The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-01-03

be glad of the maximum crops. When
one sees empty wagons going from any
direction to town over good roads
he knows there is not much piled up at
home, or if there is it must be that he
thinks the market will be better another
day.
No, nothing perishingl Even thesmart
old hen who stole her nest off under the
barn or in some remote fence corner has
been ruthlessly robbed, and nice, natural
compound of egg and chicken has been
brought to market to tempt the palate
and delight the epicurean tastes of our
city cousins, and at no extra price above
the crude fresh egg.
Everything moving along nicely and no
interest-bearing road bonds added to a
county tax already out Of all proportion
to the state tax, to brighten away those
immigrants that Mr.. Ohilton is trying to
get the railroads to bring at reduced rates
to our favored country and economical
government.
| l do not want to be understood as OPP
posed to any needed improvements that is
within the scope of practicability, but
believe it is sound principle of business
that the bent fits to be derived from any
undertaking should never be lx-
ceeded by the cost of it, Therefore,
it must be made to appear that vast
amount of produce must either perish or
find its way to some other market to war
rant the expenditure of $250,000 which
the main roads of Travis county would
require to make them anything like
thorough turnpike, to say nothing of
large mileage of second-class roads, where
the taxpayer would be grumbling at per-
TALLY shown to othere.
An per cent interest On $4,000 would
be $4,000 per annum, independent of any
provision to lessen the principal.
will venture to say that if any capital
list proposed to invest a plant of $250,0e0,
or 100000, in our midst that our wide
awake, energetic board of trade would be
in session in less than an hour to CON
slider it.
Now, have this proposition to submit
to them; that is if the people are really
willing to be taxed to that amount. Let
US invest in a way that will bring popula-
ton to our city instead of keeping it
away by starting manufacturing enter
prises like Georgia and the Carolinas.
Whist we want is the rapid growth Of
Austin, more business of every kind,
more suburbs, and more street reiways to
tct them, and, consequently, more
mules in Doctor Tobin's stables to eat the
corn that we'll bripg to him in spite of
rain and mud. But it is said that cur
property will be enhanced in value. viii
the soil be ENLARGED in fertility and pro-
ductiveressp
The capitol syndicate, or any large land
holder, would doubtless like to see their
| mr. aubonnad Not M N fors ~
unless by the growth of his city and mar
ket to enable him to meet his greater tax
alton.
There never was a greater fallacy
dinged in his ears than that of being bene-
flied by the enhancement in value OF his
limited acres. He has his homo that II he's
taken years to bring to its yet imperfect
equipment, and he does not propose 10
be wandering about like the Arabs, but
wants to be enjoying the fruits of his
labor among his old neighbors aud friends.
But am really pleased to read the ar
ticles in favor of building good roads. x
like to indulge in pleasant thoughts and
day dreams, and am forcibly reminded Of
an old acquaintance who once told me he
could build railroad for two bits mile.
He would just invest that much in cold
peach and honey" and his enreptnre d.
vision would see the hills subsiding away
in the level plain, and the public spirited
farmers cutting down the trees and dis
tributipg the ties, ard no obstacle of any
kind to tie entire completion of his road.
| will not say that my DuvaI, Fiskville
and Manor friends are moved by the same
inspiration, but they do seem to utterly
ignore those cubic yards of rock that have
to be hauled so far over the waxy plain to
finally sink down in the yielding soil, and
it may be that Christmas cheer has cast
its shadow before. AS the Mexican would
say, Quien sabe, 20 no 90.
GEO. W. WALLIka.