Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-24
rorr WORTH. TEXAS.
Her Avaiinbiiity us n Great Manu-
fncturing Center.

fncturtuE tthief.
To the Gazette.
Fort Worth. Tex. Feb. 22.Zrhe or
iginal colonies from oppression by TAXA
tIon without representation threw on
thair allegiance to the mother country.
Great Britain, over n century ago, and
from those few states as nucleus this
country has advanced and prospered
mill TODAY IL is numbered as one of
the greatest powers of the civilized
world.
Texas, too, though now one OF the
many states OF our Union, mas MS
tory distinctly It's own. First as part
of the SPANISH possessions in the New
World as II was then called, 1t was
transferred TO France, then to the Unit
ed States. receded to Spain. becoming IN
1922, through revolution part OF Mex
leo, After thirteen years OF Mexican
government the gallant Texans threw
off the yoke that bound them TO that
power and became an independent re-
public. During Its struggle for indie
pendence acts OF valor and OF Individual
herolsm were performed which were
seldom equalled and never eXcelled by
any country or nation.
Texas, fifty years ago, of Its own vo-
lition, gave up dts individual indie
tendency to again identify itself with
and become one of the states OF our
Union-a star of the first magnitude.
Sparsely settled at first, but growing,
ever growing, 1t ranks today first In
cotton, cattle and sheep, third In value
of its corn crop, fourth In value OF Its
farm products and in wealth and sew
enth In population.
Its public lands belong to the state
and not to the United States. and every
head of family who Is citizen of the
state. not owning a homestead, is en-
s.FT
single man Of Is years and upwards. 10
so acres of vacant and unappropriated
land.
The state endowment of the common
school, consisting of $7,4si sos in inter
est bearing bonds. more than Sl4.00O 200
in interest bearing land notes and 49,
100000 acres Of unsold lands. is steadily
increasing. Twenty million acres OF thu
unsold lands are leased at cents per
acre the funds thus derived being ad-
ded to the annual available school fund
To this is annually added an ad va
valorum school tax Of / Ia mills, one
fourth of the occupation taxes and q
poll tax of 81 per capita. Total state
and county permanent fund. 500, i54 ,S6y
Fort Worth, the commercial center OF
North Texas, is situated ON an elevated
plateau, $40 feet above the sea level,
is n healthy site, free from malaria and
epidemic diseases. The average annual
temperature Is "a degrees Fahrenheit,
winters short and not severe, and sum
mers tempered by the gulf breeZes,
produce a climate not so intense in
heat nor so enervating as in states much
farther north.
The location is the best and It COM
mands today a valuaJle percentage of
the trade not only OF its own state. but
that of the Oklahoma and of the Indian
Territories
The city has 316 Industries. employing
211 persons: annual wage, $1,9Sl ,926:
cost OF material used, S3,435, 1876: value
OF manufactured products, S6.s26.0S3
Coal mines are situated on lines of
railway entering the city, 30 to 20 miles
distant; prices low, quality good, supply
ineNhaustlble
The waterworks owned by the city is
one OF the best systems In the entire
South, and being in the arteslan belt,
an abundance OF soft, pure water for
all purposes can be obtained at a min
imum cost by means OF arteslan wells.
The city owns thirteen Of these wells.
flowing 3,2OOO0O gallons daily. 1t also
has so miles of sewers, bl of water
mains. 100 of macadam streets. 40 of
electric railways, efficient gas and cleo
trio light plants, a paid fire system, IA
public schools, 3 colleges. several pri-
Nate schools. 30 churches, with a large
and increasing membership.
Transportation charges on cotton,
wool and hides to New England points
amount to Ia cents per pound. and
me return charge on the manufactured
article Is ia cents per pound This i'm
itself would be a handsome dividend
on the capital stocks Of plants located
| here.
law material. cheap fuel, annie
water supply, no freights to and from
FACTORY ON home consumption, labor
the climate, a strictly up-to-date city
an Increasing home demand, and finally
win our eight trunk lines of railway
| direct communication with every nron.
lnent city west of the Mississippi river
we command the situation and invite
investigation. VIC
OSCAR WHITE.
Secretary Chamber Of Commerce.