The Fort Worth gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-189?, 1891-05-14
He VIEWS IT CORRECTLY.
Col. Il. L. Montgomery Tells About His
Visit to the Pacilery-A Great Thing
for Fort Worth-The Wheat Crop.

Col r. E. MONTGOMERY of Denver. Col,
was seen by GAZETTE man yesterday soon
after he had returned from trip TO the
Fort Worth packing house.
Have been 10 the packcry?' said Col.
Montgomery. Il should say l had, and
what do I think of it, believe 1t is the
grapdest thing for Texas and Fort Worth
hat has been started, or could be started
here.
And the people of Fort Worth should give
Col. J. Il. HoXie the proper credit for o.
ganizing aud pushing it to completion, for
without his cool business judgment, nerve
and long poclletbook, this enterprise
ton Strengthening hogs and cattle
by the thousand shipping the product all
over the United States and to En- land. and
furnishing employment to several hundred
people. besides paving the farmers of
Texas thousands and thousands OF dollars
that formerly went out of the state.
Why, | am told that the packing house is
shipping hogs by the car load from Wichita,
Kan, and Kansas City, Mo, to be slaugh-
tered. What Il change from the old fash
ion of sending the cattle and hogs to Kan
Sis City aud Chicago to be slaughtered and
then sent back to us to be consumed. we
paying the freight both ways. | Tell you
that Col. Hoxie is the Abraham Lincoln Of
Texas and the benefactor Of the whole
Southwest. He has emancipated the people
of Texas and the Southwest from the power
of Armour and the balance of the Big
Four and he should receive due apprecia-
ton.
! am told that when Col. Hoxie first
spoke Of building this packing house every
one laughed at him and said what i foolish
idea the thing cannot pay in Texas. Eut
guess they see now that the colonel knew
what he was doing.
You see by the morning papers that signs
are out on some of the stores in London
with Fort Worth, Tex. Lard on them.
You see what an advertisement for Fort
Worth that is. In my opinion. this ship
ment of lard just made by the packing
house TO England is but the advance guard
Soon beef, bacon. lard and other products
will be sent from here to Europe. Mexico
and Central and South America. This es-
Enlistment is In its infancy. inside OF three
Years ! expect TO see the Fort Worth pack
ing house covering twenty acres of ground,
and Armour. Swift and all the rest of the
Chicago and Kansas City packers have
large packing houses here also.
They are certain to come to try and hold
a share of the trade that they controlled so
long, and Fort Worth will be the great city
of the Southwest. for was it not the cattle
and hog Strengthening and packing industry
that made Cincinnati, Chicago and Kansas
Cityl
bul, COulLHutu SOl NIOHl BOUltTN- ''IOC3-
ting the packing house here is not the only
thing that Col. Hoxie has done and is doing
for Fort Worth. He is modest man and
does not say much. but he has more faith in
Fort Worth's future greatness than any
man know of, and Is continually doing
something in quiet way 10 advance her
interests.
lie is now perfecting arrangements by
which Fort Worth will be the clearing
house and financial center of the South
west. and the state will have cheap money
to move her immense crops this season
How were the crops looking in the Pan
handle as you came through?'' was asked.
The crops are all looking well They
tell me that if nothing happens 6.0O0, 900
bushels Of wheat will be harvested in four
counties of the Panhandle, viz: Wichita,
Greer. Hardeman and Willbarger, which
was the total wheat crop of the state last
year. That shows you the way Northwest
Texas is developing"