Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-28
G. A. r. ADVERTISERS.
A Scheme That Has Been Found Practicable
Before-To Introduce Texas In
the North.

A recent issue of the Dallas News con-
iains the following interview with Capt.
A. K. Taylor, state commander of ths
Grand Army of the Republic of Texas:
"While Texas is putting forth every
effort to draw people and capital from
the old states, especially from the North
ern and Eastern states, would like to
make a suggestion to railroads and BUSH
ness men, which, If carried out will
with very little outlay, bring thousands
Of dollars into the state for investment,
and thousands of good settlers. 1t Is
| simply TO arm our Grind Army delega-
ton, who will go in a few weeks to Bos-
ton, Mass, TO attend the annual en-
oampment of the Grand Army of the Re-
| public, with facts and figures relative to
the resources of Texas.
| hThere is a wonderful amount of ig-
norance and prejudice on the part of the
people of the North and East relative to
| all parts of the South, and especially
Texas. The belief is quite universal up
there that life and property are not as
secure in Texas as in Massachusetts and
|
this belief obtains immigration and cap
| ital will be slow TO move this way.
elm Boston there will be thousands of
representative men from every Northern
state, and it will be a good place to ad-
vertise Texas and her resources. Our
Grand Army men who belong to Texas
| by adoption will be living, walking testi-
| mony of the fact that Northern men and
ex-Union soldiers are welcomed to Texas,
| and if our Grand Army men are properly
| backed up by Texas cities and Texas
railroads with printed matter, with a
good headquarters room well located in
prominent hotel, they Will be able to
| catch the eye and ear of a vast number
of people who would be a valuable addi-
ton to the population of this state.
''The deduction naturally follows that
| if our Texas climate SIS healthy for ex-
| Union soldiers, certainly Northern cap
| ital would be safe if invested here.
| While most of the Grand Army of the
! Republic men of Texas are not wealthy,
the same is not true of those living
North, and what is wanted is a low rate
| of fare to Boston to enable Texas to
make reputable showing up there in
| numbers, and means enough to procure
| for a week prominent room at one of
the principal hotels, with such printed
matter as towns, cities and railroads
would like to have placed where it will
do the most good.
"For years past California has adver-
tised at our national encampments on
| large scale and with good effect, and
| am told that the cities and railroads of
| that state send delegations well supplied
with everything that a tirst-olass delega-
| ton of emigration agents should have to
do effective work for the state. -
| In response to a question Capt. Taylor
| said: ''I had read the article before,
and think that q great deal of good can
be accomplished for Texas if the plan
proposed should be carried out. But for
fear that there might be some nisunder-
standing of the plan, l would like to
state here that it doesn t mean that any
body should bear our expenses, but we
are simply willing to be instrumental in
working for the material betterment of
the state TO the extent OF our ability.
OF course, if the railroads or the bust
ness men would like to open handsome
room in one of the leading hotels in Bos-
ton, that few of the rare products of
Texas and literature concerning her vast
resources and general attractIveness
might be displayed in connection with
the extension of true Texan hospitality,
the Grand Army men would do all they
could toward reaching the success
sought. OF course, the actual extra ex-
| penses would have to be disposed Of in
| some way, but they would be trihing
compared to the benefit resulting.
eft is hardly necessary to refer to the
| weight that would attach to an exposl-
ton of the merits of Texas by Grand
| Army men, such as Lyon, Sinclair,
| Baer and others, who have lived here
since the war, or for twenty-five years,
| and who intend to be Texans all their
days. The railroads would perhaps come
to the front in the matter, hs those of
| California have done in the cases of the
annual meetings of the Grand Army of
the Republic, of the Knights Templar
| or the knights of Pythias, when carloads
| of native products would be forwarded to
any part OF the Union where the gather
| ing took place.
The point Of Capt. Taylor's sugges-
| tions is in line with the action taken re-
Gently by Sedgwick post G. A. r. of
| Fort Worth. There will be about 200
| members of the department of Texas G..
| A. R. in attendance upon the Boston en-
campment, each one of whom will be
| walking advertisement of the immunity
| from molestatlon enjoyed by all classes
| of citizens in state believed In the
| North to be i1otped OF crime and deprav-
ity. Missionary efforts put forth by such
delegation from Texas would have pecu-
liar force in New England and among
the members of the Grand Army from
all parts OF the Union who will assemble
| at Boston. California for several years
| has Pursued this method OF advertising
with good results. Why should not
| Texas? The expense only includes the
| furnishing of necessary headquarters and
| printed matter, If it should be decided
| to send up some exhibits for the occasion
no doubt the railroads would make the
charges reasonable. Fort Worth would
| 90 well to keep her weather eye
| on such scheme as this. Other cities
| in the state are moving already, and
| Fort Worth should not fall back 10 the
| rear nf the nrncession