The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-08-22

II. II. FosrER for, Coke and Mills
against, are making prohibition matters
lively In Falls county.
1HE prosperity Of England has always
been the best argument Of the free
traders. but when, with the hardest kind
OF hard times there and the distrust Of
the manufacturers, added to the farmers
and laborers in the supposed benefits Of
free trade is openly shown, 1t is quite
evident that protection is better for the
people all around.
TIM OHIO Democrats passed resolu-
tions endorsing the administration.
which were received with enthusiasm.
This does not tally with the sentiments
ofthose Ohio Democrats at Cleveland,
last week, who were more than anxious,
and expressed some discomfort, because
there had been no greater activity in
firing ont Republican olllce holders.
TIM Florcsyillc Chronicle says. "When
the Texas Press association meets In
san Antonio next wear, IL will probably
be extended the courtesy Of an eXcur-
sion over the Arkansas Pass road.
The san Antonio Volksfcst committee
is getting along finely raising money to
pay the running expenses. The date OF
che meeting is fixed for October y, %
and ~"
Ttr Itaut has received the report Of
Mr.. John Birkinbine, the expert who
was selected by the renitentiary Board.
showing the result Of his examination oi
the materials and Of the furnace at the
Rusk pcniicntIHry. lie says the furnace
plant IL better equipped than minority
Of the charcoal furnaces In the United
states. and the cost of making pig iron
at Rusk is less than at n majority OF
furnaces Of the country, but the location
/. unfortunate in this that there IL only
one railroad to the point, and shat Is
narrow gauge. In conclusion he he
licyes that the furnace could be made to
pay, II properly managed.
TuE crop reports from the southern
states this year will be 50 far IN excess
Of those OF any previous year rs to cast
them completely in the shsde. The
acreage Of cotton, corn, oats, wheat and
tobacco is the largest on record. taking
the whole region from Nirgniato Texas,
and with the exception OF wheat the
Weld per acre will exceed that Of any
previous year. The States along the
Atlantic sea board have had exception
ally fine crops ofall kinds, and the out
.ook for bushes, there is more promis-
ing that Mt any time since their settle
ment. South Carolina Is considered
good for 100000 bushels Of corn and
| 100000 bales Of cotton In excess of last
year, and yet the liens ON her crops are
S3OOO,OOO, less than they were upon the
crop Of lS,2. Notwithstanding the light
Yields Of lSN,i-l. Official returns show
that it has cost less to make this years
crops than any since the late war, and
| planters have Of necessity acquired less
| advance from commission and supply
| men. The Commissioner Of Agriculture,
| always conservative authority, places
the corn yield for lSSj in the Southern
states, at 100000 bushels in excess Of
last year, and cotton from 100000 to
l.5OO,OOO bales. All reports, private and
official, concur in representing the busi-
ness outlook Of the most llattering char
actcr, Fruits and vegetables have yield
ed unpreccdentedly as well rs cotton
and grain, while rice and sugar promise
abuudnn,ly. Manufacturing enterprise
VIII necessarily feel the stimulus Of an
unusurily easy money market, the open
Ing up Of new Industries VIII fol-
low and stream Of golden plenty
be turned into southern c.nnels
such as has never before been known.
Railroad connections, the great dosid-
eratum Of the newer South, particularly
the Southwest, will be multiplied and
transportation cheapencd The great
stream Of emigration so long seeking
Northern homes will naturally turn
| southwark and westward to multiply
| NNl llNAhNNlNt lN0bhlNte anu Nhh ~ bNl
yearly increasing wealth. Our own
State shares to the full in this present
and prospective growth, and with heI
| immense resources-her countless acres
Of virgin soil, her rivers rolling to the
sea, her great variety of soil and pro.
ducts, her vast herds Of cattle, the most
salubrious climate on the continent, heI
forests and her fruits-may naturally ex
peot to stand in the very forefront u
progressive Southern communities. Tn,
sun Of prosperity never shone so bright
iy on the Lone Star State rs she shincI
to-day, and under its cloudlcss bright
ness we look for the day, not distant
when these broad acres, now unherdct
and untitled, shall be brought into us,
md our present population Of 2,OOO,OU
be increased at least four-fold.
"ImrHE is Il story told Of an old tim,
horseman," says the Chicago News
whose evaporation over the delay il
announcing the winner Of trottlnl
heat was as impatient and desperate Il
that Of the Bourbon Democrats over tn
slow distribution of the offices. Ihi