The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-12-27

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against 62,G78 the same time last year
From those figures sou can get some
idea Of tho increases Of Galyeslon's
business, Tho streets look brsker
every yeaG and Galveston, ~ the nle
commercial oenler aud natural seaport
Of Ieyas aud the great southwest, Is
growing steadily and surely with the
growth Of the country which looks to
her aud depends upon her,
The artificial slimulanla which have
carried the trade Of PARTON OF Texas
Ia another direction cannot last, aud
that whole country viii finally come
baek 10 lls proper eenterng point, II
II true there are some things In the way
beaides the superficial Inducements
which H. Louis aud other cities may
offer to the trade, The railroads Of the
state have done much 10 inJure Calves
ton by determinations In the cost OF
freight, The railroads have II In their
power TO prevent any section Of Texas
from buying At Galveston by simply
putting up the tarlli no that the mer-
chants can not afford 10 pay the dllier-
enoe IN rates between this city and
other points, The railroads can force
every merchant In the state Of'leXas 10
go TO st. Louis and buy, aud should the
same roads find II 10 their interest 10
patronize New York they eau force IN
to 20 to New York by putting up the
rate from ST. LouIato such u point that
we can got our goods here from New
York cheaper than froo. 81, Louis, So
sou see, m waters now stand, we are
In the grip Of the railroads, and II IL
only question Of how hard they will
squeeze,
There are many kinds of goods,
however, which the Texas merchants
can always get In Galveston cheaper
than In ST. Louis or any other inland
city. These ARE the goods Of heavier
class, such as machinery, Messrs, w.
l.. Cushing n Moore, probably the
most extensive dealers In machinery
IN the south, having houses both here
and at New Orleans, have little or no
competition In thlsstate with 81, Louis
firms, for the reason TINT they can
bring their goods around by water,
makldg the freight 80 much cheaper.
They also ship In such large quantities
that they have been enabled 10 make
arrangements for II special tariff with
the Morgan line aud the Mississippi
river steamers. They can thus hold
the trade IN spite Of 81, Louis, II Is
with such goods rs groceries aud pro.
duce that the discriminating tariffs do
the most injury. Dry goods and no.
lions and goods of such character 40
not feel II 80 much. The freight on
goods Of the first named character
from New York to Texas by water, Is
generally about ten per cent of the
bill. On dry goods etc, only about four
per cent Now, when merchant from
the interior goes to Now York to buy
and has the goods shipped through, the
pro rata Of freight charges from Gal
weston to the point of destination is
about half what ii would be if he had
bought the goods here. This makes
quite difference where the tariff
amo lnts to ten per cent as on grocer
les, utwhen IL comes to dry goods etc,
II Is hardly considerable, and does not
overbalance the benefits coming from
the increased accommodation which
the interior merchant gets at Calves
ton over New York. The Galveston |
houses, such as Leon & II. Blum, Green
leve, Block & Co., and others, have
such facilities for getting goods, hav-
ing special agents all the while in New |
York watching the markets, and,
moreover, buying in such large quanti-
ties and on such terms that they can
afford to sell as cheap as the interior
can bring them from New
York.
The talk about Texas--the grand
empire state she must be in the course
of ten year-doing all her trading at a
point six hundred or fifteen hundred
miles away is out of the question. She
must have trade center more conven-
lent, and the necessity of that will
build up grand commercial seaport
here on the gulf. TEXAN.