The Fort Worth gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-189?, 1891-04-16
Erected A. D.. 1891.
Col. John p HoIie, President,
j. L. Willisms, Fice-President.
q N EarHurn. General Manager

Rev. J. Morgan Wells conducted the GER
emory Of putting the stone in position, and
! this eoue he addressed the company in lam
! guage befttirg the occasion.
RRv. j. MORGAN WELLS
| the first speaker, was in happy frame of
nina. and was listened TO with pleasure
/ He said: 1--WE have met here this after
! noon, my friends, 10 lay the second corner
stone OF the great packing house Of Texas
( II was only Few months since that II be-
gan operations, and there We're some who
feared because Of the gigantic proportions
OF the concern that 1t could not be sue
cess. But there were others who were full
Of hope because they knew- the experience
OF the men who were at the head Of the
enterprise and also knew by observation
the necessity Of the institution aud realized
the demand for its products. And now its
success seems assured beyond reasonable
doubt, because it is based not on whins or
speculatiens. but on the necessities Of the
people. For people must eat, they will eat,
they can't get along without eating, and
they don't want to II they could. The
packing house has demonstrated its fitness
10 live by supplying the meat TO the people
III better condition than before. Thus eat
ers Of Texas and neighboriug states recos-
nize the service this institution has rem
dered them, and in doing this it has
created Il demand greater than the
creased demands Of the people OF the
Southwest this enlargement is taking place
to-day. While this institution is here to
supply demand, it al the same time creates
n demand for home products which may be
furnished at great profit by the farmers of
Texas and the states near US. Tho great
want of Texas is TO produce at home all the
bread ana meat she eats, and this will be
done by small farmers whe will find that
the best market for their corn is in the
pig pen. This Fort Worth packing house
represents an outlay Of several hundreds Of
thousands OF dollars, and it requires vast
sums Of money and many men to properly
conduct it. This money goes to the labor
ing man, 10 the merchant, to the farmer to
the property holder, to the railroads and
the express companies, in fact to all
directly or indirectly 1t benefits every
body-but the preacher. While it is doing
all this, however, it is making money, and
it is well that this is so, for it could not
run if il did not make money. 1t is bless
ing 10 Fort Worth and all Texas and the
field of its good work will continue to grow.
IN the presence o. all these witnesses l lay
this corner stone, in the name of
the Southwest, in the name of the
great empire state Of Texas, in
the name OF the proud and peerless
City of Fort Worth, in the name of enter
prise, progress and prosperity in the
cess, in the name of hope that the star of
its brightest future may always be in the
ascendent." lApplausel.
COL. JOHN R. HoXIg
being called for took the stand amid ap-
plauSe. He said he would not make
speech, that was not in his line, but he
would say that the packing house would
help the preacher as well as everybody else
His friend, Rev. j. Morgan Wells, should
remember this. The packing house would
kill for all that all might live. There need
be no doubt in any mans mind about the
success of the packing house, the only
trouble would be, could the great demand
fer the products be supplied If money
could furnish the capacity ana the country
would raise the hogs and the cattle, the
greatest aUmand fer fine dressed meats
would be supplied il the hogs had to be |
brought from Montana, Nebraska and Iowa |
but this would not be necessary, for Texas |
farmers were In the hog business 10 stay, |
and they were to-day raising the finest hogs |
IL tho country. Col. Hoxie said |
he had just received a telegram stating that |
the United States government had awarded |
the contract to the Fort Worth packing |
to supply all the meats the SOL |
dier5 il Texas at the different military posts |
Uncle Sam knew q good thing |
when he saw It, The speaker said il would |
only be few months until the new build |
ings were in use and then 1900 hogs, 500 |
cattle and 1909 sheep would be slaughtered
aud dressed every day.
COL. PETER SMITH.
Mayor Smith was the next speaker He
said he had watched Fort Werth grew from
q mere hamlet to its present proportions
and he felt safe in saying that after the
railroads had been secured the greatest
thing in the upbuilding of Fort Worth
would be her packing house interests.
home market for cattle and hogs was
needed and the packing house gave this
The Texas farmer would raise corn and
hogs if he knew that he could sell his hogs
Al Chicago prices whenever ne was ready
Mayor Smith gave statistics that showed
he number of people naturally tributary to
The packing house. He felt sanguine that
il would continue to grow from year to
year.
CAPT. THOMAS P. WEST.
When Capt West took the stand every
,ne knew that he would make good speech
and ne did He said that it was charged
bought bacon and everything else, but this
was no longer the case she made her bacon
mi saved al she got for her Gotten. He
md heard men say that packing house in
Texas could net succeed. These men didn't
irow the Fert Worth spirit, and had never
ret Col JohR II. Hoxie, man who when
lie put his hand to the plow never turned
pack. When he had heard that . packing
louise kad been decided on, and heard that
John r. Eoxie had said it Should 20 he
new it would go. The great p2ckery that |
TODD before them was an object lesson 1t |
old what energy and determination and en-
erprise could do. Years from now when
he quarter of million people OF Fort
Worth saw the clouds of black smoke curl
ng TO high heaven from score of packing
louSe sInoliesJackS they would remember |
Jol. HOWE and bless his name for the good |
work he had done.
n. c. HOLLOWAY
vas the last speaker. He told in plain
PRACTICAL way of the good work the packing
ouse had done and would do not only for
he city Of Fort Worth but for the state. |
Fort Worth in building the packery was on
he right track, and if She obtained more of !
UGH enterprises the future was assured.