The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1875-11-21
THE MANUFACTURING INTERESTS
OF TEXAS.

There are hundreds Of thousands
IF dollars Of idle, unemployed and
useless capital in this
State, which, if Il were applied to
developing the manufacturing in
terests of the State, would not only
pay q handsome dividend in yearly
profits, but would attract more
and other enterprises and
industries, and thus would all the
great interests of the State be for
warded as we'll as fostered.
This, at present, useless capital
should be employed in this way,
and for very many reasons, among
which, not the least, is because ii
would be patriotic step. What
ever tends to attract population and
money to a new country, is the per
fection Of patriotism; and this is
safe sort of love Of country, because
it can be indulged without the risk
of limb or life, and in the absolute
certainty that in serving the coun-
try, we but serve ourselves. We
will not say that the man who
boards up immense sums of money,
when this crying necessity exists
for its employment in this way,
is a public enemy, but we can safe
ly, and do positively assert, that he
is drone in the very hive which
he nigh, easily and safely, so eff
fectually assist. Negatively he is
an enemy, and dangerous one.
When men of enterprise seek to in
fluence the embarkation of capital
in such enterprises, on the part OF
Others outside of the State, they
invariably ask the knotty question,
"Nhy is not your own domestic
capital so embarked ?" The hpmi-
liating admission must be made
that capitalists at home have no en-
terprise, no love of country, and no
confidence in the security or promise
of the investment, and thus is the
country injured, and can any but
an enemy of the State seek to do it
either positive or negative in
jury as grave as the repression OF its
manufacturing spirit would be.
While we do not think Texas
can, for the next century, compete
in the markets of the world for the
sale of her manufactured articles,
yet, if she only supplied her home
demand for that length of time, in
the leading articles which are built
from cotton, wood and iron, heI
profits all round would be enor'
nous, and the aggregate of savings
to the o.-.- -rauld mount to fabu
lous sum.
The Grange organization, with l
prudent wisdom and foresight fo
which it has become noted, ha
taken the initiatory steps necessar!
to set this spirit at work, and W
trust no division or distraction will
be suffered to lead off the energ,
of the Order, either into politics, o
after other impossible chimeras
Here is plain and palpable neees
sity, as well as the brightest prom
Use, and all the Order has to do is l.
stretch forth its hand and gathe
the rich fruit which hangs so temp,
ingly within easy reach of only res
sonable energy.
Here the Grange is political, be
cause in building up the manufac
turing interests of the State, sh
serves the best interests of tn,
State, and he who serves the Stat
well, and in her highest ii
terests and greatest needs, is tn
better type of politician, who cal
properly be called by the bette
name of patriot. When Texa
manufactures her own cotton an,
woolen fabrics, makes her owl
agricultural implements, tans he
own leather, and makes her owl
boots and shoes, besides raising heI
own substance, as she does now,
who can realize all the grand posi-.
bihties before her; and yet, all this
is within easy reach, and can be
worked out as certainly as that to.
morow's sun will rise, if we will
only employ the domestic capital of
Texas, to do the work.