The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-07-10
VERY SIGNIFICANT.


Thoro ARC certain indications In trade |
which point uneungly to progress II
not 10 entire revolution Ia the modes
locations and final objective points OF
our rapidly expanding commerce long
habit, want ofmouey and perhaps also
the want or rather lAok Of enterprise
has heretofore prevented our own mor.
chants from reapng the full harvest Of
profit which arises from our equally
rapidly expanding agriculture, mol
matter what the ultimate cause of tho
failure H. one thing is certain, other
merchants aud other cities aro alert 10
pick II up, just whore we have laid II
down Chicago, away of thoro at our
northern boundary limo noted for her
pluck and almost snpcrhuman energy
solves the distant problem Of Texas
trade In the most simple and natural
way by asking for II, Her lead.
ing houses are asking II through The
newspapers, and also by their in.
Vulnerable solicitors, They propose to
sell us dry goods boots, shoes, iron,
hardware, and also handle our stool,
These intelligent men are we'll aware
hat when they one @ sell us these
leading staples Of eyory day necessity
and upon which there Is Mt best but
a small margin Of profit, that very
tsoon they, by the inevitable weight
of circumstances viii handle our cot
ton, grain, stock and sugar, articles
yielding the largest profits known to
commerce. This is what Chicago Is
striking for and that she Ia working
with her accustomed Intelligence no
one who is observing events here can
deny. Everything ispossible to money,
enterprise and intelligence, and OF
these great sinews of trade Chicago has
her full share, and Texas will soon put
herself sufficiently in accord with her
TO realize that in commerce the rail
neutmli2es distance.
AS evidence of the truth of the posi-.
ton here assumed, we refer the doubt,
ing to the advertising columns of TINS
HERALD and other leading Texas pa
pcrs; to the hotel registers through
out the state, to our banks and rail.
roads and either one or all say plainly
Tint the Queen City of the West, the
indomitablo Chicago, is making herself
felt sensibly in every department of our
trade. Liberal to n fault, her merchants
soon conquer the natural hcsitancy of
our dealers, and when once they
do secure n customer the rcla
ton becomes u life long one
North Texas is already doing large
business in Chicago, and the universal
testimony is that it is and has always
been quite satisfactory, We have many
merchants, farmers and mechanics in
this section of the state from the north,
west who are perfectly familiar with
Chicago and her plan of doing business.
In opening trade relations between that
city and their nowly adopted state,
they feel ms though they were returns
ing to the old familiar haunts of child>
hood This class of our people hail the
move with delight, They are among
our best, most progressive and useful
citizens, and their example in reopen
ing trade relations with Chicago will
have wonderful influence in extends
ing her trade among our dealers
Tho Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
combination with the Missouri, Kansas
and Texas and the Houston and Texas
Central railways, was an intelligent,
Iar,sightod and mastery move for per,
icctly legitimate trade extension by
| Chicago.