The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-08-02
IHE PAYNE AND MILNE PLOws,


a Factory al Them Seeded In Dallas.
Dropping into the Workshop Of Payne
Il Milne, the other day, we were much
struck by the skill and energy dis
played by this firm Ia their manuIac-
ture Of plows. Before us was the first
pillow press ever in Dallas, and IN II lay
the first mould board ever made by
machinery he,e.
The whole affair Is essentially Dial.
las enterprise. Dallas machinery made
the press, Dallas hands turned the
finely shaped moulds, and Dallas en-
ergy, with but little capital TO aid it in
endeavOring to establish in our midst
an enterprise that will not only prove
profitable to the proprietor, but mate
rally aid in securing the future pros
perity Of Dallas. Here are two men,
struggling hard against many obstacles,
to establish II greatly desired enterprise
in our midst. They have the finest
modeied plow ever made for the black
lands Of Texas, pillow that only needs
to be used once to be recommended.
Bat what the enterprise lacks is capt
tai capital that great mover OF all in
du5tries.
Let but half dozen Of those moneyed
men even, who make such loud profes-
sions Of sympathy for and are will
ing to make such great sacrifice to Sc
cure the future Of Dallas, come for
ward now with only II few hundred
dollars each, aud establish something
that will pay them well for their in
vcsLment, aud, at the same time, be
worth more to Dallas than any one
railroad that can be built here. What
would Dallas give to-day to have such
an enterprise in her midst rs the Avery
plow factory of Louisville, the Hop
good Of st. Louis, or the First ~
Bradley Of Chicago, the employees of
which alone would make up good
sized town. These factories are all
paying institutions, and are supported
more by the State of Texas than any
other two States in the Union. If it
pays to manufacture plOws in Chicago
or st. Louis and ship them here for
sale, after laying out money for freight
aud handling, itcertainly ought to pay
to manufacture them where they are to
be used.
All the material for stocking our
plows can be had in cur own State
without having it shipped from Wis
consin or Michigan to st. Louis, there
worked up into pillow stocks and re-
shipped to Texas. The English steel
used could he imported directly from
England, with but n trltliDg expense,
and even our native steel and iron
could be laid down here with but IA
triile more cost than ut st. Louis. All
this saving of freight would alone con.
stitute handsome pcoiit to the man
utacturer besides enabling our farmers
to purchase their farm implements
much cheaper. The great saving of
freight and labor would enable u home
enterprise to successfully compete with
any northern factory, and it would
only be n question OF time before it
would have control of all the Texas
trade. This having success, hun.
dreds OF like enterprises would
spring up, not only in Dallas,
but all over Northern Texas,
till We would have as many manufac-
turing towns rs Ohio has now, and we
would no longer have to ship our
wheat and other cerials north, at q
cost Of One-third the value of the crop,
but would need all we raise to supply
our thousands OF mechanics and labo-
reis, and as II result Texas would not
only be free politically, but also finan-
cially. May this enterprise prove Il
success, and all other similar ones in
Dallas, and we trust they are only the
precursors of hundreds yet to come.