Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-01-13
/, Round-Trip Rates, Averag-
e About One Cent Per Mile,
Promised From Now On.

Ina sdiug Flor the appointment of one
bsss Missioner to the Worlds Indus
,aa land Cotton Centennial EXPOSE
!, land eleven assistant commission
eS me rom each congressional dis.
- and also twenty or more honor
ieommisaipners. ~ The law further
edea That "said commissioner
d at once enter upon the dis
Sgi re OF his duty, which shall be 10
0''l u specimens OF all the products OF
tate, natural, artificial, manufae
gSErl, agricultural and mechanical.
~ ltaiso 10 collect data pertaining TO
everal Industries Of Texas, and 10
iMN5 the best possible arrangements
railroad and other transportation
for the conveyance of the
w 70 said exposition aud back, and
4 I1range for ample space and grounds
ne Texas exhibit, and at the eX-
Ah Ion Hereof to have returned TO
~ lty Of Austin all articles of what
donated to or purchased
.illae state, and to make a full aud
- led report 10 the governor OF the
ces by him performed
whsa conformity with these require
ST now beg to submit my report
;EY.is work thus lSr done, Upon re-
/ Tna OF my commission ON the 7th Of
81 day, / entered vigorously the field
- fixed resolve to achieve success
~ uexas ifcontiuuous effort in all the
~ " aud varied channels could do II.
ias recihted fully the paramount im-
OF the great, the ungquaied
lhtartunity to our state in her exhibit
1ss x 3 the assembled world, and from
z E5ih she had been soliciting capital
sag mmigration, while / keenly felt
wv ladequscy Of the appropriation for
ue Presentation of our enormous
'A ATTRACTIVE possessions, resources
Nh h possibilities. Other states had
Giel happy habitues at previous CXUO-
/. 's "A and would come with an nc.
-,osl lated fund of offerings collected
isfmgh state bureaus, and with their
900 experiences, and assisted by
hi ~ fenced exhibitors, while Texas
isS % to start with not
unday5f these advantages, her people
- to feel tor the first time the value
heAhe rare advertisement, their ambi
81 u sroused, their energies enlisted in
iaA might seem to many as only re-
q Y. or Indirect benefits. The time,
isns yas lnauspicious, AS the season had
to us one of remarkable drought
,TigI its abtendant evil of distressingly
luyIz crops, there was IA financial panic
esA ,ommercial depression prevailing
discouraged whole communities:
M es, the public mind was absorbed
4 "a the great national and state poll
,e,I llaud Positions at issue. 10 was,
q q fore, nO easy matter to excite the
! iAs ed interest and thussecure COntri-
ms for the exposition. Undis
i labored day and night in
III he cities and towns that time and
facilities enabled me a
snsi, and by addresses, letters, circu'
etc. / concluded under all these
instance that the OrgAuiz ttiOn OF
= Hsition Societies WAS the most eXpe,
J n agency OF obtaining required
avsts, and accordingly l urged
: Ikslian which l can now say worked
lnogch superior success
pc EXPOSITION SOCIETIES,
~ Seits June iast 1 appointed Mrs. c. Nj
i tsgikler OF COrsiCaua TO the duty o
n : aiaing lAdies' associations, well
n, ,p' Fing It il most generally through
ihcilgeal and patriotism OF the fair SCI
all such enterprises are advanced
. highest possible point, and pur'
y ard r, too, that the world should bI
nas to observe, through their handi'
-, thatTexas, besides being par
.gzz1 Of plenty for the poor men AMI
ed ach man, wac 81 the same tint
II 1iaepce ana educated elegance
~ ably Mrs.. Winkier acted her TO
reea hos frequently announced
1r,a the "NNoman's Work" on TN
J. space, now presided over bl
.tTerreii Mrs. Foster of Hous
ltlel VtEests, while the wonder and ad
+ aYtion at our display therein by Gil
and frOni al the states and the OF,
'di{sel siries IL the highest enconiun
~ those Texan women who hsyt
popqIN cold TO the cOntineuts that TexR
81 Wy Jay IL the unsurpassed abode o
and prosperity, where Is hes
7 ioRNnized line law of liberty Of all
,sr nd by The liberty of each.
nagtf ~ TlAfBEh AND GRASS EXHIBIT
Jslal xlous FOR the more material prod
r ng display, l appointed Or. J. 4
| llaof Houston 10 coll ct the YAri0u
" aand grasses OF the state, and {
. u end be has been indeiatigsbl
,sv. y last 1nly ably aided by j +
ma ADps, Esq., OF MarahRll. Under thei
aan s,ylHloIl we now dis lay some on
H 'n,y sared ard twenty eight varieties q
All. .er, which,, SO tar as / can lesrn,
iB, aFlrgeat bOna-hde list ever eXhiblte
-Ni paEtat0 81 any Of these exposition!
=. ps,sgconsequ Dce OF this exhibit tw
',sa by capi'aiists--ons from Englan
asue from Michigan win shortl
...,~ tine walnut region OF Washiugoi
-''' 'nelRbbUiing counties with hi
a. Of there establishing q furniiuI
70 s. on grasses we have exceed
be atee hundred and sixty varieliei
an. ~ 81 eplay these / ordered a nun
ffariDs 24x38 inches, protecte
"A - lreuts, wherein tue same wi
IA, opniel anu atir4otigely nnuR o
oIs, screans llXl2 feet lu size. ca
' asrs Of no e1llection 81 grasses eithe
spIs 50 Atlanta or az Philadelphi
,f4paiathia.
/. h TIE MINERAL ENHEBIr
hm inlteral exhibit Is excellent
nr Efanlei tthe peer Of the Ne'
lses
as