The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-12-22

duqhg iheslillDg N llie present Legislature
such q thing M railroad eOfnpofltlon WIS
/ very milcli " stranger IN the State VI
Texas. The railroads aud the people were
very much Interested IN the PROPOSED leels.
latlon thcn pendlng before that body. Tho
legislation failed and II Ia Of the result that
would speak. The result "
. very short time system Of railroad build
Ing hitherto unknown IN any State. Rail.
roads are running and being projected to
almost every place OF Importance IN tho
state, and not only one. line, but competing
lines, and In consequence thereof our State
Is experiencing u prosperity to which she
has been perfect stranger. Immigration Is
with great rapldlty, and Texas, known
only to. the outside as q place
Of refuge for criminals, is now hcralded as
the Eldorado of the Southwest. Our farm
ers. our merchants have been enabled to
bridge over short crop by the prosperous
times caused thereby,
And the end is not yet; Texas Is only
the future il this era of railroad bilding con-
tinues.
Situated as we are, next to Next
90, that only awaits development
to pour into our Golfers untold
wealth and take in exchange therefor
the products of our SOIL Situated on the
most direct line from the Pacific coast to
from dividing, at some point on our coast,
the trade that has heretofore been con-
trolled wholly by New York?
In the southwestern portion OF our State
we have the finest lumber forests in the
world. Heretofore they have been utterly
useless and worthless. At the present
rate of railroad building but little time
will elnpsa hafnra tbav ora opapad to
the world. They will bring wealth and
thrift to that hitherto lifeess portion of our
state. And instead of the constant drain
that has been taken from us to other quar-
tiers for such material there will be cores
ponding influx of wealth. In the north
west, west and southwest are Immense
coal and copper fields to say nothing of
silver In short time unless unfriendly
legislation intervenes, these will all be
has heretofore l gone % aSroaya viii wiI
be expended i'm our midst for these articles.
Its cheapfess will enable lnanuiacto-
ries to be established in our midst to work
grow rich Off of the products then to be
conveyed and instead of as now the mate
rial shipped into oul State. Let the empty
ears be coming instead Of as now going.
Win our, Legislature. at its special
session, by, ,unfriendly and I'M
wise railroad leglslatlon cut OH this |
era OF prosperity before we have had time
to reap any benefit from it, lock up our
immense lumber forests OF the southeast,
our coalfields, and pay tribute to the out
side world for these necessaries; rob us of |
the luxury of having manufactures; stop
railroad building, and enable some syndi-
cate to own and operate what few roads we
have, thus enabling them to Cypress |
our. people? Or will they allow the |
good work to go on? Utilize our
forests our coal fields and the vast resources
OF our State, and instead of paying tribute
accept it from the outside world? Estab-
lish manufactures in our midst to work up |
the raw material produced here, and in
very short time make Texas, instead Of
New York, the great emporium, the llfe-
giving artery, OF our country. Our vast
wealth will cause taxes to be nominal.
The future will ,cll II.