The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-02-10


II says:
The country is we'll aware that Mr. John
Roach is largely interested in ship yard
which has potential relations with Federal
legislators. ANY movement in favor of free
ships must encounter the antogonism of that
enterprising ship-builder. The capital en-
barked in his ship yards of course ought not
to be sptefuly or ruthessly assailed by con-
gress. But rather than not permanently
revive American commerce on the ocean, and
revive 1t by better mems than the payment
of subsidies to the ship yards OF Mr. Roach
or Of anybody else, might it not be wiser in
the long run for congress to pay our ships
builders for their improvements, and so be
rid of them?
There ia no question but that something
should.be done TO revive American shipping
interests, but tho remedy is not in subsidies.
Give the country revenue for tariff only, and
lot ship owners buy their vessels wherever
they can get them cheapest, and then the
waters will ba covered with American bot
toms all making money. The protective
tariff must be done away with sooner or
later, for the people are finding out more and
more every day how they are being robbed
by it, to enrich few people, and they will
not stand it much longer
The Philadelphia Times is not Of the
in1ammsble, combustible, explosive style of
newspaper by any means, being in no wise
gassy, but it blows things up pretty liy ly in
the following:
Now the epidemic is in the line of explo-
sions. The Methodist boiler, which blow up
and nearly wrecked tho Methodist House in
New York, will cost the concern fourteen
Thousand dollaIs The explosion Of some
gas under front door in toe Same city blew
several stone steps and little girl into the
street. Not far from tho scene of disaster a
few lengths Of gas-pipe from under the street
sCdd My rose in the air with anoise like thun-
der. In Baltimore pleasure yacht unexpect-
eddy went up, Strengthening four men. In
this city the boiler Of " kitchen range flow ia
to atoms, scattering tho range about tho
kitchen and creating CONSERVATION in the
ueighborhood, Steam boilers seem TO ex-
plode 80 naturally that some people are cry
ing their abolition. But it must be remem-
bered that boilers are no. the only exploders,
A woman nearly killed herself the other day
by leaving can OF beans on her kitchen
stove. She had thought to melt the solder Of
tho can, instead Of which she left it on the
fire until steam was generated among the
beans and the vessel went off with bang.
Perhaps the most unlookedf n explosion was
that Of a mince pic which WAS placed on an
Ohio cooking range. This iudiGes,ible luxury
got oveTheated and blew up like the bean c6n,
The crust was Of tho sole-leather variety, and |
tightly fastened down all around the pie, |
IL is comforting compensation for the loss
of this pie that somebody or other Was saved
the peril of eating it.
The New Orleans Picayune discussing
immigration and advocating all reasonable
endeavors ia this behalf, among other thinga
Gays:
This matter Of immigration has assumed
An extraordinarily significant phase in view
oil the formation OF the Southwestern immi-
grafton company, ~ which reference has NJ
ready been made in the PlcAyune. The COM
pany is composed ofthe principal railway ives
IN the southwest, and has for its obiar,, nc
encouragement of immigration into the safes
of Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas. i'ney
will subscribe $25 per mile Of Their roads
toward tum to be used in sending out
agents, establishing bureaus, etc. The priu-
cpal office will be situated in New York,
with branch in New Orleans, and other
agencies in Texas and Arkansas. Tho immj-
grafton company has the means and the IN
iienlion to carry out the object OF its organ
cation, which Is to Increase the produ5tvl
population in the country bordering upon,
aud whose products are tributary TO the
railroads controlled by tho lines. The New
Orleans Pacific railway, whom completed, will
open up u portion Of the state which hes
hitherto been dilcult Of access and compRra.
lively remote from tao great avenues ofcom.
muncalOn with New Orleans. Immigrants
naturally prefer to settle near line} Of trans
portstion, in order that they may easily aud
rapidly transmit their products toa market.
The Memphis Appeal pays handsome
Complement to the ability and statesmanship
of southern members OF congress in TIC
following:
Its astranga thing, but a tact nevertheless
that she two measures of greatest Importance
TO the Internal and foreign commerce of the
/ United States now before congress ori gtpated
with southern representatives. Senator Beck.
of Kentucky, is the father Of tho bill which
he urges so rertinscously, for FREQ sbips
and Mr.. Reagan, of Texas, ia the suthor
aud defender Of tho bill now before the house
for the regulation Of railroad traffic and the
equalization of railroad tariffs. The pssssgs
OF both of ths'e bills would bo of ines,i
mable advantage to the country, and should
have been and we hope win yet be enacted
by the present congress.
Despite the fact that great many northern
journals and politicians are accustomed to
charge the south with lack OF education and
70 rate the people as of but ordinary intel
ligence, 1t is true that tho grandest states
men this country hos ever produced were
southern men; and we have but to mention
the names of Jefferson, Madison, Monroe.
Calhoun, Clay and Jackson of earlier DAYS
aud Davis Benjamin, Slidell, Houston, Ma.
son, Stephens and Andrew johnson of
latter day, and those of this generation now
battling so CALAMITY in the country's be-
half to verify the statement
-. The Chicago Utter. Ocean, iirelsss pro.
lection organ, is growing alarmed at the
movements of free traders and criee GU,
aloud in its fright 1t says: