Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-01-08
DTTON POOLING.
We Paid by the Cotton Shippers
~ ort Worth Largely in Ex-
eg cess OF Other Towns.
,i : Remedy to Build a Line to Wax
obio or OorsioaDa TO Connect
O. With the Texas Central

Aentirely conversant with allthe
hat have lately brought about
ion In business in this city.
the main factors in giving us
{ 5ult Is the pooling by the Gulf,
a 10 q Santa re railroad and the
aeyats Ia Of all the cotton shipped
is place. 1t Is my conviction
- rate OF freight paid by cotton
IS Of Fort Worth the present
nnd . portion of the preceding
been largely in excess Of other
|ogitive towns, and in many cases
lni thst of the small towns with
1--WE are surrounded. In fact, the
|addble result of the pooling" Of
Y Tive point at ID high rate is a
III, tariff at the small nOn-cOm-
n 3 towns. The reason of this is
loh manager wishes TO draw 60
-,sl station and get all, ut the eX-
~ the place where he can only
hall.
lustrAte, say there are 500 bales
on 81 Granburv. If the lot
- Cleburne. Mr. Murray credits
oRd with 500 bales; if it goes 70
erf0rd, Mr.. Newman does like
If it comes TO Fort Worth, they
ave to be content with $50 bales.
can afford 10 shade the high
pought to make a perceptible
nee Ia the price and make the
b quit the old channels; and il
o. be denied that an astute
.er would naturally feel
ned TO take advantage
4 an opportunity TO nourish aud
then his own child-the local
g managers of railroads do not
cheap rates at competitive
| m on account of love of the places,
hition OF superior rights, or on
1t OF subsidies or anything else
| ned, but because Of jealousy, and
on 60 Guido each other. AfJer
lave bad a few well-fought bat
Ave of peace and profit and the
" each other set the ascendancy,
they both cry less tonnage and
8 evenue," and Immediately Ateer
Aiat haven of rest, the pool
they anchor only occasionally.
lg.nlaster Will not stick every time
lped Off his season At all places
d by the Houston ~ Texas Cen
hallway and the st. Louis Narrow
I'M Worth is now undergoing
mcond application Of this ONT
which, il applied 3 few more
will leave nothing but a skele-
i Zoe doc o d. We are surround, d
~ y COM, etittve aud no -;ompou.
Vns, aud they all carry meat on
Lbs that properly bell ngs to this
|SeH enimal Ten Thousand bales
ever bur cotton receipts this sea
Representing say $A50,00O Gle
| sPsi will receive nearly as much
mas already received over twenty
ind, and Dallas nearly twenty
Ind bales II there had been az
e we would have received no
than lhir Y thousand bata
|Hse crop ON cur tributary territory
nsetter than that of Waco OK Dal
Ten we take into consideration
ssearly all of the money obtained
cotton is distributed il
town at which the cot
VI Is sold, come idei
sfe formed ofthe difference between
fOlo and competition In fTeigh
This burg is not quite largI
1gh to lose 81 OO0,0O0 Ia singh
o In trade, and not feel the lOss
> virgin modesty Of the brillian
enlen, MIR. Newmsn and Mr.
lay always receives q severe shoot
n complaint is made, or questions
=; 10 for one moment think them
- Of such q thing, they calculate
~ just the same every where
|-Woftb2 why. We dearly love tina
we spend slet pless nights think
| II ways to help the place, and yol
|o03t suppnse We would violate tn
land you know we are too poor d
in case we leave "A hot tran, an,
= is some man fools enough T.
= commercial death by assisting
osaate.n
what makes me wither and per
d., te meet q man who has constitu
|Vsnough 10 swallow the UtteTance
general freight agent or traffi
ger and still live How ii is DOS
for n man OF average sense, VIII
Fslcliytly and peTaistently keep
STn husiness in the shade, to Il
| l.he keenesu-brain men in the stat
re themaelve, entirely a way upo
aightest prOvOcation, cannot rec
noad managers give the rank an
shat they think viii meet thei
slrennents and no more. II Tia
hants OF Fort Woreh THU
viii get competition
|afreight rates because, as
heard expressed, they have pal
Is by money and land subsidy
are left The Gulf, Colorado
d 70 railroad, or Gould system
as no such contract, and il Is foil
peOt hem to do this, as long I
think they are safe and can max
money otherwise.
~ question will be asked, "Wa
Dallas pooled Alison
ge men that have made any effol
/ the Facts say no.
hy2 Because of the presence 4,
1auston & Texas Central railroad
,gaeed BIZ Mr. Waldo, who is not
f0r daddling his own canoe. III
pF boys whisper sweet music in b
z bout the beginning Of each cottu
n and al says think they have
efts but about the time the 70
p they ind he is out Of the trscr
~.
is now demonstrated, I shoul
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