Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-05
SENSIBLE TALK.
One Head Should Handle All the In
quiries from Manufacturers.
The City Should Be Represented by Rustler
on a Good saiary-A List of Manufac-
lures Suitable to Fort Worth.
FORr WORM, TEX, July 8, 1888.

FORT Worth, TEX, July 8, 1883.
To the Gazette.
Under the heading of "Wanted,
Head your correspondent named the
want properly. Do not appoint a com
mittee to look after the manufacturers
who indicate a Willingness to move here,
or the various enterprises that could be
secured by strict and business-like atten-
ton. Secure a thoroughly capable,
energetic and broad guage business man.
One aud one only Be sure the man Sc
lected has the capacity to handle large
business successfully. Dom employ one
because he is a cripple, or is in need of q
pension. We don t want a man who can
earn but $50 or S75 a month. Get one
who is worth not less than 5000 and put
all this sort of business in his hands to
look after and follow and prosecute
to a successful termination. This man
can be attached to the board of trade or
not, it does not matter so he does his
work, gets his pay and fills up our town
with factories and other enterprises. A
city is a corporation in which property
owners are the stockholders. What sort
of success would a railway corporation
meet with which depended for its adver-
Using and procurement of settlers along
its line upon the gratuitous exertion Of
mass meeting of its stockholders, or an
unpaid committee from the stockholders.
The city which will appoint a commits
sioner to handle this department of the
city business, and is happy in the selec-
ton of the man, viii realize a handsomer
return for the money than in any other
direction. Until this can be done
in public way, let the citi-
zens chip III or the members of
the board of trade stand an
assessment to cover the cost of our new
manager of this department and let said
manager get to work. Never mind what
the neighboring cities are doing. Let us
attend strictly to our own knitting and
handle our public business in the same
careful systematic but energetic manner
as our private business A word here
on manufacturers. The greatest success
in this line will come from the manufac-
ture of articles which are made up from
native material. Use corn for hominy,
grits, high wines, starch, etc.; hides
for leather, boots and shoes and harness;
cotton and wool for the multitude of
forms into which they are manufactured;
straw and rags for paper. The above
ndl6TldIS SUOulQ DC WOFK6u mere dIO
III great quantities. While that is being
done the manufacture of smaller articles
which neither require much fuel nor any
great volume of raw material
should not be neglected. Cutlery, but
tons canned goods, hats and caps, neck
wear, shirts, soap, backing, locks and
great list of small articles, any one of
which if taken up and manufactured in
quantities would give employment to
many people, and add to the wealth and
fame of Fort Worth. l believe that
those who are the beginners in the man
ufacturing era in Texas will secure a fine |
return for their investments and build up
business reputation and franchise that |
will be as valuable as that of many of |
the d-established factories of the East.
Get your man who is heavy enough to
wheel some of this business INTO Fort |
Worth Pay him well and see that his |
place is filed with better man the day |
he LET'S up on the work III hand. This IS |
talk, 1 hope you will think. If you do |
you9aSill act. 'BRowNRTND. -