Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-20
A LEADING GRAIN MARKET
rALyr,sroN CONES 10 FORT
WORTH TO Hur WHEAT.
A Leading Export and Commission
Company EstabIishc sn Drnnch
House in the Metropolis
of North Texas.

The Galveston Export Commission
company Of Galveston have opened an
oflce here in the Hurley building. This
means much for Fort Worth and the
tributary grain country. as It means
the establishment here OF regular
grain market, us in Chicago and Kan
eas City, st. Louis, and other lead
ing commercial centers.
The great grain region OF Texas VIII
thus be brought nearer to the markets
of the world and new stimulus given
10 this Industry thereby. The magnih-
cent country In this Immediate Vicinity
will be rapidly developed when easy
communication is thus opened with the
outside world.
One OF the advantages Of establish
ing grain market here is that quick
ana easy communication can be had
with tho adjoining country. Local ship
pers can receive the earliest possible
returns from here on account OF their
sales. and In cases where there have
been mistakes in grading the error
can be corrected with the least pos
sible sacrifice.
In regular market, as this Will
become some one can always be found
ready TO pay dear price for a poor
article, Just because It Is less price
than that asked for the best.
Again It's saves the local dealer
money and time trying to find the
highest market. Less money viii then
be kept tied up In margins, as they
can receive returns from Fort Worth
an week where It now takes from
ten to thirty days.
Then again the establishment OF a
primary grain market will be OF i'm
mense benefit TO the railroads center
lug here. II will tend 10 increase the
grain business along their lines aud
encourage the erection OF new elevators
here. This wiz be particularly dosira-
BILE 70 the ronds when they a.e short
OF cars. as prompt delivery and nm
abundance OF storage room Is a great
consideration.
The export company Will do all they
can 10 encourage the erection OF elc-
vatora In Fort WORTH and II il their
belief that they viii pay Handsomely
here In the near future, and hope to
see several erected within the coming
year. The export company VIII do n
regular receiving and shipping commits
sion buFlness In car lots. leaving the
local grain TO the city mills. There
are several good grain firms here. Tho
new iirm win Join with them In all
Efforts to promote the interests OF the
grain trade at this point
Mr. lmhoden. the manager OF the
export company has Impressed All who
met him most favurably, and his ex-
preHslcns In favor Of carrying on bust
ness on broad-gnugcd liberal plan
cannot fail To meet with the approval
of business men. He Is cnutious and
systematic man also, and understands
the grain business thoroughly In al
its details
Mr.. Imboden was trained to habit
OF business by his father, who was sue
cesafully engaged In tine handling o
stock and the management OF larg,
pnckcry during the busiest portion o
hia life. D. c, Imboden. the manage
OF this new Fort Worth establishment
FIRST engaged In business for himscl
as a miller. lie was connected with
important milling establishments II
Kansas City from 1874 TO 1873 Tie ON
barked In the grain commission bust
ness In Kansas city la 1879 and wa
highly successful from the start I'm hi
new departure. He continued thor
until January, 1891 when he went &
Galveston TO investigate the ndvan
tagea offered by that port for the es
Establishment there OF an export grail
market Finding much encouragement
there, he removed at once to that citA
aud within six months had given Gal
weston a most favorable introductio
IN Europe as grain export point an
had made Texas wheat n weil-kuow
commodity In the markets OF the worl,
He exported the iirst fun cargo q
wheat from Galveston IN January, $50
TO Rouen, France
He Incorporated the Galveston cs
port commission company shortly uftt
going there and the following year NJ
J.. ]. Willis md other prominent cit
yens and stoclehoiders In the whai
company, who had erected the millio
bushel grain elevator thcfe. came mi
the company.
Mr. Inhoden has been inuuiring I'M
the advantages OF Fort Worth ut whit
to operate In handling the wheat
this section for export. Seeing ita man
fold points OF excellence over the 9th
interior cltics Of Texas. he has dec
mined to locate n branch establishme
here. The grain will be shipped he
from now on In immense quantitl
for inspection. weighing and re-shl
ping. MIR. Imboden will be In person
charge, and the company hopes tn
by Fort Worth becoming grain cent
the export business OF Galveston W
he naturally increased,
The new establishment will prove
most valuable acquisition 90 the bu'
ness OF Fort Worth, both to the pm
tlcular interests above described al
10 the business community nj lars
whose position In the commercial wor
is Improved and strengthened great
by It's presence here.
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