Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-25

judge in the state requesting him to APP
point five gentlemen and two ladies in his
county, VINO will constitute the executive
committee of the county. Thus an organi-
Zstion will be perfected in every section Of
the state. The school children of Texas
and teachers will also be given an oppor-
tunity of contributing very largely TO the
success of the noble work The directors
have already conferred with Governor
Hogg and State Superintendent Of Schools
Pritche't upon the feasibility of
giving the 600,000 school child
rem of the state and their 10000
teachers all the glory of whatever work
may be accomplished. Governor Hogg is
heart and soul in the movement, and has
agreed to appoint school holiday in No
vember, to be known as ''Children's
Worlds Fair Day." that they may, on q
certain day, be able to contribute their pa
Triotic offerings. We hope, with the as
sistance of the teachers, TO perfect such an
organization among the school children that
their work and exhibit will astonish the
world. II is our desire to have the finest
state building on the ground, designed by
Texas architects and built of Texas mate
rial. Space in this building will be set
aside for every organized county in Texas.
There win he an annex for the colored peo-
PIE of the state, that they may show to the
world that the coiored people OF Texas
Win tlSlE iZtO Churches, Ike nunDeI OF
Sunday-schools and their $40, DOC, 600 of
taxable wealth. are with US a prosperous
people and an element of strength TO the
commonwealth. and not a burden as in
some less favored st0tos of the Union.
The Texas building must be completed
aud dedicated In October, 1892, therefore no
time is 20 be lost Every citizen in Texas
viii have an opportunity TO assist in this
patriotic undertaking by becoming stock
| al,lar n the pyi9apsa of
which. certificates of stock viii be issued
emitting the holders 10 all Of the conVcn-
fences of the Texas building, where
they may make their headquarters during
their stay in Chicago receive their mail,
and where they will find all of the leading
Texas papers on file, and meet their friends
and acquaiutances: besides this, they will
also have The proud consciousness of know
ing that rs Texans who have subscribed for
The grand exhibit, they have the first right
~ patrons aud owners to receive their
friends IN the finest state building on the
ground.
TEXhs IN THE FRONT RANKS.
Our great state should and must be in the
front rank of the grand procession of states
at Chicago. She IS full of promise of
agricultural. industrial and political great
ness. At the present rate of increase our
population il. 1910 should be 10000, 600,
which ut the present basis of apportion-
ment Will give us eighty-two members of
congress and 100 delegates III Il national
convention. The proper advertising of our
resources will accomplish this result and
this should he borne 10 mind
when making your contributions TO the
Texas state building. For the next fifty
years Texas will necessarily be 4 borrower
in the development of her vast resources
We must b. our display so impress capital
lists that they will pour their money into the
state. And We want cheap money What
could the farmers and merchants of Texas
not DO with money at u per cent? Texas has
more to show and more to gain at Chicago
than any other state in the Union.
How many people outside Of Texas know
that its forests are more extensive than any
other state in the Union2 How many peo-
pie outside of Texas know that we have
better agricultural lands at So per acre than
the land in the older states at SIS per
acrel How many people in the Union. and
in Texas for that matter. know that we
have coal mines shipping 500 tons of coal
per day. How many people outside of
Texas know that our school fund is the
largest Of any commonwealth in the world2
How many people outside of Texas
know that our taxable values
for last year were $500. 600 coo! How many
outside OF Texas who have been taught to
believe the state an arid plain, know that
Texas has As lakes. q large islands, 80 import
mt rivers, $50 creeks and Is bays? How
many i'll New England know that the
Of Texas are more fertile than
he valleys of New England How many |
outside of Texas know that we have 563 |
niles Of sea coast9 How many |
outside OF Texas know that |
Texas has 100 varieties of marketable
imber2 How many outside of Texas |
lnow that mortgaged homestead is an |
Unknown quantity in Texas How many |
overworked, wives in the North |
,rn states viii want TO come 10 state with |
uch record, where they can be protected |
n their homes by constitutional enact
nents? How many outside of Texas know |
hat our farmers can work out of doors
we've months in the year? How many |
outside of Texas know that we lead every |
tate in the South in corn as in cotton,
attic, WOOL wheat and many other
'roducts2 How many outside OF Texas
now that we have l0.000-acre wheat fields
II the Panhandle of Texas' How many
utside of Texas know that we have mines
i gold, silver. manganese, salt, coal and
he greatest deposits of iron ore of any .
tate III the Cu'Cn! How many know that
We have less mortgages individual and |
than any other state in the
nloni How many outside of Texas ever |
card of the fact that we were obliged 10
ali an extra session Of the legislature to |
now what to do with the states surplus!
How are we 10 let the world know of !
heSe resources except by a proper display
( our products and industries at the
Worlds fair: Such display means to
eNas 2G0O,00O more people and $500 900. 600 |
Increase of valuation in farming property
lone within the next decade.
Putting state pride aside, as commercial
ropoSition we must be properly repre-
ented, and l have too much confidence in
he patriotism of our people 10 doubt for
iomcnt the outcome.
HELP PROM THE SCHOOLS.
Statistics show that we have 44a6 public
nd private schools in Texas, managed by
Is superintendent and 6413 graded |
sachers, with a total number of teachers of
L classes of about 900. There are 5000
unday schools of various denominations.
resided over by 10000 teachers. What
lesson is this TO the states of the North |
-ho have been led to regard Texas as a |
ate of barbarism. The panorama of our !
'oral, social and financial condition, that |
i'll be spread before the world at Chicago,
cans q revolution in the direction immi- |
rants will take for the next ten years. 1t
cans that the best element of skilled labor |
the East viii flock to the industries of
ir great state. 1t means an increase Of |
ON s. to SIS on every acre of farming land
Texas.
Let every man and woman, boy and girl | :
Texas become a shareholder in this |
'eat enterprise by buying at least ons-1n
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