Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-14
TIE GRANGE STATE FAIR.
Letter From Hon. a. j. Rose, Mater of
State Grange and President Of Fair Also
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Letter From Hon. A. j. Rose, Mater of
State Grange and President Of Fair AEso-
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The following letter was delayed in the
mail, which will account to the writer for Its
non appear nee. 1t reached THE GAZETTE
yesterday Ed. GAZETTE
SALADo, BELL COUNTY, TEX, Feb q, 1sSS.
To the Editor of the Gazette.
MY DEAR SIR was very much graft
fed on receipt of your enterprising and
progressive journal of February II, to
notice that you had given, in eXteDso, the
proceedings Of the Texas State Grange
committee, which recently met in Temple
to insugurste the movement for G state
| fair, etc. take this occasion to sincerely
thank THE GAZETTE; and to assure it
that this token of friendship will be ap-
preciated by members of the order
in all parts of the state. 1 sincerely
regret that cannot say as much for some
other leading journals. Indeed, your
kindness is the more appreciated because
OF the evident, although quasi-secret, OPP
position of some other papers, which
never miss an opportunity to place OBJ
stacles in the pathway of the Grsnge's
every attempt to improve the condition
of the farmer. We naturally expected
these papers to attempt to ipjure the
movement as to state fslr, either by ig-
noring it or by open attack. [ am glad to
| be able to say that l have never
knows The GAZETTE to attempt the use of
| its great power to the injury Of the
| Grange, or any other tanners or laborers'
organization all Of which, whatever may
have been their errors OF the errors Of
| enthusiasts among them who unwittingly
misrepresent them, have their inherent
| foundation in the peoples protest against
the rule of government by class interests.
| In fact, Tue GAZETTE impresses ne as
hsving the courage of honest convictions,
IS the peoples paper, uatrammeled on one
hand by the fanaticism OF enthusiasts,
miscalled reformersRan6 unsubsidiZed by
monopoly or class interests. But it is
foreign to my purpose to take ad-
vantage of the friendship shown
| by you to this enterprise in
order to impose upon you q
/ long article. beg to make this point,
however: AS the ultimate success of
every calling, when traced to the
last analysis, is based upon the
prosperity Of agriculture, il seems
! to me it would be the part Of wisdom for
all Journals to follow your example in
encouragement of every honest effort
msde BY farmers that furnishes any
reason sole prospect Of Improvement ia
the agricultural interests Of the country.
1t seems to me that no one not
blinded by prejudice will deny that
the establishment Il state fair under
the management of the Grange will prove
of incalculsble beneft-not to farmers
only, but to all classes OF people, and to
the body polite. Such an enterprise as
it is our intention this shall grow into
will result in collecting together annually
OF hundreds of thousands of people
Samales of our soil and its products, of
stock, household work of sll kinds, farm
! implements and machinery from 81 parts
of Texas and the United States-and
along with these will come manufac-
tursrs, farmers, stock rsisers of pro-
gressive ideas, out Of which grows the
prosperity of state and nation. Coming
together in this wsy,to listen to addresses,
to give and receive new ideas, stimulus
will be impaired not to agriculture and
its collaterals alone, but to every Depart
ment Of life and enterprise. 1t is upon
these considerations that predicate the
opinion that al our newspapers and peo-