Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-22

VERNON, Tax, July o. I,s.
To the Gazette.
Speaking OF Immigration for Tevo,
and especially for Northwest Texas 81.
which THE GAZETTE has had not Lien,
to say of late, clip from and incloss o,
an article IN the ST. Louis ReDurrc, ID,
the 18th, which informs us that S5B,5
east Missouri has effected an irnmigr.
ton bureau.
CAPE GIRARDRAU INFO, July 1.-THE ,,--.
house was crowded at last evenings Session I,
the immigration convention. A large ngr-b.-e y;
delegates arrived on the late train and an ~ y.
New South this morning. The feature no re
evening was the address of welcome hv No
Leon J. Albert and the response BY Hon # ~
Phillips OF Dunklln. In addressing the COM
ton he referred in i brief and apt manner m -
Importance of the meeting here OF the rer~s ..s
alive men Of the Southeast for q common, 1bt--..
the devel Opment Of this section. He aIIrf.5C !,
the schools OF the city, the Citys hoUaE-I -
look, the wonderful advantages OF our ser.;,,
and babe the members OF the convention a -
ty welcome to the Queen City of the S5utrag,r'
The speakers rapidly reviewed tae ti5s a,
immigration for many years past, and s7r7b,'
sized the fact that failure to locate argn75' -
was our own fault, and hence this corygSi,~
OF representative men in the Southeast 10 Gsrs.
means by which our advantages srnrlf II
more known. He passed in rapid Vet MAJ, .'
terly manner over the proposed line of scfi--
and accepted, on behalf OF the COuvCUtfar ~
Inequalities rendered by the mayor I'm leh1tI
the citizens OF the Cape He was hesrff-
cheered at the close of his address.
PERMANENT OBaANIZArIoN
The convention met this morning and e-ar-a4
a permanent organization by the election -
Hon. John G.. Wear of Butler county r.esf5s-.
Hon. Louis Houck, vice president. ana Cbs-Is
Z. stokes, secretary. Judge Wear was eseo--s5
to the chair Cno made q short and quite .o9-5
pirate address. He referred TO the great a.
growing Southeast in terms that indicated H.
he had given the subject the attention i H.
served, end especially the feasibility Of brfvgi-.
the iron ore and coal together here, which bei7,
done. manufactures would spring M
here in great numbers and I'm 8lmr.+
endless variety. Agriculture would 5s
stimulated 10 its greatest energy and the wesI,5
of Golconda and India would be insignificant
the possibilities of our vast aCcumulatiorS Ths
wild lands of the Southeast, although 50 vsi.
liable, are of nominal price. and there is no man
so poor that he may not obtain a home ST.
uSted as we are. midway between the two oceans
and with nature 5 highway st Oar feet d1v-ss
sOuthwardly to the sea, and with railroad lle.i,
ties, there is nothing to DO but to produce q ss-.
plus and carry it 10 the markets OF She world 4
liberal system of advertising viii add much IA.
ward inducing immigration within our confines
The constitution and bylaws reported ve-a
adopted, and ex-senator William Hunter n
Scott county was elected president Of the south.
east immigration society, and Charles E
Stokes Of StOddard secretary. The gucechayrl
B. B. CahoOn and Louis HCuck viii close tFs
proceedings OF one OF the most successful and
enthusiastic conventions ever held in this see.
ton Of the state. The delegates are mainly
business and professional men, largely inter.
ested in the Development OF this part OF The
country. An immediate organization was Der.
fected, and earnest work viii be begun in behalf
OF the objects of the society. Letters regrattin,
inability to attend from various reasons from
Governor Francis, Auditor Seibcrt OF jefferson
City, Hon. c. Il. Jones OF the Republic and Others
were read. Gen. Ferman A Rozer Of Ste
q be I'm
yers and old prominent citizens, made a short
address this afternoon.
This has been brought about by the
work done by the Southwest Missouri
emigration association during the past
year. Hence THE GAZETTE is right in
saying that the work done by our SEE
ton of our state would benefit the
whole state If Northwest Texas
should organize and go to work the
result would be that the whole state
would soon be at work, and in this way
the state at large would soon be
ut work and the whole state would
soon be advertised throughout the land.
Sectional work is the thing that will
stir us all uD to our interests Rival
ny and competition is what is wanted TO
bring about the desired result For
years past thousands of people and mil
lions of capital have been pass
ing through Missouri and locating in
Kansas and other Western states, just
as people and capital have passed through
Texas and located in Calif6Taia-a c0uu-
try that does not begin to compare to
Texas as field for the farmer and capi-
talist.
Missouri ia thickly populated as COM
pared to Texas. and yet the people Of
Missouri want more people and capital,
and TO secure both they have organized
and are making an effort. This should
convince the people of Texas that if they
desire to keep up with the procession
they will have to be up and doing The
people of this section, and especially the
business men of Vernon, are in sympathy
with the effort being made by TIRE Ga
ZETTE to organize Northwest Texas, and
Judging from what the people
say, they are ready to Join the movement
proposed by THE GAZETTE, providing the
proper men are selected for the work
and the money contributed is used in ad-
Northwest Texas in the Old
states, and not spent IN maintaining o.
fees and men in the state They believe
in going to the people and not waiting
for the people to come to us.
J. II. B.