwest than could
be offered IN Baltimore or Philadelphia
or New York, and to-day Richmond h
buying wheat and shipping II by rail
from OHIO, Indiana aud Iowa 10 sup.
ply the South American trade, and why
cannot Galveston do the same? She
has competing transportation to the
great wheat fields of the west and with
in the borders Of her own state can
find onou ia Of the staple 10 commence
the direct tralllc, and IL only requires a
start In the right direction for Calves.
ton and Dallas, whose interests should
hG Identical, to Increase the traffic
! from year to year until II reaches the
| magnitude of immensely. II may be
| possible that Galveston has never real
| lied the powers of north Texas for pro-
ducing wheat; II would only be ncces-
sary Tor them to realize by visllingNnd
examining the wheat growing region
of our state, the center of which il Dali
las. It viii onlyiequire II lutte coopera-
ton on the part OF Galveston and Dali
las TO stir up the planters TO a proper
idea of the ready sales at their
doors for every bushcl Of wheat,
and ut paying prices, TO induce them
to rlisc more OF this article of trade,
and at the same time to encourage
emf grants to settle In this section, not
only that wheat can be raised but cot
ton, corn oats and nearly everything
that can be raised In warmer or colder
climate. This climate and that of
South America being so much more
alike thnn the climate Of the north
and northwest, flour made from Texas
wheat would be better adopted to the
South American trade than any other
that could be placed on the market,
and will demand n better price in con-
sequence, and at all times II more
ready sale.
ltshould he the duty ofevery business
man in our midst TO build up Calves
ton rs an importing and exporting
city, and IN return IL should be the
duty Of Galveston 10 assist us in
settling our comparatively speakinr)
IDLE lands with good energetic hard
working people, until every acre in our
county be under close cultivation and
producing something to bring money
into the state. Galveston has it in her
power TO some extent, to show her
generosity near at home, rs thousands
that enter her city, the former gate TO
Texas, make enquiries as to the most
advantageous sections, and her citizens
should not point out only localities
that are compelled to do their trading
with Galveston, but show up the
natural advantages of all sections of
our state in their proper light, laying
aside feelings OF Jealousy and enmity
towards n more distant but, by far, II
more desirable section. Our interest
being, 10 a great extent, identical in a
theoretical sense, why not make them
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