Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-06
PHILOSOPHER TALKS.
orINIoNs or THE WONDERFUL
STATE OF TEXAS.


|||""NOiAhtntf VI Ait AhdAtAAts
ChicRgo, H.. April with refer
|FentgAee q practical solution Of the re-
Ire rlir Oh labor problem agitating all our
|ny large cities at the present time, and
Z tothioh is locally. in Chicago. so well
The auefed by the executive committee Of
brcu,le Central Relief association" said Mr..
horros lanapn Stewart Appleton, in his
- 'on4 at the Auditorium hotel today
p would suggest that a better method
be adopted for the permanent re-
tandaef Of the thousands OF unemployed
= 70 lad others -tradesmen, mechanics and
paper hers who are engaged in cleaning
land 1Ireets for two meals day and
SITS A. gifts lodging, lies in their emigration
body 80 unsettled or partially settled sec
/ qu.rpns % the country Millions of un-
liedlacres await them, fertile and we'll
ater4d. and millions more requiring
bhee ny Die magic touch of irrigation,
|acksm,nreYing the water from adjacent
| robls|ounthlns and rivers. to make them
PACT oon and blossom like the rose"
p nous Mr. appleton. who for some years,
unu ~ accpunt OF utterances in the Eastern
- I'd European press, has been known
efeai,is rThe Philosopher OF Lake NIlchi-
nl,r has spent the past few years
-Thp ayelling through the United States,
|e Of aurope and Mexico, looking into land,
al sualilroed and social questions on ac-
lunt Of predictions some two years
90 on the Pacific coast he received
nsiuEie additional soubrlquet of 1.-THE
rophet OF Puget Sound"
IBID 'i1he same amount OF money now
iver spended In food and lodging for their
ed drsmporary relief" said he, would
- ansport families from the congested,
ident lce-hreeding air they now breathe into
~ newly opened Indian Territory,
|vhile rrisanfas Texas, the Abilene country.
|eorgs he Panhandle, the Pecos Valley,
olorado, or Utah-places where the
- roceeds of a carefully worked farm OF
ia eenty acres would feed clothe and
|Nheii,ouse family and at the same time
lac hrorgh the God-giveu sunlight, rain
az nd pure country afr, keep their
MI houshts in harmony with nature
~. aspiring them to new efforts Of in
,..s ustry, ambition and integrity.
a.. 9,rhe state OF Texas alone offers
h. .pportunlty to an infinite number OF
vber- minded. honest Northumberland,
!, scinen and chldren-who may happily
ind BIER way within its borders The
0'n ectlon between the Mississippi and
L SasNssio Grande rivers and the Gulf of
|affrac nexlco. below the latitude of st.
reporE.oui traversed by the Missouri, Kan
laB and Texas, the Iron Mountain.
y, s-1otion Belt and Texas and Pacific rail-
Il adus'oads and their connections viii rival
ohoi 3loriha, California and the North in
p che cultivation OF tropical and early
ya M 7riiits, vegetables and the substantial
Iabh cereals. To quote Prof. David Swing.
zeil nAmerica's greatest scholar and divine.
|h whose whole life is SO successfully
h = + ityen to the Interpretation and upbuild-
ne human destiny. the word farm
ia Hngould cure many OF our evils. As the
esult of such a movement, new towns
WIN be built and avenues OF industry
pened TO the tradesman and merchanic
Il. Whereby he can earn a self-respectlng
az X livelihood the while he sees his children
|nish growing into respected and self-re-
Franco ipecsing manhood and womanhood
|sy prepared to discharge the duties and
Sssht esponsibnites Of life"