The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-08-04
OUR TEXAS CORRESPONDENCE,
LEw1svILLE, DENTON Co., Texas
July "a, 1875.
FRIEND DEMOCRAT

July "a, 1919.
FRIEND DEMOCRAT
I am still here, but hope in few
days to be on board the Studebaker,
double-mule- braying steamer, and on
my way to the old world renowned
City of the Alamo. I expect the trip
to take twelve or fourteen days be-
fore / reach San Antonio.
The Democrat comes very regular
ly. The 7th is just received by the
way of Sherman. r. r. R. R. Do /
hear the whistle of the locomotive?
or is it one more of those fzzles,
which are governed by ifs and ands?
"If you give so much you can have a
road" ALI that kind Of talk IS play
ed out long since, and if dead and
buried New Orleans wants road, let
her build it and get the millions back
she has lost. What a harvest have
St. Louis, Cincinnati, Chicago and
Galveston reaped, when New Orleans
was asleep. If you only build the
Marshall and Alexandria road, all
your lost heritage can be redeemed.
The country is all ablaze. Every
body wants the road. Galveston
must be the chief mourner. I have
talked on this railroad subjecta great
deal lately, and you may be sure the
travel will all so by Alexandria
people won't cross the Gulf if they
can go around it, and where the trav-
ell goes the freight will come. 1t is
time some opposition were started
against this Texas railroad monopo-
ly. The idea of pay IS cents per 100
lbs from Dallas to Shreveport! It is
nothing but huge swindle. Why
we carry freight from New Orleans to
Shreveport GOO miles) for 10 cents
per 100. There is decided prefer
ence for the New Orleans market, and
if things are near equal, New Orleans
will always have the call. There are
now millions ofbushels ofgrain here,
and transportation is so enormous.
that it must be fed to the hogs. Ev-
en- wheat will be fed to hogs, because
many cannot sell for more than fifty
cents. New Orleans ought to be a
better market for wheat than St.
Louis, but / see St. Louis pays $1.45
per bushel and New Orleans $1.20.-
This new road will take from Shreve-
port a heavy per centage of her cot
ton, and it will almost kill her steam
boat interest. Now is the opportu-
nifty for Rapides to take advantage of
this move, and it is sure to bring her
idle lands under cultivation. Let the
Banks sell their lands in Rapides for
a reasonable price, and then working
people will come and buy, but as long
as 500 per acre is asked for lands,
who would not come to Texas and get
good lands at - per acre, and no tax
es for twenty-five years. Last week
/ spent
DAY IN DALLAS.
1t is the warmest place I ever was in.
Thermometer los in the shade. All.
though it ought to be lively still it is
dull Farmers are not selling their
wheat, but only enough to keep up
household expenses. l think Dallas
is a paper Town. l can't see what is
to pay for all the costly buildings,
and when the road goes to Fort Worth
goodbye Dallas. There is no mar
ket in Dallas for farm produce, :,
Eggs s cts, (haye sold at ~ butter
10 cents, potatoes Is per bushel,
onions so cents, and many things no
sale. Invent in restaurant and call
ed for dinner, and l got nine dishes
and only Is cents-good soup to be-
gin with and nice dessert to end-ice
too-mutton, chicken, beef, pork and
vegetables. Now, the query is, are
these low prices signs Of prosperity
or hard times? take it when a man
can get good dinner and well serv-
ed for rs cents, somebody wants
money very bad, and that money
must be very scarce. There are sew
eral very large Dry Goods houses
here. and for a few weeks back the
cars have been doing a heavy bust
ness in bringing mowers, thrashers
ETC., for the past harvest. Dallas
boasts of a horse car, but I fear il
don't pay and is only a make believe
| saw but few getting in and out OF
that street car. Dallas has all the
make up of a city, and even the ladies
ape our New Orleans style of fixing
up at o'clock p. m. Take Dallas all
in all, l think it was got up in toe
big hurry, and people will soon find
out their mistake, even those who