Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-04
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the state committee has accomplished
nothing worthy CT the state? How could
II WORK without money? Those honor
able and intelligent gentlemen are worthy
OF every trust and would serve their state
cheerfullY aud wisely. They would ask
no compensation but the applause OF their
neiehoors But ia csndor and fairness, l
would ask, how could they execute great
works without meaos? Not alone has
the state commit tee failed TO parform any
valuable wo k, but the counties and
local associations have, as rule, failed
to perform those acts from which
the people hsd expected 80 great and val
liable results. Here and there an effort
has been made, but very few of tGose
efforts have been creditable or efficient.
Preliminary investigation has shown that
to perform any creditaoie work In that
direction was of necessity quite expens-
i've, and recognizing the cost, local enter
prise has shraDk from the responsibility.
It Dies not cost great sum to publish
the statistics, resources end attractions
Of any one county, or of several adj AGENT
counties in one publication, and to pub
fish it in fairly good style. But the diff =
Guilty is fourd in the proper dis
tribution of such publication; 20 ascer-
tain and open the channels through
which these publications msy be placed in
the hands of those for whom they are in
tended, is the chief source of difficulty
and expense. In that department persis-
tent labor, liberal and extensive adver-
tisement OF the publications themselves,
business tact, energy and skill, combined
with the use of considerable sums of
money must all be employed to accom-
plish the purpose. Say that 10. 600 publ
cations may cost 5000, 1t will be found
that $1,000 will be too little for its proper
distribution. Not that alone; each
individual locality undertaking to
ture fnds that it must Of necessity
incur similar effort and cost. Thus the
cost is multiplied IS many times ss there
are separate enterprises. Such multi
piled cost cannot aud will not be borne
by the separate localities. Better meth
eds must be employed. Channels for
cheap, effective and thorough distribution
must be opened at q common cost, and
the benefits enjoyed by each!snd all of the
individuals. Such work can only be done
by q stste committee literally supplied
with money. The state committee must
also publish and distribute general state
statistics, resources, attractions, etc.
1t must advertise Texas; 1t must ad-
vertise the counties, cities, towns. etc,
not so much as individual features of
attraction, but as component parts Of the
great stste OF Texas The separate local
tiles can publish their individual glories
to suit them selves, and when they have
paid their assessments into the common
fund to be employed by the state COM
mittee, they msy circulate their litera-
ture through the common channels. Thus
one cost for distribution can be shared
and enjoyed by alI. Thus by correct
principles of economy AMI business
methods the work may be resumed aud
carried to successful issue.
II the people really and heartily wish
to invite immigration, they csn thus
Go SO at a minimum cost; cost go
small In comparison to the stu
pendous and legitimate value Of
the results as to be light upon all
and triding in comparison. But this can
be inaugursted only through the instru-
mentality of 8 popular convention. Lo-
calities must send their delegates to .
convention prepared to pledge such
localities to the payment Of such 6q1it-
able assessments as the convention may
deem wise to impose. The delegates may
bring with them to such convention not
enthusiasm alone, but knowledge born
of experience aad deliberate reflection.
Success will flow from the work Of the
because wisdom will dictate
the governing principles and provide the
"siuews of war" Texas cannot, with
credit, abandon the noble enterprise
upon which she so eagerly entered
q short while since. She cannot
afford TO defer her development to the
terdy methods of silence as 20 her bound
less resources. But II the illustration OF
her incompatible glories are to shine 30
that the world may gsze and admire, she
must promptly proceed to the correction
of the original errors, and provide with
spirit of noerality commensurate with
the grandeur of the state, for the execu-
hon of wise and eff ;ient principle Ct bust
iess. Therefore appeal to the people
Of Texas to assemble In general conven-
tion through chosen delegations at such
place and time as may appear spproriate.
Respectfully, W. V. JOHNSON.