The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-01-05

Ildo OF fho NUHHffi w ~ ''h7 WV ''''''h
more than any other that has given her W
the prom aeA snci, 4 prestige, reinforced Of
course by The uhdouhl,d excellence of The
exhibition iisdG Nltons have been I'm.
pressed with surrl,c At Tie present and
power mud wealth ofthc sunny
South and sectional interchange OF views
and fcclIng In tho United States has TO-
suited that has already begun TO pro-
duce tho liappiest consequences and contin-
ucs TO give promise Of even grcnfor.
Now the question arises, what ncxtY. Who
will now first take advantage OF this lesson
In successful enterprise and Advertising
who will In short profit By this good OK
ample? We suggest these inquiries to the
business men Of Dallas and surrounding
country. No portion of the globe has
within the last twelve or eighteen months
experienced such change, or so attracted
the attention OF enormous masses oil capital
or become so prominent upon the emf
grants or Spectators map, or so rapidly
improved, in word, as has the great South
west, of which Texas is the foremost quar-
ter. But to intelligentmillio in America
and other quarters this part of the world is
as vet even as terra incognita and may
possibly remain so for some years to come.
There is a means though of placing it, by
one well-timed step, in the front ranks oil
nopular and famous and MISUNDERSTOOD
sections. What does it matter for US to say
the money kings are investing in ana
developing with unusual rapidity the
Southwest? To the mass of readers and
capitalists this announcement may
be an item of news, but SYM
pathy and a practical interest are only
aroused by visible, prominent and extern
sively advertised exhibitions Of the many
and real features of the landscape, its eli
mate, its possibilities, its actual condition
1t was in this way that Atlanta directed at
tention to the South and in this manner
alone could It have beon done. The Gate
City has given us our cue and now we want
the Southwest to come to the front and in
yite strangers to an early display OF herself
in q Southwestern Exposition. BY next
fall the various network of railways now
branching ont in every direction through
Texas, Arkansas, New and Old Mexico and
Arizona will be brought to that degree OF
completion by which it will be possible to
empty into the lap of a city Of our size,
prominence and peculiar accessibility ior
the countries named and the Indian Terri
tory, all the riches and products, the Curl
| osifies and manufactures and minerals, the
evidences of its status now in the civilized
world and its hope aud possibilities of the
future 1t is absurd or impracticable to
contend that "a growing and pros
porous city centrally located in
the finest fields Of the continent,
with population larger than half of At
lanta, which has just successfully enter
tanned the world, and with her arteries CT
trade extending in every direction, is il
| idle or visionary to contend, we re-
peat, that such city can manipulate and
carry to brilliant success an exposition Of
this grand Southwest? Indeed, nothing
/ would be more easy or possible of exccu-
ton than such plan. Dallas, pIe-emi-
lnently by her situation and facilities and
population, fills the bill, and no other city
we know of in the country 1iamed does
/ We have clear-headed, energetic, successful
business men, as much so indeed as had
Atlanta, and if they would determine, by
the proper organization and methods, on
the opening of another year TO give to tbe
4 Southwest an exposition creditablc to III
magnitude and variety of resource and oc
cupation, in Dallas next fall, they wole
confer favor and a benefit on their neigh
Il bors and the outside world only if secoAt
| to what has been done here in th'
! past ten years. Subscriptions could be
we doubt not, easily obtained from
5 Missouri to the Gulf, and from
the Mississippi to the Gulf of California
, The railroads SO vitality interested woul'
generously respond, space corld be sold al
? over the Union even, but certainly TO ever.
! county and section in the whole area OF TIL
(, TERRITORY TO be represented, and from othe
! sources surplus even of funds Tor the eS
: hibit might be obtained. We have nevc
j had such display, and we want to sec 1t !
this city this coming year. lt may be mad
r 10 its incorpcrators and to Dallas as rich
Fl bonanza financially as the lnternationa
D Exposition at Atlanta has proven to IL
/. eading spirits and the citizens of Georgia
G capital. Who will Of our business men tax
: the initiative? Only pluck, ambition, sy'
4 TEN aud intelligence ara needed in the mai
G ter and we have all Of these factors here.
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