The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-08-25
A PLEASING PICTURE.

" hiie Tic HUrtuefn states OF the
union by reason of their more intimate
connection with the commerce of the
outside world, are suffering all the woes
of hard times, the poor are in deep dis
tress, and the rich have no safe or prof.
table enterprises in which to embark
capital, we of the south are compara-
lively easy. 1t is true there is a dearth
OF money for schemes of improvement
and new enterprises. either mechanical,
mercantile or agricultural, yet our poor
people have enough to eat and wear,
and there is enough demand for labor
to furnish it with abundance of food
and all necessary clothing. When
these prime wants are capable of being
supplied by the expenditure OF reason
able effort, there is no danger of that
distress becoming so great as to cause
general labor revolt, such as the north
has lately experienced. This is true,
generally, of the south. In this state,
however, it is peculiarly so.
As rule, Texas farmers are out of
debt. Texas merchants owe but little.
Texas manufacturing enterprises don't
incur debt, and if they did, they are
as yet so few and unimportant that they
would cut but small figure in a
financial panic. So it turns out.
while we have but little money,
times are still quite good, because we
have everything else. Our granaries
groan under their loads of the unsold
harvest, while our fields are full to over
flowing with the yet unhsrvested crops
OF both cotton and corn. The world
must have our cotton, and while we
may be compelled to sell it at low
figure, yet it will put many millions of
money into the Golfers of both farmers
and merchants. People get on remarks
ably well, il they have everything else,
with but remarkably small supply of
money. No state in the union has so
many resources against hard times, SO
many safe barriers against general
financial distress as we have, and no
part of Texas is more nearly independ-
ent than our own beautiful rich and
fruitful section. While the hard times
OF the past four years has affected all
parts of the state more or less seriously.
yet we of north Texas have felt it least
OF any. Our steady march to perfect
development of the wonderful resources
with which beneficent Providence has
blessed us. has known no break. New
farms have been opened on all hands.
old ones enlarged and improved. The
rude cabin Of the early pioneer has given
place to the elegant mansion of the opu
lent citizea. The rude board churches
or bush arbors where the early settlers
worshiped are succeeded by beautiful
and costly churches. Schools, colleges
and universities are found in every
county. opulent, busy cities have
grown out Of the quiet, rude villages of
the frontier. Railroads check the
country in all directions. These are
only some OF the steps We have taken
while burdened by hard times," What
other land under the bright sun can
point to similar progress for the period
namedf What our rate of progress
viii be when we have had dozen years
OF good times and plenty of money may
De pretty accurately determined by this.
No wonder the enterprising of the pop-
ulations of the older states are removing
their household treasures by every train
to this new Canaan ever flowing with
milk and honey, despite the hard times.
A tremendous influx of new people may
be confidently expected this fall.