San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-02-22
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probable, San Antonio possesses un-
euualled advantages and attrac-
lions, as location for cotton and
woollen mills.
What are these advantages and
attractions? AS the people in the
north are unaware Of them, 1T Is
necessary to catalogue them.
First and foremost among the
unequalled advantages and at
fractions OF San Antonio, Is its su-
perior healthfulness. 1t Is almost
entirely exempt from the pulmon-
ary diseases and throat affections
so common in more northern
states, during the winter months.
San Antonio has no swamps,
marshes and ponds Of stagnant
water, in hundreds Of miles OF 1t,
to generate miasma and malaria
during the summer months /;
hence, she is almost entirely ex-
empt from cbills and fever and
other summer fevers. There Is
nothing in her location, surround
ings and climate, to serve as the
receptacles and hot-beds Of mias-
ma and malaria. There is nothing
to hatch out the germs Of malarial
fevers.
Mill owners, with their mills 10.
Gated in section OF country
| in which pleurisy, pneumonia,
typhoid-pneumonia and diph-
liberia are prevalent, dur
ing the winter months, would
be liable to have a large pro-
portion of their operatives on
the sick list, every month, which
would cut down their profits and
clog their operations.
Factories located in proximity to
towns and cities exposed to the
ravages of contagious diseases
would never flourish. The poor
set as high a value on their lives
as do the pampered children of
wealth and luxury and would re-
coil from taking work in locality
exposed to epedimical diseases.
There are many sections in the
South, remote from the sea coast,
where, during the summer, chills
and fever, bilious, intermittent and
remittent feverS are common and
| prevalent. If those attacked by
| these diseases are so fortunate as
to pull through them recovery Is
slow and tedious and often the con-
stitution is shattered and life made
"A burden.
1t is needless to say cot ton mills
never could flourish in localities
where half the operatives
were on the sick list during a
third of the year.
The above truths are self-evi-
dent, and only need to be lstated
to carry conviction to sane minds
San Antonio's climatic advan-
tages are unequalled. Here, health
is the rule, and sickness is the ex-
ception. Marlarial diseases are un-
known in this locality. Both our
winters and our summers are favor
able to health and to longevity.
The truth Of the matter is, there
is no soil around us for the germin.
alton OF the seeds Of disease, or for
their sustenance after germina-
ton.
Within ten miles OF San Antonio
there are capital sites for half
dozen cotton mills, and the San
Antonio river furnishes ample mo-
tive power for operating them
Water power is by long odds, bot b
the cheapest and the safest for pro
Polling machinery.
Mills located on the San Antonio
river, in the vicinity Of San An
tonic, would not be forced to stop
Operations a week during the year,
on account OF freshets in the river.
This is a great desideratum in the
location OF mills and factories, and
will always attract the notice OF
clear headed business men with an
eye to the main chance.
Texas produ ces an ample supply
OF cotton, and this cotton is, for
the most, OF good quality. San An
tonic possesses excellent railroad
facilities for transportation.
Cotton mills, located here, ought
to find an ample market in Mexico
for all the goods manufactured BY
them. This city Is not far from
the Rio Grande, and enjoys rail
road connection with the City OF
Mexico. The time is coming, wher
American goods will enjoy almost
a monopoly Of the markets o
Mexico and the location OF cottor
mills close to the border will tenC
in a large degree to hasten tina
ausDipi0us aUent