The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-04-23
STATE PRESS REVIEW.

r,s Marshall Herald gives the following
.-,,.nea of reyerses of fortune. 1t affords q
,home for morslizing, but our con.
.Snorarv relrsined from prei,irg by the
'ff ,s,,. ,;cissitudss are often marked Us is
Huo ,ss of MIR. Rainey. who served as
tne governor of South Carolina, and
heusen nar,iv represented that state in con.
suosequVd; i: now working il the city of
gress' a az common lsbOrer on the streets.
ChM,es ' the force of hands with which be
one uSy lived was engaged in extending
was .m mat While busily engaged in hand
pay ~ nick. an incident occurred, which
hng us hsra wildly reminded the statesman of
mus, wonderful changes fortune sometimes
Ine .ss in ones temporal affairs. A garbage
ma s hacked up to where ex.Lieulenant.
G Ss, Rsiney was at work and dumped
I'D of dirt, among the rubbish of which
MA copy of the Congressional Record,
r""ntsiping speech made by him on the
e;,,;i rights bill while member of congress.
p,;nsy is no, ashamed of doing manual Ia.
hnr Although at one time wealthy man.
The Houston Post lays unto its
soul the hattering JUNCTION that
Houston is prospecting and grow
inc spsce because real estate is
lively and instances Dallas as one among
other cities where real estate is dull. We are
Glad that the city beside the silent sea waves
i going head snd booming, but the Post
greatly errs when it says that real estate sales
in Dallas are confined to two or three a
week. We simply refer it to reports made
in our paper from twice to four times a
month, filling up column or more each
time.
During the month of March, there were
nearly one hundred deeds filed for record,
whereby many Thousands of dollars changed
hands in Houston. This shows lively state
of things in our real estate market bu, when
we take into consideration that only two or
three sales per week are reported in Calves.
ton and Dallas, and scarcely that many in
San Antonio, or even New Orleans, we feel
justified in saying that Houston is the most
prosperous city in the south to-day. True,
we have not the advantages yet of metrop-
OILS, wv Jul JouuClp hnu COttUu IlltV uNVe
had all they could do this year. But we are
the center of nine railroads, employing about
four thousand men in and about the city,
and who live and spend their earnings here.
Houston is the great lumber mart of Texas.
The principal dealers either live here or have
their offices in this city, where they and their
employees purchase all their supplies for
their mills in the country. We have several
foundrias and manufactures, all employing a
large Number of men.
The Jefferson Democrat 10 commenting on
some animadversions Of the New York Sun
on those it was pleased to term more Ma
homes in the SOUTH" says:
This is all correct; but while this is unde.
niably true that there are class of
southerns that "fully equal the New Eng
lsnders in avarice and mesnness,' and we
think far surpasses them in degradation, the
last fifteen years has shown, to the credit of
the south, that they are comparatively few.
The hueksters-the sneak poitlcians-will
never control this section. Even when such
men as LoDgstreet went off on bargain and
corruption, they found no one to 60 with
them. They sit to-day in dishonored places,
and walk the streets recognizing that they
are no longer respected.
Such sentiments as those expressed by the
Democrat do not accord with public opinion
in Texas nor in the SOUTH in our opinion.
just such utterances give the republicans IL
cense to charge all manner of prejudices and
Injustice upon the southern people, but such
uttersnces are not expressive of their views
and feelings. Every man in the south is
accorded his right of political opinion and
no one is ostracised therefor.
The following from the San Antonio Ex-
press, commenting favorsbly upon recen
message of Mayor French of that city, NIGH
be read with some profit by the people and
authorities of Dallas
There never was time in our history wher
there was a like demand for earnest hearty
work and a show Of public spirit on the par
OF our citizens. The city is growing rapidly
each year sees additions to GU, citizens from
other parts of the United States and from
Europe. Capitalists are being attracted tc
our beautiful city, and if u proper regard FOL
the establishment of our city is shown by
those who reside here, more visitors may b.
induced to become citizens. Prominent
among these necessary Improvements the
mayor mentions the laying Of better sidewalks
and the gradual but sure extension of thor.
oughly macadamized streets. The law which
he quotes on this subject giving power tC
enforce these Improvements and hold lieI
on the property of AUDITORS on those street,
gives the city ample power to remove tb,
present cause for complaint about the con
dilion of our thoroughfares.
Tho Waco Examiner discussing the nov
much mooted drummer's tax, says:
Without saying whether the tax itsel
isjust or unjust, the new law is an equsliz,
ton of taxes at any rate. Whatever outcry
may be raised against it, the new law, so fa
as it equalizes taxation, is just. If the mer
chant should be taxed en- his sales at al
then the merchant who sells 100000 shoul
pay ten times as much tax MS the one VIII
sells $4,000 worth; and If drummers rep
resent sales, the firm which employs 10
drummers should pay for ten, tho one EN-
ploying five pay for five, and the firm employ
Ing ono pay for one--whereas, under tb
old law, the bigger business done the less ia
was paid. The old law was hard on non
bul the small dealers, and that iniQuity wS
subversive Of all the principles of taxation
Boycott at Richmond.
Richmond, April 2l.-Csplain C.Cunning
ham Boycott, in company with Mr.. Mui