Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-04-04
ARE HOLDING TIE CORN.
Mr.. Imbodeu Thinks Little Will Be
Shipped This Season.
REORGANIZATION OF |. 4 II. BLUM.


fa'mafs' Convention.
Galveston Texas. Aprl e.-D C. I'M
bodon Of tho grain export commssl y
o. this city has just Returned from a
three weeks stay in kansas city whore
no has been studying the grain 4l.ua-
tlcn Is homo again and IN an interview
today no said could not zee that Caves.
ton hac gained anything through the
award OF Arhitets Faltharn and HON. AMI
the alleged dlfIorentials. He said; The
santa Fo rate on corn 10 Galveston from
kansas City Is % cents and closer TO ca
weston the ratea run something lower
with the rates 10 New Oreana taking the
din,rentlals spoken Of. But the Missouri
Pacific taflff makes a rate Of z cents frcin
Kai sas City to New Orleans ami from
the points where TIC Santa Re makes a
rate lower than % cents 10 Galveston the
Missouri Paclnc's rate 10 New Orleans
Is precisely tho same. At mono OF ahe
Missouri PACING points Is the rate 10 New
Orleans greater than is tho Santa he
rate to Galveston.
"There Ia very little corn moving how
ever. and In my opinion LITE VIA move
tii.h season. The farmers are not WANG
to sell save At an ADVANCE oter prteont
prices. That year they got about B cents
a bushel ntte for their corn becanAe "
Ga.veHton cQppe.itlon than they would
have Eothen otherwise. In ies.'. whcn
AK cent Per hnsnei higher ia cnicag0
than II was when Ga.vcstun entered lie
n arket at the beginning OF thu prtssnt
g as9n they got hpt 10 70 IS Sin.a p y,
Ia the Ch!raso mnrktt, BECAUSE Of Cal
weston competition, they got IRON 10 20
u cents per buAhel. When the rates were
raised and they were cut eff from Galvei-
ton and the matter was rtf rgcd 70 this
ahritfators they refused TO II, te,icving
that The raj roads would rldlce tha rates
IN order 10 move the grain In The mean
limo they have cribbtd the corn and since
tho rates have not been reduced they are
disposed TO bod IL. They remember thar
thoy made big crop IN, isss, when they
that the crop OF 1890 was failnre, AN
that they paid 40 cents fer corn shipped
IN from other Stairs They figure. that
Il viii i' be vice nv them to hold what ihsy
have now rrltbed fgainst such con-
nnRency, and that In any event thsy can
get as much ~ the corn next AL cVsn
new. and II IL EXTREMELY unlikely that
tho crop OF the United statey ~ 1904 VIII
alprexin ate tina! Of issA brs'ds, th,y
not take tire TO tnrhot clrn un'e u
an advance of at least cents buAhol
over present prices.
HyAM lu.uM HERE.
Jiyam nlum. member Of the nrm or
Leon & II. Blum, residing in New York
City reached Galveston this Afternoon.
To representative OF Tho Post he said:
II am here for the purpose Of looking
over the situation with view TO making
a report 10 our New York CT editors. who
are Inclined 70 treat Us In friendly man
mud u = umXi0ng TINT shall resume
business l shall make "a cnrefui cNNmlna-
tion OF the affairs here ana lave Tor New
York as soon thereafter as pnssln,e'
III. Hum would he reorgnnigcd and CON
tlnue business IN Galveston he said he
was not prepared TO answer that question
at ptostnt. but he thought the onahres
OF Reorganization gccd.
Mr.. y. Adoue, the Assignee, was guess
toned today In regard 20 tho firm's affair
"sInco my appointment as assignee /
have been constantly at my post of duty
from O'Clock IN the moriiing until o.
10 o'clock at night and l nope soon =
nave the AFFAIRS In such shape that
may be able 20 give 10 the creilt9rs
ccniprehsi sive statement. en az present
f.t work on a circli,sr letter eddrrsssd TO
complete before tomorrow. just as son
ns n possible q statement showing the
liabilities and available assets will be
Mr Adoue has dlschsrFed largo NUM-
her OF clerks IL tho various departments.
bit tho Office fJsce end heads OF DEPART
merits have not been disturbed.
FARMERS ALLIANCE CONVENTION.
Hon. Fred Kehisr today received Of
fcial notification that the executive COM
mities of the Farmers State Alliance Of
Texas at It's recent scmi-annuni meeting
in Austin decidsd 70 hold the Alliance
stato convention IN the city OF Galveston
in August next on the day. nxad by the
constitutlon. II Is expected the conNen-
tinn will be N session q week or ten
DAYS and that there will be fuN s0vl
i,eoplo in attendance. Il was largely
through the efforts Of the ehnmher OF
comm. rec that tho Farmers Alliance
state convention was secured for Gnlyes-
proyids comfortable quarters and pleas:
AMI Entertainment for the delegates and
their families and friends who attend Tho
FOR THE PEN.
state Penitentiary Agent Carmichael ar
rived from Brasos Santiago in eharge Of
ten Mexican convictr en- route to the pen
itentiary at Huntsville He left on the
afternoon train. taking with him also the
following persons who were convicted at
the last term OF the criminal district
court OF this d'atriot: Ernest Thompson,
assault with Intent TO murder, four Years;
August Becker, forgery, two yfars; Henry
Guy, asfauit TO rape, three years; Bob
Reed. two years: Andrew Love, assault
with intent TO murder. three years; bud.
ley Clifford. burglary and th.ft. eight