Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-14

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tuition, in which state and territorial ex-
hihits are to have space, The governors
of nearly every state and territory have
formally accepted membership. l re-
quest thaFyou give the matter such con-
sideration as its Importance demands.
EDUCATION.
Some progress is being made IN the
manner Of conducting our public schools,
but the means are inadequate to maintain
them for q sufficient length Of time. We
hold that as the stare has undertaken the
education of our children, il should pro-
vide sufficient means for this purpose.
1t is not within the power of the board
of trustees to successfully manage school
for eight or nine months where there
is only sufficient public funds to MAIN
tain it four or five. It is difficult to mix
pay with a free school and do justice to
ali parties. From the reports of our
state superintendent, our available
school fund is Diminishing each year, and
the scholastic population increasing
Just how long it will take the expenses
of running the machinery at its present
rate OF increase to consume the entire
public fund, have not made the calcu-
lation to see. The heavy prices charged
for text hooks, and the continual change
caused by change of teachers, requires
more than a passing notice.. The matter
of adopting q uniform system by the
state was before the last legislature.
When the bill was introduced il produced
a commotion among the publishers, and
they swarmed around the capitol until
the measure was defeated. When you
talk of contracting with one firm to fur
nish books for the state, the cry Of
monopoly is raised. But the. poor chill
dren OF Texas can stand monopoly that
saves them millions of dollars. Then,
again, it is urged there would be no i'm
provements in books No fears need be
entertained on that score.
AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL, COLLEGE.
This institution is keeping progress with
the age It is well equipped for a
scientific and practical as well as
literary education. Agriculture, horti-
culture, dnirying, machine, black
smith and wood-shops offer the
youth rare opportunities for acquiring an
education that will enable them
to make life a success. The college
can now Accommodate about two hum
dred and fifty students. The board of
directors have reduced the charges for
students from Sl55 TO $40. This includes
bodrd, tuition, lights, fuel, medical at
tention and incidental fee. Religious
services are held every morningAand
preaching twice on Sunday. The Grange
has from year 10 year recommended this
institution to the people of Texas. and
has had no cause TO regret. it. We are
proud OF the rapid progress'it is making.
You should not slack your efforts IN sup
port of this school, but rather increase
them. 1 therefore recommend that you
appoint standing committee, whose
v-1a-i Ig. ~
ally, learn its needs, and, if deemed
proper, solicit such aid from the state as
may be found necessary for its ADVANCE
ment.
INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION.
Let the state Grange stretch forth its
strong right arm in woman IS behalf, and
have her claims presented. to the next
legislature, and ask that an industrial
school be provided for females.
LECTURE WORK.
In calling your attention TO this i'm
portant matter, permit me to say that
the lecturer must not be dispensed with if
prosperity is expected There is great
need of the earnest, untiTing, lecturer to
scatter broadcast the objects aims and
purposes of the order.
would. recommend that, in addition
to the services of the lecturer of the state
grange, you provide for two or more
special deputies to travel in the interest
of the order, TO be paid ont of the treas
ury of the state grange l would fur
Their recommend that each county pro-
vide a lecture fund, to be used in such
manner as they shall determine.
AGRICULTURE.
The Importance OF diversified farming
has ever been a subject of discussion in
our public and private meetings. The
cotton planter from year to year. ex-
hausts his energies to increase produc- |
ton, hoping to improve hIs financial
condition, yet finds he has reduced his |
means to supply his necessities. "A sys-
tenn of farming producing such results |
iusures an increase of mortgages and |
tenant farmers. To arrest this, Texas |
farmers must cease TO grow cotton TO !
purchase bacon, sugar, syrup, lard, |
flour, butter cheese and other necessR- |
ries of life that can be produced at ,
home. Texas has the soil and climate |
TO produce an abundance of every article |
named to supply home, demand and
large surplus for exploration. 1t is one |
OF the declared purposes of the order |
to cOudense the weight of our exports, |
selling less in bushel and more on hoof |
and fleece; less in lint and more in warp
mate, where the thermometer rarely
higher than 80 deg. or recedes
lower than 40 deg, with an abundance
of material, and the immense coal beds
opened, no country possesses
advS1 ages superior for profitable invest
meath manufacturing; 10 should. be en-
couraged within our borders until home
is supplied. The farmers
have not the capital TO do all this, but
they can produae the raw material. Let
q spirit of cooperation spring up be-
tween the farmers and capitalists. Re-
move the antagOnism between capital
and labor. This viii be the dawn of a
new era for this country, resulting in
better times, with q more prosperous,
and happy people. These
things viii be done, but this generation
should not wait for the next to do it.
Some of the pleasant effects of this will
be the disappearance of tramDs and
and the abolishing Of the credit
and mortgage system, which is the
greatest curse this country Is afflicted
with, against which the grange has ever
been battling In my address of 1851
gave some statistics in regard to chattle
mortgages in Texas. In order that L