The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-09-14

IN me BnsiDess Men az Dallas,
Asa private citizen, having the same
i,tsrest in the prosperity of Dallas and
nnly the same, that every member Of
,be community should feel, We beg
Isoye 10 call your attention 10 an entor
mT,e In our midst, which oommends
itself alike 10 all.
Possessing, by natural endowment
and by territorial location, all the Gle,
n,ent, of u possible city Dallas has at,
,r,ctel 10 this centre the merchant, the
mechanic the banker, the tradesman
and those representing the learned pro,
LESSONS, who have developed her re,
sources, so that she is toNday, not only
the present, but prospective CONNER
oial capital of northern Texas,
How has she attained this admitted
n,eemneneeY FIRST and foremost her
broad acres, touched by the thrifty hand
Of skilliul labor, have bloomed with
nlenteous haryests. "Our barns are
filed with plenty, and our presses burst
ont with new wine Texas has filed
with her cereals the empty gamers Of
less fruitful lands while her bullocks,
from thousand grassy plains, have
plutted the groaning SHAMELESS of the
1opulous north. In the conversion Of
these products into their monied equiv.
alent Dallas and her busy trailickers
have found their mission and their
growth, and as demand creates supply
and AS necessity stimulates invention, so
for the profitable handling of our agri>
cultural products do we find in our
midst those improved facilities which
distinguish Dallas as business centre,
Her railroads, founderies mills, eleva.
tors, congresses and the like, with all
their busy supervisors, publish to the
world her resources, her operative in,
dustres and her business talent,
So that, commercially, and in a busi~
ness point of view, Dallas is by all odds,
the best advertised little city in the
west. She has attracted men of means
and business capacity from all quarters,
and, to>day, the wistIul eyes Of many
more rest upon her coveted location
Dallas has done we'll, And now in |
its proper time, and none too soon
another common interest pleads for
recognition at the hands Of those who
have made Dallas what she is.
Casting the eye towards the eastern
limits of the city, we behold n stately |
edifce designed and dedicated to the
literary culture Of the future women of
the land. We grant you, that Dallas
has her private schools, and good ones
no doubt but she can claim as yet, so
far as we know, no institution for the
exclusive and thorough culture of her
The building for the Dallas Famale
college rising to its height and moving |
on to completion. 1t was projected |
in the interest of this people
and its friends would make it public
benefaction,
The city press, without exception,
and with commendable generosity has
given the enterprise its endorsement,
its word of cheer and its open columns
The edifice is admitted to be the most
structure in the city, and |
perhaps the largest educational build
ing in the state. When completed, it
will afford accommodations for one
hundred boarding pupils, besides all
needed apartments for school purposes,
and home for the family of the prin-
cipal Now, we earnestly submit that
it may justly appeal to the sympathy
and assistance of liberal public
If the institution shall be worthily
manned and administered, why may
not its halls and dormitories be filled
with pupils from abroad Why not
Then shall Dallas be the queen of Tex
as cities, and the metropolis for intel,
Iectual culture,as she is now the peer OF
any in material prosperity. And while
the college shall dispense to its
attendants, value received
for their patronage, they, in turn, shall
pour into the Golfers of the
city, at moderate estimate, the hand
some contribution of fifty thousand dol
ars. Is not the picture we draw q de-
possibility We think it is
Then placing our readers on no higher
ground til an q money consideration, we
insist that the enterprise is good in>
gestment for Dallas and Dallas county.
But who would share in this annual
of fifty thousand dollars
Evidently the merchant, farmer, trades
man. mechanic, lawyer, doctor and
banker. In word, taking the legiti-
mate channels of trade this current
fund would find its way, and send its
rivulets into every thrifty pocket.
The trustees of the Dallas Female col
lege, with a scant supply of means are
struggling to finish this building, What
they do, they are doing for the good OF
the community, and with no expecta-
ton of personal pecuniary profit.
They are giving their time, their la
Dor and their means to this cause, for
the good of their own and their neigh.
bors' children. Will the citizens of
Dallas bear a part of this burden?
Will they help an enterprise which, II
successful, must inure to the good OF
all : Or, shall we withhold our aid and
leave the feeble few to strive in vain,
ard succumb at last to the heavy bur-
den2 Will not those who have so
nobly aided in bringing Dallas to her
present prosperity, now also, come to
the rescue in this time of need? Ii so,
then shall Dallas receive the capstone
of all her excellencies in an institution
where, at home. our daughters, may
grow up as cultured plants, polished
after the similitude OF palace.
CITIZEN.