Year: 1874

Il
; general tide of emigration and pros
perity which has poured III upon u.s.
The trouble now is to afford employ
ment to such men; and il Is II subject
worthy of serious consideration by ali
of our men of means. Industrious
men, with employment, rs Il class, are
men of peaceful habits and II prop to
any community or state. ldlencSs Is
not only misfortune to them indi-
vidually, but calamity to the public.
The man or association who opens to
them the door to remunerative labor,
is correspondingly an individual and
public benefactOr These truths are
patent to all. The practical question
to Dallas is, how to do this.


The means are various and may or
may not be practicable. All will adj
nit that one or two well established
factories would go far in this direction.
The erection of house is II job soon
over but factory in this climate
would give employment every day in
the year-those of cotton yarns and
cloth, as well as some others, afford oc-
cupaton also to women and children.
Those of heavy woolens and of all
branches of iron and wood, are confined
to the stronger arms Of men. In both
the latter we are making encouraging
progress, but the field is wide and af-
fortls inviting room for much larger
investment of capital. There can be
no doubt of the success of Il cotton fac
tory at Dallas, if in the hands Of men
skilled in the business.


Now, that our heaviest financial
men have completed their buildings
and SO greatly aided in fixing the per-
manent growth and prosperity of our
city, can they not combine and inaugu-
rate such an establishment, so materi-
ally calculated still further to augment
our resources as u good business CEN
ter? Cannot the enterprising gentlemen
of the Building association, who have
so skiltully managed their affairs and
added so much to the city by erecting
elegant edifices-can they not aid in
this much desired enterprise?


1t should be remembered that New
England began manufacturing when
poor and without experience, yet they
have had substantially unbroken pros
perity and long since attained u wealth
and power, perhaps, never before
equalled. Georgia has led the van in
the south, and now, notwithstanding
the destructive simeon of war, her lac
tories to-day constitute at least her
second greatest pillar of safety and
power. Cannot our enlightened and
public spirited citizens follow in their
tracks, profiting by their well tested
experience? Break the iice,get the
little ship once afloat, and capital Will
pour in to build up others.


We daily feel proud to hear the
whistle of our new mills, to see the
pioneer tannery, to see the superior
brooms and mattresses fabricated here,
to see constant shipments to the
country from our planning mills, doors
sash, blind and moulding factories and
the excellent iron work turned at our
shops and foundries. These are all
well and steadily gaining ground. But
the country to be supplied is very
large and will afford an over increaS-
ing market for the products of Il heavy
capital invested in amy or all of the
branches to which we have referred.
Among other enterprises and ono that
is easily within reach, is cotton COM
press, the value of which is well
known.


Everything done in this direction
will expand the field of labor and Sc
cure to us permanently large and
valuable element of population, which
otherwise must seek employment else
where.


The city corporation, by judicious im-
provements within its financial reach,
can do considerable hereafter in afford
! ing labor. At present much cannot be
done.


We respectfully ask our follow-citi-
zens to weigh these considerations.
During the dull season is an suspicious
time for such matters. We beg them
to believe capital and skilled labor Will
come to do the balance.


While upon the general subject we
may express the great Importance to
us of early and energetic work on the
Dallas and Wichita railroad. Its value
to this city and all the magnificent
region northwest of us can scarcely be
overestimated. 1t will be paying
road from the completion of the first
twenty miles. The moment il strikes
the mineral region, the course of Dal
las would be onward to a degree o
which We have not yet had a foretaste


Idleness is called the parent of vice
A more absolute truth was never ut
tered. As industry spreads, vice re
tires-a truth that should be full,
recognized by every one interested il
the welfare of our town.


Diversity pursuits, put money in fac
tories, let our sons go more into voca
tions as mechanics, machinists and ar
tisans, and less into the professions o
idleness, and very soon we shall be tel
fold more independent of other regions
HON. ROGER q. MILLS.


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