The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-10
Deep Water ut Galveston.

Deep Water ut Galveston.
DALLAS, Jan. O. Editor HERALD
AS patron of the HERALD and CO.
worker with it in all that l believe will
tend to build up Dallas especially and
the state generally, but reserving the
right to differ with it whenever | bs.
lieve it to be advocating measure det-
rimental to these ends, or opposing one
which, ii adopted, Will secure the de-
sired results,I desire to present through
It's columns some of the reasons why I
think securing deep water on the coast
OF Texas Will he OF inestimable va ne TO
the state in general and Dallas in par
ocular, aud why Galveston is 5he most
aVallaD.e point To procure the deep
water, ana Eads' proposition should be
pohents OF the measure that Dallas will
receive no direct benefits from il
II accomplished, and that by aiding Gal
weston IN securing deep water Dallas
VIII be aiding I'm building up and giving
prestlSe 10 rival, aud, therefore. II
should not be done. Now let us exam
Inc the facts and see if this be true. IT,
Is an incontrovertable fact that The
prosperity OF CITY depends upon the
prosperity Of the sources from which IL
draws lts trade. Dallas, as yet, not be-
ing extensively engaged in manufactur.
ing, derives It's trade from the larpe sp
ricultural and grazing district that +
tributatary to it and any measure which.
II adopted, Will increase the population
OF that territory and lie al to the produc-
ton and marketing of five bales of GOT
ton to wnere there Is now hut ono
and ten bushels of wheat
oats and corn to where
there is now but one, and that will re-
quire the purchase and CONSUMPTION of
tve to ten times the quantity of goods
that are now consumed; and that will
give increased profits To the producers
OF these commodities, and give wider
market in which to sell them, must he
great advantage, both to the city and
country tributary to it. When farmer
owns his land, as nearly all of ours do.
the two items that enter into the cost of
an agricultural product in the market
are labor and transportation; and what
ever will cheaper labor, and render II
reliable, and that will diminish the cost
OF transportation of the commodity
from where 1t is produced to where l.
is consumed, will enable farmer to
produce large crop on
given number of acres
from his product, and enable him 10 buv
and pay for an increased quantity Of
comforts and live to that extent better
than he had before. II is one of the
established customs of Transportation
that the shortest line of railroad from a
given point to tide water, establishes tho
rate of freight that shall be charged Inv
all competing lines. At Dallas The Hons
ton " Texas Central railroad being the
shortest, fixes the rate, and
all railroads with northern cor
nections have to meet its rate. At
present the average lighterages on bale
OF cotton or wool at Galveston are not
less than fifty cents per bale, and fro
quently the prevailing winds prevent
the loading and unloading of goods.
This delay In shipment adds 10 the cost
OF insurance and increases the interest
on the money that may be invested
i'll them. With deep water The
vessel could come up 10 the wharf and
load and unload without these charges.
and therefore could deliver its goods
more promptly and could make It's
freight rate as much less as the light
erage amounts to and still make As
much money; hence the rate on cotton
and other goods in proportion To and
from Dallas to New York or Liverpnol
would be from fifty cents to seventy five
cents per bale less than it now is by
these routes, and the roads with north
ern connection would have 10 give the
same rate or carry no freight. The cot
ton buyer, getting better freight rate,
could give more for cotton. The mer-
chant, paying less Tor freight, could
sell his goods cheaper and make the
same profit The farmer, getting more
Tor what he raises and buying his goods
cheaper, would be more able to pay
his debts and could live better and the
farmer being able to pay the merchant.
there would be fewer failures and more
general prosperity. Texas would save
on its average annual cotton crop of
1,2O0000 bales S6O0,O00, and when the
average crop reaches 2,00O,OO0 as IL Will
in ten years, the saving would be 81, OOO.-
600 annually on the item of cotton and
on other productions in proportion. The
obtaining of deep water at Galveston
Will cause IL 10 he made the southern
terminus of the Gould and Huntington
systems of railroads, and with them will
come the wheat and fruits of California,
the corn and wheat of Kansas and the
great bulk of tho foreign commerce of
all that portion OF tho
United States lying west
OF the 0jth meridian. t. receive and
distribute this freight and to bring artl-
cles to exchange Tor 1t, will be estab-
lished steamship lines between Calves.
ION and all Of the principal ports Of
Europe and Great Britain, and with the
establishment of these lines of steam
ers, will begin such an influx of emil
grafton ~ has never been seen before
IN this state. These emigrants will
furnish cheap and reliable labor to the
larm, factory, and mine; lands will adj
vance rapidly In vatue, cities grow
rapidly, and our portion of the sta Q
being the most desirable agricultural
district, will be the first to attract their
attention and receive the largest in
crease, and Dallas will have ten men 10
sell goods TO where there Is now
put one; ten men to read, buy
and advertise In the HERALD to where
now there Is one. Galveston has not
and can never have tho rich, healthful