Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-15
Fort Worth Is Made the Permanent
Headquarters.
HOME MARKET PROPOSITION
Submitted BY the Simpson Syndicate, 1
Discussed
AND FAVoaABLY CONSIDERED
By Committee That viii Report Today-Tbe
Cattle aasers Swell the Worlds Fair

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alsti iys..oss- Interviews
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The cattle ralsers orthwest Texas
met IN seventeenth annual session yes
GrIlay morning in the hall at the Hend-
President Bush was at the speakers
stand anu Secretary j. O. Loving at the
Stecrctarys desk when tho gavel fen. aud
resident bnsh called the convention 10
yraer ana introduced Mayor Is. h. Pad
gg9oh, VINO extended cordial welcome
MAYOR PADDOCK's WELCOME.
~, Alr President and gentlemen of Northwest
eAas cattle Ruisers association: Il is my
Pleasant duty. as the chief executive Oh
S sn,s V,,y, 70 extend % you cordial wei.
assure you will be- better expressed I'M tho
cordial greeting which VIII be- extended 10
you ~ our people than cal be done Boy
my feeble words OF mine. Fort Worth
Is always glad 20 see YOU From the time
Nheh you hrsi perfected your Organization
under the outrageous shades of an oak
.lee IN Aouhg county. OF this state, when
your secretary ana "A Few others were the
only members Of your association. down
20 the present time, II has always been
Tue pleasure OF the city OF Fort Worth to
'A.f' NtNAM NNA whenever ann uN uElUn MS
business or pleasure should cal you
Fort Worth appreciates. more than can
say the value 20 this city aud to the
which you represent they recognize the
dement's 10 accrue 10 ms aud 10 the state
from the millions OF dollars which YOU
every year put In circulation TO Improve
ana ehhnhce every avenue OF trade ana
business throughout the length aud
breadth OF our noble state Tho figures hi-
saihed ON these banners here today. which
the committee of Arrangements have placed
before you, toll IN words more fnrclblc thnn
any uttotancc of the tongue can De the
extent pud Importance Of the industry 10
Whlch YOU are engaged and Fort Worth
having enjoyed Us BIZ has, from It's earliest
DAYS up 90 tie present time. many of me
hrncncicut rCsulN OF this vast Industry
u only too glad when the occasion presents
recognition Of your additions TO the wealth
ana business of the state OF Texas by enter
tanning You to the best OF its ability As
the chief executive Of the city / ln its
bchul., bid YOU welcome. While You stay
among uS Fort Worm ~ yours. II you see
anything lying around loose HAT you
think WIZ contribute 10 YOUR enjoyment,
take 10. II H. yours Great aplausel And
IT, pcrduYenture ~ sometimes happens
that while You are looking for things that
are lying -found loose any OF your number
should be found lying around light just
call ON the chief executive and you win
have free accommodation. daughter aud APP
plUuse,l As / say, We appreciate this VISIT,
and II win hc the proudcsf moment In
our history WHEN you shall decide us we
believe you Will 90 make tlilH your perna.
nent home ana ut each recurring year,
OK you come together 10 transact business,
and exchange IDEAS upon the industry
which You represent, Won win always find
the gates OF the city aiar aud the hearts
Of the people wide open 10 receive and
welcome yon: CApplausel Genucmcn, we
thank YOU Tor your presence here. We
hope that your stay win bc pleasant and
agreeable That your dclh sratOns win bee
harmonious and probable 1 thank you.
PRESIDENT BUSH REPLIES.
Mr. Mayor and gentlemen OF ont Worth
/ feel thai IL Is idle for me in behalf OF
the stockmcn of this association TO return
tended 20 MS. 80 often, from the position
with which / have been hOnOred, has it
been my pleasure 10 return these thanks.
that / feel Ike going over the ground with
out cause. So often have We visited
Fort Worth ANA received the cordial well
come the hospitality, the open doors and
all tile facilities for pleasure and business
that the city could afford, that she has
well known our appreciation OF an this.
Fort Worth has witnessed the growth uf
this association almost from Us Infancy.
She saw II ON the decline few years
ago, when II was struggling for life. She
secs II now almost nc iis zenith, with
membership last year ana uu addition or
cattle within the last year OF over % per
which was struggling aud gnsplng Tor
breath five years ago stands viii record
OF nearly q million ana q quarter " cat.
tle on ms books ana with over 400 names Of
this Is not all gentlemen; 80 great go
steady so earnest hnl been IT'S growth,
thar now predict aud confidently shy 20
you aud 10 the citizens mat Ia less than
three months our membership VIII repre-
sent million and hail Of cattle Now
fpw OF Ms appreciate what this means.
Few Of as understand the facts or the
work. the power, tlle force Of combination
and concentration NJ the interests OF the
stOckmun VI the state OF Texas, rev ut
MS realize the fact that ihe spirit oi Sec
tionalisln. Of differences of opinion between
Iris section and that Of the state, o. now
being overcome; that the siockmeil ln inrl
are just now being educated 90 ihnt point
where they know and realize an identity
az interest ana q cOWmoa cause, and me
work that can ho accomplished whenever
they got together for their best Interests,
50 great has been the scope OF the work,
SO successful, that we have passed beyond
/ the bounds Of srctionallsm, ana ] under
| stand that n VIII come 10 pass az we
/ propose. and ~ has been one Of the hu-
| Billions OF my lie IN the position IN which
/ Won have houored me, that tie range mite
I rests of the state ~ Texas VIII be made
/ as one aud united ln one body
/ Now Gentlemen, II was not my purpose
I 20 make n speech i want 10 thank Fort
/ Worth. and ! want them 70 uhdcfriahd
I thai We appreciate that she has contribute
] al more tn the pitheAlt 81 ihla hHf'. N"-
ton than any other city, because she mas
2 o0erel free entertainments ihfN hWte
/ heen no small factors w this work, nor
I have me other cities, bur Fort Worth mas
/ entertained us 80 often, ana we nave come
I here ~ often thar we feel that We Ate
I me thc poor 81 the scripture; They VIII
. have as possibly always With ihem, ZAP
ninnsel 4 great many men attend ron-
yenfious not Tor business, great many
! eceent Those cOurtcsies aud hQspilhliuts
,rith The appreciation u their social aatAl.
faees This great combination ihat foIl
Wortb has furnished ns So ~ pais pan
,,,,efs inrbccues and brass bands lyi w.
enteTtaiument of the HiOckmen nave Drought
,iese mon under the influence Of thh atsso-
iNti,r III thAt they have nscn caughl pl
NJ sentimcnt have become instFeg Mlu Y.
,Le snirif az the work. and To-Day we hl9sA
sctfre rnd jealous memhcrs ~ thf $50 ~
t,on fAppiausel And I tel sou Eeill.
r .hls Is 80 small victory. ana F"it
Wortb deserves credit for her shafe %
that Victory $500 .,a ct,t,.ns ~ Fort
,,-,b Ne 40 thank yon most epfh,a.ls /;
49, .ssore you thai ths heinf lls.s
a.f 1910 b,ly. snne ioosa and synr t.f-.'
elu llitlne n one way ana some hlplAtt ,
49, II ror mud them tnli lnd 90 hni w.
,ier IN they win always feel very pN'''
ful 10 YOU. t...,
thank you. genueineA t., ..sre