The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-03-26


towns aud little cities Of five and six
thousand inhabitants IN the states
east of w. ''''"'"
The cry In these places Of "hard
times' by the mechanic, laborlng man
aud clerk, out Of employment or re-
celving poor pay, Is only q murmur
here; the "hard times" of the mcr-
chant there, whose store Is well stocked
and yet does no business, Is only u sea-
sonal whisper rhere; the "hard
times' Of the property holder there,
who has from hundreds to thousands
invested In comfortable dwellings and.
substantially business buildings, and yet
realizes but Ave and eight per cent rev.
enue, ~ unknown, here and ~ ION,
through Ill the callings and avocatlons
tho report there Is dull, without pros
poets, while here the CHEEKY "doing
we'll with bright future" greets the
ear.
The prediction, therefore, appears
plausible enough when viewed from
these aggregated facts, and, we fear,
too many have only contemplated the
future of Dallas from this stand point.
The prediction, while susceptible of I'm
easy vcrlncation within the present
decade, is far from being natural Sc
quence OF ourpresent strides In popu-
lation and prosperity,
indianapolis is large, live, enter
prising aud per Gently city. One-siX-
teenth of a cent is money there, for
she % u counts tDthem by tho
ten thousands in her industrial
movements. Dallas may vie with her
in Importance and wealth by pursuing
the same wise policy. To-day, how
ever, the only similarity between them
is ilitheir location along the line Of a
great iron thoroughfare, and the favor
able notoriety each enjoyed at the out,
start of the race. indianapolis took
advantage of both, turned her entire
and undivided attention to tho deyel-
opment of her productive Industries,
and the history of her present impor-
lance, population and wealth, shows
that her progress was not dependent
upon the railroad, but rested with aud
was acquired by her manufactures.
Have.we read it arightaa) lG19N33
Let us see. The towns and little
cities Of which we have spoken, once
boastingly possessed all that makes
Dallas inviting to-day, and such other
advantages as could be derived from
broad naVigable riyers and railroad
facilities. .-Contented with tradegthey
neglected manufactures and the small
leriindustries-a are ION the wane.
Towns east and west and north and
south of them, twenty, fifty and hum
fdreds of miles distant, did foster the
industries, and thither, after disposing
Of their dwellings and business houses,
went ithehs merchant princes," mister
mechanics and citizens ofenterpriseand
enlarged views. In other words, unlike,
indianapolis the towns and little cites
bought alf they Needed from abroad,
and abroad went yearlyIthe sums that
enriched more, proyident towns.
Money passed freely through their
eommunities'for atimeon its'way out,
but none on its way in. 5.,
Let it be remembered that, like
Mahomet,. the merchant, ~ pos
sessed of u home and Npala-
tial business g store, wlila liorder
trade to come; but if it finds its way to
another and more inviting place of
business, where the producer can buy
many Of his wants from first baud,
and thus fail to obey the merchants
summons, why he goes to the trade. A
few thousand dollars lost on his real
estate counts as naught, against the
many thousands to be made where the
trade has gone and again conferred /
Hence, rthe prediction, realizable
within the present decade with proper
Efforts will never be verified, In
the day of this generation' unless
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