Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-10-30
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SHOULD ORGANIZE:

A reporter spent the day at Dallas
Monday and met many Fort worm
citizens. In fact 1t gave him the I'M
preston of his being in a suburb OF
Fort worth. The fact is these Fort
worth citizens were JaRns Ia the iAir
and incidentally great many OF them
were buying goods Ia Dallas stores
This is what hurts the average Fort
worth merchant. He secs the money
which Is earned in Fort Worth spent
with Dallas merchants.
A Fort Worth gentleman. who Is a
young business man Of prominence
was talking along this line recently ana
in substance he said; THE truth is the
citizens OF this city must get a move
on themselves They must wake up
from their Rip Van Wrinkle" sleep or
else see Dallas crush the life out Of
our city by drawing away from US the
trade which should remain III our own
home and given our local merchants
How can We protect ouraelYeHY rms
~ a question which must be answered
aud an active movement must be begun
10 place Fort Worth where she is en-
titled to stand.
Il ,et us get together men OF Fort
Worth and show some u the old spirit
formerly manifested and for which IN
olden times this beautiful city became
famous the world over
The reporter convcrsed with couple
OF active hustlerH who are among many
more In Fort Worth yet and some
very good ideas were advanced by each.
one OF them said Let a business
Ina nj OTIlmlEnl Win IA
president. select for the secretary n
man OF business and one who stands
high IN the community as an up-tu-dnte.
bright aud honorable business man
and pay him good salary 10 main
tain his department Let patriotism
prevail and not schemers. Get together
and carve out the way for some annual
attraction; one which will be worth
visiting.
starr the thing on permanent
basis In addition to this keep hmm
merlng at everything to make Fort
WORTH great. The men who own real
estate here should not slt dowr and
see their property depreciate year by
year purely from lack OF energy. Get
together and organize a business mans
league. Make II fot the general good.
n necessary for the welfare OF the
city reach out for everything Affect
ing that end--politiCs when necessary.
Let us pave the way for manufacturing
enterprises, encourage every enterprise
Of merit which shows Ne head; no sub
sldiea for s1hcmera. but announcement
90 those who mean business
Get together, start the ball rolling,
and all good ciilzeng VIII fall In.
Work for Fort Worth and work
hard. start literary bureau through
the secretary or a business mans
league and let campaign Of eduea.
tion be commenced anang the good
citl2ens OF other communities who are
seeking new fields. Bring them to Fort
Worth and make It profitable for them
TO I've here. To do this we must or
ganize. organize, organize and hustle"
These gentlemen are not the only
ones who have suggeated the organic
zntlon OF the business men OF Fort
Worth. especially TO include the young
business men, into a club whose object
shall be the increase Of manufacturing
enterprises, and In fact the furtherance
Of all kinds OF Industrial employmenta
that win result in the upbuidlng OF
our city.
As an illustration Of what Is want
ed II may be mentioned IN this oonnoc-
ton that the large brick building east
Of the city which was formerly used
by the Manchester cotton manufac-
turing company has been idle and va
cant for several monthA II IL sug-
gested that this property In well loont-
ed for come kind OF manufacturing in
dustry and should he utilized. Those
who have carefully examined the Iie!d
pay there are many such opportunities
In Fort Worth and the Vicinity for pro-
noting manufactures. but what IL
needed is some kind Of organized effort
20 procure them.
The organization OF club to which
membership may be obtained nv Mi
terested In the welfare OF the city by
the payment nf ANAL admission Zoe
and small dnta Il Is RiiEgested BY those
IN favor of the plan, IL practicable
and an earnest effort should be made
In that direction.