Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-05-29

churches-for the churches and homes
together-representing II religious de-
nominations, surely enough denomIn-
atoms to meet most any conviction or
degree of faith, and indicative of that
religious freedom that can come only
with 3 tolerance of the beliefs of ones
neighbors.
As becomes a "CEty Of Homes,n
Fort Worth is a City of Schools-there
are q public schools, eight colleges,
two universities and two business col
leges-educational enlightenment and
the opportunities to give the growing
generation q chance to develope into q
bigger and better citizenship may be
one Of the reasons why people in Fort
Worth express their faith and their
satisfaction in their choice OF a home
town by making their city a City of
Homes.
Fort Worth Is a city of wonderful
railroad terminal facilities. Whole
trains a be transferred to connecting
lines without cutting out a single car
or making q new coupling. This is a
wonderful aid in facilitating Transport
tation and has it's effect on freight
rates Fort Worth can reach more
towns with a one line haul than any
city in the state, and this reduces both
charges and time, giving the city q
decided advantage over many other
cities in the state as a distributing
point.
Within ITO miles of Fort Worth are
domiciled about so per cent of all the
people of the Lone Star State-and
this population is largely a consuming
population, making Fort Worth a
dominant industrial center. 1t is the
natural distributing point for the peo-
pie residing in all the vast territory
west to the Ell Paso and tt the Pam
handle-a territory greater In area
than all Of New England, and as yet
comparatively sparsely settled. This
vast territory will develop, is develop
ing, and in 3 short span OF years will
domicile hundreds of thousands of
people and will be one of the great
graneries of the country-and to this
territory, with it's ever-increasing pop
ulation Fort Worth is the gateway
and market.
This rapidly developing empire to
which Fort Worth is a gate. and
through which must come and go
most of the traffic that is developing is
regarded as an insurance of the future
greatness of Fort Worth. A genera
ton will witness great changes in
Texas and Fort Worth is sure to grow
and prosper as the great undeveloped
territory west of it grows and prospers.
Prophecy is dangeIous-but the temp
tation is great, and a generation or so
hence will, without doubt, see and
marvel at the growth OF this city, even
as this generation has seen and mar
veled.
1t is often said-and the members of
the National Editorial Association
have heard it said many times-that
Texas q feed the nation; should 1t be
called upon to do go, much Of the food
would be produced in or pass through
Fort Worth. This is especially true of
meats. There are more cattle in the
territory naturally tributary to Fort
Worth-west to Ell Paso and south to
the Rio Grande, than can be found in
any equal area in the United States, if
not In the world. The Chicago pack
ers, Armour and Swift, have recog-
nized the stragetic Importance of Fort
Worth with regard to this cattle sup
ply and have established packing
houses here, plants that in the aggre-
gate can handle 25, 1000 animals daily
and representing an investment of
$40, 1000, 900 or thereabouts. Last year
over 1880 carloads Of meat were ship
ped out of Fort Worth-to say nothing
Of the by-products. One is impressed
with the fact hat these packing kings
make few mistakes In their geogra-
ply, and it lie quite well known that
they are not developing towns for the
fun Of 1t. They were convinced that
Fort Worth was, and is, in command
ing position or they would not have
invested millions there.
A few more statistics: Fort Worth
gained as q sheep market last year
$4,000 head; it received over 5000 wa
gon hogs last year-a "wagon hog'' be-
ing q hog produced SO near to Fort
Worth that it was brought in by wa
gon rather than by train; Fort Worth
is the second largest stock market in
the United States; it is the third mule
market In the United States; it IL the
greatest cotton seed refining city south
Of Chicago; it is the greatest petroleum