Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-09-15
CARRAWAY
President of the Farmers
Congress
WHICH WILL MEET IN DALLAS &C.
ToBER ~.
HE HATES DEMAG0GUES
AND THINKS THE TEXAS FARMERS
CONGRESS WILL GREATLY
BENEFIT ALL TEXAS.
lie Fayors Factories, Railroads ana
All other Enterprise. That
VIII Build Up the state.
HE HATES DEMAG0GUES

Farmer Carraway spent yesterday in
town. In other words Mr.. l.. j. Cara
way of Hood county has been making
little study of metropolitan life and
mingling in a business way with the
business men of Fort Worth. A Ga
zette man met Mr. Carraway yesterday
morning at the office of the stockman
and had a talk with him about current
Issues. The one thing in which he is
now supremely interested Is the Texas
Farmers congress. of which he Is presl-
dent, and which holds It's second annual
meeting In Dallas on the 2sth OF octo-
Der.
Mr.. Carraway Is spare built man of
something more than a half century's
experience. one would Judge by his
close cropped gray beard and his evil
dent knowledge of affairs. He Is wirey
OF form and positive OF manner, and
when he was asked FOR his opinion on
certain subjects he hesltated not a mo-
ment to express II. For instance:
what do you think" he was asked,
"of the condition OF the farmers of
TeXas2"
Abllhs ht AfDllfu at US
though his mind was thoroughly made
up. that the panic liz passing away.
and that times are growing better gen.
orally. which means that the farmers
OF Texas. where crops are bountlful,
are becoming Independent again"
What are the objects and aims OF
the Farmers congress, OF which you
are PRESIDENT" was next asked him.
Its aim IL to bring about u better
understanding between farmers and
stock raisers and all other classes,r he
answered positively. ITS mission will
be to teach the farmer and the mer-
chant and the commission man and
the railroad man and the manufacturer
that their interests are one--that each
Is necessary to the other, and that tho
more prosperous is the farmer the tnore
prosperous may be the other. I am the
friend Of railroads, factories and es-
pecially packeries
an order?'
No. sir II Is not an order and It Is
not in any nense legislative body. II
Is strictly and purely for consultation
and advisory purposes. II has no po-
litical leading strings, When II be-
comes political organization you viii
please excuse me. We desire to bring
together the agricultural intelligence
of Texas for practical purposes We
have now many OF the most practical
farmers in the state and also n numJer
OF the best and most conservative bust
ness men. All friends Of Texas are in
vited to become members of the con-
gress, II Is friendly to all Industrial
enterprise that will benefit the state,
from the hootblack stand to the mill
llonHire factory. 1t Ii educational in
its broadcast sense and should become
the soul and spirit OF all agricultural
and industrial organizations"
From nil that no said President
raway Is evidently most sanguine OF
success In this his pet enterprise, and
one would Tudge thot he has in his
vocabulary no such word as fail.
81 am SO years DID," he said, and
have been in the Lone Star states thir-
| ty-siN years. l was hnrn on the old
| Davy Crockett farm in Gibson county,
| Tenn, half way between Trenton and
| Troy. l think I may say with a de-
gree OF proprlety that have been
somewhat successful as farmer. I
| have a good farm In the Brazos bottom
on which l am raising good crops of
| cotton and corn. I am not an old man
by any means. but have spent a good
many years waging a relentless war on
| suntiowers, cookie burrs, johnson grass
and political demagoguvs. | have had
fairly good success with the flowers,
burrs and grass"
In q further talk II was evident that
Mr., farraway deplores all efforts at en-.
couraging cultivation OF class prejudice
and most heartily denounces H. wheth.
er In the Democratic, Republican. Pop.
ulist or Prohibition party. Having
seen life first on the old Crockett home.
stead he. like old Davy, came To Texas
and continues right along In some othe,
OF the pioneer soldiers way. When he
knows he is right he Is not afraid e
go ahead" He knows he IL righ
when he advises his agricultural friends
to read agricultural and stock Journals
as wei as conservative and reliabl,
daily papers wherever l GO" he de
clared. II say hurrah for the Gazette.
My pct project now Is to get bette
understanding between the farmeri
and stock raisers and other lines o
business he said, land believe tn,
Farmers congress will help along thi
movement more than anything else
We can then press forward for thu
erection OF factories and the feeding o
farm products to Texas raised liv
stock"
He seems thoughtful aud far-seelni
man. and capable of doiBg great GOO
for tho arrlpultnral ~ sr,..|...