The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-04-20
PROSPECTS AHEAD.

The signs all point 10 an early Inn
proyoment in tho business outlook ier
our state, such ~ has not marked any
business season since the disasterous
panic Of 1873 The now nearly abso-
lutte certainty Of an abundant wheat
harvest. together with the spring opera
lions in stock, will soon put into oirou'
lallonample money to cause very per
ceptlLle loosenlng Of the bonds Of trade
The men who have survived have the
sort Of stuff in them which indicates
their ability 10 meet tho changed aud
improved condition Of things with
every promise Of securing the broadcast
margins Of profit A little money now
goes very much farther than II did prior
to the panic, Nearly every business
man who has weathered the storm so
far, has some, and with the fair pros
poets regarding the crop, II will be
boarded no longer but will soon be felt
In the legitimate channels Of trade,
There IL one circumstance connected
with the business season upon which
we arc fast entering which " full Of
promise, II h this The farmers are
nearly out of debt, thing which we
could not say Of any previous year OF
their history since the war Whether
they make much or little, what they
do make viii bo all their own Thcir
larms, implements and homes will be
improved TO tho extent IN which their
present efforts succeed. Every business
interest connected with farming opera
tons will scnsibly feel the changed
condition and what business is II which
IL not intimately interviewer with and
dependent upon that Of the farmers,
Let them be out Of debt and prospering
and every other legitimate worker has
the opportunity presented him to labor
and receive his reward
The region tributary to and trading
NJ Dallas, will raise, market and sell
pcrh IDS a million and half bushels Of
wheat. oar stock markets are always
active, and each northern and eastern
bound train carries fat beeyes TO mark.
cts, this Isl continual source of revenue,
and one which continues throughout
the season. Fruit will be sold in large
quantities, Hides and wool are always
in demand, and are always seeking n
market These iacts are very rcOs.
suring, and will put the country through
until the cotton comes in, without the
least danger of failure These advan
tages are plainly in sight, and may be
relied upon. But if added to this we
have anything like general war in
Europe on the Eastern complication,
which now seems unavoidable, the
demand for our provision crops will be
intensified and prices enhanced add
ing to the revenue of the farmers and
dealers in their present operations.
With this brief and necessarily i'm
perfect sketch OF the outlook, we
reach the conclusion that we have
many causes to feel satisfied with the
prospects ahead, and not only for the
pre- sent season. but for many succeed
ing ones. The people of Texas are
learning new lessons of thrift every day.
New and thrifty people are being added
TO our population rapidly and the effect
is and will be all that can be expected
or desired. The year ought to be one
of satisfactory business progress, and
unless some very grave, and as yet un>
foreseen, disaster overtakes the grew
ing crop, it will realize al the ardent
hopes formed of it, and then, for the
first time since the financial stringency
of 1873, viii Texas be Independent, and
on the high.road to assured success,