The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-02-12
THE RECEPTION YESTERDAY.

strangers within our gates are due to all,
but when the representative and leading
business men of city of the importance OF
Dallas, leave the cares and duties of their
various businesses to greet with welcome and
tender special Inequalities to visitors from
far away state, it means something more
than grant Of the ordinary amenities OF
life. These gentlemen, who were the guests
ofthe board Of trade yesterday, are all promi-
nent and representative men in business
circles in the state of Maine. They
are gentlemen Of means, with capital
invested in manufactures, lumber mills
and other enterprises and they
have surplus capital for investment in other
business ventures. They are in Texas pros
peeling looking 1T the country with view
to informing themselves as to its climate; its
SOL; its water power facilities; lis timbered
advantages and its resources and induce
ments generally. They can best arrive at
correct conclusions on these points by ming
ling with the people, the intelligent and in
formed classes, and learning from them the
facts they are seeking, and by looking ct the
country. There was no source in Dallas
from which they could CLEAN more solid and
reliable data such MS they desired, than from
the board of trade. But the Significance that
is of real value in the visit of these gentle
men and Of their cordial welcome
and generous entertainment by the bo,rd of
trade, is 10 tho facts that Tex,s is attracting
the attention of substantial citizens abroad,
gentlemen Of means, who are beginning to
learn that we have country down here
worthy Of their consideration, and that of
fers rich field for Investment in enterprises
and industries Of every character, and that
our own people arc awaking to the import
ance ofinviting to our midst Just such class
of our felloW-cilizsns and Of offering them
every facility and inducement to come
among US and be OF us and join with US in
the grand work Uf building up and davelop-
ing Texas, and helping her on to the achieve
ment of that glorious future nature has 80
generously placed within her reach Such
episodes as this one bring the people Of the
sections nearer together. We come
to know more Of our fellow citizens Of the
north, and they got, better acquainted with
us, and the formsities, not to ray the
frigiditiea, that result from lack of q
better knowledge and understanding Of each
other, are removed by the kinulineFses Of in
tercourse, and mutual appreciation follows.
Tezss. to use n homely phrase, has within
her the making OF u mighty empire. She
can become. the most powerful factor in this
union OF slate the keystone in the arch of
oommonwealths that make up tho temp,a Of
the American republic, and all that is
needed is energy and enterprise. Give
Texas the leaven of northern industry, de.
TERMINATION, business vim and progress, and it
will be- but few years until like the gard n
of Helporlea, she will bear golden fruit,
Weuot only want the strong, sturdy sous OF
toll to come to us aud open up our wilder
ness and prairie stretches to agriculture, tina
the earth may be made to give of It's riches
bat We want men of capital TO aid us in es.
tablishing all manner Of industries, That our
products and our natural material at hand
noW going to waste may be multiplied in
values and utilized. Texas has vast acres OIL
coal slumbering in her hills; iron and copper
AMI other metals enough, virgin in hel
bosom, to supply the wants of continent
aud water power now idle without end. Ii
tho magic wand Of capital enterprise anC
energy but touch these, and her hillsi les will
glow with furnaces rolling mills, and foun
dries; her water courses will teen with man.
ufsctores, and the hum and clattGr Of ma
chinery will resouHd throughout hel
length and breadth. a new d y hsl
dswned upon us, and if we are not sluggard'
to let its morning tide slip by us, tn noon
day will give US fruition grauder than the
conceptions of even the most forid imsgins
ton. These gentlemen from Maine Me not
the first ones from the older and richer por.
tons of the country to como down TO Texas
on prospecting tour, and they will not be
the last. The tide is setting our way now
the eyes Of multitude Of psople are turned
toward our state, and moneyed mon by
scores will soon be placing their means il
our midst in ventures that will pay ON ant
that will add TO our commercial importance
and benefit our material interests; aud Will
is is fact that we have cordial welcome
for them, il is well TO manifest that fact
Viewed from political standpoint
these visits and welcomes are good for tn,
whole country, and especially good for Il
south. Our northern brethren by coming il
contact with us soon learn thlt we ore no
the ilre-eating rebels that many Of them thinl
US and we discover that they are not ombueC
with that sectionslism and bitter rreludic
against US, that we have supposed. ~ mulua
understanding comes about that will bea
fruit which will ripen into unity of tn
sections and perfect restoration of goo,
feeling.