The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-04-27
STATE PRESS REVIEW i.

The Louisville Headlight discussing
the drummer tax law now in force animsd-
verts upon It and occupation taxesin general
in the following language:
The special hsrdships of the present tax,
however, do not comprise its most obnoxious
features. 1t is generally and above all OBJ
noxious as a denial of natural right and a
fundamental invasion of personal and indus
trial liberty. This Is supposed to be, and is
boastingly proclaimed, q free country. And
Internationally it Is a very free country for
machine politicians, political bosses and
irresponsible legislatures, ssd crossroad
demsgogues who inspire executive states
manship and legislative wisdom. But here
is q law and it is u sample Of an endless
procession of possible laws Of the same
geneslogy-which makes 1t q penal offense
for citizen to pursue Nh honest business for
an honest livelihood without first paying a
personal tax, placed at an arbitrary figure.
The Waco Examiner grows senteHtious
and evolves the following, which contains
lesson, is rich with q sermon:
The times are improving Not long ago
General Scott went down to Mexico with a
sword; now General Grant has gone down
with an olive branch in his hand and a rail-
road In his coat tail pocket.
The Waco Telephone says:
A leading magazine of the north has made
Mrs. Mollie II. Moore Davis very flatterlng
offer to write for them u southern character
and dialect story. and 1t Is probable the
gifted poetess will accept the offer.
No more elegant lady, no sweeter poetess,
or DETER wielder of tho pen lives or ever
grAced the literature of our southern lands
with the creations of her genius than Mrs.
Molie Il. Moore Davis, the brilliant daughter
of Texas.
The Houston Post, discussing quarantine
and Governor Roberts views thereon, says,
and truly and wisely too:
Health Is before every merely physical
good, and no commercial advantage should
weigh one moment against the sanitary we'll
being of the community. Indeed, were it
discovered during a time of epidemic that
the quarantine regulations were incompetent
to shut out the intrusion of the disease, it
would DO come the duty of the authorities to
stop in toto the running of the trains and the
maintenance of the lines with suspected
ports. These ideas receive peculiar emphasis
from the threatening character of the present
season. The year has been one Of extreme
disturbance, and the meteorological facts
that have marked tho former portion 20
far to warrant us in believing that these
mslgn aspects will continue in greater or
less degree throughout. No material success
can possibly compensate for the fearful
disaster that would DO caused by an invasion
of the yellow fever. No gliding of the
coffin can predispose one to lilo in IL. BY
every means possible, lawful and even not
contemplated by law, should the people
seek to carry out the first principle of nature
and take firm measures for their self
preservation.
The Franklin Herald may DO "a little of"
in some of the details in the following ex.
cerpt from its columns, but in the main idea,
In the principle that the government should
be freed from the power of corporations and
monopolies is correct, ard the sooner this Is
effected the better for the country, for if it is
not done, a fearful day of reckoning may be-
look forward to:
Now 1t appears that had the monetary 70.
forms proposed by tho last congress passed,
that there would have been at least one hun
dred and fifty banks to surrender their circula.
ton, amounting to something like twenty
millions of dollars, which the press generally
says ould have thrown financial pane
over the country. No doubt 1t was view of
this probable disaster that prevented tho
passage Of the measure. so you see
the b)astoi sovereignty OF our gov
eminent is under bondage. rne national
banks hold us, as II were, in tho palm of the
hand. Any measures Of relief TO the people,
which may be introduced, that work to the
interest Of our moneyed aristocracy, must DO
abandoned, in Difference to our moneyed
gentry. lsnot this lamentable situation:
for fifty millions of people to bo at tho mercy
Of and subject TO the capricious whims and
mercenary cupidity ola few hundred indi-
vidusls. Still, wa are told ''lhat the abolition
Of the national banks would boa dangerous
undertaking" Space in the Herald will not
allow us to 90 further on thi, subject, We
think and feel volumes. You may call us a
greenbscker, a repudistionist communist
you may call us anything but Malone, but
We pronounce ourselves In favor of libersting
the government from contact and the inhu-
enceof tho "kid-gloved gentry"
The Austin Statesman, no,ing the fac,
thata company in South Carolina Ia about
to dam tho Charlottesville river 10 Got power
for cotton mill, says:
Texas raises four or FIVE timos as much
cotton as South Carolin, but the plan adopted
by our people makes their production no
moro valuable than the smaller crop Of South
Carolina. Were we TO retain the profit upon
the manufacture Of our grea, staple, inste ad
Of allo wing II 10 DO appropriated By New
and Old EOgland, Texans would grow rich
twice as fast rs thay do. II NAV be said
there Is not tho money here 10 do these
things. This is not true.
Dallas need no, dam the Trinity river, bu,
ia hydraulic canal was dug, say I've mile
long, commencing that distance up tho river
at q cost not exceeding 100000, Il woult
afford water power for af.y manufactures o
various kinds, and Dallas would become III,
great manufacturing point Of North Texas
II not Of the whole state.
Tho following from the Ban Antonio Es-
press 10 rather severe on senators and con
gressmen, and politicians In general, but "
are no. prepsrsd 70 rush into print 10 gain
say Z:
When Il 10 remembered that tho natious
capitol 10 a battle ground for politician