The Beaumont enterprise. [volume] (Beaumont, Tex.) 1904-current, 1904-09-24
NOTICE TO PUBLIC.
SIGNS OF THE TIMES.

The very prospect Of a pp' INC
from Jennings, La, and Intermediate
points. 10 jefferson County goes III
with the signs of the times aud shows
rs how much We could really do IA
the way Of advancement II we "hly
display a Bit of energy and what the
ordinary mortal knows rs get up ana
get" A pipe line To Il community !"
worth ms much as ,ailroad Is 10 II
when that pipe line brings In the raw
uoduct and when II takes out the man
ulacturcd product or when II Is even
Skinned out In another way. 1he
thing that does the community E""u
Ia the stopping of the product IN lll"'
community and the working II over
This requires labor and when ever
nature is injured then the community
will he prosperous. e. II must be admit
tod that the whole people of Texas
not alone those of Southeast TcN~
arc careless of their future. There are
tnwns in the north where the natural
advantages are not one tenth as great
AZ those hero but which advantages
are taken care of, pushed and fed III
a way that their population Is III many
cases twice as great as ours. rake
the towns out one hundred miles from
Chicago. Is there reader VINO VIII
contend that with oil close by, lumber
standing with its immense value aI
it's very door, rice growing in surpris'
ing quantities within stones throw
five different railways entering 1t, Slch
a town would not have IOO,OOO inhabll-
ants and would be adding new indus
tries To its list daily. There is but one
trouble with us here. We know our
selves that we have these immcaSurd-
BILE riches but we do not impress II
upon those seeking investments win
enough force. In the past our state
legislature has passed laws that were
detrimental to capital but they have
i, most cases been wiped off the
statute books and today Our laws are
every bit as inviting to capital as many
smaller states with greater proper
tonatc wealth We cannot be too
careful to invite capital. We SHOULD
not be continually threatening them
with tremendous taxation, with prcju-
diced minds because some of us have
not the money that they may have,
Trusts may have their faults but 1t
will avail us naught in the end to be
continually threatening capital with
antitrust suits merely because big
corporations appear to be prosperous,
The Enterprise believes that there
l.; "A continual change in sentiment
that will show capitalists that they
are heartily welcome before many
more months have passed, jefferson
county is fortunately not possessed
"a that inimical capital spirit but has
been liberal for some time past and II
is pleasing to notice that the rest OF
Texas is moving our way the pip"
line from Jennings is mdouhtly be-
ing constructed by Eastern capital.
This shows that the men investing
their money are now willing TO take
oil from Louisiana and refine il in
Texas. that they are not now fearful
lest some Jim crow county attorney
j.. an ont of the way spot will spring
sensational antitrust suit merely for
the bleeding it might possibly afford
him. The people are nut willing to-
prosecute and longer OF course viola
lions of law should not Dee tolerated
70 matter who the culpril may De-
ing of laws m the past aud the fact
that the continent lu thar direction
o. rccodng means that money wlI
pour into our CummuuUIys aud moro
labor will bee employed. more men huI .
homes. more women VIII do their
shopping iu cur stores. muUr children .
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