Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-01-02
HOW TO DOrT.
a RAILROAD MAN TALKS ON I'M
MIGRATION.
Land Owners Should Put Price on Their
Broad Acres and Pay Tor Advertising.
Railroads Would Do Their Part

~ notice The Gazette IA oeyotnr quite
ntue Hpnco to ana has considerable 10 say
81 late un The subject OF immigration to
IcAns from the old states" remarked
reporter yesterday.
"Mcn, what 10 you think OF the subject
hng ~ y worm while 70. Try to do anything
Ia that linc for IeXnHf'
- consider the subject an important one
nnd think that aome action should ho tnkpr
in the matter, The euTgpatlOn made by one
vr TWO gl Inc eaaelteH correspondent
that the large land owners OF Texas rcl
Together and place their iand. or part Of ~
On me mnract az q fair price Tor a ccrtHiu
lenHth on utuoi / consider cuol aud ID
met nvcc1aafy In ease any immigration
movement on organization for that purpose
Wni formed. You see IN order CO. insure
success IN a movement or work OF this kind
}o9 have TO name Q price on The land thai
proposition with ihr people. II you DONE
DO thus he money you invest IA advertising
'Woud the railroads Of Toxins take any
part or Interest Ia AN immigration move
n am not authorized to speak officially
ON the subject hut nul OF the opinion that
most OF tho irXas rOads would like 10 see
ana would assist such movement nH The
NhArtc has from Time 90 time sG-gegtcd
provided, the large land owners nf the
Htnte, who hive land 10 tcll would do their
pnrt ana enter into the work with the
proper spirit
ln order tp Ert thc inovomclt aturicdw
"AH has already been suggested by The
raFour 1 fhlnb A. would hV Wtu for the
e.nd mon 10 come together ana say, nero
u sn much iauu innt We VIII place on tho
market for, sny one or two years naming
the plic. per acre then go further aud say,
4 VIII inA or nascs1 that lana a ccrtnm
amount to help ndyeNiac II and let people
l,uoW whore II ~ ana what u can hr had
FOR. II would depend largely m the nnonut
of land represented az Ia whit q would be-
IllHfH In aid Nr.fN.
posses, but J think from the amount of land
there ~ for sale IA Texas, that M nAscsl-
mrni Of from cents 10 10 cents iui acre
would raise sum sufficient, with what
city property owners aud the railroads would
do, tn plnee lr1ns ana her lands nnl cltn
aud towns before the people Va the old
yestmcnts. believe ID Toxins land owners
aud business men would Huy to the roads.
here ~ the land FOR sale and herc II tho
money to help advertise Texas and the laud
willing To DO our part toward securing both,
We want YOU 10 Join uH IN the work IA
lunko u effective. the roads would willingly
join the people in such y movement.
''rne roads are advertising Tegns now
some little, but not enough 90 attract much
attention, We ml know The Gazette "
right when II says thoro ought tO be
greater effort made tO advertise Texas
aud especially IN The Middle and Eastern
states. Some OF the people ~ Texas have
been d0lns some advertising from time tO
time but most of their work has been done
here in the state, while "a order 10 get
people from the old Htntca we VIII have 10
do our advertising whore they live. Either
that or send our Texas PAPERS 10 them.
What ! think ~ wanted vs. a united EFFORT
uf some Kind by the people ana the rail-
roads. Together 0im1lzcd as they could
ana should be. they could accomplish n great
dead for Texas ia a few yourr liut, young
man don't quote mo on this subject, Il N
not Ia my line. 4 ana what you newspaper
followers some time cali n freight hustler
stil I know that before we can look FOR
much Increase IN freight more Texas dirh
win have 10 be put Ia cultivation, aud be-
people tO I'm the Roil, Seeing This Is why I
would be glad to see a movement Of some
Kind made 90 secure more Immigration for
the state
"Can the roads AFFORD 10 DO more IN this
line than they are doing without the aid
OF the pe0plcf
'1'oBslbly they might. but you see n the
railroads DO II an aud the land owner dOca
not share IN the expense Of nd iertlsiug aud
bringing immigration 10 Texas, tie lana
owners won't appreciate the people when
thpy come, and The nrm thing YOU know
land that they would be glad 40 geli now nt
from 81 90 $40 per acre, they WIN raise IRON
$40 10 $50 per acre, or about double its
present price and Ia this way the land own
en- would naturally defeat the immigration
movement. For ILLS nni other rensona
and IA order 90 insure success N ~ best 10
have the large iand owners OF The state
connected With and Interested Ia the move
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