The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1894-09-20
SAN ANTONIO. Texas. Sent. IL. ,Q4

Dan a'TOSIO, texas, Sept. IL. "a.
The heat here during the last ten DAYS
was intense, making it highly undesir-
able for us to expose ourselves to the
suns rays from about nine o'clock in the
morning until nearly sunset. Yesterday
afternoon so-called norther came in $40
cool the fainting EARTH" and to-day tie
esoteric inhab:tant, like myself, finds It
necessary to go back to his winter clotn.
Ing. But these reminders of winter are
very 1nfrequent, and dry atmosphere
well charged with ozone Is what one
breathes most OF the time. The nights
are called cool, but thus far we have not
found the breezes sweeping through our
room nearly as soothing as one could
desire.
One hears much here about the agri-
| cultural and grazing possibilities of Texas
If 1t only had sufficient rain, and people
talk as though they believed that nature
is about to reverse her practice and that
the and regions of this generally dry
state are henceforth to be blessed by the
coplous weeping of The clouds. Even the
Spectator shares in the delusion and be-
gins to form plans for the colonization of
regions that have recently had their first
good rains for four Years. But Texas
ls a very dependent state. almost entire
ly destitute Of manufactures and grow
Ing but little Of the common articles of
consumption. \ city newspaper few
days ago made unchallenged the state
ment thai there is not single iron in
| dnstry of any kind IN the whole state.
This condition of affairs makes living
very expensive without being in any
| sense luxurious.
| On entering the city of San Antonio
one is Immediately impressed with its
| plcturesqueness and its industrial enter
prise. II city should present any thing
like regularity IN its streets and symme-
Try IN It's groups Of buildings then this
| place can lay no claim to the title. Old
Mexican adobe shops filled with relics of
barbarlsm and superstition are wedged
in between decided modern structures.
The streets are result of accident. often
SO narrow and crowded as to remind che
of 1.-The streets of Carlo" without the
camels-the mule and the ass are there
with all their stubbornness and stupid-
1ty. There is an elaborate system of
electric cars radiating from the Z. S.
Govt. building and piercing far out into
the open country to points of no interest
| IN themselves, but whose "unearued in
crement," 1t is expected, will one day dis
tend the purse of the enterprsin pro-
| Jectors OF the railway schemes. The city
has large number of wholesale houses.
and very many are busily engaged in
transferring goods to, and from the CITY
to various points within the estate. North
ern capital and business men are the
leading factors IN building up the CITY.
prominent merchant told me the other
day that there is scarcely native Texan
dong any considerable business in the
city. The Mexican or descendant of the
ancient Spaniard, is here, but at best he
Is century behind the times, while the
mixed races seem the sOrriest specimens
of humanity that could walk the earth
Historians more philosophical than have
yet written must arise to find that other
and probably more important factors
than superstition and mlsrule have been
the chief agents IN producing this PEG.
pie degenerate, vacant gazers on pro-
gresslve world. The negro is here to the
number of about 1000. Generally speak
ing he is a born underling with certain
kind of independence that must ever
remain fatal to his progress. He has nc
part IN the business of the place. and
with the exception of a couple of lawyer
and one or two doctors the whole popu.
latlon is felt only IN the ditch or in the
tender gastronomy of the unfortunates
who must submit to their cooking. Here
IN the south where it is considered be-
low woman's dignity to do house work
the negro is In demand and he knows It.
de will do what ne pleases, qu1t work
without regard to his own or his EN-.
ployers interest. He cares not for the
future. His b8ckwardness IN agricul
ture has been oft described and the ap.
pearance at every negro hut, often built
for years, surrounded by a small patch
OF partially cleared and wretchedly cuI
tlvated lands would seem ample evidence
of his unfitness. But we have him, with
out an effort of the whites generally to
help him, while he appears to refuse to
help himself. "The future of the negro
has been the subject of many a clever
essay, but the essayists have not solved
the problem. Respectfully,
z. II. HEWITT.