The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-05-26

his privileges and denial of of his "a 2acily
to make an intelligent choice. The RESULT is
that our courts, our laws, our whole system
of jurisprudence has utterly failed 10 keep
pace with the advances made in every other
direction. These observations, it should be
stated, apply only to state courts, Texas
chief among the number of the states fur.
nshing the examples.
The Pamela Waterman asks the question
"Does cotIon-growihg pay?' and then pro-
ceeds to answer in tie negative that it does
not as now managed, and proposes remedy
for the evil. 1t says:
Cotton chopping is Row the order of the
day, and as farmers chop and swea. and sweat
and chop, they do not much relish the idea
of not getting more than seven or eight cents
for xt winter. AS long as farmers raise
five hundred thousand bales of cotton over
and above the demand, they will have to
continue TO suffer other people 10 tx the
price of cotton, or in other words,
Tx the price of their labor. If
they would set the price on cotton
themselves, let them grow little less thaa
there is demand for, and to do this success,
fully a "cotton congress" shouldbe organized
ia the cotton bslt, and an agreement entered
into allowing only so many acres 10 be
planted to the hand, or plant for only 30
many bales 10 the hand, according to the
productiveness of the land, regardless of the
number of acres planted. By adopting a
plss like this, the production" would be
kept down TO the demand" and good
price would always be obtained, and in this
way, and 10 this way alone, can cotton
growing be made to pay the cost of growing
| !. a. A. ko
Not long ago Whitelsw Rid, editor OF The
New York Tribune, delivered an address a
Xenis, Ohio, on education, in which be ed
yissd parents and teachers TO pay more siten
ton to the basis of eiucstion than the super
structure. 10 other words, be advanced
about the same doctrine as Lieutenant Gov
erncr Storey did in bis inaugural adress-th'
'.readin', 'ritin' AMI 'rithmetic" policy, The
Jefferson Democrat, commenting upon Mr.
Rsid's theory, ssys:
This Is sensible sdvice, that ought 10 b,
engrAven on every seboolhouse and dwelling
Of The land. The tendency of modern educa.
ton Is 10 enlarge the superstructufe anC
neglect the basis. As 8 cotsmpOrsry remsrks
The result is the education acquired by The
average pupil is inf.rior 10 that which biz
fsiher and graodfs Der obtsibtd by the old
fashioned method. Every printer sud editor
business man and accountant can bear test
rDony ~ thu. There is scarcely commune
cation sent by visit are called educated men
70 q printing oflle bat must be corrected
snd The grscusies Of cur best schools are
inside 70 feel their deficiency when they enlsI
business tircles-
The Corsicsns Independent gives the fol-
loving wool sbesrinz data, which shows vel
for Navarro county and for The wool produc'
ing capabilities Of the entire state:
One Of our Chstssld subscribers inform
us that Mr.. Hester's fOck Of tborouehbrst
msriDo sbsep sbesrsd much hssvisr THIS yea
ihsn lsst Suck ing ewes ranged 10 fees
from 8 70 n pOurds. One buck elippsl
PCT and smother "a pounds, while Two sItr.
sc sVss, one Of stick vss suekling. Esv'
ID fsscss fnss pulled The scslss % As.
/ .ounds esch. This rsnsfksbis result ~
uiiDeszsd by over 3ozen cifizs1s 81 ID
euruurity. AL II whom viil testify b 81
shove figures A hundred bssd Of them -
poun3srs. Il al We should vsut and viii
fss ysars clippings. n cur bsrk scco1ni v