Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-09-03
THE PEOPLES FORUM.


At q meeting of the central relief com
mittee for Jones and Stonewall counties
on August 81, to take action in regard Il
reply TO the recent article published IL
, The GAZETTE by j. f. Cunningham
SEN, committee duly appointed
drafted the following, which was handed
to the acting chairman, L. M. Buie, read
approved and adopted:
ANsoN, TEX, Aug. 9l-Editor GA
zETTE; Your issue of August rs con
tains three-column article, written from
St. Louis, Mo, by j. II. Cunningham
Sen, which is calculated TO be of deep
and lasting injury to the citizens Of
Northwest Texas, who are to-day suffer.
ing so much from the great drought,
which has borne so heavily upon them
The article referred to asks, "Why beg
abroads," and states that the great state
OF Texas Is doing herself an injury by
suffering agents of these stricken people
to go without the borders OF the state
asking for charity and that Eastern
Texas is well able to care for the Western
sufferers. II is well-known fact that
the fertile fields Of all Texas have failed
to produce as abundantly this year as
usual. Wheat has been cut short; oats
are not near so good as usual; corn will
hardly make half crop, and cotton is
far below the average. So says the crop
reports, and they are generally pretty
reliable. The entire district west of the
Brazos river to the Pecos, has, this
year, witnessed almost total
failure in all that pertains to
agriculture, and homes have hitherto only
known plenty are brought face to face
with the grim visage Of want. With this
great scope of country before us and so
many to provide for, is it not supreme
folly to say that charity must be confined
at home and that our Eastern brethren,
who have but a meager allowance for
themselves, shall support our people until
they shall have plenty of their own?
Eastern Texas Is doing all that can be
done for our people. Relief committees
are being formed in every county and
contributions are being piled up, but all
this must stop when the limit OF supply
is exhausted, and il charity is muzzled as
advocated by your correspondent, the re-
lief from Eastern Texas will necessarily
be but temporary and the people of West.
ern Texas must starve when the allow
ance is exhausted.
In answer to the question "Why beg
GbroadP" we will say that the home sup.
ply will not be equal to the heavy demand,
aud again, Texas has never failed to re-
spond most nobly to demands made upon
her for charity from abroad and the state.
city or community that fails correspond to
the needs of Western Texas TODAY.
must be possessed of nature
similar to that of your correspondent
who appears to be as oblivious to the
condition Of affairs In Northwest Texas
as he was impervious to the appeal of
Coleman county's agent when soliciting
aid in st. Louis. In other words. tbeY
must be of about 20 cents caliber, Onr
people are one and the same. Remove
the state lines existing between Texas.
Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas and Louis
lana, and our interests are almost iden.
tlcallY the same. Bonds OF commerce. and
other methods of exchange bind the sis
ternood OF states in an indissoluble hond
and in this matter Of charity we shall
know no state lines, but shall appeal to
the generous irrespective of location
Iexas has contributed much to appease
munger In other localities, and now in her
dlre extremity 1t Is but Just. that hungry
texans shall receive mite in return for
that which has been dispensed with such
lavish hands. Your St. Louis correspond
ent overheard dialogue between Cole
man county's poor agent and st Louis,
high-toned millionaire. This dialogue
originated entirely within the fertile brain
OF your Aforesaid correspondent, and was
intended to give more or less prominence
70 certain political views of n
Iocai nature, entertained and ad-
Vocateu by the aforesaid cor.
respondent, while resident of this
county, ana who is not yet entirely de-
YOU Oh interest," here. But the dialogue
mas also served another purpose. 1t has
ealleu W hinu something simil lr recently
oEerneaIu mere AJones county broncho
belonging to a respectable citizen 81 me
county and dilapidated ass. or father os
the mule, belonging to the aforasoSd
correspondent, while BROWSING on ~
lower limbs of the mesquite timber in
search of beans, proceeded To enIivan
each other with sna,ches of conversationa
they had heard from their respective NOS
ters. For convenience sake the two All
mars snail he denominated A. and r
b.; Good morning, cousin. How is !
your health this morning? and the otber
fourteen members of your familv2 ana |
where is your master these hard tiInesy
a. Pfithee, cousin, / and the family
are weili you are well aud happy. / see
anu my master is now In st. Louis. Mo
b. Truly, that is good news nv
eousini but what is your master now do.
ing In st. Loulsf ~" W.
A. lie Is working on cotton pIcler
ana II VIII oeR grand success, too
b. That is not what heard INV msstor
say He said your master was IN &C.
Louis, MO-, writing letters for the For,
worth GAZETTE, pulling on the same ola
string that has already demoraIized Low NV
county, and trying to keep people a b
from sending donations to the dronSht
s'ricAen citizens of Northwest Texas
A.; No; You are mistaken. Mass Mast !.
not trying to keep donations out Of Tex.a IS
out must confess, he is grinding his avs
You are wrong, my thoughtful and
heultauve cousin. My master saws Inv
your masters letter was intended 10 t .na
snsrl.y at home, and that he also intends
70 keep MS axe sticking TO The SrJra
ss0 Master says calm ALWAYS tore
,el storm, snd from your mas,erSs
the outbreak. ~" expecting
a.; think you do my master sre., {.
lustlCe In charging thar 10 ,,.et ~ IN