The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1888-03-21
IMMIGRATION MOVEMENT
The Outlook at st. Louis At
tention Attracted What Texas
Towns are Doing Waco
Badly Behind.


Towns are Doing Waco
Badly Behind.
To the Editor of the Examiner.
Agrecabl9 to your request, will
endeavor to present briefly, a syuop-
sis Of the work being done at ST.
Louis by the immigration agents of
| Texas. The headQu are situat-
ed under the Southern hotel, facing
Wall str et The rooms are hand
some and spacious Up to the date OF
my departure, March 18th, Fort
"a orthwas far in the lead, not only in
! exhibits, but in private matter. Next
comes Dallas, San ONO, Houston,
| Galveston, Sherman, Denison, Austin,
Pal ,stnn, Paris and other cities aud
towns in the state. Each have and
are sending specimens for the eXhlb-
/ ton. The illustrated pamphlet forms
arc ve'y popular, and Fort Worth la )
out ut last four different kinds,
/ giving fiue and attractive cuts of her
/ principal buildings. These circulars
and printed matter are jndciOusly
mailed aud distributed, mostly at
present to the territories that have
so fatally suffered from the extreme
l co u VI llC I)ItstIJ WlHbt's L nt pee
pie of these districts are clamoring
for our warm. southern sunny cl me.
They are Alarmed and ready to seek
any county offering any inducements
to n better class OF skilled labor and
industri) us farmers.
The exhibits are arranged artisti-
cally aud OF cOurse to tpe best adj
vantage, while the walls are covered
with beautiful engrAvi - and pic urcs
of IexHs cities, towns, farms, ranches,
vine yards, parks, etc.
Waco has not siugle blade of
era Is, a handful of cer, al or liuc of
printed m1tter on exhibition. IL sim
ply makes Waco man sick at heart
aud ashamed OF his Dir hplsce to note
this awful absence. 1t IS not within
the power of my pen to cOnVeY to
you thc blani- picture that hangs sus-
pended under The word WACO, nor
could | or any of us realize the dire
results that Will surely TO low this
marked indifference on the part of
the G 4ntral CITY. Something should
be done at once. Many of our citizens
have to-day discussed this question
with me and am proud to say. that
they were uuitCrm in one conviction,
that Waco should proceed instantly
to get up exhibits, and pamphlets
and illu. trAtlons. | have been on the
ground three months and know W hat
is needed in tho way ofprinted mat
ter, and would suggest thNt highly
illustrated pamphlets be used. 1t VII
cost but few dollars, while the col
lection of grain, ore and various
other specimens should not cost a
cent. There is to-day more
enthusiasm over Texas at St.
Louis and other points than
was ever known before. You can see
placards on hundreds of corners i'll
st Louis, reading: Excursion tickets
to Texas, one fare round trip
Hundreds and thousands OF capital
: lists and home-seekers visit "Texas
F., thing of the great Lone Star
9 state, then how important to have
1 some one there to work for McLen.
} nau county, something that would in
1 torn the people that there was city
( in Texas called Waco | tell YOU citi-
zens, this is no idle prstlle. Without
l being on the spot you have
I no idea of the effect. lie,
S US at least endeavor to sustain what
J we have secured If we do no more
The work ia n grand one, the whole
. state has sigDaled desire to partici-
pate in it, and how Waco can escape
l her pa t, ignore the great interest nj
stake is more than | can conceive
The fact is we cannot afford to remain
, silent
Under the present calcul tions the
, great mss and tide of Immigration
| viii move to Texas during the eArly
fall OF this year 1t is TO be hoped
3 that the fertile valleys and green pra'-
res OF McLennan county viii not 90
unrecogniDe on account of few pal
, try dollars, which, if judlciously in
- vested right now would see our county
soon populated from one end TO the
other. Very pectfully,
W. W. DEXTER