Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-01
ALLIANCE EXCHANGE.
Tho Blu siness Manfger Ct the Farmsrb'
AllisBce Fxcaarga Replies to
the Texas Farmer.
senrinasnts IN the Circular True In The
MAMA Promise OF Dallas which Has
Not Been Carried Ont

Senrinasnts IN the Circular True In thu
| MAMA Prom,sa OF Dallas which Has
hot Been Carried Out. !
| DALLAS, TEX. May 81. 1883.
To the EditoK of the Gazette
In your issue Of this morning I find
four and half columns credited to the
Texas Farmer and devoted entirely to
the Farmers Alliance Exchange and Its
management. AS business manager Of
that corporation. deem It question Of
privilege, as well as an set Of right ana
justics to make through your columns, II
you will courteously grant me that priv
hege, short statement. / choose The
GAZETTE for this purpose because the ar
| ticie referred to was published in its coll
umns. do not wish to put 1t In other
Leading papers, because have no desire
to advertise the business, and do not
think an explanation in the Texas Farmer
would meet the occasion on account Of
its limited Giro 1lstion.
| This statement is not made for the pur.
pose of making sny apology or retract-
ing Q single word, so far as TO the tenor
/; If the document referred to, and desig-
mated as secret circular. II Is my de-
sire, however, TO make such corrections
| ;n that document IS may e,ise from any
insccurscy in the language used. Neither
| is It the purpose of this communication
| to 2p5r newspaper controversy. The
policy ct the exchange and the
| writer has been conservative from
the beginning, making no at
tacks on others, or their business,
and needing no attacks from any source,
but passing quietly on, in the parsGlf of
Its legitimate occupation regardless OF
| the many and fierce attacks, which have
recently appeared in print, conss quertly
any replies made TO this explanation, Will
II consistent with justice, be allowed to
remain as such attacks have In the past,
| unans Iered. In the main the sentiments
set fsrth in the circular referred to, sre
| strictly true, and susceptible OF proof
Tnere are, however, come few fnAccura-
ciss which arise ss much from the failure
of Language to always convey our extct
meaning as from Any other URGE, and
while would not undertake to sustain
the assertion that there was an orgariZsd
opposition to cur movement in Dallas, IL
by organized it is mesnt that there is an
organic association of Individuals for the
purposs If attacking and opposing our
efforts, but II the statement means that
there Is concert Of action and unity of
sentiment on the part OF quite humber
of competitors, and others who are
| wholly opposed to US, assert that 1t is
true, and believe every gentleman who
testified TO the article referred to in you:
psper, will admit it is true, as I now
state.
There is one statement IN the circular
that is inaccurate and should not have sp-
psared there, and an Tree to confess 1t
would not had been at home when IL was
printed. However, to my knowledge
the brethren who joined in The signature,
believed that to- bs the Gaze waen the
statement was made, aud Il Is but fair to
the Houston party. although l have hsd
20 communication from him on the subject
to state that they were entirely misinform-
ed, End NO such an assertion WAS intended
to have been made as to soy he sold Out or
purposely deceived us. Neither do be-
lieve sucn is the case, sad hasten to
mske this admission in tho interest Of
justice, for II the contract wss broken to
furnish money, the reasons for the failure
of contract are private business matters,
and do not belong to the public So far as
tie general sentiment OF tue circulsr Is
cOncernt d, 1t espresso truth well known
to every person who is c0nvsrsane with
the facts In the city Of Dallas. In our
negotiations in other cities, We were in
formed time and again that the parties
with whom We were negotiating had re-
ceived teleg ans and let ers from Dallas,
and they COZ hfmEd such statements By
information in regard o our business Of
such q character that l firmly believed
them, and / hereby confirm the Statement
that kilograms dio follow my ateps to
Houston and Galveston, sent by. people
IL Dsllss, who were meddliDg With our
business, regardless of the assertions of
any one to the contrary. do NOT care to
go into the merits OF tae discussion, as
evidently desired by the paper work
ing so hard to get notori-
ETY.. 1t is business matter OF
our own, and one We are fully COM
petent to carry out GO we commenced,
and we will psss on, not needing the
bowling and attacks that come from dis
appointed and jseious business efforts,
taat have worked for twenty years to
build up business, ost nsibly in the in
terest Ct sgriculturists, bus reilly In the
interest of its own favored end few bene.
fciaries, until it now, when it sees rival
in the same 6eld that promises to do
something and makes an attack on
moHcpoiys turns It's back on it's own sup.
porters snd the principles these honest
men have always advocated, and steps
into the ranks CT the enemy and tries TO
strike what 1t conceives to be rival,
simpfy because that rival works in the in.
tor<x n "a nd kou . NJ AZ y
sen menopolfes and shows such unmis-
taxable evidence Of success by doing 8
greater business in ons months time
than 1t had ever done in six, In spite Of
its twenty years. advantage. This effort
OF the Alliance, which is made in behalf
Of the agriculturists Of the whole state,
cannot AFFORD to heed its jealous and
blind attacks, coming from those who
are fally as devoid OF desire to do
right and serve the people IS they are OF
true wisdom. Arlitsle time will demon.
strste what the Changers think Of the
Texas Farmer.