Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-12-03
THE TRAVELLING SALESMAN.
THE PART HE HAS TAKEN IN
BUILDING UP TEXAS.
lie Blazes the Way for the Engines
of Clvilizntion-A Friend Of
Texas and Her People.

san AHNNllOt lex NOV % I uAI
pilrri.m of commerce capernllv known as
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-, u'iLiiur vi Vouilli''V'"i ,''el'
hou much 10 DO win the Development Vl
Texas for many years past Whom but
a Tow uiles Of roilrood ,yere boinr oper-
at,1 ir r.. h., a,,,,,,a-o;ai t,.,,,i,.
"'eu lH icA's' 'He Voli'''tIei"i N"'''vi
wac here, and he is here today, aud in
numbers and business qualifications he
has ,d,.,pr.l ., ,s ,,re,f a., d.,,r.. ~
IN
leAAs AAS adNanceu III ner area Oh 7''''e'
hood.
San Antonio was the leading mart Of
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'e'S s''1' PoI'iou VI NV ''" .,t
ahoilg NIler thr war WIN MeAl'o' auu
There are living today citizens OF tina,
city who "tote the grin with that non
.i, ,t,,,. ,,n,. aiJ r,rty vcor. ng,
-" 80 't.'.,.i ,to,.
From san Antonio westward they
travelled by stage or similar conveyanccs,
selling their wares far down into Mexico,
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w. 'i' -'Ol 4'''
dld lhese angels OF eohlil'r'e PnI7W'
their vocation. When Fort Worth was
next TO morning and Dallas but q crusS-
road village the commercial traveller was
here IA lexis, and Is cutitled in no
small degree of credit for the advance
mrnt anu civilization that marks this
country IN comparison with half of "a
century ago. Before mile Of railroad
was operated IN Texts, the drummer
wits here, aud ever since he has been tue
Texas Pacific railroad laid its bands OF
steel west from Fort Worth, the com
mcrcial evangelist had preceded II, and
like in almost every direction and from
every business ccnter this individual had,
as il were Stuck pegs that e1mmS ere
and capital would very soon follow lhe
commercial traveller has blaZed the way
Tor the stage. United Suites mail, the
tclcgrqphs aud the railroads that today
are in the whole the four principal parts
and features OF the American nation.
HE cNprcsilent OF one of the leading
railways in Texas SAID on certain oc-
casion, that ne never contemplated a
mile Of railroad of his company but what
a travelling man had previously marked
| rs course 10y the demands of commerce.
| When Texas was Young q venerable clti-
| zen OF Dallas sold clothing, when his
| samples were taken from place To place
| by an OK team. AZ that date the colonel
uon!d nor honopohAe double seat m II
| railway train and his opportunities for
| being say with the gcntlcr sex were yc rs
/ hmitet' Then he did not have 60 kick
| 90 get his share of good things In life,
| but on the other hand he was received
royalty rs a scml,annual guest was a
| Ntnlclc LOT thc ilttsi news the best
| stories and The freshest jokes to reEalc
| dcnizcns OF tho many far away places
IN Texas. hni forty years have made
Wond1uS changc; whcrc there were
| perhaps less than 100 today more than
| uu1O ma lhelr way 10 the cities, towns
ana crosS.road stores of Texas. Some
times they travel in comfort and at
| others the commonest neccsslriCs NJ life
| !hcEgare scarcely anle 10 get. Their lot
in me Is considered by some easy and
| luNnnouS' hut nearly everyone who is ey-
l'''r !,,l however, VII know that theirs