The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-08-20
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lLLlUM FUlT.
If there is any one fact that the in
land cites of the South have demon
strated, it is that trade alone can not and
will not lend n permanent and enduring
prosperity to any city. For century
past the tide of emigration has swept |
westward from the coasts of Georgia
and the Carolinas, building up in its
tracks small cities, which attained II
moderate size and n yet more moderate
prosperity, but never developed into
those manufacturing centres that are
Independent of the vacillations of trade
and by their own energy command
wealth and power. At last the star OF
empire has advanced in its westward
progress to the mighty and fertile proi-
ries of Texas, over which it now stands,
awaiting but the order Of this people To
fix it Hero rrevocably and forever. The
-beausllul cities of Columbia, Macon, At
lanta, Montgomery, jackson, Monroe,
Shreveport and Marshall have watched
this star of empire as it passed them,
but they failed TO fix 1t rcsplcndcnt and
eternal over their heads by the cstab-
lishment of manufactures. They relied
upon an ophemeral trade that the
building of any railway might ut any
moment sweep from them forever VIII
Dallas learn nothing from this gam
bling with fate? win she, now
the Queen of North Texas, upon
whose brow is shed all III"
enfulaence of that "star of empire ever
md around whom all the glories of -
radiance is for the moment cast nil
she permit that light to fade away !.
the far distant West, as Macon, Collm
/ aia, Montgomery and Atlanta have PEI
mitted it TO fade, or will she fix and
establish in the heart and center of
these rich and beautiful prarics, the seat
of an empire that can never 90 down
before any rival and cXultant West?
- 1}qde cuHOt BGM up Mlmd cities
If it throws together few boards, u
little brick and mortar, it is but for n
temporary convenience and for tenn
porary use to be thrust aside when new
fields open and new enterprises invite
attention.
Trade produces nothing, adds not one
feathers weight to the worlds wealth.
and cannot establish and confirm great,
independent, live, vigorous, prosperous
cities.
Trade is forever draining us of our
wealth and eating into our substance,
( We pour money out of Texas for every
: thing. Buckets which we might man
uiacture, brooms which we might make,
tables, chairs, beds, crockery ware,
stoves knives, forks, spoons, axes, hoes,
plows, harness, leather boots shoes,
hats, clothing, all which we
can and should make and 50 keep our
money at home sand our noses away
from that grind-stone, upon which
southern people seem to take Il grim
and martyr like delight in keeping it,
and the haElcr it grinds the better
iA1cy seem tdllkei it. Poverty is II great
misfortune in sSme respects. Especial
lHls it'd MISFORTUNE when we cam send
our wives and little ones Oft to coo
springs and delightful watering places
for, that brief relaxation and enjoyment
.,i's sy SO much neeg especially is it {
misfortune for usto be too poor to be
stow upon our children that high an,
broad culture that old universities only
can bestow We bring this poverty
d, Ts,on ourselves by failing to live within
Yourselves, and independent of all the
world. Although the Creator of thu
Y universe in his beniiccnt bounty has
never bestowed upon any people Il lanc
that comes near the scriptural idea o
literally flowing with milk and honey
"A than that of ours, yet, we are poor ano
N dependent, and must ever remain So i
G rely upon that iynus. tdtms, trade,an,
.urn Our backs upon every endeavor t.
4 make ut home the necessaries OF life,