San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1885-04-23
The LuiIng Tan,


| While San Marcos is elamOTing for rail
road % I.uling she seems tooyeTlook the fact
that such thing would 10 very detrimental
/ to her business interests, Yet Il Is never
| theless true, aud the reason is very obvious
WhensyeFa railroad is rIn from LullnG
| to San Marcos, il viii make brisk little
town of MarIindale, Merchants can then
sell goods as cheap In Alartlndale ~ they
can Ia San Marcos, and all or very great
portion Of trade that now comes from Mar
iindale 20 san Marcos, viii DO kept al home
The country between Martindale and San
Marcos Is tho banner agricultural section oil
this portion Of Texas, and San Marcos reaps
rich harvest from that section rs the mat
ternow stands, This wall all 60 against her
whenever the railroad Is built,
II San Marcos had as tine an agricultural
country ON tho west as she has ON the east, q
railroad extended westward would DO OF
great material benefit 10 her trade. But she
has not The country 10 the west Is, as
general thing unit for agricultural purposes,
therefore she can derive no great benenl
from that direction. No! We do not think
than San Marcos could be benefited by a
railroad TO Luling, aud wa also think that
her business men will come 10 the same
conclusion after more mature deliberation'
We copy the above from the Kyle News
OF last week. for several reasons. First we
will remark, in order that our readers may
properly appreciate the matter, that the
News is now again conducted by tho dis
cinguished newspaper reporter, Jeh Me-
Lemore. The people OF San Marcos and
vicinity know him, and tho deep interest
aud affection he entertains for them. They
will be duly grateful for his condescension
in instructing them as to their best interest,
and pointing out the fatal mistake they are
about committing in taking steps for rail
rond to Luling. Nobody here, of course, Is
40 competent to clay down the Inv" ON this
subject as this Sir Oracle of Kyle. Accord
ingly, as will be seen, he talks to our lead
ing men very much as an old time school
master was wont to address the tow-headed
urchins who came under his tuition-the
Kyle News man assuming the same vast
height of intellectual superiority.
In further reply to his article, we will
say, that San Marcos has no fears of CON-
petition from any quarter. She is willing to
''live and let live," regards her neighboring
towns not as rivals, but friends, and is
pleased to have them share in her prosperi-
ty. We are glad to find the News admitting
that 'the country between San Marcos and
Kyle is the banner agricultural section of
this portion of Texas" and we will add, that
when the railroad reaches Martindale, if ii
were Kyle instead of San Marcos that had to
enter into competition, she would indeed be
in great danger of discontinue. But San
Marcos is willing for Martindale to enter
tain the views expressed by the Kyle News,
and enjoy all the advantages which she may
be able to derive from the proposed road,
which will no doubt be very considerable.
We confess we are rather at u loss to un-
derstand what the Kyle News man means
by speaking of the Importance to San Mar
cos of a road TO the west, and especially In
saying 'the country to tho west rs a gener-
al thing is unfit for agricultural purposes
We wonder if he knows which way west is !!
If he does he is fearfully wide of the mark,
for the country from San Marcos to New
Braunfels is scarcely second as an agricul,
culture region to that down the river, and
continues good as far as San Antonio.
When he again assumes the judgment seat,
will Sir Oracle of Kyle please explain
what he means by stating that there is no
country fit for agricultural purposes west of
San Marcos?
In conclusion we must express our regret
that the young giant of the Kyle News
should have SO remorselessly "sat down" on
the budding hopes of San Marcos with res
pect to the desirability of the "Luling Tap
We trust he may yet relent and give our town
O chance for its life, remembering the senti-
ment of Shakespeare
80 it is excellent
To have a giants strength, but 1t is tyrannous
To use it like gant'
A little too much rain.