Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-04
WACO
The Farmers Alliance and the Cot
ton-Buyers Of the Gen.
trail City.
A Petition Taken 10 Gov. Ireland Seek
ing Pardon for George
w. Smith.


Special to the Gazette.
WACO, Tx, Dec. 8.-Thc Waco cotton
buyers have stood some rough rackets this
season, but they met their match to-day,
for tho Farmers alliance, bringing in 100
bales Of cotton, struck the town--the FIRST
time the alliance has tackled Waco. The
wagons were grouped on the plaza and
then Rev. Mr.. Parrack Of Mart, who acted
as spokesman and bargain.makcr for the
alliance, suffered himself 60 be inter
viewed by the buyers. Mr.. Parrack said
the 100 bales must be sold IN bulk. The
street buyers swarined in with bids for
Isolated lots--7 80 for this bale, 3 cents
for that, 500 for another, and so on, $40
being the highest bid. Mr. Parrack said
these isolated bids were good enough,
but the cotton must 20 In bulk. The
best bulk bid he got was 81, and he said
1perish the thought" At noon no sale
had been mndc, and the alliance tele-
graphed to Galveston TO known the price
OF cotton there to-day. A reply was slow
in coming, and at $50 Mr.. Parrack or
dered the farmers TO mount their wagons,
drive 20 one of the yards and eat their
dinners. 70 your reporter Mr. ParracE
talked freely He said 1--WE mean business,
II we sell our cotton here at fair price
we have $500 in cash 10 spend for
goods. II we must 90 TO some other
place we will trade there. We know
enough about the price Of cotton to know
that we are not offered enough The
reporter vcnturcd the question; at the
street buyers offer you (as you say they
do) a satisfactory price for small lots,
why not close out TO them2" Mr.. Par
rack replied: "The street buyer Is use
less middle man and We want TO get rid
of him. We can sell to the shipper or
splnners' agent just as well as the street
buyer can. We propose to keep the
street buyers profit for ourselves,
for IL comes oBt OF our cotton.
We can deliver cotton in 100
bale lots or more here or
at any depot in the county" The buyers
stated that they had offered the alliance
the top OF the market. Only one bid in
bulk was made, and the shippers who
made that didn't seem anxious TO close
the trnde. "Let them telegraph to Gal
veston," said the buyers; "they will find
that expenses added we are paying as
much here as Galveston Is. And II they
want to ship to some other market they
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Waco Is"
All afternoon the alliance dickercd with
buyers, but no satisfactory rate could be
reached, and night came on with no sale
made The alliance held secret meet
ing at the courthouse tonight TO decide
,what course to pursue tomorrow. Some
farmers say cotton will be stored here
and sold later, while others say 1t viii
be hauled TO Marlin. Cotton buyers eX-
press the belief that after another effort
to sell tomorrow the alliance Will break
up and individuals will sell 20 the hest
advantage. The business men regret the
episode, but admit that the cotton buyers
made as high bid as the Texas market
| justified.
GENERAL LOCAL NEWS.
The county commissioners met to-day
and elected Ambrose Grain justice OF the
peace in the McGregor precinct, vice Nj.
s. Johnson resigned.
Capt. M. ID. Herring of counsel for
Joseph II. White, the Brazilian counter
teiter has gone to st. Louis TO make ar
engagements for the trial. In March of
next year.
/ The cotton market was active to-day.
! Total receipts since Sept. /, 5l,S2G bales.
| Stock on hand, about 3 900 bales.
There is u movement to establish a
weekly paper In the interest Of the pro-
hibitiou cause. 1t is not the Gatesville
Advance
Cards are out for the marriage OF Mr..
d, Domnau and Miss Hannah Baruch,
both of this city, on the evening of the
Goth inst.
District court stood adjourned to-day,
for lack of cases to try, but will meet
again tomorrow
Money was made up by subscription to-
day to send lawyer to Austin with the
petition for Geo. w. Smiths pardon.
The city council Is in session tonight.
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