San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-04
MILLIONS WILL
!. PAY TRIBUTE
7 D 5. A. !.
Resources Of Wonder City
Mix Supremacy, Health
and Happiness.
By T. H. ETHERIDCE JR.

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One drop of water in the flume
holds more power than all that has
gone over the wheel to the sea.
Little care has the average citizen
who is fighting his way, for the mass
of figures which recount the millions
of bank clcarings, the hundreds of
thousands of tons of freight, or the
thousands Of population which flow
through any given point where peo-
pie have gathered if the necessary trib-
ute which he pays the doctor, the fuel
man and the trades man lays such a
heavy burden upon his income that
he faces the future with fear and be-
holds no ray of hope to gladden. his
life.
II population counted for great
ness, If industry meant supremacy, if
business could purchase health, and
gold could buy happiness, then this
contest would resolve itself into a
cold calculation of facts and cease to
exist. San Antonio has population,
industry, business and gold and is
great. She would be great without
them.
PRESTIGE JUSTIFIED.
The evidence which we offer to JUS
tify our claim to prestige is so great
that II each muimuring wave werS
to whisper one fact to each sand OF
the eeashore, the ocean would become
a barren waste before the story had
half been told. In this short space
we can only mention her location,
few of her resources, touch on her
spirit and character.
Located as she is midway between
the two great oceans, in the greatest
undeveloped, most fertile empire in
America, she is the destination OF
great trunk-line railways and high
ways, the air port of the world, lay
ing claim to the Metropolis of Texas,
the Queen City of a Great Wonder
land, the Capitol of Opportunity in
the Kingdom Of Promise. With a To-
cation like this she is great. She
could be great without it.
CLIMATE ASSET.
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first, her climate. Far enough from
mountain top and seashores, her at
mosphere, as it is mixed with the mel
low sunshine of southern skies, knows
not winters chilling blasts or the
great humidity of the coast. 1t is
laden with health and burdened with
the fragrance of life.
Her water, given to us by the mar
riage of the dewdrop and snowflake,
filtered through the sands of time,
comes to US in overwhelming abun-
dance the purest used by American
cities.
Her soil as fertile as ever titled by
the hand of man yielding in such re-
sponsive abundance that his shoulders
are taxed with the burden of harvest
from every seed and plant. And only
20 per cent of it cleared. The bal
ance of her Astounding acres waiting
only for "the plowman to wend his
weary way"
MORE RESOURCES.
She has mountains of ore, oceans
of oil, the busy whir of industry's
wheels as they are guided by the
skilled hand of contented labor.
great. She could be great without
them.
Her inspiring greatness has been
written by the blood of heroes whose
countless deeds of sacrifice and honor
sound stranger than truth. Their
valor and devotion to duty have writ
ten pages of history upon her walls,
spread romance ankle-deep upon her
hallowed ground and left numberless
monuments to earth's immortals.
Could it have been possible for men
to have fought and died SO gloriously
as those within those sacred walls OF
the Alamo who would never surren-
der or retreat" if Liberty's prize had
not been priceless?
GREATNESS AND HEALTH.
We have found that this mixture
of greatness, supremacy, and health
brings a happiness that is reflected
only in the radiance of our stars, the
laughter of happy children, the con-
tentment of a mothers face, the
hearty hand-clasp of strong men, and
the joyous dancing Of the countless
millions of nodding flowers as they
sway in the peaceful zephyr OF a
southern sea.
And there she stands, bounded on
the north by the yearning eyes and
the Fastening tread of coming mil
lions; on the east by the sunrise OF
Promise on the south by the out
stretched hands Of a friendly Repub-
lie; on the west by the sunset of sue
cessful attainment, founded on the
ground baptized by the blood of i'm
mortal heroes. She holds aloft the
Star of Empire, whose ever widen
ing rays are reflected only in the eyes
OF hope of those countless millions
who will eventually lay tribute at her
feet, lift her name in loudest praise,
and rest their heads upon her bosom
10 be lulled to sleep by her match
less melody of Home, Sweet Home"
With such as this, she is great. She
could not be great without them.