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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-11
TWO MEETINGS,

4 state convention of the Peoples
party has been called by Mr.. w. r.
Lamb, who designates August II as the
date of meeting and Dallas as the
place.
This will bring the Peoples party
together a few weeks after the Fort
Worth meeting of the Alliance element
that oppose the sub-treasury. At the
Fort Worth meeting it will be made
known whether the sub-treasury or the
anti-sub-treasury fellows are running
the Alliance in this state. 1t will be
profitable to watch the effect of the
Fort Worth meeting upon the Peoples
party movements and their utterances
at Dallas.
If the sub-treasury wing shall pre-
vail at Fort Worth, the Peoples party,
which in this state is the sub-treasury
part of the Alliance, will be in such
high glee that we may listen for some
resounding enunciations Of wisdom
from the Dallas meeting. The fiat
will be put forth in an aggressive spirit
that ''those who are not with us are
against u.s." and all Alliance members
who do not fall in with the Peoples
party movement will be made to feel
that they are in a crowd where their
presence is unwelcome.
But if the opposition to the sub
treasury shall be able TO muster a ma
jority at Fort Worth, and give strong
expression to their feelings against
that foolishness, their action will have
strong influence in checking too
exuberant out-pouring of folly at the
Dallas meeting. For, as it now stands,
the sub-treasury is the life of the AL
lance in Texas, and the Alliance is the
life of the third party. Let the Al
lance but give official utterance against
the sub-treasury, and the third party,
having nothing to rest upon in this
state, will fall to the ground.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-11
CASE WITH A MORAL.

The advocates of the plan that con-
templates the loaning by the govern
ment of money directly to the people
upon land, should recall the nature and
cause OF the political upheaval in Kansas
last fall. There is a grand moral in it,
if rightly understood. 1t is SO obvious
and so plain, the wonder is that some
body had not long ago pointed it out.
But, no matter about that; its force
and application are not at all lessened
or otherwise affected by delay.
The situation in Kansas was briefly
that from two-thirds to four-ffths of
the land in the state was pledged to
Eastern loan companies for money, the
rate OF interest ranging from 6 to per
cent with commission added. For
whatever reasons, the tariff, monetary
contraction. unfavorable seasons or
what not, the farmers found them
selves unable in many instances to
meet the interest even on their loans.
Many OF them were carried for a time
by the companies, but they still re-
manned to large extent unable to
meet their obligations, and ruin
speedily overlook them, following as it
did in the footsteps of the sheriff.
Discomfort sprang up all over the
state. The cause of their hardship
and i'll fortune was attributed to the
neglect or unfaithfulness of their
rulers, state and Federal. With a
vengeance born of poverty and despair
they rushed into politics, overthrow
the machine, wiped out the old regime
and elected lot of new men to execute
their will in the state and Federal leg
isiatures
In the state legislature last winter
these new men introduced measures OF
the most sweeping and revolutionary
character. Some OF them were OK post
facto in character, and others not
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-11
Fort Worth in En- rlanh.

About q year ago Benjamin S. Brigg and
Swire Smith, two citizens of London,
England, were sent to Texas by large fl
nancial institution doing business in Fort
Worth and other parts of the state. They
spent weeks in the state visiting the princi-
pal cities. On their return they called the
directors together and made report. They
mentioned Galveston, Houston, Austin and
San Antonio and then took up Fort Worth,
about which they had the following TO say:
Fort Worth is q newer town and has had
a growth that can only be described as
phenomenal. Originally military out
post, named in honor Of one OF the heroes
of the Mexican war, it remained q mere
name until after the close of the great
civil struggle between the North and South,
and in 1876 was only a small frontier village
One gentleman whom he met had shot pan
theirs and hunted cayotes in what is now
the main street of the city; another remem-
bered his father being shot by the Indians
close to the present courthouse. Last
years city directory gives the population at
49, 0OO, while its assessed value has in
creased from $3.50, 600 in 1876 TO sic, BOX, 900
in 1889 To-day there are eight national
banks, seventeen churches, nine free
schools, forty manufacturing establish
ments, thirty-two miles of electric street car
line, an excellent water supply, gas works
and all the appliances of q thoroughly
equipped American town. II claims TO be
the city OF pluck and push, " and certainly
it is vigorous and enterprising in very
marked degree. A few years ago it had
only single railway, its inhabitants were
determined to make it great railroad
center, now there are eleven systems run
ming into it. seven of which are great trunk
lines. A glance at map of Texas gives
the impression that every company is striv-
ing to reach Fort Worth. These benefits
have not been obtained without heavy sac
rifces. The constitution of the state pre-
vented the voting or granting of any sub
sides but this did not discourage them.
and we can form some idea of the character
of these people from the fact that they
have voluntarily raised nearly 81, 900, 600 and
have given it to the various corporations to
induce them to bring their lines forward to
their town. The natural effect has been a
wonderfully rapid development and great
increase in the value of property. One
gentleman told US that thirteen years ago
he bought a site for $500 and on it built a
house in which he has since resided, costing
$1,000. In February of this year he sold his
property for SIS, 600. We heard So, 600 Of
fered for some plots that cost the present
owner short time ago 81, 900.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-11
South Side Development.

Not only the residents, but the owners OF
property in the Seventh ward and tracts of
land Immediately joining it, are at work
looking to the speedy development of this
portion of the city. The committees APP
pointed at meeting held last week have
been at work and will be ready to make re-
ports at the adjourned meeting to be held
on Wednesday. The first step that will be
taken will be the building of street car
line as far out as Hyde park. This line will
be built under the franchise granted by the
city council some months ago. In order to
make the line as direct as possible the coun-
Gil will be asked to open two streets leading
to the ward. There is some talk of the
Hyde Park line and the Polytechnic car
line using the same track into the business
part of the city from a point near the union
depot addition. Work on the Polytechnic
line, which is to run to the Methodist col
lege, now building, and to the cotton mill,
Will be under way in week or two, the
money for this line being already in sight.
After the car lines are provided for, or are
under way, it is proposed by the Seventh
ward property owners to build houses for
sale on easy terms to those who desire to
live in that neighborhood.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-11
Money for CrGns.

Texas will be the first state in the Union
to call for money 10 buy the wheat and
oats now being harvested, and several mill
ions of dollars will be sent here for that
purpose. The most of this money will come
through Fort Worth and from this point
will be sent out through all that section
northwest, west and southwest of this city.
The New York banks have been asking
Fort Worth financial institutions for all in
formation about the crops and the amount
of money that will be required. The move
ment OF wheat alone will help this city
greatly 1t Will necessitate the employ
ment of more men here to handle the trains
as they come in, to man the extra freight
trains that will be put on, and at our ele
vators. Mark Evans, William Cameron,
NJ. p. Bewly and \. Bridges are getting
their -four mills ready for a long and con-
tinuous run. The mills will employ full
force of hands this year and will run day
and night.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-11
WHERE CHARITY SHOULD BEGIN.

Many people are blessed with tele-
scopic vision, that enables them to see
distant objects but blinds them 10 the
world around them. OF this class are
the sentimentalists, who enter into So
cieties for the amelioration of the con-
dition Of the oppressed in other lands,
or for the conversion OF the heather in
Africa and the South Sea Islands,
while at their very gates stand armies
of oppressed, and within sound of their
orthodox church bells are scores OF
wretches who scorn their Christ.
The Eastern states are now the nur-
sery of new society of ''The Friends
of Free Russia This society includes a
great many men, who spend much time
and give great deal of money to the
cause OF freedom in Russia.
Every year hundreds of thousands of
dollars are sent to ireland in aid OF
home rule, and so far as we can Judge
by the progress made, this money
might as well have been thrown into
the sea.
The pockets OF babes are drained at
Sunday school every Sunday for civil
zing and Christianizing savages at the
antipodes, upon whom but little more
impression is made was made upon the
swine by casting pearls to them.
These things are all praiseworthy
enough, and it is well that they are
done at all, but charity that has to go
ten thousand miles to find an object is
too far-sighted to do its best.
Charity should begin at home, and
stay at home as long as there is any
thing to do.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-11

cinnati divinity has passed from earth,
or recovered her senses, is not known,
as nothing has been heard Of her or her
crazy vagaries for some time.
She had her day, TO be sue
ceeded by the notorious Rock
ford impostor, Schweinfurth, who
was the other day warned by letter
from band of Kansas City regulators
to get out of town in hurry.
This Schweinfurth, who processes to
be Christ also, has home at Rock
ford. H., which he and his worshipers
call heaven" There he lives in state
and receives in calm serenity the hon.
age and pious alteration of the fools that
gather about him. His "heaven" has
become quite resort for Impressions
BILE women who go thither as Mahom-
medans to the holy city Of Mecca. The
circulation of some ugly rumors about
the mysterious rites and hidden cere-
monies practiced in Schweinfurth's
holy den prompted the Illinois legisla-
tuFe last winter to send an investigat-
ing committee to discover, if possible,
some evidence that would warrant them
in bringing the impostor to justice.
The mission was failure, and he is
still at large, appearing recently in
Kansas City, where he has a few de-
luded followers. On his arrival there
the local press sought to interview him,
but failed. He refused to parade his
holiness or to spread his hallowed
thoughts in the profane columns of the
secular press. Both were reserved for
those who could and would appreciate
them at their true worth, his faithful
disciples. In a day OF two came the
warning to get out, or prepare for
coat OF tar and feathers. He referred
the matter to the mayor, who detailed
couple OF policemen 10 guard the house
in which the impostor was stopping.
At last accounts he was still there, an
object of holy generation to the mis-
guided dupes who 'believe on" him.
After noting the folly of people silly
enough TO follow such a fake, let us
cease to wonder at anything cap
ture of the Itata, the sub-treasury
scheme, or the heated vagaries of the
anti-Hoggites. God moves in mys-
terious ways, His wonders to perform.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-11
The Abattoir Project.

Fort Worth is candidate for the loca-
ton of the huge abattoir and cooling
house proposed to be erected by. the Ma
tional butchers association. which recently
met in Pittsburg, Pa. Gen. Cameron rep
resented Fort Worth's interests at this
meeting, and induced the convention to APP
point a committee Of five to visit Texas in
January next Before that time, possibly
in a few months, Messrs. Winters of
Pittsburg, Hinton OF Philadelphia and
James of St Louis will visit Fort Worth to
acquaint themselves with our facilities for
handling cattle. The plan of the associa-
ton as related by Gen. Cameron is simply
this: The Butchers association has erected
one large receiving abattoir at Pittsburg
and propose to build others at Baltimore,
Philadelphia. New York and other cities in
the East. These buildings will be used to
store the dressed beef until shipped out il
carload lots to smaller cities and towns.
The great abattoir is to be located in the
cattle producing country, in all likelihood at
Fort Worth. A plant costing at least $780,
900 is to be put in. Here the beeves will be
bought, slaughtered and chilled. This is
the plum Fort Worth is after
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-11

vHE esteemed Waco Day pulled
trigger too quick. 1t says: Governor
Hog&appointed Whatley evidently
without being aware of the existence Of
the constitutional clause that makes
him ineligible, and is now simply too
stubborn to acknowledge his error by
asking for Whatley's resignation.
There is no evidence of Attorney-G Cen
eral Culberson's having given any
opinion upon the matter. In fact, all
evidence points the other way, for if
he had decided that Whatley was
eligible it cannot be doubted that the
Austin correspondents of The GAZETTE
would have been advised of the de-
cision." The Austin correspondent of
THE GAZETTE was advised OF the de-
cision. 1t was published in TIE GA
zETTE Sunday morning. 1t says
Whatley is eligible. Hogg reigns and
the government still lives.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-11
Gold for Fort Worth.

A loan company doing business at Fort
Worth is in receipt of a cablegram placing
$4,000 at its disposal for loans on Fort
Worth realty. This is English money and
the men who sent this $50, 600 advise that
$1,000, 900 dollars is ready for Fort Worth
during the year This is good sign and
shows that the English people have learned
a lesson. They see that the only country in
the world where their money-was invested
that could take up its securities was the
United States, and that Texas of all the
states met her obligations promptly For
time lack OF confidence hurt, but the gold
has been separated from the dross and
Texas is the gold. A representative of a
New England loan company said yesterday
that his company had not lost dollar in
Texas loans and he did not know of a COM
pany that had
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-11

IF Mr.. McKinley's tariff should pre-
vail for few years, Europe will sue
coed in unloading upon US her hordes
of beggars, Indicators, pariahs, laz-
zaroni socialists, anarchists and other
riff-raff that now vex and worry her
various governments. Such will be the
old country's compensation for the in
jury done TO her industries, and very
desirable one it rs, too. But what is to
become of rs:
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-11

AN impertinent Democratic organ
wants to know the difference between
Junior Raum's offense in selling Offices
for cash and Harrison's selling them
for influence. Same difference that
there is between tweedle-dum and
tweedle-dee. Raum sold what didn't
belong to him, and was guilty of OBJ
taiuing goods under false pretenses.
To the victor belongs the spoils, and
Harrison has the spoils
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-11

Henry Swartz said yesterday that it
was very probable that the Dixie wagon
factory would soon begin the work OF
manufacturing vehicles of various kinds.
The buildings have all been finished for
some time, and the most approved wagon
manufacturing machinery has been
bought and is in place ready to begin
work Everything is new and the plant
all in all is one of the best in this part of
the country. Negotiations have been
pending with a practical wagon maker
who will take an interest in the com
pany. and then nothing will be wanting.
II will not, after arrangements have been
made with this gentleman, take week TO
have work under way.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-11
only impaired the obligations of con-

only impaired the obligations of con-
tracts, but went so far as. in some in
stances, to wipe them out entirely.
The motives underlying this species
Of radical legislation were, of course,
present relief to the farmers. The le-
gal right to foreclose mortgages was to
be abolished, or held up for a time.
The right to redeem was to be extended
indefinitely, and if memory serves, a
bill was introduced in the lower house
canceling many loans. At any rate,
the policy of the legislation alluded to
was plainly in the direction of repudia-
ton, and much of it would have been
enacted, had not the senate stood in
the way.
Now suppose that all the money
loaned on land in Kansas had come
from the government. instead Of from
private sources. Would not the temp
tation to repudiate, when debts and
poverty overlook the borrower, ee too
powerful to resist? Would not that be
made a political issue, and the rallying
cry of thousands of farmers who would
see in it release from debts and en-
barrassment without visible injury to
any individual? There can be, it
seems, but one answer to this query.
The truth is, that the borrowing of
money has been the ruin of thousands
and millions. Borrowing on land by
by hopeful and credulous Kansas farm
ers, merely because they had the right
and could find the money, has been
their ruin. 1t has likewise ruined
multitude OF loan companies, on whose
hands were thrown millions OF acres Of
unmarketable and improbable land.
If the goysynWent, instead ofiprivate
concersf haf been the loaner HE dis
aster YbFYbsgeneral instead of con-
fined Z ~szstate:
All whsssS 81 Is 3 Sold iap1s{tion and be
egred; sh tho q insist 9fhaysg o9Gs 5e,ract,
marx Raa K rro UEh s Traps ''A0
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-11
RELIGIOUS IMPOsToRs.

A few years ago-not more than five
or six-Cincinnati had a woman, intel
igent and more or less cultured, who
claimed to be either Christ, or the
mother of Christ, it is not remembered
which. 1t will perhaps puzzle the
reader to understand how she could
make plausible to any sane person her
claim to either honor, since Christ in
carnate was man, and his mother
passed away 1000 years ago. But that
is a question too hard for THE GA
ZETTE. The disciples OF the woman in
ouestion-and she had them, as every
freak and impostor misunderstood the
mystery thoroughly, and went regu-
larly to PROSTATE themselves in humble
worship and alteration before the
fleshy divinity OF Walnut Hills. Nor
were her devotees ignorant and I'M
lettered people. On the contrary they
were well-to-do and educated folks.
among them being a well-known lawyer
of that city whose unbalanced mind and
morbid fancy recognized divine at
tributes in the woman TO whom he
looked for salvation. Whether the Gin
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-11
Dynamite Outrage.

PARIS, June 9.-At an early hour -.
morning dynamite cartridge was -
in front of the police station at C-EchJ [,s
was exploded. The police buLdLLs -;
greatly damaged by the, explosion VIZ" -,
also shattered great number o! Wiz s.s:
in the neighborhood. The explosion > a., r.
to be the work of anarchists who have -.
sought to revenge themselves nPeI
police. who, it will be remem bereI' w" 80
very energetic on May-day last IN l ne 80 -.
preston of the demonstration oil LAG
archistS
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-11

now, going into harness, sadd.ery and s:.s.,
used and worn by Texans
The sum o. $40 was received vss.-.
day by 70 Z Worth company -o ma. *.
legations maturing this mouth
Fort Worth in the first winter NJ ~.
packing house history packed tr.uH g., -
She will pack $50, 900 hogs at least IN ~,
second winter and viii not s-1H n ~.
meantime.
The city's artesian well is now down q.,
feet. When depth OF ESQ lee. ~.
reached the mud taken out VS. warn
few feet deeper the mud ruu r.r H..r..,r1
up to 10 deg, z few feet deeper ro lis ...
yesterday, at 1900 feet, the mad AIKEN.
sent the mercury TO l2l der r. IS s,rT-.
certain that great volume of bu.-lel-.,
IS near at hand. and if SO It Wi. H.ss FL.
Worth the sanitarium of the Sour.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-11

for every man to say it is scarce. One
way to make money plentiful is for
every man to think it is plentiful. Had
the last congress enacted unlimited
silver coinage the people would have
believed that such measure would
greatly initiate the circulation and
this very belief would have cheapened
the value of money in the estimate OF
its owners and they would have turned
it loose and thus inflated" the circula-
ton. There is as much money in the
country as there was year ago, but a
year ago money was at work to earn an
int est, and now it has been made so
y liable by panic, or lack of confidence,
III 1t its owners are afraid to put it in
eli culation.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-11
The Cotton Mill.

George Taylor, manager of the cotton
mills, says they made their first shipment
of cloth last week. II was large ship
ment and returns already received con-
quality Of the goods. Mr.. Taylor purchased
a plat of five acres yesterday adjoining the
cotton mill tract, on which he will soon
build $1,000 dwelling, and bring his
family here. The company will begin next
week the construction OF brick building
60x60. two stories high, for a dye house.
Arrangements are fully completed for this.
work
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-11

WHY not stamp everybody's silver
end gold into full legal tender coin,
with an honest ratio between the two
metals: withdraw the national bank
circulation and issue full legal tender
treasury note (greenbackl for every
coin dollar, and thus settle the s'tinan-
Nal,q6estion on this solid basis of
coin and government credit and at the
same time provide money enough for
this growing country?
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-11

THE constitutional amendments are
to be voted on in August. If adopted
by the people they will be of no effect
until the legislature meets in 1898 to
enact laws to carry out the direction of
the people. A special session OF the
could provide the necessary
legislative enactments to make them
operative, in addition to redistricting
he state. II is as well to kill two birds
with one stone, when birds are plenty
and stones are scarce.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-11
TO CORRESPONDENTS.

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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-11

AWAY down at the bottom of the
farmers movement is force that will
revolutionize the politics Of this repub-
lie. The American farmer has been
long-suffering and patient, but he has
revolted, and1tbe bloody shirt politi-
clan and the tariff baron and the gold
bug will CO.