Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-26

III ..htrn litlhh
r' s',.,,.. TO Bsns nc St. Louis.
,,rrrr has been aware Tor some ON 9,
~ 81, ! new order was spreading
~, andrecruitlug amember-
,mong the farmers This or
4 4 known as
,p.pE-cARD UNION,
.bIe sources THE GAZETTE
me following information
me upion. 1t Is a secret
y ~ local lodges and county or
'lls,,.b on the same plan as the
z , Nv The head OF the union
~ IN st. Louis and travelling
Z =, conntry are the propa.
me union, going from
..rsty throughout the states,
NV inviting grounds securing
n w ~! and forming lodges. These
are said TO be increasing
n, already there are 1000 menu
Z d county alone.
,ar PRIME OBJECT
n ,is'card union is to furnish to
~ merchandise Of all kinds
pricrs than can be
onr Texas merchants.
I. nromise of the head officers.
4 ~ are to be furnished Ia any
n irom a pound OF cheap tea to
a m outflt. The saving promised
ssrs iu the neighborhopd OF 10
f EN-. on prices paid in Texas
u stw 1T is OPERATED.
i. mon becoming a member Of
Il contributes fifty cents of his
N VI money "lor the good of the
4 He Is given q registered card.
Fl ~ him to deal wish the reve-
,tmeut in st. Louis and to reap
jlrent saving so glibly promised,
Il M Is supposed To send for ten
a N eofee. He is shown how he
Y coffee at one or two cents per
|he,per than he would probably
81 home. On ten pounds of coffee
pbsbly save twenty cents, and
X to get his goods. But he
"A sesing-machine and is prom
,ing OF two or three dollars over
3soald cost him in Fort Worth,
E h course, to send his money with
and he must needs take the
&aylng
PIG IN A PoKE,
knly has the word of the heads
4auctlye scheme as to whether
Il will not get what he pays for.
q ige iarmer is not Ia q position
4 ios himself who are, or what Is
msibilily of those whom he is
4 with hundreds of miles away
he. THE GAZETTE is not pre-
s Gill ia question the RESPONSE
n the st, Louis gentlemen; for
Mats known TO the contrary, they
Y bile to do all they promise. But
n Of the farmers THE GAZETTE
slrain from calling attention to
considers to be a wrong principle
sirlted aud vitality injurious to
ducer and consumer, 10 farmer
|ichant.
n HOW 1T MAY 1NJuRE.
\ 3, merely for argument, for 1t is
admitted that our merchants,
snail, charge the farmers more
Asnd reasonable margin upon
~ conduct their business, but
isat the average farmer, buyer
= Aam0unts Of supplies at a tine,
or 10 per cent. by sending
Dalton ia st. Louis; this
M buying is kept up. A time
hen, as is so frequently the case,
NEneeds TO be Guided over" for d
a given credit until he gets his
4lFesled. Having bought only
Louis parties and for spot cash,
70 pc presumed that at their dis
~ viii credit him. He has done
W he could by withdrawing his
rom his local merchants TO
4 ilem up aud drive them
illhey are not driven away, the
I'm scarcely expect them to help
IN TIME OF NEED,
Is done nothing toward prosper
local merchants, but quite the re-
Behind this lies the fact that II
~ very unlikely that the country
y or the city merchant would
snf the farmer a market fol-
Pal products of his farm; his
9cllckens, eggs, etc.
3ament member of the Farmers
as said to THE GAZETTE that he
y prices charged by merchants
ny county and this city nothing
FAln OF, and ne spoke as a man
IN the past spent many years
~ merchandising, but is now
h There is a
ROCK AHEAD
~ matter, and so faI
uzkTTE now apprehends the
! cannot discover where other
FAna1e harm VIII come to the
Nao seeks to have his smaller
feppiled at such q distance as IL
fs' only those who can continu,
u totally independent financially
|a'slcnanis aud with u bank &C,
ufaw upon, are able TO take ad,
y such fulsome promises as ap.
Y put forth by The Trade Card
representatives. of this order are
y MEET IN FORT WORTH
sslay, Slst inst, for the purpose
. Any a county assembly or lodge
S'lys's and operations of tht
\ misunderstood it will not b,
y maze more explicit to the pub
alals' The GAzETrR's inform
oillcer of the order.
taort enough without having 4