Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-02-03
COMMERCIAL.

90, 'AziNrf OFFICE, February 9.
Inc approaching wool season I'm
icNhs promises grandcr results tbnn
have ever been attained before. Thr
production OF ilecccs from natural In.
crensc Is bound to bc Immense
and thore must necessarily Tho
market, despite tho action Of
the Mrificommission or the grace ~
con ross. The increase in production
VIII UNNECESSARILY ovcrhnlanco tho
proposed reduction IN piice, IL II IA
done. However this may be, the
maintenance or decrease OF prices IN n
secondary consideration with Fort
Worth, excepting few individual
iluckmnatcrs who reside here, unless
some methods are adopted 10
make this city n wool market of moro
considerable proportions than can now
be Justly claimed for u. The wool
business OF this city last season was
surprisingly small. What the mount
OF traffic In that line will hc the cnsi,-
ing season Is not easy 10 determine,
| but there must he changes wrougli, II
II Va expected To aggrandize this char
hctcr of the commodities of commerce.
40 far as this market X concerned,
Fort Worth ~ not deficient ON the
score of capital. She can furnish TINT
| medium IN any quantity to transact
All the business that may gfavitatc TO
this centre, The possibilities are that
/ Fort Worth will experience an im-
proved business In ilceces from the
country tributary 10 the line of tho
Fort Worth aud Denver Rail-
road. Within that district
the sheep industry has OK
palided proportlvnate TO the growth IN
otlior districts. But there are wider
/ fields from which to secure business,
and II there is any efficacy In cntcr-
prize and eNertion, these iudcsncnsi-
bios TO success In the midst ofuntoward
circumstances ought certainly
TO be employed unstintcdly.
/ The power of capital Ia
the matter is limitlcsS, The genius
who spoke the cpigram "itb0F Onlniu
tfaeH," lived In day and generation
prior 10 our own, and hence he had no
opportunities to observe that capital II
the invincible motor OF MI things.
However, the important considom-
ton Is to determine Il
Fort Worth In her geographical situa-
ton aud her relations To the pastoral
districts can handle the wool pro-
duets to financial advantage, / IL the
deliberate opinion of several
shrcwd business men with whom
this scribe has converscd that she
can do $40 This proposition
being admitted, II Is somewhat singu-
lar That the wool item has not hereto.
fore been larger. One of our wool
commission merchants proposes 10
takcth initiative and represent the nd
vautages OF Fort Worth 10 the flock
masters OF the west NJ u de-
! pot for the consignment OF their clips,
! No valid reason suggests itself why his
mission may not be fruitful Of good re-
| suits. Those couvcrsant with the WOOL
| business Of northeast Texas viii 49,
member that in the west last season
more wool was produced than there
was u ready market for The prospects
are that the product Will ho Increased
| ton great percentage. The question
occurs, have the local markets suill-
cheney of capital to carry on this large
| busnessr II Is morally certain they
! have not, Herein, then, lies Fort
/ Worth's opportunity to secure this In.
/ cmtive business. II behooves our
dealers 10 strike nj the opportunc time
/ for this traffic, and the consequence Ia
| not doubtful