Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-18
WHAT tbs Pspers Are ssyirs Abolt the
Importance OF q Harbsr en- tho
Texas Ceas..
Every County Advised to Send Delegates to
the Deep Water Convention At
Fort Worth.
SHOULD BE WILL REpREsENTEp

| SHOULD BE WELL REPRESENTED.
| Denver News: Colorado ought to send
q strong delegation Of business men to
the Fort Worth deep w6ter convention
Every state and territory west of the
Missouri on the Atlantic slope is inter-
ested in the purpose for which 1t is called
Denver in particular should respond In
force. AS the metropolis and distributing
| point OF the mountain county her peop e
have special reasons for cooperation III s
work Of so much importance to her future
commerce. Then, apart from these more
potent considerations, we should
not forget the response made by
the citizens Of Fort Worth to the invita-
ton Of Denver the last of March. As
men are affected by seli-interest, sug-
| gestion heretofore made In these columns
fWtl be repeated as an additional reason
why the arid region should cordially join
hands with Texas in support Of prsc-
ttcable hnrbor on the gulf. The next Con-
gress will be asked to redeem the center
CT the continent by inauguratirga sys-
| TEN OF irrigation by means Of storage
reservoirs. The same boiy will
be appealed to for deep out
let on the coast of Texas. The sections
concerned in both of these national i'm
pTovements are destined 70 have many
! ties IN common. This will cement q
mutual alliance. The west Will support
Texas with all the influence 1t can COM
mIpd, and Texss Will respond with will
In aid OF e movement in which she also
aas an Interest that is far from being re-
mote. The Fort Worth convention Of
July 10 should be kept in mind, and this
northern country should be vel! repre-
scented.
AN INTERESTED CRY.
Galveston Tribune: Tae Austin Dis
patch, paper that would not know 8
subsidy il 1t found It lying in the road
has csught the Arkansas Pass fever and is
almost Is violent as TIE FORT WORTH
GAZETTE. In 8 recent issue the Dis
patch said: deep wster at Arkansas
Pass means deep water for the entire
state, unencumbered by wharf monopo-
lies and cormorant corporations" This
is answered sy 6 Fort Worth paper that
mas not been seen in the interests of The
Arkansas Pass job, the Democrat, which
says; at means no such thing.
ArAnsas Pass is even now owned by
cormorant corporation with whom rests
the power of forming a monopoly more
oppressive than that which inAicts Gal
weston. It is this syndicate and their
wealth that Is directing so much attention
10 the Psss" The Democrat lets the cat
cat OF the bag. The Democrat knows
whereoii il speaks, IS it is on the ground,
the very birthplace OF this wonder
tul enthusiasm for deep water at
Arkansas Pass. II knows that the men
who compose the modopoly are not so
much for deep water for Texas as they
are for the filing Of their own deep
pockets. 1t is only few years ago that
Fort Worth WAS bowling itself hoarse for
deep Wster at Sabine Pass, but at that
time the howlers were not interested in
80, 900 acres of land and water ST Arkansas
Pass. The MAJ who does not know what
sill this hurrsh about deep water at Aran-
sss Pass means simply does not want to
EnoW.
ROUsING MEETING.
Corsicans Observer: TIE deep water
convention will meet at Fort Worth on
the 10th of July. It will be rousing
meeting. We hope good results will
grow out of it. Ii the wisdom Of Texas
can be concentrated on the most feasible
plan the necessary aid will be secured. A
long pull and strong pull all together
for the general good of the state and the
northwest is very important.
SHOULD SEND DELEGATE.
Embree Enterprise: A nunoer of citi-
zens of Fort Worth, Tex have called an
inter state deep water convention to meet
at that city on July 10, 1883, to discuss
the advantages of the various hsrbors and
to provide Ways and means to accomplish
tie work of securing deep water at the
most available point. They suggest that
the boards of trade or other organizations
of business men in the various cities OF
Colorado, New Mexico snd Texas select
delegates to this convention. We all
have an interest in this matter, and En-
sree should send delegate.
TWO OPINIONS.
Hillsboro Reflector: The hoggishness
OF Galveston in the deep water matter is
spplrent in her most selfish demand,
Galveston or nothlng."-[ Fairfield Re-
corder.
The Recorder should not permit the
organs Of the Arkansas Pass speculation 10
mislead it into such ridiculous express
sions. There has oeen no such demand
made by Galveston IS it states. The
people OF Galveston have only asked from
the start that the appropriations for
hsrbor improvements for the state
be concentrated st one point, and
while, like most others who have investi-
gated the subject and especially the great
mass Of impartial snd Intelligent citizens,
they doubtless realize that 1t is "Galves
ton or nothing" they have been willing
to leave that to be decided by disinter-
ested authorities and let Galveston take
her chances with other points. They
simply want the deep wstsr question
settled so that they can know and the
people Of Texas can know whether or not
Texas is to have q seaport and, If SO,
where 1t IS to be.
THE ONLY WAY.
Weinsr Gimlet: The Floresville Chron
ice says 1t would not be fair to concen-
trate all the appropriations for deep water
on one place, and that 1t will never be
done. 1t may never be done, but that is
the only sure way for Texas to get deep
water. one deep water port for this
state would be sufficient at present, and
to attempt to have more than one would
require &c much money that we could
not hope for national appropriations suf-
A,;ont II no q ooo6 thing tho