Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-09

FORT WORTH, Tex, Nov. g. 1890.
Editor Gazette.
notice that the chamber of commerce
have taken steps TO increase their MEM
bership. This is q move in thE$4ht
direction and should have been done
some time ago. Every man who is able
to pay the present membership fee and
monthly dues should ut once take a
membership, put his harness on, hitch
himself to the wagon of progress and
commence to pull. While the progress
sive association should be organized Il I
once and put their shoulders to the
wheels of the wagon Of progress aud en-
terprise, and with the word, "Alto-
gether!" commence to push while the
others pull, and always pull and push
,ogether-not get on the rules of con-
trariness, and those in front refuse to
pull because the scheme Is not gigantic
enough for them, or those behind refuse
to push because they think il is in the
iEtere Of capitalists, for this will never
accomplish anything. While we think it
n grave mistake on the part of the board
of trade making their membership and
monthly dues SO large that it prevents
large number of energetic, progressive
men from taking mem bership, simply
because they are not able to. OF course,
this can be overcome by the 'progres-
Give association, - but we think the one
body combined would WELD greater in
fiuence from the fact Of working in per-
feet harmony, where two different or
CARNATIONS are liable to disagree on
different enterprises, etc. l am conf
dent FROM what l have learned by talk
ing to different parties that il the board
of trade would reduce their membership
to $50 and monthly dues to 81. so in place
of having seventy-tve members they
would soon have $50 members.
Now the question, would $50 MEM
bers at $50 each for membership
and $3.50 each for monthly dues,
to eay nothing of having double the
amount of workers, be of any more
advantage than seventy-five members at
500 membership and So monthly dues?
Now 1t seems reasonable that every man
who would connect himself with the
board of trade would realize that he was
going to give his personal influence,
energy and financial aid to carry through
any enterprise that might present itself
for the further advancement and well
fare OF our city, and $50 energetic men
could surely be of more benefit as work.
ers than seventy five. We well know
there are among us come of the most
enterprising, energetic men to be found
anywhere, men who never tire in push
ingSsny thing that will help to build our
city, that are not able 10 chip in $500,
but are perfectly willing to give as much
as their financial condition will admit of.
Then why bar this kind of men? What
interests one man should interest all
and in the upbuiIding of the city we
should all work together, making our
interests mutual, not the larger fry try
to trample the smaller try under their
feet simply for pecuniary gains.
Wherever an antsgonistic and selfish
feeling arises ruin invariably follows.
Now l say, on with the Progressive asso-
citation. Its power can and will be felt,
and 1t will reap rich rewards. On with
the good work, both large and small.
The man with fifty lots give $1,000. the
man with one lot give So, but every man
who Is interested in Fort Worth come
down with cash and energy according to
what your interests are. We have the
city-all we have now got to do is to go
on building it.. W. c. ROGERS.