Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-04
LEIGH.
The Need Of Manufacturing Industries
IN the State OF Texas.
Review Of the Civil Rights Decision
Its Probable Outcome.
Miscellaneous Small Talk OF the Week
In Chicago.
to tho Gazette,

Texas Is in need OF manufacturing in
terests Is TO shy something which goes
without saying. 1t Is the one thing OF
things needed 90 make Texas occupy
the leading position she ought TO hold.
So far as the production of cotton.
wool md cattle Is concerned the state
occupies proud position, and ~ now
more than ever inclined to perfect
methods for the solid furtherancc of
those interests. Blooded stock, rail.
roads, more systematic and thorough
methods of all kinds, are doing about
all that Gun he done for the state at
present, and are continually develop
ing changes that cannot be appreciated
by persons who have not visited the
state iu late years. Financially, the
state occupies an epviable position,
and socially and educationally abe
certainly has nothing to COM
plain of because there Is no
place where there are more abundant
evidences that "tio world moves
than In Texas. The products of the
state are vast indeed, but they are not
aa various IA they should be, Cotton
may yet be king, and the COW is justly
crowned queen, but in the matter OF
material production, II IL prc-eminent-
~ important that corn and other Kinds
of grain be the power behind the
throne, and now, above all things, to
follow out the monarchical figure, let
manufactures be the premitr. Give
us cotton factories and weolcr mills,
and dressed meat refrigerating estab-
| lishments, and all else desirable Will
be added rapidly enough.
The hum of the wheels OF mnnunc-
ture need not be within earshot of the
scotsman planting his cotton on the
shepherd tending his locks, but
should not the buzz OF spindits and
noise OF looms be heard ut least within
the horders of q state which produces
rs much cotton and wool rs Texas?
Ought not the profits of the numerous
mlddlemen be saved othe sIatcWhch
affords the production
Texas Is taking wise step IN the
erection of beef aud mutton refrigora-
ting establishments, and has been re-
markaijly quick ia catch the ldca.
Now If as much enterprise is shown
| in other directions OF utilizing the pro-
! ducts of the atnte, II will not be long
! ere the Lone Star takes first rank In
| every respect of the southerly and OF
many of the northerly states.
Give country Il large Interest IN
manufactures, coupled with extensive
production, and IL has II foundation
more solid than can be had any other
way.
CIVIL RIGHTS.
Now that that eminently Just civil
rights decision has taken effect, there
IA danger that its true spirit viii be
overstepped and abuse ON one hand
and be misinterpretcd on the other as
race discrimination and cruel nome
thrust at the oolored people.
There are great many IN all parts
of The country whose spiteful anti
pathy toward The negro has been re-
| strained by law from being publicly
and openly manifested, who will now
avail themselves of the terms of this
decision by losing no occasion TO east
insult upon the black man. Such weak
animalistic animoslty Is to he pllicd,
but should be condemned, for IL is too
common, being met With almost every
day.
Those of the negro who are least in
! tellipent may regard the decision In
the light of a cruel thrust at their race,
! and feel inclined TO resent II, but the
| intelligent ones will not soregnrd II.
The idea that equal rights OF citizen
! shin has anything 10 do with social
standing Is prepostcrous. This Is II
free country, in which man from any
quarter of the globe can, through due
! process of naturalization, become a
| citizen so far as legal citizenship Is COM
cerned, but IL would seem needless to
| say that the rights of citizenship do not
magically transform the subject into
an Intelligent, clearly intellectual be-
ing.
No, no; the law cannot more than
give man or u race of men the free,
omen course leading TO the highest So
| cial DEVELOPMENT. The treasure they
must win by their own efforts.
Perhaps II Is as well that the law
was not sooner declared unconstltu-
tional but however, II Is as II Is.
How absurd II seems chat negro
| should have had by law more privl-
leges, In many cases, than were allow
ed white men In the same social stand
ing.
| Whatever the ultimate result of the
decision, IL will he more than likely
1 TO bring To the surface II great many
unpleasaptrles. But let no one be un-
charitable or unconsiderate of human
beings, be the color of the skin what II
may.
MISCELLANEOUS SMALL TALK.
One Of the ST. Louis papers has dis.
covered that the religious teachings OF
| DIR. Herrlck johnson of this city are
not strictly according to the rules OF
| the Presbyterian Church OF which he
| Is leading minister The minute n
man begins TO think or at least give
expression to his thoughts and stops
thinking aud acting by rule, there IL
always somebody to catch him up on a
/ charge of heresy. Everything must
be by rule and form, regardless OF In
dependent thought or action. IL re-
minds one of the Frenchman who
| could not save a lady from drowning
because he had never had a formal in
PRODUCTION. But the world really
moves, and the Church IL moving. or
rather being carried with ~. The We
hemeDt, blood-Curdling sermons Of
twenty years ago are like the horns oi
Texas steers Of those days getting
shorter and going out Of date alto
getler, and the people are now being
Taught how 10 build al character, ana
/ how TO make the nobicst work Of God,
an honest man.
Some OF the old members OF the
Chicago board of trade who, IL u nj
legged, can not get regular insurance
companies 10 issue policies " fhciii.
I are noH trying 10 get up kfDd 81
mutual bsneiit, doui,ic. back-aciion jnr
slIrance company among the issoinbefa.
The scheme IL 10 have every member
assessed certain amount al the death
Of one, but the plan does not meet WITH