The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-05-28
THE LETTER

HE Lst TER
The emulation between Dallas and
Fort Worth mas been advantageous 10
both aud the greatest prosperity will
follow that town which continues to eN-
ert the utmost activity, all other thing
boing equal. Eul few merchants o.!
each place have been heavily taxed Tor
the heneG OF the entire community,
sometimes with proG,, but not always.
Where enterprise is controlled by eau
tiOu aud directed by judgment, 10 inya-
riaoly triumphs; yuC rivalry may be-
come merely captiuus and Jealous, and
tbs winner may lind he h IS paid 20
dearly iOt his whistle.
There l. an impending movement by
the merchants VI both cit es, before the
communication of which, l bid you halt.
| am not influential enough to be con-
suited IN advance, but l shall no doubt
be called upon 70 contribute my mite, ii
| the others do, and | take this method OF
volunteering NY views IN advance,
After The recent election ia Dallas,
lt is most currently stated and geDer-
ally believed here, Mr.. II. l.. Marsalis,
OF MaTsalis d Co., tho wholesale gro
GERS, sbTewdly took advantage of an I'M
| frienGliuess towards the HERALD
on the part of some Of the people, 10
| avenge on that paper tho defeat Of
his father n law, DR.. Crowdus, who had
run for mayor and was beaten, partly,
perhaps, by the HERALD'S failure TO
su port his candidacy.
Steps were taken to form company,
but the scheme was abandoned because
it became evident that while, with some
such men as Col Hughes, r. V. Tomp-
kins aud Alfred DAVIS, it was "anYthing
TO benefit Dallas" and with others IL
was "anything to down the HERALD"
Mr.. Lowe, oI one Galveston News, mas
long had The idea OF establishing
branch OF the News in north Texas. and
no seized the suggestion Of the projected
company. Its capital had been put
by newspaper rumor at $4,000, and That
is the figure, therefore, Mr.. Lowe thinks
they can stand.
Col Belo has always been unwilling
TO 20 into so hazardous an undertaking,
but when Mr.. Lowe assured him of The
unexpected generosity OF the Dallas peo-
pie, he naturally consented with readi-
ness to accept their muniicence.
A meeting was held last week at the
Grand Windsor hotel, at which Col.
Belo and Mr.. Lowe were received by
Messrs. Hughes, Trezevant, Davis and
Tompkins. Some others were invited,
but, like Mr.. Sawnie Robert
son, declined, protesting most
strsnuousIy against the unwisdOm-
nav the grave folly-of SO maniiestly
surrounding their autonomy as an in
dependent news center.
While the deliberations We're going
on, Messrs. Walter Huffman, Joseph FL.
Brown, Theodore Bogel and Capt. Mar
tin entered the hotel, inspired with the
philosophical notion that anything
that Dallas wanted was good enough
for Fort Worth TO try and get.
From that moment the Galveston
News and its astutely commercial pro-
prietors have pitted the rivalries of the
two towns, IN order to increase the
amount of stock to be subscribed.
The. result makes no difference
the amount Of subsidy it
receives. Each town gives about the
same local support; each has about the
same facilities for distributions; each
place would equally well serve the pur
pose of the News.
What does the town gain?
1t gains an advertlsement,b at what
a cost! Each could get as good q news
paper as the News could give 1t for an
additional expenditure OF, at the out
side, $4,000.
Then what does it get for the other
10000?
If the News goes to Dallas it means
fight to the death between the HERALD
and its antagonist, and the sacrifice OF
thousands of dollars invested. 1t
means, also, a rupture and an an
tagonism in business relations
between the merchants of the
city where the fight will
be waged, to the commercial detriment
of the city thus torn by these dissen-
tions.
Dallas cannot now, nor will it be able
Tor years 10 come, 70 suppCrs Two morn
iug papers.
ii the News goes TO Fort Worth 1t
means the same fate for tae Gazette,
upon which $4,000 have been expended
and through whose veins courses the
blood Of Fort Worth as a successful
city.
Ii the News buys tho Gazette and
takes away its name, it destroys the In
diyidpalty Of the paper of the town OF