Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-19

the preeent rstio Of increase Texaa will
Ssve 100000 people N tWalfy five
yesr5. She would then be entitled 30
eighty-two members of the Hou:e OF
representatives, and with those eighty
Two votes msssed on measure II would
De difficult to Withstand them. Think i
over, gentlemen; this is question that
will De Of mighty interest 20 your chill
iTen.
She has been filed By people from all
sections OF the Union. And for that rsa-
son there is the broadest cosmopolitan
Ism there, with the maximum OF political
freedom and social enjoyment. Her IN :
surc is full Of the premise Of agricultural,
Industrial, commercial spd political
greatness, snd &c day, with al our terri
tory, the entire expenses Of our state gov
eminent are only so cents per annuu per
hesd OF our population. Il is tour times
grester in Germany, ffteen times greater
IN Austria and thirty times greater III
Frsnce.
Now, why shcuid you be interested Ia
Texss? In the first piece. Texas produces.
including cotton, wool, hides, live stock,
etc to the value, It is claimed, Of over
S75, 900 600 spnually, ind q market in
New England, Now do you send
US the money enclosed in an
envelope that costs Just two cents 10
nEul the $500 miles 10 our home, or do
yCu send US cars loaded with freight? |
fear, gentlemen, that 1t is the former.
And why do you not send US merchandise
in payment for cur products? Cer.sinly
from the well known reputation Of New
England merchants and manufacturers
you have the ability and courage to meet
sny market in this country. Yet Chicago,
ST. Louie, Pailsdelphls snd New York
are getting all that trade. You miy ssy
the haul is too long. Then ship by waste.
to Galveston, and over your own Atchi-
son road distribute through not
orly cur state, but Kansas,
Colorado and New Mexico IS well
You msY gay your harbors do
not admit OF steamers drawing more than
twelve feet Of water at low tide. 1 will
answer in reply that inside Of FIVE years,
possibly Three, we will have two great
harbors on inc Texas coast thst will sd
nit vessels drawing over twenty feet of
| @aser. We have inst had two great enc
popular conventions on thst bject-one
ct Denver and the other At the coming
As had the honor Of conducting sill the
correspondence which resulted in bring
ing together at this convention over SOC
delegates representing municipalities
boards of trade, chambers OF commerce,
bankers, m archants and farmers from the
states Of N brasks, Colorado, Kansas, Ar
ssasss, New Mexico, Arizona and
! ou: own Texss-a convention represent
ing more brains and individual financial
strength than any political convention
ever held il this county, know some
thing of the movement. And thst move
msnt interests you perhaps fully as much
Ss it does US. am told that the people
OF New England own the mai ori:Y OF the
stock O: the Atchissn system. and "a thai
system represents some s75. 00o. GOO OF
cspital sside from its bonds, and as the
A.chison people have purchased the test
piece ct railroad property Ia our state q
afr to the GUT, Colorsdo and SAINTS f
and now segregstiug some 1000 mile },
shink you have q great Interest IN the
question ct 3 deep water hs-bor.
T 4 deep water harbor in Yexss means
that the Atchison system whi carry the
.-si1 and other exprrt.b!e procucfs from