The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-10-20
DALLAS AND a COTTON MIL.

emily and consistently fought for any
one Interest in behalf Of THE city for
wears past, il has been in the direction
of q cotton mill. No enterprise has
been so needed, no enterprise has
offered such magnificent returns, and
no enterprise seemed to slngle Dallas
out az, par excellence, It's plscs OF h,b
itat:on. Other portions of the South
have grown In this particular, and the
coamunitles OF the fortunate locations
have grown In popul stion, money cir
culation and general prosperity beyond
the ssnguine hopss OF tho promoters of
tbs enterprise, and yet, With greater
facilities than any soathsrn point a.
regards shipments, cotton center, de
msnd for tho products of a mill, labor,
aud Indeed every advantage, our wide
awake "Queen City" has allowed oil
our talk TO como TO nothing in tho
premises.
But with Dallas the day of talk hiss
passed. Action, energetic and progres.
sive, in every important line must take
the place OF design hereafter ana n
cotton mill must, and wo confidently
expect from what We now hear, win
be one OF the com pleted achievements
OF the immediate future. Oganized
business Is, It seemS, directing Its at
tentlon to this matter and when this
IL accomplished the desired results
must so0n follow. Ole OF our largest
firms, that OF BLANKRNsHIP & BLAKE,
have called attention Of Eastern capl-
tai TO tho subject In u letter TO the
Manufacturers Record, OF Baltimore,
aud the presentation which they make
Is 80 pointed that beneficial results
must ensae. A portion of their letter
Is worthy of reproduction in any
Southern paper, and particularly so in
Texas. They, among other things,
say:
ave have the finest opening In
America for u good cotton aud wooden
mill; we have abundance of cotton and
l WoOtS hbiio anu
u splendid wholesale market in the
midst of tho tisost country in tho
Union. We could cut up, ourselves, the
production Of n mill OF considerable
capacity. II is strange TO us, with such
advantages to be found ~ no other
place In the South TO equal us, capital
is5s and manufacturers do not find us.
Tho saving IN freighta alono would he
n good profit to any mill. For instance
bale cotton, 500 pounds, @1SH .....,.si2 Et
Freight to mill, 81, 10 per 100 pounds. 81
| $iS u
Say It produces 1900 y'ds drill frei ght
| on same to return to US, Si,25,... 0 q
| Total ........................$5i nc
Or clear saving to tbs manufacturer
ut Dallas Of $l2O 90 per bale, or nearly
30 per cent, which would be in itself a
| fine profit, and then sell for what the
eastern manufacturers goods actu ,liy
cost; or we could ship the goods to
| Now York and soil them against any
competitor. However, thar w0u'3 not
have to DO done, as our market would
easily tnko up the pr oductiou OF q mill
OF 4 million dollars capital, or rs large
rs the Eagle aud Phsnix of Colum
bus"
To this people THE HERALD hiss
been urging these very arguments
for years, but unfortunately 80, for
without any practical respouss on the
part Of capital. Tho fact anu figures
ara incsntrovertible, aud Offer induce
mentsto capital OF the most splendid
lcherscter. We could have had no
selfish motive In the premises, but
the etatements made were none
the less convincing. Now that bust
mess men directly interested In the
matter hsv1 Ep)kon, it IL to be hopsd
that attention, both at hcme and
abroad, will DO centsted on the subject
and that some practicable and desira
b 10 results will be asen soon. A cot
ton mill at Dallas would uuquestion-
ably produce two magnificent returns
1t would add to tho population and
business activity of tho city largely,
IL would most richly compensate
its promoters and incorporStors. II il,
therefore, to be hoped that this plain,
but strong business showing OF MEssR,
BLANKsNsHIP q BLAKE will attract
renewed Interest to tho subject,
and servo to crystalline opinion In
the premises.