Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-14
OF AND FOR TEXAS.
An Open Letter to the People OF Texas,
One and All, Regardless Of
Location or County.
work Done by tina rexas Immigration
Headquarters at st. Louis-The
Situation Explained.

FELLOW CITIZENSHIP terIing to the i'm
migration movement that was inaugurated
st Dallas In Dece n5er lsst, of which 80
much has been s2id and written, not only
by the good citizens Of Texas, but by thou
sands of people Of other states. To say
the least of the movement herein referred
to, much good is ind has been expected
OF 1t. believe that one and Gil interest,"
ed will admit thar the cause WIS and is s
good one, and that slready good
work has been done. TO con-
tinue this work is the question
Of the hour. Il is for this that tne sub
scriber takes the liberty OF addressing the
people OF his adopted state.
Having taken some little interest in and
contributed to The work REFER to from
the start, not only in Texas, but hay
ing carried CAD work out Of the state and
lo:sted Snd es .Gbllshed in the city of St.
Louis what is known fsr ara wide IS the
TEXAS HEADQUARTERS, ST LOUIS.
Sid headquarters hive nov bsen IN
eper.tiCu for nearly three In0n:bs, and
the y Jrk done there his been nnd Is To-
dHY hcGr,iy Endorsed by the people, their
preselta.lVes snd the press OF Kiss,
as wai! as the people ard press of ST.
L us and the surrounding country.
dgrm l. ny duty to present to the psople
OF y, KS I'll. !rge EtGte Of Affairs "a
sac Il, ard will then leave It to
their good Judgment whether or net the
ruiG referred 20 shall be continued.
I'D rot 90 this l would not be doing
Z. i:is zds or self justice. Il Is for tAis
a.vc r2turned 70 Texas, ana will now
GET DOWN TO BUSINESS
End Will gss one and all interested 10
Carefully con; i1eT the situation, which is
as .oNows, as l see it, ard If l am
wrorg will consider it personsl favor
to be corrected.
LIST. The work am to-day snd have
been engaged IN for some time past is
either good or bad, If the latter, the wrl-
ter eud his WORK should be suppressed.
II tae former. the work and the subscri-
Der should be assisted financially.
ID. The writer claims for his work
thatit Is not local or in the interest of
any particular section OF the state, that
he has to the best of his ability repre-
scented all counties snd sections Of same.
5. That II the TeI4s Headquarters, st.
Louis, is allowed 80 become 8 failure it
will ref ct on the state al large and will
serious effect The best interests of same.
/. desire IL distinctly understood that
up TO the present writing have not receiv-
ed from the Texas State immigration
Association l cent. In money, neither
have received any printed matter or
samples of products, minerals, etc. The
Secretary Of said association In reply to
mp request for the same, replied that h
consider II impor ant that the people
know this, ss many are Of the opinion that
have mad portion Of the money, printed
matter, etc, contributed by the different
counties to the stSte fund.
5. II any scti N is taken in this matter
It should be done at once, and TO those
who are not fully convinced of this isct
will tske.P .eseuce in explsinIng 10 them
IL detail.
g. To say thai CREST interest is being
taken in our state by the people OF the
middle, northwest and eastern states who
6re looking for location and investment
Is drawing It mild. We have every good
reason to b. encouraged in tue good work
started.
Z. We have everything In our favor this
season. The severe winter j1st passed
in the northwest snd eastern states, the
certainty Of good crops in our own
state this season, the national
Democratic convention to be held
in ST.. Louis in June, which will enable US
10 present the products OF our state, dis
tr;Dute printed information, etc, to the
people there assembled, as well as the ST.
Louis exposition to be held this coming
fall, for which we have secured ample
space to display the products Of our
state.
s. In order to convince you of 1.-THE in
terest being taken by the people of St.
Louis, herewith attach three letters
from as many prominent citizens of ST.
Louis, which speak for themselves. II 1t
be necessary Or desired, can secure the
Endorsement Ior my work in st. Louis)
of st least 100 Of leading citizens Of the
culture grest" city, the mayor Of same
not excepted. respectfully,
JOHN HOWARD,
OF and for Texas.