The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-03-23


the legislature just now, how necessarily,
We are not just now prepared to say. a
strong effort is being made by some members
Of the legislature to either do away entirely
with the department, or else to cut down
the appropriation FORTS support to so small
figure that ii will virtually amount TO
nothing Some Of the mombers sssail the de-
psrtment on tho ground that tho state does not
need anything of tho kind, ono member who
boasts that he hasn't got much "book
iarnin', . asserting that it is not very popular
with his people. Perhaps it is unpopular
with his people because they arc like he is,
short on "book larnin'." We cannot con-
Glove how an intelligent, even passably we'll
educated msn, can say tha. the state has no
mood for such department Intelligent men
who are Mt all educated, who bsve even
advanced TO tho lieutensnt- governors
standard Of sufficient education, "readin' +,
'ritin' and rithmetic," think sometimes, and
the man who will think about this depart
mont, what ii was intended for and what IL
is capable Of will at once SEQ that there is no
department the state needs more. Let us
reason together briefly on this question.
Texas is now growing rapidly developing
young. state. Villages, towns and young
cities arc sprngIng up here, there and every
where, and oil are growing rapidly. Trade
and commerce is ycSrly increasing. The
Consequence is that insurance companies
from pbrosd are coming 10 our state, estab
fishing agencies all over il and seeking bust b
ness. Insurance companies of our own sre
springing into existence, and seeking bust
mesa in tho same fields with those from other
states and from foreign countries. The people
want these companies here, because
they want Insurance. on their dwell
lings, their household goods, their
gin houses, their merchandise their law
books, their mechanical tools. their perish
able property of every kind and description
They want safe and solvent companies
however, none of your wild cat concerns "a
swallow up their money paid for their
policies, and never pay any losses. How sre
they to know? How are they to DO best
guarded against imposition snd swindlers
Through department of insurance whose
duty it should DO to ascertain to an absolute
certainty the antecedcnts and reliability and
espUnsbilily OF every insurance company
seeking TO do business in the state, and then
requiring under provision of law to that effect,
every such company to deposit given sum
in our own state bonds or in United Stalc5
bonds, in the state treasury, issue TO it Ger.
tllcaio Of good standing end permit il to do
business SO much for tho insurance branch
of the department. VIII anybody say that
something Of this kind is not needed to pro-
toct the interests Of tho people, tho COM
merco OK the statei Now, who will say that
there ought not bc to a bureau of statistios and
history Every year tho crop of Texas in
cotton, corn and tho small era ms; 10
sugar, tobacco, fruits, vegetables, etc, etc.
is increasing, and from year to year prices
vary. Every year the wool AMI stock pro-
ducts increase with varying prices. New
businesses spring up; more railroads ara
built; mineral discoveries are made, and to
some extent developed. There arc u thou
sand things we might go on to onumerste
and descant upon until we filed columns Of
of the paper, statistics concerning which arc
of vital importance 10 she state, and there
should bo somebody to gather thom up, col
late them and disseminate thom for tho ia.
formation and advantage Of the people
The past history of Texas ia
worthy tho orators loliost flights
tho poets sweetest strains, the litcraidurs
grandest lines in 80 far rs its gories AFRO con-
cerned. Tho mon who aided ia making thst
history, who we're participants upon tho
stage of action in tho days Of 30, of A., of 10,
50 and so, of 6l'65@o fast passing away for.
over and it is moOt'for possori!y that their
deeds and achievements, that their hard
ships aud poris, that the successes they
wrought should Two through vii time and be
embalmcd IN tho literature Of the land, DO
embNsonod on the pages of history in man.
ner be0liing tnom, betting their great
state. There should somebody be provided
by The state to gather up all tho lacla con.
cerning those days and placiog them Ia reg.
ular order, and flo them away for the refer
enco and uso of the future historian. Ii 10
not true that any complete or respectable
history OF Texas has ever ycI beeu publishcl
That of loakum answers good purpose AS
fat as II goes, but II roachos but short dis
lance, lttock Hume and Mataaloy bolh
TO write the history of England, and ihcro is
work enough Jeff Cor two moro such rs ,bey,
and hero In Texas there isa nlld Cor tho
genius and the loaping for half dozen
HumcS and Mscsueys, IL tho data bo
accumulated and put ready for their hands,
Ms England did and ia doing for hor historians
It may DO urged that this work can DO douc
in some one Of tho olhor departments of tho
state. Il true, Il might, bu, 80 could the
comptrollor's aud ,ressuros's offices md do.
parlmonls DO one. Tho secretary of state
mightrun his department and tho land Office,
too, and tho llouicnsn,-govcrnor might pre-.
side oyor tho senate and DO sttosnoy conceal.