The Fort Worth gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-189?, 1891-04-09
TELL IT AGAIN.

/ note with pleasure YOUR SUOfIS through
the columns Of THE GAZETTE to direct at
tention 10 Tarrant county. and, indeed, 10
all this section of our state. As emlnenJlT
filling the needs Of the agTiculturlst. II Is
thing due more TO the Indifference OF our
own people than to any other cause that
we are getting no part, practically. OF the
farmer influx from other states, and that
many Of our own farmers are actually pull
ing up stakes and leaving for the. 10 some
| extent, at least. experimental regions far
| west of Us. Why should all this be 50
in face of the fact tina, we have
as fine IN agricultural region as
| can be found anywhere. proved TO
| be such by forty years of practical
test, and are offering our lands at lower
| prices, everything considered. than can Sc
cure even inferior lands near railroad con
veniences, at any point IN the so-calleu
western wildS. l cannot think that any
| of our lands could be overlooked did the
| iInmigrating world know all about them,
and especially our improved lands with
comfortable homes, now on the market al
| from IS TO S15 per acre, depending upon
| character of improvement. We here have
! to offer the agriculturist everything that
| could be to his advantage, and It Is not rea-
| Sonable to suppose that our offer would go
begging could it be impressed upon the
| clear understanding OF the interested pub
| lie. II. S. MORAN
Weatherford, Tex.
| Esquire Moran is undoubtedly correct in
his views as to the cause OF an existing tar
diness at settling up the agricultural lands
| of this region. The fault lies mainly At the
doors of our own people and yet our people
do not intend to be at fault To speak
plainly, our region of country is to-day is
new as any other region, for 4 very large
| per cent of it has never been taken in from
its wild condition. It is simply new coun-
try endowed with all the conveniences,
| comforts and advantages OF an old country
"a wild country, so to speak. under the in
fuence of high state of civilization.
Being new country with old country
| advantages is against our region under eX-
isting circumstances Our own people
have everything they need and therefore
can see no good reason for calling into an
enjoyment of the same blessings Il people
they know nothing about, so they don't
exert themselves in that direction. II
calls for great exertions 10 give Il new
country any particular prominence in the
minds of distant people, and As Il conse-
quence the people at j distance are unin-
formed as to the existence of such u region
as we now have under consideration.
In those far west countries the case is
vastly different The people settled there
are without the advantages of civilization
Such advantages are greatly needed by
them. 50 Us u matter of personal interest TO
| themselves they strain every nerve in an
effort 10 bring on more people, in the hope
| that those people will bring with them the
condition of affairs 50 much in demand
Every settler becomes 4 chronic advertiser,
and as 4 consequence the -four corners of
the earth are constantly ringing with
songs 10 the praise of the new country. II
tells on the principle that constant dripping
of water viii eventually wear away stone
and an influx of immigration is the result.
If you talk 10 some of our people relative
to advertising the advantages of our supe-
rior region Of country. they will, in many
cases, tell you that they have already done
so and it was simply labor in van-nothiug
in particular came of il. Their words may
be true 10 the letter-they may have adver-
tiSed it once. on even twice in their lives,
but that was not enough. Il was like pour
ing pitcher of water upon the rock-there
was no perceptible wear. It was not the
constant drip accredited with wearing away
stone. A single gush, as from 4 pitcher, to
be followed by an unlimited pause, will do
no good in the way OF advertising a coun-
try's advantages. We must tell it again,
| and again, and again. In our case il is q
strictly true story and therefore a pleasant
story to tell-why not tell it all the time,
over and over? 1t is too good story to
ever fall into class as an old chestnut.
Pamphlets and circulars sent out may do
some good, but they are never regular
| enough to have any very permanent effect
good deal under repute of late. People
| nowadays don't read much Of that kind of
| literature. People thinking of q new
| country wish to hear something about it
| from the people there, rather than from an
| individual. Throw your newspaper into
| their hands regularly and thus AFFORD them
an opportunity OF reading in full about
| everything going on. When YOU write to
| your friends in other sections put in at
| least ''P. s. about where you live. When
| YOU meet a stranger ION the wing have
some facts about the country ready for him
| facts, the whole facts, and nothing but
| the facts. Talk to him about our ad-
vantages, talk TO everybody about our ad-
| vantages-talk, talk, talk. Such are 1.-The
| sinews of war; that turn an influx of immi-
| grafton fo the far yvaS+