The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-05-19

YdhstlOns which should receive inalhnt attoh
ion pushed into ,he background, tho naliona
ionor and credit Of The states impefiled AM
bio principles on which tho republic wa
,ult up tfampled under foot In consoles
qusbblo Of patronage and power. And lbos!
Dgs aro fast attracting tho attention a
,d citizens Of all parties. Possibly wb/n
present contemplate contest ends me
ty of observation will become The FHrty
c,ion and be able 10 do what II now sees
t needs doing.
he Louisville Courier-Jourhal wholly OPP
Is protection and never LET'S an emporium
pess to show up the iniqui;es of our
ously high tariff rates. OF the south and
ection, it says:
DO protectionists, feeling popular support
bing away from them, even IN the east,
to the south with the vain expectation
IL NAV for while be 0eluded with the
THAT protective tariff builds up the
be and manufacturing interests. 1t is
Nv the intention of the southern people
gersify their industries as much as posi-
A new spirit of enterprise pervades that
., and capital is rapidly turning to
and mills. If it was evident that tho
fity of southern miners and msnufac-
O(epended on tho tariff, that without n
s,h virtually shuts out foreign compe-
hnufacturers would suffer, then the
would be dreary enough. Manutac-
I'LL prosper in the south il they pros
i'll, because here they can make goods
brices, because everything that enters
ipduction is cheaper than in the east.
Gpetitors are those of New England,
ahst this competition the tariff furn-
protection whatever. Hence if our
prosperous, it must be because they
lltt,cles cheaper than can the mills OF
hnd. And this is the actual condi-
aHairs. New England possesses the
htages which capital and experience
her: but these are overcome by the
ntages of climate, nearness TO the raw
ucts, cheap land, cheap coal and the cons
of the atmosphere. The south does
lsk for protection against New England,
she does not need it.
he tariff instead of ben citing, retards the
WITH of mills in the south, and in Two
8. First, it adds greatly to the cost OF
thinery, and, second, it limits the extent
our markets and shuts US Oft from our
rest customers: What the south needs
is cheap machinery, and next more
btomers.
rhe New York Herald gives some reports
European crop prospects with comments
reon in the following:
The official British weather reports give no
encouraging indics,ions of the agricul-
yield in the Unitsd Kingdom for the
ling season. Backward as tho spring was
his country, it was no less 80 on the other
the Atlantic. "The cold in Great
b." says the London Meteorological
i, ''has been coIliiorably greater in ell
lets than it wss last year." the season
milling that of 1879. "a more trying
for agriculturists than we experienced
the early part of January to the cary
of March" the Office adds, "it would
hcult to imagine" A Dundee report
e as April 20 says: ''More serious
or nan has prevailed for the past six
lbs is now remembered in the present
tation." Tho persistency Of severe
her was also continued up 10 the last
in April, the London Times reporting
21st that Temperature was low every.
and the weather very cold for the time
MI hiiu u iioSDitS epcii Woo wv hNAN
eported from the continent. 1t thus
probable that the season and conse-
ly the agricultural operations depend
ipon it we're at the 1st of Mpy less
ising in Europe than here. But, despite
Eawbacks which agriculture hiss suffered
this spring on both sides of the Atlantic,
reason for Encouragement. No pie
nal adverse feature of the current season
en- developed, and the general outlook
,rable for good crops. The wheat crop
Icts in England and en- the continent
pomparably better than they were al
me in 1879, and, though not so bright
might be desired, they were at latest
BITS improving. With fair crops on the
side q slight deficiency on this eide the
ic will afford no Just pre.ext for raising
ices Of food next fall.