Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-07
C0KE'S LETTER.
1t VIII Bring People to Texas # plqo.I
in the Hands OF Northern People
1t VIII Let the World Know What Tsvs, u.
Done for Railroads.&c. Takes Union
to Fight MOuopolles
FoRr WoRrH. TEx.. A--- { IN

FORT Worth, TEX. Aug. &. lsy
To the Gazette ave
have read carefully every linen.
Senator Coke IS letter to the secretary,
the Dallas merchants exchange and sss
that the senator is entitled To- at least,
vote of thanks from the people of Tsv,,
and the railroad owners of Texas forth,
able and complete manner in whicbFs
handles the question. lie has laid III.
question of the day before the pe57,sa,
Texas in a plain, fair and satissacto--
way. There IS no man but what eq7
fully understand the situation if he win
take the trouble to read Senator Coke.
letter. If this letter could DE ulacair
the hands of the people in the OLD states
who are looking at and judging Texas t7
what they read in the press of the North
which has for years mISTepTescuteI tfa
the people of Texas, it would open ths
eyes of people and cause them TO sag.
''TeXas people and Texas as q state can't
be as bad as painted, - GIVE must have
been furnished with only one side of the
question. - We have been reading TINT
Texas people are opposed torai.r5ads and
in fact fight railroads, and here is once
the most prominent citizens and repre-.
sentative men who claim tbat Texas asa
state as well as her people has been anil
is to-day liberal to a fault with rail.
roads.
The people North aud East who have
been afraid to risk their money m Texas
would begin to thing that perhaps Texas
was a good field for investment providing ,
the policy of the railroads could De chan
ged so as to admit of manufacturing anil
having the products shipped TO market.
Capitalists would, l think, have mora
faith in having the railroads change their
present policy than they would in chang
ing the minds of the people If thsy
were as they have been and are repre-
scented to be, viz 'mOsSJacks, ~ cop
posed to railroads, - etc This is why
believe the letter Of Senator Coke would
do good il placed in the hands of the
people who don't know Texas aud her
people. 1t would assist in removing The
prejudices against Texas and Texans.
The fact is, the people North have been
fed on 'fghting railroads aud sl;1
Croft (this has been done through The
influence and money Of certain railroad
schemers), until they are afraid to iuves;
a dollar in Texas.
am especially impressed with the fol-
lowing remarks of Senator Coke, which,
clip from his letter and attach:
Texas has been royal in her Hbe-aIi.y to ral'
roads, and is entitled to better treatment. T.
sides bond loans, the donations of money. p
A. - go Il.
more or less at every town, city Fl.tas- Ll--5
and station on their lines from one eaa 20 ~
other, Texas has given to the railroads lt-lt
forty million acres Of land, which has 04elA
splendid basis Of credit I'M the money
markets of the world, and winch l.i
have utilized to the fullest extern.
While the highest public policy demands Ll--.
state shall not only be lust, but lurTa. lo ---
railroads, the same public policy is equally pr
perative that she shall stand between her p5l.i
and the great corporations Of her CreaJOl AZ
regulate their conduct IN the interest OF NJ
and fair dealing, and not leave the L.- '.-
citizen to an unequal contest with them ID "a,
ters affecting the general public interest ~
one man or firm Ougnt to be expected 10 -s-'
powerful railroad combination.
"TeXas has been royal, ~ etc. IDS
we of Texas well know, but no" Ie" %
Us ever mention this fact when ils
state and her Representative are cla'-71
with being ''hOstile 10 railroads -..'
Senator Coke is right, the land given
railroads will sell for enough to-da' y
build the roads. And again the 7ell".
is correct in saying ''the peog. laFty7'l
liberal to railroads. - Let Us Stop
moment and think what orr o"-
people-here in Fort WOrrh-AaTe gwen
to railroads. We have taxed olIs7'-'
and given to railroads a great deal lll..
than we shOuld-in justice &. 0uiss'
and families Hundreds of THOUSANDS
dollars have been raised from l--.-
time for railroads by the people o. ~.
Worth, and if there is a city In the 80
that has been discriminate against "
railroads, that city is Fort Worth
is proper to make an exception q. --
statement; it is that of the Fort VIZ.
and Denver , and if justice were -'-
she would be favored by railroads.
Senator Coke remarks: y" one '.'
or firm should be expected 20 Nm
powerful railroad cOmUiua-Ial.
might have added no c-.5
the list. Powerful as Fort HC
is she can do nothing s.u-.e-l---,
in the way of secur.U- -'
from railroad officials. The more i
tugs the tighter the "screw Is - IT,.
by those who turn the wheel. anu "a
Worth is to-day and has been Tor ~ IA
years past on the list of towns ~
squeezed and kept back that other - ~,
might go ahead, certain men Tl3 Id
had the power to turn the ''wLeel -
do the squeezing haviug NIT,
elsewhere. Fort Worth aud her 80.
have had to saw wood with
saw, so to speak, while other H. ia
towns have had the advantuge OF d.
latest improved machinery. -.,-f Is
Just as long as the people vii -. = rl
back as they have and say, So tbs n
fight of mine, - ''let Fort Worth IN.
out, etc. just so long viii the ~
state be kept in the background. lid
one man, town or city can accomE h,
anything for Texas. - We viii paw .,st
be united. pull together and Zee. n,
what affects one town or section o.
state affects alr.
A CITIZEN OF FoRr Hoh-D'