The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-10-02
DALLAS, TEXAS.
SATURDAY MORNING ';i'' ;oOT .
MILLS, FLOUR, WHEAT.
A word Of Reply 10 our Corres'
pOndent.

Our attention is called by a cores
pOndent to an article the other day
on the subject of manufactures In our
editorial columns, and especially In
reference to mills and grain eleva-
tors. The reader will understand that
while we advocate the establishment
of Touring mills In our midst, we do
not forget that the immense wheat
probation In this and the surround
ing counties, Increasing as II no doubt
will from year to year, will Keep
ahead of any probable 1--WE had almost
said possidie) effort of our people in
the erection OF mills to grind II into
flour. OF. course the expectation of
wheat in its unmanufactured state,
will continue indefinitely. Large num-
bers of new farms are annually opened
in all the region around about, and
consequently the production viii be
annually very much enlarged. Hence
the necessity of enhanced milling fla
cilities. These facilities are naturally
Of slow growth for 1t takes money
and q good deal of 1t, to put up extern
sive establishments of this kind
Grain elevators will continue to be
necessity, and the facilities for ship
ping which they afford will induce IA
large concentration Of grain, wherever
they are to he found on a scale COM
mensurate with the supply from the
fields. But we do say, and we think
little thought will teach us all, that,
tomake Dallas the great depot for the
wheat of this section, in any really
important sense of that idea,
it will be necessary for Dallas to grind
the wheat of the section. Not that IL
can be accomplished in day or n
year or few years, but the sooner 1t Is
commenced the sooner the trade can
DO controlled. We do not cOncede the
fact that there Is prejudice against
Texas flour at Shreveport, Jefferson
9 and other points named by our cores
apondent. lfthere IL any prejudice 1t
has grown out of the fact that the
quality of Texas flour In past years has
not equaled that of the northwest. To
compete successfully the quality must
at least be equal, and there must be no
lack Of quantity when the orders come.
What we chiefly wish to impress is
this, our immense wheat crop must
annually be shipped in the state in
which 1t leaves the granaries, orwhen
manufactured into -four. Now shall
we ship the wheat to st. Louis, there
to be ground into flour and thence
shipped abroad, or returned again to
Texas, or shall our own people prepare
1t tor immediate consumption ut home
and for expectation to foreign ports
1t may safely be relied upon, II Texas
-four shall be made equal in fineness to
that of st. Louis, the people of our
own State will everywhere give 1t the
preference. Our correspondent speaks
of the feeling at Jefferson towards
Texas flour. Is,it known that there Ia
at Jefferson an excellent Touring mill
which is daily Climbing wheat from
our prairies, and supplying the country
with Texas flour? And is II known
that large quantities of -four
from our Dallas mills are for
warded to the Woodland counties of
our State, and that the trade is grad {.
nally growing to be remunerative
one? Whilst our friends from the East
are sending us lumber in immeasurabi pie
quantities, the productions of their
magnificent forests, our people are
sending them flour in return, and the
time is rapidly approaching when the
trade just now beginning will grow
into large and profitable commerce
between the two sections. Why should
we send them wheat tobe ground in
the East? Would IL mob be almost as
sensible to have them send us saw logs
TO be manufactured into lumber here?
IT Is this interchange OF commodity
and OF manufactured articles that Gre
ates commerce, feeds railroads and
builds up cities a ~ ~ fNgEE 4 &
But 1t Is the expectation of flour to
foreign countries that will In the future
provide this wheat region with all mex
haustible market for our, -four When
put into barrels, as 1t must be, the
shipment from Galveston to South
America and the West Indies will be
assured, AT present, there is a neces.
atty for grain elevators at Galveston as
we'll 70 Dallas, and there ought to be
n nolanko hem at either poiutr but Ii
tue Inhabitants Of this wheat section
Will begin now, the time Is not far
distant when our State will be An
exporting State Of top mainly and
not 80 much OF wheat. This viii re.
suit In q more advanced prosperity.
and that city which goes most largely
iptp the business Of manu- etures win
reap the richest results. Rws E8sH
But the chief point with us is to
show that u the property holders of
Dallas mean to retain and continue TO
n9ld and 70 Increase their wheat trade
+ rom beyond the limits OF Dallas coun-
ytoany very important extent, the
~neat must be manufactured into
I "Su' nsy'I fgwhsdt isto be shipped