The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-07-22
Strange su.sidIzIng OF a stranger

DALLAS, July 2l.- Editor HERALD
Il have been reading with no little
interest from day to day the voice OF
the State press on the contemplated
move of the Galveston News to Dallas,
and the singular fact note is that the
only sympathy or good cheer tho
News has obtained in all Te1a, over
its venture comes from citizens of the
city whose older journalistic enter
prise tho News Ia DESTROYS of driving
out. In all other parts OF Texas there
are only kind words and compl'men.
tary references TO THE DALLAS HER
AID. In Dallas alone is thetc any
spirit Of hostili y.
IL struck many OF us who did not
contribute TO the Dallas News as a
most singular proceeding to contrib
ute thousands to stranger for the
purpose of enabling him to break
down an old and well-known enter
prise. 1t looked 40 unjust aud 40 I'M
busiH6ss-like that have talked to not
a. few OF those engaging in the move
m6nt, and / think / have discovered
the "true inwsrdnese" Of the whole
matter.
There are three classes who raiged
this bonus for the News.
First, those who wanted another
paper, a very fow who wore hostile to
THE HERALD for one reason and an
other, who had or imagined they had
little scores to pay. This clsag were
active in getting up the movement and
chiefly instrumental in securing sub
scriptionH from the other two. The
slick part Of the business was tho man
ner aud arguments used to influence
others.
Secondly, were those who wore lod
by the first class 10 contribute on the
ground that the News would go TO
Fort Worth ifnot 10 Dallas and such
ian advertisement for Fort WORTH
would never do The Fort miaht
get new factories and new roads
and Dallas sit Idly by and not
raise dollar, but we were
everlastingly ruined II branch OF
the Galveston News got to Fort Worth /!
The plqued class No. l, arrange to say,
carried the point and induced the un-
prejudiced class No. 2 to give up
some thousands by presenting 30 sim
pie "scaro crow"
Thirdly, were those of the last class
who were induced to contribute on
the theory that the News and HERALD
would consolidate and form one great
paper. The real purpose all the time
was, however, to use homo capital In
a strangers hand TO break down n
home enterprise upon which several
hundred people Of this city are daily
dependent and not q .jot inferior 10 the
enterprise 30 handsomely subsidized.
l undertake TO say that half those
who assisted In this movement were
mlsled totally and imposed upon.
Some OF them have 30 expressed them
selves to me and regret the step, and
not few generously offer to do all for
THB HERALD they have done for the
News. The great mass OF tho citizens
by local pride and local
sentiment are for THE HERALD first,
last and all the time,as find by actual
contact with them.
But what ] wanted particularly TO
say Is this: Why wasn't the money
given to The HERALD II a better paper
was desiredY Not dollar, except for
legitimate business, has ever been
to our home paper,
although it has been always tbs
OF our interests, while that
Journal which has fought Dallas and
North Texas has been given 100000.
| simply desire, Mr.. Editor, IN Justice
to THE HERALD, to call the attention
of tho fair minded citizens OF Dallas to
tho unkind and unbusiness like att
tudo toward The HERALD assumed
by the preiudlced and active promo
tiers Of this Dallas News scheme.
G., II. A,