Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-01-12
WE MUST PUSH.
WE MUST KEEP MOVING WITT
The PROCESSION
II wc Expsci 10 Hold Our Posulo---One En-.
lstprss Lost Beeauso Fort Worth
Faisd to Aol Promptly.

To The Gazette:
Your efforts to arous the peo-
pie " this city TO realization
Of the necessity Of combined aud
united EFFORT 70 renew their work In be.
half Of TIM city is lnudable and praise
worthy. II ought not 10 be necessary.
Every one should realize the necessity
and advantage Of getting together" aud
making one Of the old time efforts 60
push the business and promote the
growth aud development Of the city. The
most casual observer must admit that
the conditions were never more favor
able FOR Fort Worth than they are az
the present tipic A number of very de
sirnble enterprises are Ia embryo, any
and all Of which Gun be secured with
but little effort and money. IL may be
conlendod that IL Is wrong Ia principle
70 pay a bonus 10 any person. firm or
individual to locate or cifyage In bust.
ness IN Fort Worth But 80 long as
other cities, between Boston and Sau
Francisco are Offering bonuses "a lands
and cash. Fort Worth can hardly afford
20 sit back on It's digiity and decline "a
aid In promoting buslness or industrial
enterprises, and contef, itself with the
assertion thnt this Is the best city IN the
world for business or residence, and
having buildod city for them 10 IT,
habit, that our whOlr duty hus been per-
forned-and that no moro viii bc done
Only ddy OF two ug0 For Worth had
an opportunity to secure a large distillery
plant, ore that will give employment to
from 100 Go t5O mon: that wuuld fur
nish market for all the surplus corn
In this section. that would feed 1000
head Of cattle; that would dishrse IN
our city more than 100000 per month;
that would make this the place of resi-
donce OF q half dozen government OIL
cills, and make Il the headquarters Of
the internul revenue bureau for the state
These are some of the dir Ct advantages
70 accrue, and there are others not mcit
toned. that would surely fellow. The
city of ildtgOn offered al eliriblo site
and 10000 in cash Fort Worth could
have secured Il for the site alone lts
advantages as n railroad center and n
point Of distribution was considered a.
a good offset TO the cash bonus-liherni
ard public spirited citizens ogrecd TO
sell the land at less than half its value
Three thousand dollars was the only
money required to secure the land, but
the $1,000 was not forthcoming anu the
diBtillcry goes TO our more cnterprisiuq
sister on the bayou.
An effort was made 10 raise the money
hut II wns futile. The excuses given
were as numerous and varied as those
Of the guests that were hidden 10 tho
wedding feast One man had assisted
IN digging the Trinity and could not
give another had aided IN erecting Blue
Mound. and stlll another Ind contributed
20 exploring the bead Of Clear Fork and
other Wntedoluyiun enterprises. others
had no wedding garment, and no money
TO purchase one and SO on. At all
events the money was not raised. Ten
years ago when the city was In It's swad.
ding clothes il would have boen raised
IN an hour Only one frm. Casey a.
Cwasey would blaclon the virgin sheet
with their raines
Why Is this? The men who have sub.
scribed money 10 enterprises In the past
hive taken oft $40 for every 81 they
have put In. The proposition cannot be-
successfully cDuirOverted Why not con.
tinue investments TINT pay so wclly
Go on with the good work, and arouse
on cnthusasn instil little enterprise
into the people II you can If you do
not receive any other reward you will
have the consciousness of knowing thnt
you have done your best, OLD TIMER