The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-01-15
NEW ORGANIZATION,
Hide-Bound- Moss-Back-Club.
Object, Rules and Rsgu-
latiQnS.
ARTICLE NAME.

ARTICLE NAME.
This club shall be known as "The
Waco Hide. Bound. NJ oss. Back club"
ARTICLE II-OBJECT.
To prevent and retard by mutual
cooperation and sympathy any
wide.awake, public spirited enter.
prise in Waco.
ARTICLE 1I-OFFICERs.
A "Cold water Injector" shall
al ways preside. A blab.mouth.
curb stone kicker.anti newspaper.
landlord shall keep all records.
Any member of the club shall be
eligible to this office. AS we are
opposed to helping uybody or
anything we need no treasurer.
ARTICLE Iv-MEMBERsHIp.
Any truly loyal hide-moss back
cit u an Of Waco who can present
clean record that he has never
given a dollar to hep any enter
prise and can show wherein he ia
opposed either actively or passively
to all enterprises Of Waco, is enti
tied to membership on his own
motion.
ARTICLE v-RULES AND REGUlA
TIONS.
/, No member of this club shall
be allowed TO encourage either by
word or money any Waco enter.
prise.
2. He must persistently on all &C.
casions talk down our home news
papers, for this is the best way to
keep them down and kill them, for
they will always push the town.
He must make odious comparisons
between our home papers and Dll.
las, Fort Worth and the papers of
f other Texas cities. Advertise in
them and never our home papers
papers unless it is borrowed from
: his neighbors.
9 3 We must never help along
t either the Parrot or Padgitt na'a
' forums, for these institutions are
g making Waco famous, and a few
0 baths might effect our moss backs.
4 4. We must oppose the Waco
g Commercial club, for this is oul
Is worst enemy, they have done mor'
g to awaken the spirit of public en-
il terprise and kill our sort and draw
the line on moss backism than any
thing in Waco, besides all the mos
intelligent people and ALL tn
newspapers seem to be with thi
club.
. 5. We must especially oppos
l. the Cotton Palace movement. Moss
g backism will die unless we kill sue
'e movements. Simply say you d
l. not like higgins or some other fel
n low, any pretext will do.
y ARTICLE vI--PLACE OF MEETING
Is l. On any curb stone in Waco a
4, the expense of the city
q .. Occasionally one or two mus
's meet with the Waco Commercia
'e club. This will be a fine oppo
tunity to throw ''cold water" A
tend in disguise. Always get i
70 the 'cold water"
8. If you are a landlord neve
- speak kindly to or patronize you
10 tenants.
10 ARTICLE vn-MoTToEs AND spECIA
n INSTRUCTIONS.
ID /. Moss.backism is playing out
le Waco.
le 2. Our motto "kill enterprise.
10 &c, 3. The people are watching l
III and soon will refuse to trade wit
us. We must increase our rank
= Keep down enterprise.
a. The people of Waco kno
D '.s that the money we have and I'll
If. stores we own were gotten more /
in accident than any merits we posses
u' and if we had to take start toda
ne DC with wide-awake men we could n
Is. be known in the race.
ote 5. The People of Waco ha'
da built this town and made us ric
lp, and we are too stingy to show o.
use appreciation by helping the TOW
IN which has made US.
ny Lastly--We must oppose by &
Us, means the Waco Trading compan
'' Their liberal terms, low prices al
nuhlic anirit ora oot+inO ton non