San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-05

consideration of its readers, to the
business brains and capital of the
city, certain that 1t is a suggestion
worth thoughtful consideration, and
one which, If followed out, would
very naturally aid in the development
of this city. Now is the time, just on
the eve of the greatest advance that
Southwest Texas has ever made. to
undertake this work.
This is only one of scores of articles
on this subject that have appeared
in the LIGHT this year, and yet the
Times and its stockholders attempt
to force resolution through citi-
zens meeting practically denouncing
the LIGHT for taking no interest In
manufactures.
Read the above editorial carefully,
and compare its suggestions with
what was said at that meeting on
Thursday in which the resolution
condeming the LIGHT and the Ex-
press was introdu ced by Mr.. c. L
Dignowity.
Mr.. f. Collins said: "You will never
secure the desired manufactures until
you form a Manufacturers association.
Let that be done and get a fund in the
treasury and then you will have some
thing tangible to offer the manufacturers
in the north. There are many old and
established mill owners who have sons
that they would gladly establish in this
part or the country, and these are the
right kind of men to deal with. We must
also secure more reasonable freight rates
for manufactured goods
Manager Yoakum of the Arkansas Pass
said that the Arkansas Pass Railway
company will cut freight rates one-half
just as soon as any extensive manufac ur-
ing concern is established here. He fav-
ored the subscription to fund of $780, 900.
and stated that he believed Northern
manufacturers would come here and fur
nlsh three times that amount All sub
scr1berS should own stock to the amount
subscribed. In this way, he said. San
Antonio could secure manufacturing en-
terpriSeS amounting to one or two million
dollars in few years.
Now the LIGHT asks any honest
judge of language-are not the sug-
gestions made in the LIGHT editorial
Identical with those made by Messrs.
Yoakum and Collins? Ifthese gentle
men are favoring manufactures was
not the LIGHT, when 1t advocated the
forming of such an association as is
now undertaken and advocated it six
months ago?
1.-THE LIGHT takes no interest in
manufactures'-and yet about the
time the Times found its seven thous-
and reserve fund overdrawn the
LIGHT said editorially, not echoing
some one else:
"San Antonio Is in want of many
things out of which larger measure
of prosperity than she now enioys
would flow into all the channels of
her life. Among these wants, per-
haps underlying them all, is the need |
OF live, progressive, aggressive, |
thoroughly organized board of tIade,
chamber of commerce, improvement |
committee, manufacturers guild, or
some agency, no matter by what |
name called, to make potent her |
forces for the development of all her
material resources"
4>uUo tllIo idCt-Odu AutOIllO u66uS,
underlying all else, a progressive |
GUILD. Webster |
defines guild as an Association of
men engaged in kindred pursuits
formed for mutual aid" The term
may not have been the best possible,
but the qualifying clause would make
it plain to anyone who desired to I'M
derstand, viz: a something "to make
potent her forces for the development
Of all her material resources" It
does look as though the Times, in
camping upon the trail of the LIGHT
and revamping as original the ideas
and movements mapped out by the
LIGHT six weeks ago. is merely try
ing to steal the LIGHTS manufactur-
ers' thunder. So mote it be. The
LIGHT cares not so long as manufac-
turers come, whether they come by
the blessing of the LIGHT or the ours
ing of the Times.