The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-04-19

prosperity u the els, ahd prevents Tie 20
Of tnUob that might other.
wise be- done. The llrnALD therefore, not
as an "up town" or n down town paper
buta Dallas paper, enters its protest agalhat |
the further continuance Of such iooish
spirit Of rivalry and antagonlsm. The owl
effects Of such q spirit ought TO suggest
themselves al once 10 the solid, thinking
business men. A town will grow ana
always In the most convenient direction,
whatever the efforts Of any number OF oitl-
zcns may be for or against certain ten
dency in expansion. But that expansion
IN one direction when II is healthy growty
growth and not produced by any special
circumstance will iDjure another secnon ID
contrary to all the history OF the growth OF
progressive towns. Such natural growth
and it is such growth that Dallas enjoys
dliIuses its blessings and favors over the
entire city. 1t enlarges the trade, in
creases the value of real estate and Is
otherwise beneficial to every portion of the
city. To retard the general growth. there
fore, by special attention to, or rivalry be-
tween, any two portions is the height OF
folly, and can only have the effect OF seri-
ously hurting somebody. What we want
is steady, honest, harmonious pull oil
along the line, a marked enterprise and
generosity of encouragement and pecuniary
assistance from all classes in every part OF
Dallas, to any undertaking that will have
the effect of supplying long felt want or
build her up in the requirements and equip
ment of first-class, live and progressive
city. Better, far better in the long run, II
not Immediately, to the citizens of one por-
ton of town to have a great and needed
enterprise located in another portion than
not to obtain it at ALL and to withhold sup
port and encouragement from this fact is
rather poor policy and worse business.
We desire thus to call attention OF the
public to a matter of vital Importance to
them, and we trust that the business men,
the bona fide citizens and capitalists OF the
city, who are in in every way ana at all
times interested in its development, will
give the subject more reflection than they
seem to have bestowed upon it heretofore.
What we want is unanimity in Dallas upon
every public enterprise. First let the mat
ter, the undertaking, become fixed fsct,
an assured success and possession OF Dallas,
and let the location be determined after
ward. This injurious rivalry retards both
the Inauguration and the necessary
preliminary encouragement and success
of the undertaking and is standing directly
in the city's light and development. We
have the nucleus for great and prosper
Gus city; we have started well, and the
present gives great promise of the future.
but to secure what is within our grasp, har-
mony, liberality absence of factional or
sectional strife and jealousy are pre'requl-
SITES, and we trust that henceforth our
prominent and publc-spirited citizens will
drop for time at least their special aims,
and Join heartily at all times in pushing the
town as whole rapidly on to the position
it can so easily attain of being one of tho
most populous, important and prosperous
cities in the south or southwest. What we
need ana must have is unity and energy,
simply.