The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-08-13

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open markst for the Eastern msr,if,rl
tnrers and ship direct to the,r H. !,
taken Tor granted that by TINS seilipr.
ulfect TO The manufacturers the ew'
penses OF commission men and fs,t.,rs
WIN % avoided, and the highest nossj.
PIE market price for the raw urodnct
GO PAID TO the Gotten growers. IF tbiS
movement should prove at all success-
IuI, anu there Is certainly no Good
reason why 1t should not, it will ia i'm
lho dreCt line Of further movement
"hIoh Wlll not only bring the Eastern
lldhuiacturer as u purchaser TO our
c3lton nelds, but induce the erection
Vi cotton mills in our midst. This
wouio ne tho natural course, as n
would not only largely obyiate the
expenses or middle men, but reduoa
tee cost OF transportation very mate-
rally ASH now is, our cotton grow.
ers are virtually taxed TO nav tba
transportation OF the raw prod1ct to
the Eastern manufacturer, and also
pay Ior the return OF this same cotton
as manufactured goods to the West.
ern consumers. Unless it can be- shown
thaC mo cost Of transportation il men
trailzed by conditions that dapreNsa
the COST Of Eastern manuraetnrin0
largely below that Of lnanufncllripg
al our own doors, every cOnsideration
Oh economy calls for the manufactures
OF our COTTON products within the cot !
ton belt itaelE-iSan Antonio Times. |
~, COST OF MANUFACTURING
Inns QueatiOn OF the relative cost OF
eastern and Southern manufactures ia
practical one, and must be decided |
upon tEe basis Of actual expert.
ment. 30 far 90 tho results |
can demonstrate the success
Oh Soothern manufacturing entsr- |
pflses IT has already been done. Be |
Iore tho war iron mills and cotton fac |
tories were deemed an impossibility ct |
Iue SOuth. Not so now. Within the |
past ~ Years 233 cotton mills, running |
over l,OOO,OOO Splndies, have been ca |
EaUllsned ia the South, and so success |
iiuily nave they competed with the |
Eastern manufactures that the NUM- |
Der OF cotton factories in the south ia |
largely increased year after wear.
Texas is behind hand in this industry |
for the simple reason that her enerries
ana capital have been directed TO the
opening up and development of her
immense cattle ranges, and all the in
terests that center here as the greatest
live stock State OF the Union. Tho
Of this industry has over
Snadowed our grain and cotton inter
ests, which arc themselves Of sufli
Gent Importance 70 give Texas no
mean place among the great agriCu-
lufal states O! tho nation. Tho time
mas luliy come when our wheat should
DO converted into flour and our wool
ana cotton into manufactured goods
without carrying them beyond tho
porders or the State. Tho raw pro
duct is here the food for oil the opers.
tlVSs that Texas ia likely to have for
inc next century can DO grown IN cur
orchards and grain fields, our
rallroad facilities arc multiplying rap
ldlyi there is abundance of water
power for driving machinery, beds of
excellent coal are being opened IN tho
very heart OF the State, the coat of
living is here reduced TO q minimum
ana ills only question of time when
grlst mills, cotton factories, wooden
mills, tanneries and canning works
Will TO scattered all over tho State.
The early bird catches the worm, and
5be locality that takes tho initiative i'm
mis- work of establishing manufacto-
nos Will reap tho richest harvest from
Is enterprise San Antonio Times.
MORE MONEY NEEDED.
There is, and has been, during ali
.hese hard times, rs much money in
ne country as was ever known in its
history, the money is simply out of
circulation laid away in vaults and
banks. Capitalists and moueyed mon
awe been distrustful and skeptical:
hey have not made investments i'm
no various business enterprises usu-
'lly in operation; tho many laboring
people employed in such works, man
railroads etc, have not
leen employed ons-half of tha time,
-h0 demand for goods of ali
,inds, including food, roiment and
uXuriss, Is measured by the
DIlity OF the people to buy,
nd tho ability TO buy is
nessured by tho mGuey that III
% circulation. Goods Of every descrip.
ION that arc wanted by the masses
nay he temptirgly displayed 10 the
mop windows and m6rkBl nc low
.sur3ai but the poor VINO most moods
me goods have no money 10 buy thom
nd therefore businesses dull.-rrem-
10 Times.