Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-16
ADVERTISING TEXAS.
THE GLOBE-DEMOCRAT OF ST.
LOUIS.
Its Good Work for Te1as-The Texas of To-
Day, by wv. Il. S. of the Globe
Democrat-Will Benefit the
State and People.
FORT WORTH. TEX. Aug. 10. 1891.

FORT WORTH, TEX. Aug. 49, 1891.
For The Gazette.
Speaking about advertising Texas. sub
ject that interests 4 large majority of the
people of the state nowadays. | have
waited patiently for some time expecting
and hoping to see some enc or more of our
many boards of trade, the Texas real estate
association, large land owners. bankers.
business men, railroad or state officials. and
last, but by no means least, the press of
Texas, recognize and make mention pu16
hcly OF the gOod work done for our state
and people by the St. Louis Globe-Demo-
Graf during the month OF July and part of
August. refer to the able and lengthy let
tiers of the Globes correspondent, Wv.
B. :" Also the editorials of that paper on
Texas, from time to time during the past
few years.
l hoped to see some of our prominent
organizations or influential men and some
OF our leading papers give due credit TO the
Globe" for the good work done by the
management of that paper for us.
In my opinion there is not Il business man.,
land owner mechanic or laborer. and, LSIfn
add, railroad, i'll Texas but what Id been,
and will continue to be benefited blythe let<s
tiers written by Nv. B S and pub ishedsaij
month
|, for one, feel indebted to the9paper sbrs,
tltio Nolh ltISpudI tultfcSt llll
Texas is mere tritie as cOmpafed to that
Of hundreds of thousands of OTHERS. but 4
cannot help expressing my thankssto th3
management of the Globe for the favors RI
ceived. &
If the wv. B. S. Texas letters me-
lished in the daily Globe Democrat sa7S
copied in the weekly Globe Texas hassTe-
ceived not less than S500OO worth of free
advertising from that paper. In case the
fsetters were not published in the weekly
we have had at least One-third of this
amount of free advertising. The weekly
Globe reaches not less that 100000 farmers,
and the letters referred to have placed the
Texas of to-day before tens of thousands of
home-seelierS and investors, evensif theEs
were only published in the daily daone ff'
The Globe-Democrat has doneFmoresf5r
Texas and her people i'll the waySof caEsng
the attention OF the homeSeekers, 4maS4i a,.sa
tlrer and capitalist to the state IN ~ aAGSE
six weeks than all the newspapefasBfb-
lished outside of Texas combined have in
years. | say this simply because ! believe
1t to be Il fact, and not to reflect on any
other paper. or to please or favor the Globe,
1t. has become hobby with our pet-
pie TO advertise their different counties in
particular, and the state in gener;It with
the&ope OF securing more people and capg
tai. &Iany OF US are spsnding moro or tsss
valgao time and Money in thk Y0rksl
and meaI lsiness, I'D think it but Fight
ard proper< shoYsbur appreciation of any
favors shown Assistance given us in this
work-come fri who or where it may-re
CARELESS of pFal or personal feeling
Business is Or thing and politics and per-
sonai feelin9anothef The majority of us
people and apital and developing NE Ne
state thanA We are in polit&s-fact is ahas.
outside of he politician it 1ifVkes but 49,
difference y the masses what, part |
power When the politicians of either
party don't run things about right the
American people have a happy and very
efectual way OF getting up and sitting
down. on them.
But to return to my subject. l Will say i'll
conclusion that any first-class newspaper
such as the Globe Democrat that will do |
for US and our state as this paper has is at |
least entitled to our thanks. hence this |
letter. and will say it would afford me ,
great pleasure to be able to thank any other
paper published outside of Texas, regard |
less of its politics, should they favor Us as
the ''Globe-Democrat" has.
No doubt some who read this will say:
THE Globe-Democrat made specially of |
publishing the crimes of Texas for years,
and done Texas great injustice and dam !
age" etc. etc
In reply to this will say: We-as a peo- |
ilOt IlNIiltS III inc past We Dire NOth-
ing for the present and future and need all |
the assistance we can get to help US I'LL |
Texas with good people.
Again. l will say that there are two sides |
to this charge against the Globe-Democrat. |
and l happen to know both Many of our |
own people were to blame for so much |
Hell in Texas being published in the col
umns of the Globe-Democrat and other |
papers. Some of our , per cent month |
men, and our would-be land kings, and our
ex-cattle kings, had not 4 little to do with |
having our state kept before the people of |
the old states as eli upon EARTH There
was at one time good many of our own
people who did not want cheap money to
come to Texas. Neither did they want |
the '.man with the hoe.' as we call the
farmer
Not only the Globe-Democra: but other
papers were given the dark side of Texas
by those interested in keeping people and
money out of the state. The papers were
about Texas. and as there
was but little effort made by those who did 1
want Texas settled and developed, the opsY
position to settlement had it nearly ar
their own way. 4 /
There are some large newspapers NIB b
ished outside of Texas, that claim to bed
friendly to the state. that are still feeainS
heir Northern readers on ''Had& MI
Texas Texas Politics" etc. and pub
ishing very little if any news
rom Texas that would induce i'm
migration to come here or be of Y
my benefit TO us. There is one
VIPER in particular. that is published in So
16tis. called the Republic, that claims +
% be great friend of Texas. This paper
'arries at its masthead the Endorsement of
he Democratic party of Texas, through |,