The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-10-09

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IiOusT0H, IRxAs, October u isii'
10 The EdilOr Of tho Dallas Commercial
Ny attention has been called " two arll'
oleR IN your paper 10 which gross nlsFapre'
aantaiinns Of fanis are made, when ! Hnsl
were bat the result NJ erroneous impressions
Of what you deemed proper IA lne plsnllssa'
A liese statements are calculated Nlllpiv
me, presume you viii allow me Tie nSe u
your columns 20 correct your TAlallpnA MS,
statements aud place you rlghl onee ~ your
lile VI least,
Flnt-ln your issue ~ tho 2ilh ull, you
ask tho value Of tho Houston property Va
our heheme,
As an answer | enclose afiidaylls Of ~,
Harrington, al alderman ~ lhe elly ~
Houston, N, u. Tpneli proprietor ~ lhs
Ilutohins house, and l., u, hwlney, IN 70 fAl'
ues Of property Ia our hehemes, when Whph
compared with property on our llAl, u wiz
DO found, 70 say tho least, that our values arc
miriv made, For instance, Turner values
his lot neKt 10 ours al sl,bOo, while ours ~
phi NJ 5000, Harrington sells lolAln Noplse
addition NJ slGO each, IN gold, while we pnl
lots ia that addition at rom tsuO " spp, cur
renoy. swiney sells lots IN HE addition ~
t75 coin, We have put ouH IN tho sans IA
dilion N ilOO, currency, ~ lhey Afe phplpp
lots,
Could we spare tho lime, and your lIn'
menRe sense Of Justice and extreme Henhl'
liyenesa ~ right would enable you 70 pun
llah them, We could send youa scare Of Just
such anidayila nom tho best citizens o.
Houston, showing that We have placed ihlf
value upon our property
II must also DO remembered lhnl wa hull
six tickets for 30 twelve l0r ~ and TWEEN
ty.nye for 80, and that owing 10 Tie small
SUN, two dollars, charged Tor single lleheh'
nearly all puI ohakorA lake advantage Of lhu
reduction. Tha, together with commissions
paid ngon.s, taxes at least twenty-five pcr
cent OfOur values.
In your Issue of tho Goth ulL, you say
you "reoolyed letter signohby j. u, Foster,
In postscript OF which lac generously oilers 10
send uAan occasional letter " We VIII insert
H." lhe letter sent you for publication pds
not Giguod by j. u, Foster, but was signed
"saxel," aud written by Charles Il. Maflin'a
young lawyer Of this city,
Agnni YOU sny, 'sluco receipt OF the
aooye letter tho affair has changed hands,
Wnycy y l.ockart assuming tho manage
monl and Mr.. Fosters n0mo being dropped,
although no announcement IN made OF tho
Gcl. These facts look suspicious" olc'
Thls astounding announcement viii look
ridiculous, II not malicious, "a the many
readers Of the Dallas HERALD, who soo my
advertisement In that paper every day
W hare not changed hunds, nnd j, IT, Fos-
tors name still appears ~ manager, In crcrg
papcr IN 7cras, except three or four, aud In
nearly al he papers Ia ne southern ddd wc@efh
states,
When we advertised Ia the HERALD NJ
Dallus we were IN the lnmcniablc condition
of ignorance of the existence OF such u news
paper M the Dallas Commercial ANA OF liz 80
enierprising and high-loncd editor, inot
that will doubtless haunt my memory win
its horId front through all my life, making
my days wenrisomo and my nights drcary
wastes, For this, the heod ana front OF our
offending, we shall never cease to pine ana
can only plead our suflel ings ~ IN apology
for not giving you our advertisement.
Your refusal 10 accept our adVnltlsembhl
aitcr dcnouncing IN, was u consistency thht
we admire, really aud truly, and We would
not have sont It had we knoWh of your de-
nunciations NJ tho time.
Knowing, OF couwc, that you would not
Intentionally inIuio any man, We feel as-
surod that you Will published our commn-
nlcatou and the nilidnyits accompanying IT,
am sir, very respectfully,
j. Il. FOSTER, Manager.