The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-09-28

Noodle In Dallas know their own Interests
We glll have 900 IN less than ten days. We
have reduced our initiation fee 10 $40 again
In order 10 give all who have The Interest
NJ Dallas at heart n chance 10 become mem
bers OF our Exchange, 10 identity them.
selves with us, and ~ assist and contribute
their share 10 make Dallas not alone great
grain, but also cotton market. The rules
aud regulations governing our Exchange
are now In the hands OF the president, ana
In lew days we shall place them IN the
hands Of all members. The ST. Louis OK
ch .ngo has $500 members, but not one.
| fourth Of them are grain merchants but
everybody sees IL to be their Interest TO be-
| long TO II, and to show YOU how member
ship Is appreciated will simply state that
upon starting the exchange the initiation
fec was about $50, but to-day you cannot
| Join for less than ~, 1000
If our Exchange should succeed, as we
all hope 1t will, you will find your invest,
ment will be very remurerative one, and
YOU will certainly have reason to be proud
of having Joined our association, whose sole
object IL is to bring Dallas to become the
city of Texas.
MANY gentlemen were called on after the
remarks of the pres dent, which were re-
ceived with great applause. Colonel Car
lngton, vice president of the board, was
not talker, but will occupy conspicuous
place among the callers. Mr.. McEnuis
was loudly called for, but his modesty also
prove tied his flow OF oratory from inun-
dating the assemblage.
Colo. ell J. S. Plouts was loudly called Tor
and chcered on bis way to the front. He
c pressed his deep interest in tae
sue, SIS of the enterprise, and referred 20
his efforts TO not only start but advance the
u efulness of the Exchange. He was happy
over the suspicious appearance OF so many
1tton men present to unite in the grand
central idea OF the promotion OF the IN
erests of our growing CITY, and predicted 9
/, most triumphant success. lie assured the
audience that in three or four years. al
fatherst, a magnificent Exchange building
could be erected, an honor alike to the mer
chants of Dallas and the liberal supporters
Il of so laudable an undertaking.
Mr.. w. l.. Griggs handsomely excused
himself from a speech, but gave assurance
OF his continued devotion to our prosperity
and a corfidenJ prophesy of our continued
march to commercial greatness, He told
US that all necessary to make Dallas city
of metropolitan dimensions was the good
ola "lo6g pull, strong pull and all pull
together"
COLONEL JOHN c.MC Gov,
bv repeated calls, was brought TO his feet
he commenced bv saying that owing To
his being engaged IN pursuits not stMctly
commercial he bad hitherto had no ldea
of the MAGNITUDE or even the great object Of
the inauguration. He was amazed to lind
100 members of the Exchange oil working
for a common purpo1e and all SO deeply I'M
pre. I'd with the importance of their enter
prise. His pleasure in the assured success
lof the movement was not diminished bv
the facS that it was in the power OF then
body to get quorum" at any Time Whlcn
| I \ ,,1 10 sion MI
desideratum which all Dallas organized
, effoi had failed to secure at the mos I'M
90, .ant iunctures. In fact he had about
, concluded that "quorums" were not lash
ionable in Dallas. The renal ks of the cool
headed and wise old gentleman-.he
"Nestor of the "Bar''-were listened to with
peculiar interest as he demonstrated how
our abundance of water and timber for
practical purposes with the immediate con-
ncction with the pineries of east Texas tol
lumber purposes, together with the
grand surroundings of our alluvial and in
exhaustible farming lands must, of neces-
, sity, raise Dallas rom the mere hamlet he
had found her much more than quarter
of century past, to the altitude OF nphici
pal and commercial greatness second to nc
city in Texas. Although no Commercial
man, he felt that his own property wouc
{ be enhanced by the present advance move
ment and promised his most ardent encour
agement to q move that argued such Crane
res Ilts Coming ION the oldest settler,
, man of cool and deliberate judgment, one
who had seen Dallas in her swaddlinl
clothes, the remarks OF Colonel Mccoy were
most happily received.
Colonel w. c. Howard was called for
, but declined on the ground that
he was neither born nor cul
tivated orator. He alluded feelingly
however to a lunch that was awaiting ths
attention of the company assembled, and
, suggested q short recess for its demolition.
President Oppenheimer warded OF
the recess temporarily and cheeliully su2
gested that the coloneps desire to see that
lunch demolished proceeded from the cir
cumstance that he was the proprietor OF the
Grand Windsor hotel.
President Oppenheimer then called The
attention of the assemblage to the Gondl
ton of the yellow fever sufferers in Texas
, and 10 little scheme for their deviation
wher he adjourned for lunch.
After the luncheon had been pal .aEen OF
Major Elliott, at the request of the nresl
! dent of the Exchange, Mr.. Oppenhe'me"
rose and made an appeal to ell present to
take chances in a rafIie of two elegant cakes
that had been made and kindly pre-
sented by. Mrs: Jake Menczer, FOL
sufferers In the course of a few moments
S39. 80 was realized. After this a bouquet
was put no and bid off at SO, Mr.. George j
Dexter beng the buyer. He then gener:,
ously put it up second time for sale and
it was bid in for the same price by w. NJ
Waters. Again it was put up and sold foi
the lame price.
Altogether the effort was an undisppteu
success, and as. Dallas. stands almost alone
in Texss in the establishment of its cal
board, we bone and believe she will rece'vs
the full Tuition OF her hopeinl enterprise
The transactions of the call board W u be
seen in the commercial colr mn, Which
were ls-ge for the opening day.