San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-11-25

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1890
gENEFAc1oRs NOT BOOMERS.
The man who causes two blades OF
grass to grow where one has previ-
ously grown Is generally accepted as
filling the definition of worlds BEN
efactor. How much more then is the
man q worlds benefactor, who causes
two human beings to exist, and sub
sist, where only one has heretofore
found means of, subsistence? This
question of developing San Antonio's
resources. and causing large popular
tion TO center at this point, is a vital
], one, not only on account Of its bearin &
a,upon the prosperity of this city, but
eas having a. bearing also upon the
uoptobiem of occupation and profitable
ii employment for our ever, increasing
.sspopu}ati0n. while it it true, that the
ssneeting called tonight to consider
ways and means and devise the
Isiwisest and most practice BILE measures
ssfor increasing population by enlarg-
sifng theavenues of profitable employ
sdment, is not called upon to consider
"a the larger question OF providing en-
d5ployment for the great army of the,
worlds unemployed, yet the two fac
tors Of the problem cannot be diL
divorced. 20 Looking at this problem in,
hifts larger light cannot but enlarge our
views of the Importance of the work
I'VE are undertaking, and serve to lift
Sit out of the atmosphere of small
things. To make homes for an addi-
tional $4,000 people and put them in a
better condition of existence than
they were before coming to us and
seeking with us the means of improv--
ing their condition, this is of itself
worth striving for. 1t is none
the less so because the do
ing of this thing leads directly
to the Improvement of our own con-
!. dition. The proposed work of devel-
oping to their fullest extent all our
natural resources and conceded adj.
yantages of climate, soil, location and
/ mineral wealth commends itself alike
Ito the philanthropist and ,keen-eyedd
man of affairs. To the ph1lanthropisty
because thereby he serves his kind
d and aids in the solution of the ever
recurring problem Of providing pro,r
: fitable employment for idle hands; to-
Il. the sharp man of business, in that IT.
eYsoffers him profitable investment for
his brains and his capital and prom- Il
Uses him large returns on both. San
Antonio has advantages second to no
city in the United States. She has
y not developed her natural resources OF
I'd taken advantage of her adyantages,i
q and as consequence she is not as
fully developed as other cities of her
x class. This undeveloped condition.
4 is the very attraction that viii
draw capital and encourage manu-,
lecturers, when it is clearely seen
4 that our undeveloped condition does
mot arise from lack of resources but
from lack of developing them. The
undeveloped resources Of this region
are omuch idle capital, the disuse7
OF which is no credit TO US. That
cipital properly employees, will double
our valuations in five years, double
! our population, double our influence,
double our means of doubling and
so increase continually by whatlit
& feeds upon The unemployed capital
y of this city lies in her magnificent
climate, in her living waters, in her
fertile soil, in her close proximity
to vast mineral deposits and fuel r,
supplies, in her location as the center
Z, of mighty territory for which sheis
the natural distributor, in the rabuh-
~ dance of her raw materials for manu-
q features, the market for which is at
y, our doors Her unemployed capital
u lies in these things, and the meeting
called tonight at the opera house is
3 called to devise ways and means for
making this capital productive
X From her magnificent climate alone
h an added population of ten thousand
81 souls could be permanently located
y Il here within two years, if the facts
concerning that climate were fully
known. Her living waters and the
aid they give to- health, comfort
Va, and manufacturing swell the list of
n unemployed and undeveloped resour-
- ces, and in these she has no rival.
~. Her soil Is as rich as any. Her prox-