The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-10-05
ALIAS, TEXAS.
TUESDAY MORNING :::: OCT. !
BROOsIs.

whether these were five car loads or
five wagon loads; nor is it shown for
what particular purpose II Is sent We
will suppose that there were five car
loads, and that they were shipped 10
st. Louis for the purpose Of being made
into hrooms. Was there ever any peo-
pie ON the face of the earth that has
pursued more determinedly and with
less reason the business of suicide,
than the people of the South? IL mas
always been so, both before ana since
the war, and Texas has been, ana 49,
Just as guilty as the rest. Does tire
qure any particular mechanical SIKH
To manufacture II broom? Does it re-
uuire the outlay of any considerable
amount of capital? Is there anything
In the climate that would prevent the
manufacture of brooms in Texas?
Suppose It was five chr loads, and ten
thousand pounds to the car this would
be fifty thousand pounds of broom corn;
or suppose twas only five wagon loads
at two thousand pounds each-making
ten thousand pounds in all. If err
loads there was enough to make fifteen
thousand brooms; and IL wagon loads
enough to make say three thousand
brooms. The count may not be eX-
actly correct, but II is near enough to
show that in the broom trade, our
people, ms in everything else, are per-
sistently carrying on the business of
suicide. Five car loads or five wagon
loads, either, demonstrate that Lamar
county can successfully grow broom
corn, and If Lamar county, then any
county In Northern Texas. Now what
was the freight on this shipment
from Brookston to st. Louis? We
suppose /: was hardly less than one
hundred dollars car load-making
five hundred dollars for the five. Now
as all the families, stores, public build
ings, shops, and offices in Lamar coun-
ty are supposed to use brooms and if,
rs 1t is to be presumed from their ship
ping their broom corn away, they
have no broom factory IN that
county. then the return freight
Oh the manufactured brooms must be
mt least an equal amount aud so they
will expend one thousand dollars on
this broom corn shipment alone. Now,
Of course, we do not know how many
br0oms are bought and sold in Lamar
county annually, but supposing the
population to be near twenty thousand,
then we should think there were at
least Ave thousand houses In the
county that ought to have brooms in
them. IL there any reason why n
broom factory ut Paris should not do
this work? Does 1t require much skill
and is II any great trouble to make II
broom? We believe all the material
required is a string, round stick and
broom corn. The capital to be In
vested Is certainly small matter. a
joint stock association of few young
men, just starting in life, could estab-
lish such u thing and not miss the
money they put into 1t. We should
think there are ut least thirty stores
In Paris, each of which has ut
least one clerk Mt II salary of hum
dred dollars u month. Now, suppose
these young men would agree TO save
sixty dollars II year only five dollars
per month-out OF their twelve hum
dred, and invest 1t in this or some 9TH
er kind of manufacture; see what the
result would be. Ii this We're not
enough, the older members of the COM
munity, stimulated by the example OF
their Juniors, would come to their aid,
and instead Of raising broom corn to
be shipped to ST. Louis and returned
in the shape of brooms, and SO much
profit paid to the railroads, the manu-
facturer at st. Louis, and to the mid
die men," all the work could be done
at home, these unnecessary expenses
saved, brooms cheapened, their use
very much increased, the demand en-
larged, and home industry encour-
aged, resulting In much profit and u
great deal OF good to themselves and
their neighbors.
We have spoken particularly Of
brooms In this ,article, and OF Lamar
county, because our text led us In that
direction. What we have said applies
equally to every industry in the coun-
", and to every county In Northern
Texas, ~ well AZ Lamar, aud especial
ly to our young men everywhere.
Salaried young men are too apt to live
up to their salaries. Let fifty young
men Of Dallas determine to save only
hve dollars month Of their earnings.
AT the end OF one year three thousand
dollars Is TO their credit In bank,
ready for investment In any enter
prise. Let any Of our industrious
young clerks calculate how much he
spends at billiards, cigars and lager
beer, aud he will at once see how
much at the end Of the year he could
Invest In q paying association.
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