Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-31

cuse OF not knowing an artisan nad To-
Gated here, for he was in the mans
shop and admired his work. Did thi,
man figure out that the house in Dallas
could sell him the $500 Eastern mads
goods cheaper. because the rents he
charges his mechanic tenants in Fort
Worth will not allow them to compete
successfully with Eastern mechanics
having more liberal landlords. Has the
old prejudice against Texas mechanics
taken such firm root here that men who
are otherwise sensible aud look after
dollars and cents, cannot, will not be-
lleve that the Northern mechanic who
old creditable work in Kansas City or in
Chicago is still the same man; his hands
retain still the same cunning, his brain
the same art, when he locates in Texas
II Texas wants manufacturers, this
prejudice must be eraGicated.
Have your lithographing, your print
ing, your machine work, your wagon
work, your artistic wood work, etc.
etc., done right here. Get Eastern
prices and then hunt up your local me-
chsnio or manufacturer don't wait for
him to call and beg for your work; you
don't expect your grocer, dry goo Is
man, your lawyer to do SOY and ne will
prices IN
order TO take the wind out of the sails OF
the oily tougued drummer for Eastern
manufacturers that "caIled on you to-
day TO take your order'' for the wares
that they would make you believe can
not be wrought out by Texas munuiac-
turers. On the other hand the mpr-
chant (in any line OF merrhandisp) should
RENE IN Der that the days of centum per
I'm hos nd
keep them up must drive buyers to
other cities.
Please remember am writing the fol-
lowing as Fort Worth citizen and Us q
manufacturer, not in order 10 advertise
my business
A week ago l talked on this subjec:
with Fort Worth citizen that hat re-
fused S39 30 per month for six-room
house month ago insisting on $40, bur
instead of giving that mechanic q chance
TO earn the $40 per week needed tn paw
the rent on one OF his houses when he
wanted $500 of fine wood work he got
Eastern made goods without troubling
himself even to find out what that
mechanic would have charged him. I
stated that before l located here every
one, without exception, assured me that
ticulur, wanted Just such men as me, -
(it sounded like soft soap, wanted
rustlers TO come and locate and manutac-
ture here; that l could, if l came, get
all the financial backing that l wanted;
that the citizens of Fort Worth would
always give the preference to home
that l should get more
work than the fifteen men could do
. hot N HnyEu xvtf mo
| then stated that, relying on such as
q suppose you recognize my
correct rendition OF the Identical word
ing) l moved my factory here, but
luckily only few men, the others pre-
rerriug to stay until had orders, TO I'LL
which l should need them.
The result2 l can only account for the
astonishing fact that bankers, lawyers,
real estate agents, capitalists, all bought
Eastern goods without even asking me TO
compete in price by the above conjecture
that "we Texas mechanics are supposed
10 be unable 10 compete IN workmanship
IT price, whether we Texans formerly
worked in Missouri or Pennsylvania or
Illinois. - The fact remains that about
$4,000 have been paid out for Eastern
made goods by parties on whom per-
would have kept nearly $4,000 in Fort
Worth II l had been allowed the priv
lege of competing, which l was not, and
hose ten to twelve men and their tami-
les staid in Kansas City and help Kansas
lily that much instead of Fort Worth.
This ends the tale of two cities.
OF course nobody binders me or any
ther present or future Fort Worth
from dong work for Pan
landle ornortheastern or western Texas,
'ut that does not satisfy your would be
II the men most interested in this city
7ill persist in sending niuty-flve cents
last of what our mechanics will make
or 81 here, they will soon be like their
lansas City colleagues, have more idle
ouses than idle mechanics, for the
alter will do what q banker fiippsntly
dvissd me the other day, eff you don't
Ike Fort Worth, pick up thy bed and
ak. " told that banker that 1 ex- .
ect we could better afford losing the
ost of removal hither and hence than
ne city can afford to have us leave and
se rival towns publish TO the world the
dvice that Fort Worth bankers give
leir home mechanics. l have spoken.
A. L. LOWE.
MOTHER ENTERPRISE FOR FORT WORTH.
Through the influence of a number Of
lr prominent citizens Messrs. Hall,
Isjor & Kay of Poughkeepsie, n. Y,
i'll established the "New York steam
Iundry company In our city. They
ave contracted for the erection of
uilding on Throokmorton street with
r. ]. V. French and Mrs. Ryan. The
uilding Will be pushed rapidly to COM
etion. Mr.. Major is in Chicago now
the necessary machinery.
his will be the largest steam laundry
nth of st. Louis. Messrs. Major &
ay are practical laundry men, and for
any years have done q handsome bust
SIS at their home in New York state,
Id with the energy and influence Mr..
all will add they are assured OF success.
he citizens of Fort Worth will not have
,casion to complain about inferior laun-
y work. The people here will not be
Ickward in fostering an establishments
this kind.
RECORDED TRANSFERS.
and W. G. Seyfried to r.
Cox, lot 8, block 10, Brook
Ign Heights Observation-Disclosures l60 90
lomss Spruance to W. +.
Elliott, lot 3, block 8, Ar
llnRton $50 90
W. Rouse to ]. ]. Reeves,
north half lot /, block 10,
Fort Worth. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. IS 90
P. Boyd and F. N. Mullins
to L. T. Distz, 5Oxl50, Al
lord s. Veal addition w GOO 90