Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-29
THE PANHANDLE.

Progressive Citizens OF the Panhandle.
The plans for a Texas exhibit building to
be erected on the Chicago Worlds fair
grounds have been adopted by the national
and state organizations.
Galveston has come to the front in the
way Of liberal donations and has struck the
keynote. This year is to be devoted to
work, actual energetic work, such as cree
ting buildings, collecting exhibits and pre-
parlng a grand display for our empire
state.
What are we of the Panhandle country
going to do about it,
Show or not to show is the question.
Every one answers, Show! but how much
is it going TO cost and am expected to con-
tribute. OF course it will cost actual good
money, united action on the part of county
immigration associations, individual philan-
thropy and real thoughtful hard work by
the individuals undertaking the enterprise.
We don't want any more high sounding
resolutions and bylaws. We do want
specimens of every known useful, natural,
artificial, or manufactured product within
the confines of our empire Panhandle. We
don't want these to specially antagonize
any other section of the state but to show
the world what we have.
We do want them gotten up in such
splendid style that the very sight will carry
conviction to the beholder, impress itself so
deep into the mind that coming to Texas
will alone satisfy the enlightened man. Let
our wheat be No. l, our fruit natural and
luscious, and clear down through the list of
varied products bear the stamp of identity,
value and location.
To the farmers let me say aword espe-
ciaIly important Look about your farm dur
ing the year and note how many acres of
land you haven't cultivated, the
inferior quality of the grass and the num-
Der OF acres it requires to pasture one long
horned brindle cow, worth about eight dol
lars; consider the nun Der of acres of wheat
that went to waste this last year owing to
insufficient storage; look these and many
ather similar questions squareiy in the face
and then consider if it will not pay better
to have less land more thoroughly cult
waited, better cattle, more hogs, less acres
of wheat, better quality and price, more
good, industrious neighbors, that, by i'm
proving the waste land adjoining you, en-
hanceS the Value of yours. While these
thoughts are in your mind Gt might be well
TO paste them in your hat) go out over your
farm and select six good sheaves of wheat,
of oats, barley-or some fine potatoes,
peaches, plums-or. in fact any substantial
evidence that you may have, to show the
merits of your locality or farm. Perpetu-
ate your name al the coming greatest ex-
position ever opened to the eyes of men,
the Worlds fair at Chicago in 1893 How
will these specimens be taken care of until
May s, 1875. lndJ IS JUST Wlab want YOU
to understand before we proceed The
Fort Worth and Denver and Wichita Val
ley railroads have recognized the import
ance of collecting a general display of pro-
ducts from each county along their lines of
railroads and propose to cooperate with the
citizens in this enterprise. That still small
voice, the printing press, that is at work
night and day for the improvement and de-
velopmeut of the country has also signitied
ready and willing assistance. To further
promote this plan and assure prompt action,
dependent upon ultimate success, the SER
vices of an experienced exhibitor and dec
orator in this line has been secured by the
railroads, namely, Mr. T. Graham, for the
past year manager of the Fort Worth ek-
hibit hall, who viii visit the counties and
present the facts to the citizens All
county papers interested in this work Will
confer a favor by republishing this article
and forwarding a copy of their paper to the
exhibit hall.