The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-05-13
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Cor. 10 Galveston News
KEw YoRK, April2e.- Having been
mp here among The factories, going
from one to the other, for some time,
and conversipg aith.ihe business men,
! thought perhaps q fes lines descrip
live 81 the country As / see Il might
Be Of some interest to 1lexas people.
What DO I findG City after city,
ID fact one continual, almost endless
town from Baltimore 10 New York
City. What made these cities9 Work.
ing men and women. Where do they
work Z Ii the factories. Who built
these faetofiesg Monied men from all
over the world. Why do they bring
their money here Listen and III
tell you.
All along the railroads yen can read
big board signs as follows; 'I4ots do.
mated here for factories and the plant
exempt from taxes"
These signs explain It all. II not
natural sdyantages II is not the local
market for the output, for the output
goes al over tho world. They bny
onF wool, orr hides, horne, hoofs,
cotton, etc, hanl II Up here, make ii
up, the railroads haul Il back, We bny
II again and pay SO per cent profit
very often.
Bat this isnotall. The farm houses
are painted, the barns are large, the
horses look fine, the cattle are Fat, and
yet the land often is Sc poorsthat we
would not try to cultivate it. Yon
ask why, then, is the farmer sogpros-
perons2 Simply because be plants
garden patches and produce, and sells
ito the employees 10 those factories.
He can always find ready sale for an
he can raise.
Is il % 10 Texas OF course not.
We'll, WhyY Texas lawmakers pass
laws inviting capital to stay away.
High official statesmen threaten 10
put stripes on tue millionaire when be
comes through onr state looking over
the property be planted with ns when.
he lnnoceuily supposed that be was at
least sale nnaer our lave.
II anybody ID Texas thinks that
are looking toward Texas as
q field to invest their money, / wanttO
disabnse their hallneinatiou. Texas
FAINT in it.p Ibelieve ii ma fact that
we are today looked npon as the last
Stale in the union for investments. i
conclude this from actual contact with
the people.
We have to learn that sLoFehouses
and hotels do not make elites. It
lakes people, and working iDdustrious
people. We want hnndreds Of
thousands 10 all our towns, and they
must have something 10 do; then our
farmers will have what they can't
claim now-''mafEet for pTodues.n
Suppose Dallas bad $50, 600 inhabi.
tants. Fort Worth, Denisou, Sherman,
Mckinley, Waxabschie, Hillsboro,
Terrell, Ennis Corsicapa
and Waco five times as many people,
and soon all over onr magnificent
state, what would produce 10 this
section brings
! will ask 0nr great Legislators to
give themselves q surprise party for q
few minutes By imagining al onr ID.
4eresls identical (inclndiDg The rail.
'oads,) and zee II they can't figure
bat u Is better TO invite capital from
anywhere ratherthan drive itoff.
I'm not a politician, and am not
linking on that line, but 10 ii bnai.
neas way. ] think that even Legislators
md governors can learn something
rom business men and business rules.
! believe Texas would profit by
ionaiing loo AGREE 10 each county for
he hest manufacturers that would |
onild on III faay putt 10 Ten places.
2 the eonHty,) and then sending a
committee 10 the aliens eVen) and
agile them 10 come and pnt 10 soap,
wagon, buggy, axhaadle, glassware,
cotton, Woolen, starch, and
iFery other kind Of factory, and toI
wen agree 70 patronize home industry
Just meet 10 Austin and take a big
,lotling-pad and blot ont all the legis-
atige eDsclmeHts of The pact two
Iears, and then spread the mantle 81 1
Iharity over lhe past SINS ard errors
i oar brstberen and forget IL all In
be language Of the poet,
gesglr4 and forget, this sggrid would be levely
Tbs garden a Wilderness lelt to deiarm,
tho howeEa Remembered the chill Sginds only
And cue 1nlaa gave no yeFdEro for spar % the
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