The Progress., 1892-10-08
SHREVEPORT.
wby She Is Not Big City.

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- uutir;ug In their efforts to build
mn the town. They have studlousiy
sgo;ded ch1onicling the appearance
~ Tho darkest clouds OF adversely
S.on, a commercial standpoint; haY'
bout comuaratively very silent when
~ur citizens failed to perform duties
.,'h;ch wonid have added materially
nour Growth and wealth, while the
fo;otrst raw Of progressive light has
-, dilated on ultll it WAS made to
onuear AS dazzling as the hoon-daJ
sunshine.
6ll this is very meritorious, and IN
line with the province OF journals
which should lead all enterprises;
Int we think that our papers, III et-
tempting to benefit Shreveport, have
on some lines done her harm.
This ia their constant tlattery OF
our 1nonied men for every dollar they
.ubscrlbs towards some pubic meas
ure in their territory.
Men are alike the world over. They
never cease 80 be anything but child
rpn. and. like the toddlers OF the
household, are very susceptible 10
hattery. and when 1t IL constantly
endered them, they soon come to
consider it their just due, and are
1nnde very autocratIc and dlctatorlal
thereby.
The capitalists of Shreveport are
lust as dOmiueering aud unaccomino-
dating as those found anywhere.
They have been the recipients vi lnuch
udulation. as men of money III small
Towns always are, and it has spoiled
them. They have almost reached
that state when they tulnk 1t an
honor to other people, to be allowed
10 live here; or that the common
herd owe them some extra deierence
because they consent To breath the
same atmosphere.
They are exacting and grasping
demanding blS Iutereats Tor SINAI
sums loaued Un valuable property
They are nearly all petty tyrants an'
despots, filed with small jealousles
and are euvious Of eacn other
wealth and prosperity. They keep
vIgilant eye on their apponent'
claimants n sovereign in the iinancla
kingdom Of their provinces, and al
ready to throw stumbling blocks
the way OF any one, especially the
rivals in the monetary world, VINO IL
tempts any progressive movement.
Shreveport is situated naturally Il
n great commercial center. In TIM
last her trade was enormous Tor th
vary reason: and while 1t Is stid goo
in wholesale circles especially, 1t
far short Of what it was many yea
AGO. This is due to the lack OF ent'
mise of her men of means. The Il
iner magnificent trade which car
here is gradually slipping away, a
those VINO should and can, are 1
raising their fingers to stay l
hegira, feeling sure that their o.
possessions ars;.suilicient for ]
competense, and the public can be
w. Ii. Vanderbilt expressed
Prospectors, OF business acam
come here, view the situation,
shown around by the few ent
prislng mon which we have here; d
Immediately begin to wonder W
the town is so small. But they
not long kept in doubt. For Just
soon as meeting is called TO ID
what proposition he has to suor
thon tue truth j. revealed, as
have stated previously in this arti
Those who have the means to
the project on foot and make so
thing for themselves and the pu
generally, will take no part beca
someoue else receives beneht W
out being able to put any money
it; and thus the prospector rece
no encouragement, frequently mol
ing honored with respectable n
Der at the meeting.
Now, these statements are
at all pleasant, but they are =
plain facts which every old Cit
knows. The moneyed men
Shreveport who have taken par
nublic measure of enterprise,
easily be tolled off on the finger
the hand, and these would not
ia. tbosa who have the