Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-01
ur,,rv. Fort WORTH TEXAS TUESDAY. JANUARY /
a Memorial.
To the Hon. Mayor and Board OF aldermen
OF the CITY OF Fort worth

We. the citizens anu taA payers va
;he citv of Fort Worth, who are now
in public assembly from every waru
in the city, recognizing our rlgnl 10
n,aition The head Of the municipai
Government for redress OF grievances,
respectfully and earnestly ask at your
hands the immediate repeal oil SO
murb of "ordinance No 3li' rs pro-
hihifs cows from RAINING loose witnlh
the corporate limits of the city OF Fort
Worth, for the following reasons:
Because said ordinance Is contra
~ TO The wishes and inter SITS ui the
neople OF Fort Wor h, who you repre-
sent in the city government
.. Because the large maiority OF the
pennle Of our young city are beginning
life i'm a new country with limited
means. and are in actual need OF the
milk which they get lrm their cows
every dav. not ~ q luxury, but as
stapie article Of food and nourishlneiit'
3, Because there are hundreds
Of babies and little chi dren Ia
our city who on account OF Inc power
~ of their parents are compelled 10
subsist entirely on milk poriidge'
many o.. the larger children OF poor
families going !c sleep every nlGht
after an humble supper OF bread ana
milk alone.
Because in many Instances one or
4 two COWS furnish, not only enough
milk far use OF q family OF orphan
children hut sufficient excess to pay
Z FOR the bread they cat with tue max
and this ordinance by depriving them
OF thei, mich COW, would take from
their mouths both the slice OF bread
and bowl of milk.
( 5. Because many pJCI widow women
( and orphan children Of the city, who
/ have no friend on earth out their pet
cow to 90 TO their relief, make
enough from the milk OF few COWS
not only TO keep starvation from their
doors. but also to pay the eNoroitaui
/ rents that are ezactcd from them
/ every month.
6. Because when the milk COW is
taken from the poor people in the city
they are left without means even
10 purchase the adulterated
mixture OF chalk and water that is
peddied daily UPON our streets, or Lhe
vile compound II patFid lard and tai
low, which i OFTEN sold for butter 10y
many OF the groceTs in certain places.
:. Because the sO-cailed milk from
the diaries is pronounced by our best
nurses and mos: able physicians to be
+ unhealthy and INV IolesOMe Is a
nOu!i-hment Tor the infant and the
sick.
/ S. Because our peculiar climate 81
jrc's Us every yea % more or less t.
phoid and mRiarial f-ver>, in which
{ the constant use ot pare sWee, milk Is
essential 10 the recovery o.the patient,
and hence the enforcement OF said or
dinauce would cause the death OF
many peouie
. Because there are no pastures or
herdsmen in or near Fort Worth To br
obtained without large expenditure
of money, which those who are depeu-
dent uuon their milk and butter can
not afford, and they would cons
Gucutly be compelled to give
up their milk COW, or 20
to jail to suffer Tor the
great crime Of allowing &
COW 10 provide their hungry children
with cup OF pure sweet milk without
money aud without price.
10. Because the greater number OF
the people OF Fort Worth on sccount
Of Tie high price Of ground and lum-
/ Der, cannot afford either lot or sta.
: bic large enough to keep their milk
/ cows confined all the year day and
night, and hence, under this rromis-
I cuuus ordinance would toe brought
wi hin that molly scripture, which
says: From him that hath not shall
be taken that which he hath, selah,n
II. Because il C. ~ had money to
hire q herdSman their cows outside the
city limits they are met by
article $50 of the criminal
code OF the state of Texas
!. which makes 1t criminal ofiense to
herd number of cattle ON another
mans land within half a mile of q
residence without the consent of the
owner of the land, who would not, of
course, consent without money.
l.. Because the statute laws Of the
tate prescribe what shall be a lawful
fence, and provides tat no
man shall be liable Tor
damages committed by his COW, unless
the injured property is enclosed by a
( lawful fence.
10. Because if the property owners
of Fort Worth will enclose their wards
aud gardens with lawful fence they
will seldom be injured 10y cow. and
in ease an injury occurs, the owner OF
the COW is liable in damages for the
fall amount of the injury, under the
state law.
a. Because it is cheaper for trees
ana shruhbery 10 live enclosed in a
fence, than ii is to feed COW in "A
stable all the year, day and night
10, Because If The four or five hun
dred milk cows in the city were kent
penned up in town, day and night,