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

agricultural lands tributary to it that
DALLAS has. What Dallas should labor
for is to people the territory tributary to
it and do all in its power to beuefit those
VINO occupy it, and then the blessing of
their generosity will flow in upon it.
put what will be the feelings of the
FARMING community towards the mer-
chants OF Dallas If they, through
sighted, contrsrted, selfish pol
icy, should labor to defeat
"a measure which would, if
adopted, bring to them all of the
advantages have demonstrated would
accrue to them through securing deep
water at Galveston. Deep water at
Galveston would build,I believe, large
city there; a large city would give a
good market for the agricultural pro-
ducts from 900 to 1900 miles nearer to
them than st. Louis, Chicago and New
ork. Deep water at Galveston would
create large foreign demand for the
luinper OF the southeastern portion of
our state. The force employed in manu-
featuring 1t would, with the completion
OF the Texas Trunk railroad, which is
out question of time, buy nine tenths
Oh It's supplies from Dallas and the great
agricultural district OF which it is the
center. Our grazing interests will be
largely benefited by securing deep
water. The action contemplated
by Kansas, Colorado and the
northwestern territories looking
10 the excluding of all Texas cattle
rom their limits and prohibiting them
from being driven through their terri
tory will cut oil all demand for our
stock cattle from these sources and re-
gulre them 10 be grown into beet on our
Ie&as range, and when they are ready
for the market, ashley cannot be driven,
Wltnout deep water on our coast the
Iexas cattle growers will be at the
mercy OF the railroads with northern
| connections, and instead of getting q
rale Oh SlO0 per car from the PecOs TO
H.nlcaSo, as 1t now is, the rate would be
$2VO per car. All of the cattle men unite
IN saying that as the range
becomes crowded, they cannot
make fat beef with poor
Deef and high transportation, the bust
ness is bound to become depressed.
what is the remedy? Deep water at
Galveston will give an outlet to foreign
markets, will give competing demand
with the northern cities for our beef,
Will give competing route Of trans
portation against the railroads Leading
to the north, and enable us to get reas-
enable rate of freight. For the foreign
world a good quality Of beef is required
and this will cause cattle to be shipped
or driven from the grazing portion of
our state into the agricultural districts
ana give an increased demand and bet
Ter prices for our corn, oats and cotton
seed ON which to stabilized them.
Slaughter-houses will be established
mere for our cattle instead of at Kansas
City and st. Louis. Galveston is
me most available point, because
the railroad system OF our state
centers at Houston and can be easily
extended to Galveston. Galveston is
the only point on our coast at present
with a sufficient amount of shipping to
make reasonable demand from the
United States of a sufficient sum to
secure deep water. Galveston is the
only point that has an effective organi-
zatlon at work, and is spending its
money and eXertting its influence to try
TO accomplish the end that will bestow
so many advantages upon every bust
ness interest of the state. Let us have
deep water at Galveston for twenty
years and Texas will have 10000, 900 peo-
! PIE and fifty congressman; then she can
ASK Tor and secure appropriations for
/ deep water at Sabine Pass, Brazos
Santiago, Corpus Christi and other
points. Galveston will receive great
and special benefits from the
expenditure of the money in
it's midst and from the result of
securing deep water; and for these rea-
| sons should be required to guarantee
free wharfage for all time to come.
Eads' proposition should receive en-
dorsement because the United States
government, under old methods, has
spent about $l,500000 on the harbor at
| Galveston and accomplished compare
lively nothing, while Eads guarantees
deep water or no pay. Let us unite all
of our efforts with those OF Galveston TO
put this measure through; then when
we go to her business men and ask that
they unite with us in building the Gulf,
Colorado & Santa Fe northeast and
northwest from Dallas, we can plead
favors that we have bestowed, and not
hostility. ]. s. DAuGuERTY.