Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-30
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special TO the Gazette.
DALLAS, Tx, June % Governor
Gibbs, on his return from ArsnsHs Pass
70 this city, sail that the Fort Worth
deep-w water convention will be Crane
success, ard that there will be more
farmers present than al any political con
vertioU, SIS they aye wsk!ng up to the i'm
Dortxpce of new markets snd lower
freight rates. He says notaicg can do
the commercial and Agricultural interests
Of Texas as much good as G seaport OF
the coast, snd 20 secure this it Is only
necessary fer the people 70 force the deep
wa.er issue and make all politicians fear
tee power OF the people more than they
DO local, commercial, political snd neWs-
0spsr Influences. II means an annual
saving Of millions to the tLrmer and
s.ockrsiser of Texas, and their interests
in this respect have been neglected
h doesn't consider that Arkansas Pass
or Galveston either have anything to DO
with the Fort Worth convention, and
don't sse why the News should KICK
sqsinstit, He would not in the Fort
Worth convention vote to select Atansss
Ptss, although he strongly believes K II
as the available point In the interest OF
ali Texas, and especially NJrtb Texas, he
f>vors deep water ca tn gulf coast AAd
large convention st Fort Worth. HIS
iiea is that the cor Vanu0n should adopt
resolutions IN substance IS follows, ana
doesn't see how any one can oppose
| them unless he is an enemy OF deep Watef
| or favors some point not available:
RESOLUTIONS,
Where's, IS the agricultural, stock
raising and commercial interests OF
Texas 9demand new markets and
lDYer rate OF freights
which benefits can only be
obtained by deep water port at some
point On our Gull coast, now therefore
be 1t
Resolved, by TIE people CT T1x:s in
! convention assembled:
| |. That We request our Senators ard
! Representatives. in Congress TO use every
eQdeaVor 50 speedily secure sufficient
appropriation 10 obtain such port.
2. That we favor the concentration OF
the appropriation st that point on our
coast where twenty five feet OF water can
be obtained and maintained over the bar
for the least money and most speedily ;
and favor the immediate appointment Of
three sbLe .nd honest engineers 10 select
said point.
8. That we are opposed TO the entire
700 miles Of Texas coast being embraced
in one marine or congressional district
and believe this policy unfair and con
trary to the best interests OF the state
4. That we believe it TO the interests OF
the people OF Texas, in addition TO the
work done by the United Safes govern
ment at some one point, that 1t permG
private corporations to secure and main
tain deep water at any other point Of
points, provided that .they be allowed tc
charge only such port fees as may bt
fixed by the stste government, and tht
government reserve the right to purchase
ssid improvements at a price to be est
mated by United States engineers.
Mr.. Gibbs thinks united eff0rt among
the masses Of the people who raise pro
duce for sale, ana who suffer from higi
freight rates and circumscribed markets
,, will win against certain local, political
!, social, newspaper and commercial in
fuerces which have dominated the stat
on this question.