Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-23
SETTLE THE SURROUNDINGS.

| ing. 10 the effect that the city IS outgrowng
the country. and therefore cannot long re-
main success. And Vet the country ought
to grow in population and rural industries
as rapidly as the city grows, in order thai
il may figure Us an aid TO the city. How j.
this desirable condition OF affairs TO be
brought about, A good country will natur-
ally settle up of itself after a time. but that
| kind of thing moves slowly. therefore it is
to the interest of the city people to push ii
all they can. In former articles we have
shown that her surrounding trucking in
terests were worth TO the city of Mobile
Ala, at least SlG0 900 annually. but that
thing didn't come all of Itself Twenty
years ago those trucking interests were not
worth so much Us so, 600 to that city, but he
city people. seeing what there might be in
it 10 themselves. went 10 work encouraging
the industry. and now they are reaping
| their reward
As yel our young and fourishiug Texas
cities have not given much thought to the
| surrounding country living beyond their
town additions to the cities. These town
additions may be all well enough in their
way, but they are not enough. We must
ill up all the country round about. TO sup
ply Us with rural products. thus cutting OF
the need of sending our money away to dis
tant regions for necessary supplies Noth-
ing So helps i region of coUntr. is keeping
| most of It's money at home.
! On several occasions heretofore we have
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! ana encourage them in every possible. way.
lie says this plan has been worked success
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not Vet been decided on. but il Will be To-
Gated somewhere On Tampa bay Mr..
Zones mus "uuS 4mo, ,il,, @Gr%a u" n.5
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How would sornetfina like that do fo,.
! I,orr Worth, NO r,.,- ,,o- b,r-a tho midi
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( \ Homes If T,rnna Fla hr,, ,,a ..ar.
tafgl,- have close around rs nlen,v Of croo4
lands ,s We, -,por.Driad 10 5o,,bt ,or.
siderable tracts If those lands uiuIt he
cbeanIr fo,,ub, Ne often raise amonr
ourselves ,opsilaranla .,,,r. of ,,ora,- f.
he e,nploved in advertising opr, Immediate
recfon This * MI frst-,..t.. so fan. a. i
goas. but * no. It rather possibIe rha,
we MIGHT decidedly and nerInaneuf,v inter
est. people nj 4 distance more than we have
haratofora haen doino 1b,ouob all o,,,. al
yertfsfpc. by substituting now and then fo,.
o,r usual off Of advertisf,c pamnhlets and
rfrculars = few Thousand dollars worth of
good Tarrant county landsl
The lands couId be given AWAY under cpr-
tain sripularions of course hence the off
would ne sire to bring in TELLING returns IA
the city. If the people didn't STAY upon the
lands and improyc them according 10 COR
tract they yvouid fall hacl; 10 the donors to
he given to other parties willing TO come III,
| to agreement. If they remained all right
The city 1yould have their influence as in
terested citizens. and their patronaqe
While we cannot Law claim IA understand
| inc much about such things. ON. crude way
Of Thinking leads rs 10 tseI that the off, of
homesteads in Tarraut county, to colonies
or desirable peonie. would rebound subsrau-
italy 10 the rood Of Fort Worth and prove
NJ the same time sbns. the hest method of
advertising op,. rural possibilities thai
couId h. resortaI to Each colony so es-
+ohIished ,ronld he = standing advertise.
| y-o1ld he an aaeut To read to everybody
whose attention could be secured.