Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-31
WEIR Prov CoapI,

! DALLAS, TEX, May %, 1885. 81
To the Texas Farmer.
In answer to your questions, in regSEd
to the Farmers Alliance: ID We d
not know Of any organization a. charged
by them that has made any threat6I
attempt to crush the Alliance. (2) VIZ
do not believe there has been any genera
and fierce attack made upon the Alliance
by any party or parties residing in Dallas
or elsewhere. 80 We do not know Of
any retailer in Dallas that has been
whipped into line as stated by them.
| a. We must admit that we do not
know what they mean IL their statement
that the struggle has now lasted over
fifty days with incessant fury, and the
context. We have never been informed
Of anything Of the kind. 81 We do not
know of any promise made to the ex.
change for all the money they needed, nor
| any violation Of the same. co We
I notice that all the accusations are against
Dallas, and they claim to have been be-
treyed In Dallas and they went elsewhere
to borrow money and were followed up
by kilograms ard letters to dethrone their
purpose by Dsllas people. OF such
we know nothing. We are at the
first knowledge Of this. Cd We know
nothing of their Houston transaction.
We know nothing Of Dallas keeping the
mails and wires hot to prevent the ex-
change securing funds, nor do we believe
such were facts. We could see no good
reason for 1t at least. (s) We presume
arrangements could be made by most any
firm or corporation with LEGAL merchants
in Dallas or elsewhere, il the facts were
made known that such firm or corporation
were liable and responsible, we would
see no reason why. There ts
plenty OF money In Dallas,
no doubt. (9) As to our opinion In the
pre- misses we would sSy the printed circu-
lar letter handed US Is full of exeggera-
ton. We do not believe that there is .
merchant in Dallas that has even lost
one minutes sleep or been In the least
uneasy on account Of the Alliance carry
ing the trade by storm. We do not see
that they have lessened our trade any,
and we would further state that we have
no reason to envy them, nor do we be-
lieve any other merchant In Dallas has.
We wish them much success In all their
enterprises. Yours truly,
WEIR PLow Co, G. FINKLRA, Manager
HEATING IMPLEMENT Co.,
DALLAS, May 20. !
Texas Farmer:
would make the following answers to
your questions:
l. I know OF no organization, as
charged, to crush the Exchange, ror is
there such an organization.
2. There has been no attack Of any
kind against these people-the charge
that there has been is purely imaginary.
8. do not know what is meant by
"whipping retsilers into line"
4. The statement that the "struggle"
has lasted over nifty days can only refer
to the struggle Of the Exchange officers
to carry on the business. did not know
they had been in bad way for so long
time.
5. know Of no promise "for Gil the
money needed" and 1t is safe to say no
such promise was ever given by any of the
Dallas people. 1t would take battery
Of very large gold mines to furnish all the
money needed to run business on the
plan snd magnitude proposed.
and z. have heard something about
the proposed borrow at Houston. It is
absurd to accuse the Dallas people OF try.
ing to prevent the exchange borrowing
outside; everybody wants them to get
and bring all the money they can to Dali
las, and certainly no one, unsolicited,
sent out, unasked, an opinion on the con-
cern-in fact could not know to whom to |
send It to until asked. So that charge !
also is imaginary.
g. The only arrangements that could be |
made with local merchants and banks for |
the exchange to get all reasonable busi- |
ness accommodation they might need,
would be confidence that the credit so |
given would be safe.
3. think these answers cover pretty |
wei all the points. II my opinion has |
any weight with any Of the farmers
enough to save them or some OF them
from putting their good money into Q
ysx&ure which, on the system and plan as
BY this concern, could NOT be |
carried out by . combination
Of ell the business men and capital Of
Dallas, then I have no hesitancy in Civ
ing it.
A great iriustice Ia done nallsa In cha