The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-11-03
TEXAS MANUFACTURES,

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Within the last few weeks there has
been several gentlemen from The north
here, looking nj this port of tho state,
with u view TO ombarklng capital In
manufacturing enterprises The nd
yaulaqes aud disadvantages have been
keonly discussed and by men fully
competent to weigh thom correctly
So far the general verdict Is, that Tor
cotton and wooden goods, We can here
In Dallas, compete with the world on
the score Of oheapness as well ~ quail
ity, The wonder is always expressed by
these gentlemen, that we have not
already both cotton and wooden mills
In operation, The explanation Is three
fold, First, we are not a manufacture
ing people, being essentially pastoral
in habits, tastes and practice, Second,
the balance of capital has been largely
against MS, and third, we have heretofore
lacked the necessary skilled labor.
Tho northern and European skilled
labor has always refused TO work
side by side with the negro. To
any one or all Of these causes IL attrlb'
utablo the dearth OF our business in
these respects, But they ara now prac'
tically imperative, NJ least this is true
of the labor difficulty, so row when the
repeal of the resumption act gives us
an equal distribution Of money and
banking facilities, the other great diff.
Guilty will be overcome. Then, there
will DO no reason why Texas should not
manufacture her own cotton and wool,
and reap the double profits Of produc'
ton and manufacture,
Cotton goods manufactured in Texas
would have long start ahead of the
Same fabric manufactured in New Eng
land. All Mexico, the West Indies
Brazil and the Pacific coast general
ly would be thousand miles
nearer to us than TO them, and
in the future such an advantage would
give us the monopoly, As far rs it con
Germs wooden fabrics we could at least
transport our manufactured wool north
and sell i. there upon terms equal, al
least, with those who buy the wool here
and transport it, together with its i'm
purities, to the north for manufacture
Such advantages, taken together with
our milder climate, cheaper living and
other things in our favor, ought now tc
mako u very bee hive of mills and
forges for Texas. Nor is this mere
dream of Ethiopia, but the sober deduc
tons of reason itself.
The sharp, calculating northern bust,
ness man has only to take a glance to de-
termine him, and he is not of the charac'
ter who will long permit his prejudices
to stand in the way of his interests. i
only those Boston people who were 81
lavish with their Investments in til,
northwest were to come here we woulC
soon have such revival in manutac
lures as would set thousand mills anC
one hundred thousand hands to work
to the manifest advantage of all the in
terests and people concerned.
The presence here of the men referred
to is an earnest to us that the fame q
our peerless country and its great ad
vantages has gone out into the world
and soon the first fruits of it will b,
observable in tho action and proftabl,
employment among us, of IN immense
army OF busy and intelligent men and
women workers 1t is our duty as tn,
owners of the soil to give these people
hospitable reception, and to go to SOM
trouble If necessary to show them al
the tempting richness of the prospect
before them and us,