Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-03-30
A JOBBING CENTER.
Fort Worth's Position as WhOles sale
ing City.
The Vast Territory Reached by Our Merchants
and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Factor In Trade.

That Fort Worth builded wisely when
she gave something like 81 600, 900 to
secure the railroads now radiating in
every direction from this city no one who
for an instant studies the situation can
doubt. The twelve railroad outlets pene-
tratlng the magnificent country greater
IN area than three states the size OF
ILLINOIS,, carry the commodities of trade
10 over 400 cities and towns constantly
growing IN population and trade. Her
Napoieons Of trade have sent the knights
OF the grip as far East as
Arkansas and Louisiana, as far
west and Southwest as the republic of
Mexico. North they cover the Indian
Territory aud penetrate Kansas, while
northwest New Mexico and even Colo
redo merchants deal with as. The sur
prising expansion of Fort Worth jobbing
trade throughout territory vaster and
richer in natural resources than the
tributary country to Kansas City,
Omaha and Denver may we'll cause
anxiety on the part or older trade CEN
tiers. They recognize how important in
jobbing trade are the factors of location
and distributing facilities. The prox-
unity of Fort Worth to a vast sec
tion of the state. the fact that
in the very nature of things no trade GEN.
ter or railroad center of any magnitude
can be built west or northwest of US
have settled our commercial supremacy,
and now we see merchants from many
states and other cities in our own state
seeking location here.
Nothing SO thoroughly indicates the
position of Fort Worth as trade center
as the fact that THE GAZETTE, as a
morning paper, goes out every morning
in good-sized packages to all OF the 400
cities and towns mentioned. The people
who take and read THE GAZETTE,
its market reports and the daily record
of enterprises on foot 10 promote her
prosperity do so because their natural re-
Iations are with Fort Worth.
The strongest possible proof that Fort
Worth is a successful wholesale center,
a proof that Is more convincing than any
statement of her advantages of location
and of railway facilities is the undisputed
and unQuestioned fact of the success of
every present jobbing house in the city,
of whatever line, in not only their ca
pacity to successfully meet the competi-
tion of older eastern and more remote
jobbing points and still do business, but
the fact is so well known that all of her
jobbing houses are growing and expand
ing and increasing in magnitude with
each successive year.
Houses two and three stories high
which a few years ago were large enough
for our merchants are now like pigmies
beside the giant and colossal structures
six, seven and eight stories high which
are being erected for them. Some of
these houses have floor space of three
and four acres, while several of our fac
tories will exceed that amount. But
Fort Worth needs other great
houses, and there is room Tor them
They will come when the facts are known
and the increased trade secured will
bring scores of men to live here. Under
these conditions is it not plain that the
purchase of a lot in Paramount addition,
less than mile south of our great whole
sale houses, will prove a splendid invest
ment. H. G. Lee s. Co., on Main street,
who own this addition, are Offering these
lots on eaSy terms