The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-10-06
AN INTERIOR MARKET.

Ii is just as natural that Texas should
build up an immense interior grain.
cotton and hide market, as that her
territory should settle up and devotion
in consequence OF the vast numbers OF
immigrants dlily arriving in the state.
ne great commercial need of the state
to-day is trade center accessible 90
her producing people. and with a
monied capacity 70 handle and sell her
products to the best possible advantage
All the greater cities of the world are
in the interior. Those situated ON the
coast have one>half OF the necessary
producing circle occupied by waste
OF waters Part Of this disad advantage is
corrected by the chances oil commerce
But great cities are only the logical
points of concentration of dense popu-
iations. A glance at the map of the
void makes this fact apparent to all
The large cities of Asia, Africa and
Europe are found in the interior and
simply because the interests of trade
demand that the market should be
within easy reach of the producer
Commerce gathers and unitizes the diff
ferent articles of trade. They are
handled in bulk and are transported on
but few main lines of transit. The pro-
dneer takes his mite to the nearest city
and adds it to the mass which the sbins
and railroads whirl away to distant
markets. But in the first instance the
trade is molecular. coming in mere
atoms to the city from ten thousand
sources. The molicule deposits it at the
nearest point where all the ends
he has in view, ar, best served. An in
terror trade centre gives him shorter
route TO market. The cost in money.
time and effort, is greatly lessened and
If his home market is within a reason.
able degree as profitable, it inevitably
receives it.
Galveston labors under the dissdvan-
tage OF being located AT great distance
from the producing centre of Texas. She
can never become the real business cen
tire, however great and rich she may
become as the point of import and ex-
port. For one hundred miles inland
the country will never sustain
dense population, this fact with
other circumstances of her situation will
confine her future growth to we'll
marked and distinct lines. Dallas in
strong contrast, possesses all the requi-
sites for sooner or later growing into
the first Importance as great interior
trade centre. She is very nearly the
exact geographical center of the richest
agricultural region on the earth. The
country surrounding her is as rich as
the delta of the Nile itself. There is
plenty of wood and water, cheap build
ing material, climate as healthy as
that Of the Blue Ridge. She has al
'eady live, enterprising, intelligent
population of twenty thousand and
nome capital nearly equal to her pres
snt wants. She has already two grand
trunks of railway lesding north and
'outh, east and west. and steady tide
II INNING ration pouring into the region
tributary, which must in very few
fears quintuple her trade.
Dallas, for these reasons, Is destined
1t no distant day. to do the
bulk Of the business of Texas.
fhis truth is of nature so plain
md so perfectly apparent that
wen her most act i've rivals can not deny
I. However, in order torealize all this
brilliant future her own citizens should
se fully awakened to it Every fair
md legitimate means should be used TO
secure it. This will not be best done
,y pulling down Galveston or any other
point, but by building up
Dallas. We must take broad and liberal
ficws of the situation; we must provide
he necessary facilities, we must at
,ract the wheat, cotton and other pro-
inctions of the country by making us
avorabie market for them as is posi-
lie undsx all the circumstances; we
must cultivate not caly sound business
with the people OF our trade
,aiiiwick, but we must establish pleass
mt social relations with them. Trade
IAN not be forced, but il may be at
;racted by surrounding it with pleasant |
VIII our Dallas people
louder this imperfectly written lesson |
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