The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-08-23
THE BUSINESS WORLD
COMMERCIAL

DALLAS, Aug. 22.-Some enthusiastic in
tliyidual has made the assertion that Il
Texas were surrounded by Chinese wal
the grand limits thus circn 7"rihed could
be IN sde to furnish IL '9.f'
all the necessities AH
Lhe luXurit that aT, Don DfOur.
far across the sea" in mysterlouo a4L
.highly-colored wrappings and encasings.
This assertion is q close shot at the truth,
but not quite a BULLS eye. II the dwellers
in this land of plenty were thus clrcnm-
yallated for the period in which old Kip Van
Wrinkle slept, II is by no means loreGone
conclusion that they would relapse into
standardization. If, in addition to this mu-
raj obstruction, q Gordon of incorruptiole
guards were placed upon the parapets with
strict orders to snoot any person de-
tected in the act OF trying to smuggle pro-
ducts of the soil or manufactured articles
that could be supplied within ourbounds, a
wonderful impetus would be given to our in
dustries and a bewildering diversity OF crops
would be noted. Then it would be observed
that cottons spun by Texas spindles and
woven in Texas looms last as long and are
as pleasing TO the eye as the products OF
Manchester or Lowell; that piow welded
rom Texas ore would cut as neat a furrow
az its eastern fellow; that broom wrapped
by Texas fingers was AS great terror TO
dust as the bosom of tie tar-away states;
that the Texan hog can furnish as whole
some and nutritious meat as the limos
porker; that Texas flour responds as
If the house wife as the
famed and patented grists OF Minnesota !;
that there is golden cream III the MIX OF
the Texas COW and not hint OF oieomar-
garIne in her butter; in short, that the
crops that ripen under our eyes ana the
things fashioned by our worAmeh are 10
every practical intent and purpose, as
wholesome and satisfactory as nature and
science could demand. And when the wall
was taken away, foreign manufacturing
centers would find that Texas had
become--a grand Newcastle, and would
carry .neir Goals 10 other less favored
sections, or send freightage that could be
readily exchanged for some desired COM
modify. In all seriousness, the great draw
hack to our infant manufactures is this
nothipg-g ood-can come-out-of- Nazareth
preiudice that beclouds the vision OF many
of our otherwise tar-seeing merchants, and
yitietes the tastes OF the people. IL Is relic
of the good old ante-bellum days, ana
should be consigned to the common tomb
of the dead and gone issues of that period.
We do not mean that this spirit
of discrimination is openly avowed or that
our people are fully aware OF the hold That
IL has upon them-it is intuitive, an aroma
from the cradle that has not peen aiscaiaea
with the swaddling clothes, but is happily
growing fainter. And when Texans buy
Texas products when they compete fairly
with those OF other states, and when the
,spoutherner is willing to weigh the merits
Of an article fashioned within block OF his
place OF business, we VIII DecoIe as
ashamed Of this prejudice as we are OF 9th
ers now outgrown, and the rivers OF Texas
and the whole south will be lined with lac
tories. her cities will resound with she
whirr and throb of machinery, and our
dream of empire will become reality.