Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-05-02

not n newspaper In the state Tree OF
that spirit which the News denounces
a. 1.-THE greatest bane" and ~ 'obstruc-
tive and deleterious.r And when the
News complains Of locsllsm In Texas
journalism II simply complains Of the
locallsm In the people by whom the
newspapers are inspired, and Of that
local pride and local enterprise which
have built up tho whole In building
up the parts, and Of the conditions
which now govern the trade and
growth Of the state. The people them
selves Of each locality inspire the To-
cRllsms In the newspapers. AT the
present moment THE GAZETTE can
recall but one notable instance Of
disagreement between the people and
the newspapers Of any locality rs to
the expedlency Of any public improve
ment. ft would be very strange If the
welfare OF It's business men and Of it's
property owners and Of its people gem
orally did not inspire a newspaper;
and the public journal is but reflex
Of popular opinion In all that con-
Germs the veal Of the people who sup
port II.
The capabilities and possibilities of
Texas mark their impress upon every
section, upon every town, upon every
individual. Texas Ia large state and
there Is largeness In the hopes and
In tho ambitions OF each locality and
each man. our hamlets are towns,
our towns are cities, our cities are,
each, a metropolis; each justice Of the
peace is n judge, each corporal a colo
mel, each crossroads school.house an
Athens, each bayou village port Of
entry, each neighborhood politician
statesman, and each daily paper
metropolitan journal. Texas is a
great state, Is daily growing in great
ness, and must become the empire
state Of the Union. Our people be-
lleve this; they see the millions Of
acres of rich fertile lands now unoccu-
pied, and then look northward and see
the great cities of Kansas City, Chi
cago, ST. Louis, Cincinnati, Indian
apolls aud Louisville, to say
nothing Of numerous smaller
yet important trade centers, all
within a radius of less than that OF its
own immense area. II need not be
hoped that all the cities of Texas will
equal those mentloned-it Is enough
that within the confines OF this great
state there are the resources which
will build up not enc, but many great
cities, to spur every town and every
man to hope and effort. No one city
in Texas can expect TO monopolize the
trade OF the state, or even the trade Of
any one Of Its grand sections The vast
ness OF the state, the diversity oS It's in
terests render such monopoly simply
impossible, however easy of accom-
pllshment 1t may have been when
Texas had less population and but one
outlet TO the markets OF the world.
And the influences that prevent this
monopoly are the localisms born
of the natural situation and find
ing expression In local enterprise
and In local newspapers, and IL
may we'll be doubted whether the
spirit that carps at such localism is the
impulse OF patriotism or the wall OF q
localism more selfish than that IL de,
nounces.
! Is there no beam in the eye OF Gal
weston that its chief newspaper js en-
abled to see SO clearly the notes In tn,
eyes OF papers printed in other Texas
towns? Take the question of deer
water. 1t Is impossible to conceive o
n greater unanimity In favor of eny
public Improvement than was ex
hlblted by the Texas press on tbi
question. The exceptions constitut,
the ofIense of which the News com
plains. But Ia there more localism n
the San Antonio and Ssbine Pas
than In the Galveston newspapers
Texas demands deep water at SOM
point on Its coast, imperativel.
demands IL. But at what poiut7 4
very large msjority Of the people and
perhaps, 05 per cent. OF the newspaper
favored Galveston as the point 10
which the appropriation should b
made. But there were come who
while 40 earnest advocates OF dee
water ms any, oontended that the dinl
oultles and the cost at Galveston
made Sabine Pass, Velasco or Arkansas
better point. II Is generally nd
mitted that deep water at ghlvestol
would oost more than at either of th
other plao.s, and by many II ia urge
, that deep water ut Galveston IL nc
attainable without cost thu
would make IL folly to undertake III
work. The Argument In favor OF Ga