The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-04-14
THE TEXAS AND PACIFIC.
VIVA, The Pros. aud o,ne,. A, or !,

~" nun lIleN w ilucn OF Ms money
upon public improvements in the North
efn STATES as IL has in all tho sixteen
Southern and bordes States together
The exact figures, rs taken from tbo
records Mt Washington for the above
period are ''''
70 70 90 ~ s sS'i@ .li.fL 'T I.,s' q,
with in the State of New York tbo
federal government has laid out Sl5.6 OI
az ~, being within about $2,5OO 600 az
al expended In the entire South while
40 y, C2o' "a 10 has been used up in the
District of Columbia alone
Congress voted bonds.
10 Union Pacific RR. 97 .2aa 40
10 Central Pacific RI - gsgssO
Added to these cash items are 6ftv
million OF acres to the Northern Pacific
road And yet all these donations were
me common patrimony of the nation
the property of the South equally with
the North And now that the southern
people are weak, industries Frustrated
commerce destroyed, they ask NOT
money bonds or other subsidy but n
small guarantee toward building for
them commercial highway to the poci.
ne There are those who throw nm their
hands and cry subsidy and saw no To
the request of our Impoverished neigh,
bors "''s"
These people say to us, look again ON
THESE iiguress, Sl74,SS5,S7l, then ON
these, $lS,59iO69 46, Go now, irvou
can and vote, talk or write against the
South Or Southern improvement. She
asks not for charity, generosity nor
sympathy even. A small measure of
justice is all she demands.
These foregoing figures being correct.
II Is held that a case more deeply rooted
IN both equity and justice cannot be
found; and it is also said that public
policy too, as well as comfy (which
should always be cultivated between
the North and South, would seem to de.
mand that any reasonable measure of
encouragement and relief to the latter
rom her wasted and ruined condition
ought not longer to be withheld |
Though these figures show large bal |
lance in favor Of the South, the South |
ioes not ask a dollar, but simply that
the government will receive into its
keeping the ample security rendered by
his company, and guarantee 5per cent.
interest on so many Of that conlpanys
'onds as many be necessary to build the
Dad, and nothing more. As there are
hose at the North who oppose this
mall concession to the necessities ofthe
southern people, the reasons for this op.
are held to be susceptible of
llflerent in terpretations. Having
aiken considerable trouble to collect in
angible form the evidence of the public
nd press sentiment of the county, we
sked to publish in installments and as
matter of fair play, and with view to
remote inquire, what is said North and
outh upon the question.
st, Louis Daily Globe. But for the finan.
ial panic Of 1873, the Texas and Pacific
Dad would by this time been extended
0 the line of New Mexico; but that
reat revulsion which paralyzed every
ublic enterprise left this, perhaps the
lost important of all in America, at a
cad stand-stll The necessity for its
is so great that the popular
lind is busy seeking the best means of
S accomplishment. Colonel Scott, the
resident and practical manager, his sug-
ested what seems to be the only safe
ld feasible measure to achieve this
lost important end. He asked the
)venment to guarantee the interest
/ the five per cent. bonds for the com
elton Of the work, and he proposes !
surrender thirty million acres ofland
ready granted on the thirty-ffth par,
lei route, and pledge other valuable
such as part of net earnings,
ling stock, etc. Good finances pro-
unce the security ample, and it is gen 3
ally conceded that. the government
uld lose nothing by such an endorse 9
emit The whole South and West '
ould act as unit III this matter and
sert their right to have Pacific rail
ad that can meet the wants of d
e whole country without subjecting ,
~ portion to the merciless greea of q i
ngle company.
Turf, Field and Farm: If the recent L
ections mean anything, it is a determ-
alton on the part of the people every
here to restore the Southern States to
Iuality in the Union, and lend hearty q
Ipport to every wise measure which
ay tend to the prosperity and material
'ogress, not ofone circumscribed States,
1T of the whole nation, Foremost
nong these great national measures is
le completion Of the Texas and Pacific
ilway. Works of this magnitude are
syond the grasp ofindividualso States, Q
Ut are easily achieved by the almost /
nnipotent hand of the federal power,
Then the members elect from the
outhern States to federal Congress
,all have assembled in the capital,
aving buried and forgotten those an !
ent dogmas so hostile to material pro-
ress and to national greatness, we trust
nat they will vote as unit for the com
letion of this great work, which, while it
emands nothing from the federal treas
ry. will confer such benefits upon the
hole country as to defy the powers OF
Salem (Mass.) Register We have
cen interested in looking over report
n the Texas and Pacific railroad, and
,ake no apology for occupying so much
pace this morning upon the subject.
his route is claimed to bring San
seventy-six miles nearer New
,ork two hundred and tifty-three
carer Charleston, and sixty eight miles
earerNew Orleans. San Diego is nearer
,ewYork by four hundred and twenty
hree miles, Charleston by seven hundred
nd fifty, and toNew Orleans by twelve
undred miles, and is five hundred miles
carer to Chinal. Japan and the South
'acific Islands The richest mineral
ssions on the continent will pay their
ri6ute of gold and silver when facilities
re made available for shipment ana
he traffic in ores, bullion and merchan'
ise will become immense.
Richmond Enquirer: Those now hay
NJ control of monopoly in the carry