The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-01
|UIET DAY AT THE FORT.
w Workers Were Given an 0ppor.
tunity TO Do Some Resting.
ET INTO THE WEST THIS MORNING
|rownwood, San Angelo and Ballinser
Are to Be vsited--Cleburne Was
Looked Over.

"a leburne, Texas. April 30.-Tbday has
Zen quieter in several ways than any
IAN the visiting New Workers. have yet
" ent In Texas. Last night at Fort Worth
Most of the members of the party took
Advantage OF the opportunity to spend
he night at the hotel and it was nearly
10 o'clock this morning before the last of
ID en- finished breakfast. There was no
I,ked program during the forenoon the
flsitors being provided with carriages, in
8hich they drove to whatever points In
TIE city they wished to see. According
~ agreement, the entire party at noon re-
bhired to Grunewalds park, where chick
- barbecue was served and where tho
New Workers. and their hosts enjoyed an
vaudeville bill. After this the
flsltors were given the opportunity TO
fst or do as they liked until 3 p. M.
When they boarded the train for Cleburne,
Which was reached an hour later.
"a on arriving at the station here they
We're met by a committee OF citizens and
n brass band and escorted to the rooms
ii the Cleburne Commercial club, where
fuit punch was served by number Of
Adles and where some time was spent in
he enjoyment Of social features, Hon:
". #. Ramsey Of this. city introduced
for the two New York dele.
Fntions, they having been introduced by
q Later the visitors were taken ON a drive
through the city and were shown tho
Santa Fe shops and the. Young MEMS
christian Association building supper was
club rooms and at 10 o'clock
Knight the special train left for Brown.
Mood, via Fort Worth. ,lBrownwood ssn
Angelo and Ballinger will be visited to.
morrow.
I8Following Is an address which was de-
fkered by Mr.. Charles T. Root, president
III the Textile Publishing company, and
eflifor of the Economist of New York:
%Thc ono thing that has been uniform
throughout our previous experiences, and
Which we felt sure would first meet us
h're. was the cordial hospitality when,
Ike a genial atmosphere, has surrounded
Hs ever since we entered the State. and
which we feel sure will continue to Ell
yf!op us up to and beyond your borders,
n this expectation we have not been dis
appolnled. The hearty handclasp and the
searching and friendly look straight-be-
fNeen the-eyes (which has met us every
where meet Ms here also Again for us
The liberal board is spread and everything
N done that your Kind hearts can devise
q make US feel at home For this re.
agreeable duty, devolved upon me by our
chairman, to thank YOU in behalf of the
Organization which we represent.
the city of 20 our hosts TSe name Of "P Fort
Worth has specially familiar sound - us
New Workers. We who are continually
passing the noble monument in Madison
square, erected 20 the memory of the gal
amt soldier who selected this command
ing spot for the post which was to bear
bis name aud which owing partly at least
already expanded into the position of n
teading city Of the Southwest Whether
NH ,n fonndsr had proehetic vision
ngion, | do not know, but II not, he
hnlded better than he. knew, when he
pitched his tents upon the. very spot which
Way to Northwest Texas and the regions
Beyond.
4 we see Fort Worth today, thanks to
those natural advantages and to the energy
~ those who have ebeen prominent in
Der, upbuilding, sitting like a bene6cient
tpider In the midst of great web of rail
gays, which bring from every direction,
IL and through her yards and warehouses
{he products and the necessities of n
territory surprising in size that of any
other, state In this Union and Of almost
y would BE- idle to try to predict, ex,
eept to note the certainty that she will
pin her railroad web vet more closely
s6ont her and that With the Inevitable
growth VIII be TO limits which today no
nan would he bold enough to assign.
A Ana ms IL rs In Fort Worth, so we have
FOUND II in every section OF Texas which
Ne have visited; everywhere room to grow
md the practical certainty of growing to
~ II everywhere, opportunity; everywhere
Eager energy asking only the addition Of
Eapital to push the State rapidly forward
onward her full development. Was there
9yer country of such resources. such di-
Iferslty OF potential prosperity! Cattle, cot
Aon, rice. sugar, all the grains and most
~ the fruits of the earth. lumber, stone
BON. copper. quicksilver, and nobody knows
fhat other vet undiscovered metals and
minerals: everything seemed to have been
Xnnd. save one. And men said, "Sce how
fareful nature is that no region shall have
Suite. everything that Is needed for in
Hnstrlal Independence. Behold Texas. with
But considerable waterfalls, dependent upon
4team for her artificial power, aud she
Jacks native fuel Ignite Is inferior and
Per known-coal deposits are limited Be-
1old the handicap that the Creator has
&aid upon Texas. in order that she might
4hen Mother Nature, as though to con.
Wound this owllsh adage of limitation. and
throw ont n hint of oil on the surface Of
Throughout a hint of oil on the surface of
tome springs Of water. The hint was
4aken; the drill was sent down through
Per soil and rock until II reached the silent
pools which for centuries had awaited Its
Releasing touch. Instantly there sprung
III into. the sunlight majestic yellow.
question of Texas was settled.
a What weighty problems that discovery
promises to solve With a fuel at once
plentiful. portable and economical, what
Tn Impetus would be given to the needed