Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-05

! the columns OF IHE GAZETTE 10 Ut-e-t IL
| tentiOn to TarTaut county, and, indeed, 70
| all This section Of our state, is e-lnert.y
| filling the needs Of the IggiCUJIris-- Il =
| thing due more 70 the Indifference Of our
! own people than to any other cause that
| we are getting no part. practically, u the
! farmer influx from other states, aad mat
! many Of our own farm rs are actually pull
| ing up stakes and leaving for the, 20 some
| extent, at least, eXpvrlnle1taL reg!tuS I~t
| west of US Why should al this De 50
| in face OF the fact that we have
| as fine an agricultural region IS
| can be found anywhere, proved 10
| be such by forty years OF practical
| test, and are Offering our lands q; lower
| prices. everything considered, ,han can s.
! cure even inferior lands near railroad con-
| verieaces, al any point N the So-c;-i.e1
western wids. cannot think mat any
| OF our lands could he overlooked d!l The
| immigrdting world know nj! about them.
| and especially our improved lands with
/ comfortable homes, now on the market =,
! from 81 70 SIS per acre, CepenGI1g upon
! character Of improvement. We here have
/ TO offer the agriculturist everything that
! could be TO his ADVANTAGE, ana Ii Is NOS rea-
/ souablo 10 suppose that our oftr would -
| begging could it be impressed unou the
! clear unders landing " The iE.eres, 81 pub
! lie. Il. ). MORAN.
Weathcrford. Tex
Esquire Moran is undoubtedly correct in
his views as 70 the cause Of an existing tar
! diness ii settling up the agricultural lands
| Of this region. The fault lies mainly II the
doors of our own people, and yet cur people
| do not intend TO be at flul;. To speak
plainly, our region Of country is today IS
new Is any other region, for Z very large
! per cent OF it has never been taken in from
, its wild condition. II is simply new coun-
| try endowed with all the conyeuieuces,
/ comforts and advantages Of an old country
| IA wild country, SO to speak, under the in
fuence Of high state OF civilization.
| Being a new country with old country
/ advantages is against our region urde. eX-
/ listing circumstances. Our own people
! have everything they need and therefore
| can see no good reason for calling into an
enjoyment OF the same blessings i people
/ they know nothing about 50 they don
exert themselves in that direction II
calls for great eXertions 10 give a new
country any particular prominence in the
minds Of distant people, and is conse-
quence the people ii distance are un!n-
formed as TO the existence Of such region
as we now have under consideration.
In those far west countries the case is
vastly different. The people settled there
are without the advantages OF civil jzu,iou.
Such advantages are Erelt!y needed by
them, SO Is d matter OF personal interest 10
themselves they strain every nerve III an
effort to bring on more people. in the nope
that those people will bring with them the
condition of affairs so much in demand.
Every settler becomes a chronic advertiser,
and as a consequence the -four corners Of
the earth" are constantly ringing with
songs to the praise Of the new country. Il
tells on the principle that constant dripping
OF water viii eventually wear away stone,
and IN influx Of immigration IS the result.
If you talk to some OF our people relative
10 advertising the advantages of our supo-
rior region of country, they viii. in many
cases, tell you, that they have already done
so and it was simply labor in van--nothing
in particular came OF it. Their words may
be true to the letter-they may have adver-
tised It once, or even twice in their lives,
but that was not enough. 1t was like pour
ing pitcher Of water upon the rock-there
was no perceptible Wear. 1t WIS not the
constant drip accredited with wearing away
stone 4 single Cush. as from i pitcher 10
be followed by an unlimited pause, will do
no good i'll the way Of advertising couu-
try's advantages. We must tell ii again,
and again, and again. In our case it IS
strictly true story, and therefore a pleasant
story to tell-why not tel it al the time,
over and over? 1t is too good 4 story to
ever fall into class as an old chestnut
Pamphlets and circulars sent out may do
some good, but they are never regular
enough TO have any very permanent effect;
besides, that style Of advertising has fallen
good deal under rcpute Of late. People
nowadays don't read much Of that kind Of
literature. People thinking of a new
country wish to hear something about it
from the people there, rather than from an
individual. Throw your newspaper into
their hands regularly and thus afford them
an opportunity Of reading in fun about
everything going on. When you write to
your friends in other sections put in at
least ''P. 81 about where you live When
you meet a stranger "on the wing" have
some facts about the country ready for him
facts, the whole facts, and nothing but
the facts. Talk to him about our ad-
vantages, talk to everybody about our ad-
vantages-talk, talk, talk. Such are the
sinews of war that turn an influx of inlmi-
grafton to the far west.