Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-26
Il HUSTLER.
The Famous Charlie Edwards Spreads Him
self Coiloquially.

self Colloquially.
A representative of THE GAZETTE
caught Charlie Edwards, manager of the
Texas Trade Journal, on the fly yester-
day and subjected him 10 the pumping
process for few minutes. This is the
| only way Charlie could be caught. He
seems to know everybody and was mix
ing promiscuously with the delegates
and handing around his card in the shape
| of the initial number of the Texas Trade
Journal. Charlie was asked his opinion
| of the effect the convention would have
on Texas industries, and said he was
sure it would have a most beneficial eff
feet because it would serve as an edu-
| Gator if nothing else. He said he was
heartily in favor of the resolutions
us passed, and especially of the
resolution exemptiEg manufacturers
from taxation for the period of ten years.
although, - said he, ''there was a
little opposition to this resolution, the
discussion brought out the fact that
everybody wanted factories and were
willing to make some concessions to
secure them. When Charlie was asked,
as manager of the Texas Trade Journal,
what progress the state was making in
by simply handing the representative of
THE GAZETTE copy of his paper, which
was indeed a comprehensive answer. In
it will be found complete resume of the
industrial progress, not only of Texas,
but of the entire Southwest, for the past
four months; which is an indication that
the Texas Trade Journal intends to fill
hitherto unoccupied field and do for
the Southwest, and especially for Texas,
what the Manufacturers Record has
done for the eastern portion of the South
in attracting the attention of capitalists
to the limitless natural resour ces of this
section.
''This convention, - said Charlie,
(which was called by the progressive
citizens of this progressive and agrees
sive city, marks period in the history
of industrial development in Texas. 1t
has demonstrated the fact that every
section of this grand state is fully alive
to the necessity of increasing the 'tin
bucket brigade. The reports from all
over the state to the Texas Trade Jour-
nal prove this by the rapidly growing in
terest in manufacturing in every section.
What is most gratifying, however, is the
fact that the greater number of
new manufacturing enterprises going
and Texas capital. This is as it should
be aud is step in the right direction.
The business men of Texas will find that |
while great deal of Northern capital |
will come to Texas and be invested in |
Texas real estate and IN manufacturing |
enterprises of various kinds, there Will, |
for the next few years, be very few |
Northern and more especially Northeast !
ern manufactures seek this Southwestern |
country as location for their mills or |
factories and we of Texas must build |
them ourselves.
There is a reason for this. Now,
although the raw material is right at |
their door yards in Texas, and they have
here en- enterprise without factories for q |
market, they will not be in a hurry to
move their plants or put i'll new ones in
this country. Why? Because the
Mckinley bill has given them all they
asked, for which compensates them
for the extra cost of raw
material in turning out the
finished product, and unless Texas
money is invested in factories for Texas
and Southwestern consumers, they will
continue to sell US from the Northeast as
in the past. But if Texas men will put
Texas money into manufacturing enter
prises, and am glad to say they are do
ing so and will continue to do so, then
the manufacturer of the East and North
will soon begin to ascertain the naked
fact that in order to hold the trade of
this vast section which is growing so
rapidly in population, that they must
build branch establishments here. When
they begin this, it will then become one
grand march OF industrial progress.
They will then have learned what we of
Texas already know so well, that in our
state, at least, the cause has not not
fallen for the tiowerets of Eden continue
TO bloom.'