The Houston Post. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 159, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 9, 1914 Page: 6 of 16
sixteen pages : ill. ; page 21 x 16 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
.1
VOea
PRINTJM3 COMPANY.
xsto. President G. J. P- V
...Jeutj A. X. CXuot Secretary.
I fit Piffic im HoJtoC Tm.
OmCB OF PUBLICATION
No oos-eoa Travis Stmt. t
-ssaarriox by uah?"
l Oh She TkM Om
Yeee VMeatha.-Month
' end Sunday.....-- fa-
7 .....MO ...
rJer Vhydmctty.... ....
AVBUltG AGENTS-. U. Otoen C A
oh E. E. Norfket
ZTBORIZBD CITY COLLECTORS K W.
ar. City Circulator; S. A. Robbbja C. T.
wr. AU advertising accounts honld be Mid
check ia fervor of "The Houston Pnatiag
May." ;
OXBIGlf OFFICES ten amtn ft Kentnot
. s5 Kftk Avenue New York: S. C Beck-
Special Agency Tribune Building Chicago;
C Kckwtth Special Agency. Third National
h BaUdinfc St. Louis
rOVES-Branch Exchange. PMoo between t
m and 11:30 p. m. except on Sunday. On Son
? tori between u:j p. m. and I a. av call:
r Newt Department PMoo; Night Editor
oij City Delivery Department PMos; Con.
jg Room Ptooj.
naton Tax Wednesday September a 1914
12 lAElKES HOT SPECTJIJLTOBS.
Th "Buy-a-Bale" movement baa but me
upon and that to aid the firman who
fad' thenuelToa at this time unable to sell
i T
Aetr cotton tor a reasonable price or n-
lle to borrow aufflcient money with the
ttba u collateral to meet the argent de-
snds upon thetn.
It thla purpose ia to be accomplished due
;eeuttons will hare to be taken to prevent
abase of the generosity and public spirit
I eJttsens who Jon the "Buy-e-Bale move-
Those who offer to bay a bale of cotton
t 1 cents a pound do not desire to favor
speculator or merchant who has par-
Use cotton for C or 7 cents a pound.
The country merchant who deals with cot-
i'm fanners can usually obtain his accom-
modations at the bank or when a cotton
: v can not
An4 the movement Is not in any sense pro-
'oted for the relief of the country mer-
chants or to enable any person whotneoever
to bay cotton fam farmers at present qno-t-ons
and sen tt to those who are In the
raovvnBe t at a profit of $15 a bale.
Stnoo It seems thst the morement is be-
coming popular throughout the State and
that a large somber of bales will be bought
to relieve the farmers who are in distress
each community ought to see to it that all
cotton purchased la purchased from fanners
who need such help and not from any other
person.
In order to get the best results the move-
ment ought to be systematlsed in each local-
ity so that the cotton purchased may be
graded stored. Insured and actually held
rack community acting on this plan can pre-
vent Impositions and provide for the skillful
'tndTtng of cotton thus purchased econmas
ny. Of course. If the dtlsen wishes to boy
11$ bale and take tt hosne with htm as we
are told many are doing that Is all right
tat he should be certain that he buys from a
One citizen of Houston is willing to store
:Dt bales of compressed cotton free of
d for one year and lend $28 a bale
rati it at 7 per cent interest but his plan
ska to aid farmers who raise fifteen bales
r less and not speculators or merchants
! handle cotton as a regular Une of busl-
"aa and he would require a guaranty from
1 whose cotton he advances money upon
it their acreage will be reduced next year.
The 'Buy- Bale movement does not con-
la any sense with the greater task of
tanks the merchants and farmers to
jfeat such proportion of the present crop
: Cut world can take and hold the rest
-Jt problem must be solved by those who
accustomed to handling the cotton crop.
TWBiiy-Bale" movement Is purely
'nary and projected for the purpose of
Serins the maximum aid to those who are
the sorest need.
f wIU require the co-operation of an the
.Jva business elements of the South to
idle) the crop the banks merchants and
inara. working in the regular channels the
ads Of the Buy-a-Bale" movement taking
tt' they can and Individual citizens like
Houston! a mentioned who it wining to
-e 6000 bales free and lend $2S a bale on
t It la a large crop and the help or all will
needed.
it la the name of decency let no specu-
r be permitted to pocket a profit from
-S citizens who to aid the fanners are
af to buy a bale at 10 cents a pound.
Ill H0U8TOH SET CHAJITEL.
bo contract for dredging the Houston
Channel to the specified depth f twen-
s test and 100 feet wide throughout its
e length of fifty miles has been com-
1 being fourteen months ahead of time
a Monday the completed work was for-
accepted by Colonel C 8. Riche in be
ef the United States government
t formal announce meat of the official
.g of the channel to the commerce of
-orld win be made during No-TsaOh
: by the touching of a button by rreaf-
dsnt Wilson which wn be the signal tor
the parade.of'seagojtir a" eoastwUo craft
from Galveston. to the tuning baaln. '
v la the meantime wl'vh IJouston's dream bt
more than ' half ' i .century as to a (aaslhlo
depth for lnlUatory eCorts f or the upbuilding i
of seagoing coclmeros realised. It behooves
very interest concerned ia tha city's prog-1
rest and prosperity to Immediately take ad-
vantage of the completion of the .channel
and lay oa tt th burden of as large a vol-
e of commerce as It Is possible to work
up pending the formal announosment to the
world of Its opoainf to November. r
It Is a greater waterway than many Of us
imagine It to be. and to a large extent.
Houston's tutor growth and prosperity lies
in making tha fullest possible asa at Itv
TBADX onXTUXmES MmTUTQ
FROX WAX. ;
There are many people nowadays telling
us that the war ia going to prove a great
thing for American commerce a view that
we are slow to accept betas unable to see
how very much benefit any nation can gain
from such unprecedented destruction of Wei
property and capital Wa are bound 'to find
for soma years after the war a heavy reduc-
tion in our European exports because Eu-
rope win need Urn to recuperate before her
tun purchasing power is restored. There
will he credits to rebuild manufacturing
plants to rehabilitate and vast social and
political burdens to bear for awhile.
But there Is at this moment an opportunity
to gain a better foothold in South America
a continent with which our export trade is
relatively light England. Germany and
Prance can not for the present carry oa their
commerce with South America and tha
United States becomes for the time at least
the chief market tor that great agricultural
region. We must remember however that
Europe will not surrender this trade perma-
nently without a straggle to regain it and
it is going to require good judgment energy
and enterprise on the part of merchants and
manufacturers of the United States to hold It
One reason why it has been difficult to
compete with Europe in South America Is
that it has not been customary tor many
manufacturers to study the tastes and re-
quirements of the Booth American peoples.
The Europeans make extraordinary efforts to
please the South Americans both in matter
of quality and price. Our manufacturers
have not been able for many reasons to com-
pete with the Europeans In the matter of
price and have mads no especial effort to
study their tastes and requirements. Hence
we say even If we obtain a largely Increased
volume of business in Sooth America as a
result of the war we shall have to make
extraordinary efforts to hold It afterwards
else we may find Europe underselling us in
many lines and recapturing its lost trade.
There is a large trade in Asia too' that
Europe will temporarily lose because of the
war but tt is beginning to look as if Japan
will take this over in a large measure be-
cause of its apparently better ability to cater
to Asiatic tastes and undersell us because
of its cheaper labor. Ia any event we must
see that our expanded trade opportunities
tor the present lie in supplying Europe's cus-
tomers who can not now be served by their
former sources of supply. If we were to
get aU thla we doubt if it would equaj
what we are losing by reason of diminished
exports to the countries now at war. It
would help much however to mitigate the
looses we are sustaining and It ought to be
looked after with a view to holding it perma
nently.
Already two large branch banks of a great
New York bank are being established in
South America one in Rio Janeiro and the
other in Buenos Ayres. This is a necessary
step In getting South American trade and it
is to be hoped that other American banks
will be established in those cities and other
South American trade centers. We are go
ing to lay a sure foundation for future com-
merce by taking especial interest in the de-
velopment of our agricultural resources. We
must find a way to feed the people of the
United States at tower cost If we are going
to bo able to compete with foreign manufac-
turers. We are handicapped not a little be-
cause of the high cost of manufacturing and
some way must be found to manufacture at
leas expense.
LEST WE FOXfJET.
In his address in support of the progres-
sive party at New Orleans Monday night
Colonel Roosevelt in the course of a vigorous
denunciation of the two old parties declared
that the democrats "were wedded to out-
worn principles of government and dead and
hurled economic theories."
Ws suppose he includes in "these outworn
principles of government" those fundamental
principles of democracy upon which rests
the perpetuity of republican Institutions em-
phasised by President Jefferson In his first
Inaugural address to-wit:
"Equal and exact Justice to aU men of
whatever state or persuasion religious or
political peace commerce and honest friend-
ship with all nations; entangling alliances
with none; the support of the State govern-
ments In aU their rights as the most com-
petent administrations for our domestic con-
cerns and the surest bulwarks against aatJ-
republican tendencies; the preservation ot
the general government ta Its whole consti-
tutional vigor as the sheet anchor of oar
peace at home and safety abroad; a Jealous
care of the right of election by tha people;
a mild and safe corrective of abuses which
are lopped by .the sword of revolution where
peaceable remedies are unprovided; absolute
acquiesce nee in the decisions "of the majority
the vital principle of Republics front which
is no appeal but to force tha vital principle
sad immediate parent of despotism; a well-
disciplined militia our best .reliance) ta
peace and for the first moments ot war till
regulars may relieve them; tha supremacy
of the civil over the military' authority;
economy In the public expense that labor
B iy t i:!iCy burdened; tie t- I : -mt
cl our debts and facre f:
t ti.a pu'uSo faith; sncourai. I "t? 1
cultufa'an4'ot conlmerct as Its t .';
the Clasioa ot information ati cr- L- t
of all abuses at the bar of the put!!-)
on; freedom of religion treeSbm c: s
press and freedom of pefson. u: ;'or t- .
tootioa of the habeas corpus; tsl t.-t .
Jurlea JmpexttaBrMs
We are glad that the eoloaeL Jus ;g4
tha . occasion to re-emphasisa ' these aaiuty
principles as tha esaeaUal creed of detQo.
rae. "ft Is wall that the people be m al-
lowed to target. fv. ..'.; i;;s- iAh''Hi
Though under tha eoiifustoa brought ty
republican teaching of nernlcious 4octrtat
tha country may have wandered far from
these' principles Umemefas of err ttls'
a healthful indtoatioa that tty aro retr-tlri
their steps and have put tha:p;th up;
ports the faith of tht fat-era agafo -"ipiard
tor .the revltallxatlon of then ta their ap-
plicaUoa to'aQ ot tha acUvitilas f pubtto Kf
No Colonel Bjmeefrett; b .laborta ander
serious delusion when he jaaerta that these
principles of rvernment ar fowttoYa
Th battleship New York ona of taa4wa'
largest ta the United States aavy Is anchored
at Galveston and m remain there 'tanta
Batordar.: k will bo open to tha tospeetton
of fh pubMeeach.day and tt wit Ww)srUl j
wauo ior as xaaay Ttxani as can arrange
to An m fn tV it a SrMt '
5 ..-'v .- k
InvitstioM were- extended to former Sens tor'
Joseph W. Bailey and Governor-elect James E.
Ferguson by the legisaunrc ho Moapajv fa ad-
dress the body at their tonvewlene Tbe for-
mer accepted the invitation the latter declined.
tne s round tnat Be did not flitii e to tsse as
the tine of- the legislature which had been called
together to enact important legislation and. not
for the purpose of gpeechmakhig. To jthe lt
public this looks like a rather shallow excuse
when one considero that two of the four -. weeks
of the body's tenure has pissed with no further
business transacted than daily calling the rou and
setting one bill the per dicta. Stn Antoni Jtsv
SnOitC.
The truth ia a lot of buncombe waa un-
loaded on the public tn that eonnectloa. The
house was in session very uttje ot the time
no night sessions at an tha work of lechv
ktlve preparation being dona by tha commit-
tees. No time was lost by the presence ot
Senator Bailey in Austin aor did tha de.
livery of his speech cost" the State ' a pehnjr
either in tune or -money. The fuss waa
kicked ap by a few political hypocrites who
both hate and. fear him.
Our Texas lerislators are wise ta reals-
tertng empahtlc disapproval of a moratorium
without unnecessary waste ot ttme ta da-
bating the matter. Such a law would result
tn more harm than good. Besides It would
be tn conflict with that clause of tha Federal
oonsUtutloB which prohibits the States from
enacting any law impairing tha obligation ot
contracts.
The state attorney general department baa
started an investigation to escrUto toe1'
cause of the recent advanoe la tha price of
gasottna taom If to. II cents. The depart
ment has a suspicion that the State's anti-
trust laws are being violated as it seems un-
reasonable that gasoline quotations should
go up and prices of cotton decline when the
exportation of both commodities has been
almost stopped by the European war. The
State's antitrust law hasT when put to the
test proven to be iron bound and copper-
riveted and if it ia being defied by any in-
terestand there are reasonable grounds for
believing that more than on interest la do-
ing so this fact should be ascertained and
vigorous prosecution instituted at once. This
is no tjrne for the consuming public to be
mercilessly preyed upon wham the. strong
arm of the State la amply equipped to afford
it needed protection.
SOME POSTSCRIPTS.
More than a million tons of coffee are requited
annually to provide a daily beverage for half the
human race.
Of flexible ropes suitable for sower transajis-
kion a Manila rope is about as strong ss steel
weight for weight.
For buttering corn on the ear neatly there has
been invented a spoon with a strainer to hold
butter in iu sowL
Ecuador will establish a government insdtate
for the manufacture of vaccine and the teaching
or serethenpeutiea
Siamese capital employing Danish engineers
and machinery ia constructing a large cement
plant near Bangkok.
A waahstand that fold against a wall or into s
recess when it is not in use has been invented for
rooms where apace is scanty.
A ten per cent solution of bicarbonate of soda
saturated with common Mk and used hot will
remove grease from alttmmnui.
The . anmicipal board of Manila has passed an
ordinance requiring that all building- erected in
future in the city must be rat proof.
Serious crop failures have occurred in Egypt
this year because the Rivet Nile hat been lower
than at any time for nearly a century.
' i-pr - .
The Georgians Remember narrnati.
From 1U Bambriditt Gs. SfnhMthl.)
Sayi the New York Sua about the practice of
the Germans of dropping explosives from air-
ship! into Belgian and French cities:
"If General Sherman. were alive he would
have to apologise to belt.' He was unjust to
that amiable region. The war of bis time
ws but as innocent harmless killing saeae.
To murder wantonly and fstikly to slay or
mangle little children and young mother ia
their bods to aahsoi the Red Cross flag with
a bomb to slanghtcr sad terrorize aoncom-
batants random destruction with no milnary
results with no permanent reeuh except tq
sicken and anger. all civilized mankind: mis
is war as practiced on a city from Zeppelin
airships."
Yet if history fasow what it is talking about
this seme Sherman wa sot adverse to making
war oa the "Bttle children and young mothers in
their beds Hi trail to the sea was a master-
piece of butchery vaadaS sad carnage. Per.
hap if Mr. Seers had bad a few airships of
hi own he would to those other day have more
eocmktely demolished' the lands through which
be Uavahs! hut bit mm kU idea of war was helL
' ' CaiW'the Kettle; Black.
'' (Ffm fct Foeve Coswrjr Ntwt.)
TiM Peter Rsdfotd declare that the attack
nude en hiss were by disirnmled politiaans. We
should like to know of s mere disgruntled politi-
cian than old Peter Radford. Old Peter's charge
against disgruntled politicians reminds w of the
"pot thst called the kettle black."
. . ...... . 4j v. v 1 -j
I . . . X St' . - ' III:"' -
I 'Br Gaoacs H. r.?.n.i.T. - .'$ 1 1-' ost
The New York IIef!4 is proul t' t om edu-
cator has woesttd tb um of f t V.;rJ.i a
text took la the schools' .to fcach the. e " 'res
tbfivk the war. Qului a cwn;!lmt t--t TlsTo
has ' htea.;: frequently. ;ompi;.ii.!.J" t-4. mip- tr '
teacbeit; sud eveaVtbi mlnUuifS found it is'
invahbU help ia tjje palpltV SfKVy-hV
t The Waeq'isaw.are' rtarint se loudly that they
are waking the tables to Fn.. HUl and -Belt
The WashhMto Iterald miu a bathtticVo-
test egaiast um tcguWity of a ft diet' A
hundred years age Washington boaer were e
elaimituilHow katg 0 lrd how .jsngr; oa th
prune diet bit nothiag has ever.akalttu its hold
wthO'Whhuitoa snenu. Wfi!C'-&i&-
.rfvt m "1 ' 111 tyt . t
- Our understanding ta that there 'are tt.ooo.ooe
men flghtisg to atorops and ybooe taking war
ptctum'::
; Sarah Bernheisk k agats telling me Paris
paper that the would like to die. tor her Ukrved
Franc. Even H she were to d e most people
would expect to see her naurrseted by tht tims
the war ends to time te make a few mere tare
wen tour. -''A
" We fear that the mtrangement between Mara
Henry and the Heheasolkvai and Htpiburg W
u-reeoneilable. .-.; i ;? Vi -Zi'; $i ..
; 1 i 1 ! 1 ; ' 1 V
Same Old Billy Suiter tells the New York
World h never aaade a mistake to hie Bfe. And
yet he beooaei a candidate for governor" of .New'
York presomably becauae he thkkt at people
Of the Slate can be fooled twice whhia two yean
V " tt: t m
'? nr. ttearata amtea sot te go as me
ha no doubt placed the aoaatofs
obligation to him. ' " ' '
Of course if that Labor Day baseball game had
been played la Joakus'i time the general might
have def erred the setting of the sua long enough
ior .Ware to win tha pennant But awn lest con-
trol oi the a'i movement long ago.
We suppose Jjejsnauma wQl now take a sedstive
te recover from the pitch of excitement te which
Colonel Hoc tt lifted her. -
RichaH rWelavDavmieya .H
lock who saved him from being shot as a epy.
There is honor among fictionists perbap. hut
Which of these two. will have the prior right te
write a boot on the Incident? - -
ea-asMn i a mm am mat r "
Whh Bleaseiam deed in South Crohaa we be-
Ueve that Oe hath tub sumufecturer wilt again
find that fine little State a profitable field for
.business.
Some one eathaarea that' by Christmas there
will be more tlaa 1000000 orphans in Europe
More than that seohably. The men who are fatt-
ing in the ranks are not the proprietors of poodle
dog kennels as a rale.
The New York Work! wants e law for food
harks. No use; they would violate it every time
there was a profit ia sight. It wiB take a harpoon
te get 'em
' Houston won the pennant but 'we judge by the
rear aome of the other town are patting up the
Isegue eficials will be compelled to scarce Den-
mark t discover if anything ha become deeoci-
pooed there -
' 'The German general seem to he much opposed
to having the movements of their amies coo-
form to tha predictions of the newspaper at rate-
gists to this country.
A Louisville minister says married men ought
to remain at home more forgetting perhaps that
there is seldom' any room at home for father
when-mother and the girl are getting ready for
seheoldaya.
It la said that the Filipinos are being slowly
ed nested te . cat ' corn. The way to conduct a
rapid-fir corn-school is to serve the corn in
Bqaid form la Iredell '
H is announced that the Germans are conduct
tog the tstoatces in Belgian territory occupied
by fhem. Wa sincere? hop that Germany evicted
only the Belgian republican postmaster.
Anyway 'we suppose it is an agreeable experi-
ence for General Joffre. to be able to send to
the minister of war one telegram that doesn't be-
gin "I rsgret to report"
Germany refuse to lend Austria money pre-
sumably because she believes she can spend it to
better advantage at this particular time than plac-
ing Jt where the Russian might get it
Chicago .-reports total alimony payments of
$tovMo a year. We suppose digging up ali-
mony ia Chicago is almost a interesting a pay-
ing poQ taxes in Houston.
The resort of that sweeping French victory
east of Paris wfll be duty inspected and property
appraised by our Missouri department just as
soon as the blue prints arrive.
r-1- A Baft Moose Opinion.
't (From Iks 5s Antnn Rtubkc.)
"For president to isif Theodore Roosevelt -of
New York; for vice president Joseph Weldon
Bailey ei Tessa. Who can heat tt?" shouts the
Saa- Antonio Republic Wall Joe would certainly
"beat it" if there were no other way to escape
such a fatfc Carthage Jfrfirfsr. - -
Nay .. There i yet a little sanity left to
the lead and Brains are not held by sH men a
a handkep te recognition. Senator BialeyK as
all men ha made mistakes hut he has never been
defeated by the people when he submitted hi
cause to. their decision. True the jack rabbits
sad tom-Uts of the democratic party of Texas
have always opposed him and at El Paso refused
to heed hhr word of sound advice; but mat spells
oothssg. Time wiU vmdtcst the wisdom of Joe
Bailey sad before the end of the year lotd the
men who most viciously fought him at EI Paso
wilt he fighting among themselves for place la
bis bead wagon. Ye; for a God's certainty
Joe" can come beckand a will come back -
" "M-anauununpn
heMmenal Panhandle Crops.
- . (FrM Ik Wichita Tim.) k
The condition of the cotton crop is WichiU-
and surrounding counties is just abouTa neac
perfect a it is poesible te grow. -There are a few
fields that are aot looking good but their cmuhV
tioa to due ahnoot entirely to the fact that those
who planted them have aot given the cotton tha
attention H should have had. At the meeting
of the farmer end easiness seen yesterday after-.
soon to this city tt was ta opinion of all farm-
ers present that while the acreage te cotton this
year was much lets than last year the condition
tne crop was mucn setter and tne yield would
be much greater.
vmm h saaoe ise atate
fast tne a
amount m scrssn
to cotton on bis farm this year ts was
last year aad that while the vield 'laat
rear waa only aoout twelve sales it would he at
least tse bale this year. He said that that was
the case with nearly an tottos crops to h neigh-
1. I I l . . 1 3 ....... .
horhoeoV
Tg Naw Yosg Evsmiso Joumax.
VarSs 'detonttJve::and horrlhls hut tt need
not . paralyse us to America especially ai'
htveaX anjr;mr .hare. ; ' . '''"-'I
':Wk. nes end wis nations make the beet of
v.y ' r.Iba aad in-every cataclyira . look tor
idueClR i . worth whtt.t. :;Vi
Tl! U iU time to build up Americas merehsa-
dlxlaji. Ajiefic4 boslBes. American maaufso-
tores at heme aad Americaa trade atooad
Tha sanation to tt affect this country waa re-
viewed 'briefly ' yesterday by an able 1 citisen
Ceerg. melen. ' " ':U
: Heryem'seme things ka' said.? They wfll la
tereat ethers who' have succeeded in' the Amert
can field of competitloat ." y
- c" Right sow Americas huyen end merehosrts V
u should; be purchasing aQ the Aniericantmade
go; they can get their hand on ' . 5
.Th companies with which I am identified h
' are laying in great supplies of everything they
. may need in the next few mouth. .The ' im-
portant thing is to stock tm the America;
trade flrtt Amerkan nwrchant are not
half prepared for. the foreign trade which !
at aurh .to ntev'. i-tifis- i..-.;..-.'-'"- aW
IFactprle benefited by the. stoppage of
ra aouId incream their working force
-."-TDoet wait uatd eonunerce is restored to
; sornul.' That-wilt be the tone te seU abroad
and increase our export buttaes. Buy now.
r and buy American gaodt first
High prices resulting from the European
.' war or u one respect a good thing for the
United States They will force our people
to recognit the wonderful trade peorihiHties '
taddenly' opened: to as
i "Such opportunities . were net only never
presented before 'but were never even
creamed et ''."''
"We should not send any gold to Europe
now in pavment of our ebta. - ' - J
..;Teri so moral qnestJon involved in the
v matter. rf if " 4 ''t i v . !
"Europe has by law postponed thsnayment .
of debts in many instances througfvna mora- .
torium and there is no reason why America
should not do likewise. ' . . -- :
"By wimholdtag our gold we can compel
Europe to take payment of our debt to pro-
duce aed manufacturea.
"We are involved in a trade war with Eng-
land just a England is involved ia a political
war with ether countries of Europe.
"It h now a qveatioa whether England or
the United States get the markets of the
world lost by France and Germany through
this war. We can have them if we will stand
- together h America like partner and present
s united front to the British.
"We sodden ly have jumped from s Wilson
low tariff to a McKinley tariff multiplied by
four that is the practical effect of the war
in a basinets way.
"Propositions to advance the tariff do not
help business so much because of the actual
tariff hot because people know prices arc go-
ing to be higher.
That jstarts a buying movement which
end ia e business boom
"That ia exactly what it 'happening now
. and the merchant who doe not begin to buy j .
American good immediately and the manu-
facturer who neglect to increase his output
to the greatest possible volume are making
a serious mistake."
Mr. Whelm has a peculiar right to talk about
"opportunity." He is not theorising. v Hi busi-
ness history prove that he know opportunity
when he sees it
Not e long time age you might have discovered
Mr. Whelaa with a small glass stand in a hotel
corner. ' Hi empire then consisted of a few
boxea of cigars of which he was the
general
At present he Control jiieo cigar stores an She
United States known a the United Cigar Store
company. .
He control 110 of the largest drug store in
the country called the Riker-Hegeman company.
He also controls the United Profit Sharing com-
pany the Sterling Gum company the Tobacco
Products company and other enterprises.
A man who first gather together a few boxes
of cigar aad then gathers together jsoo cigar
stores know something about opportunity.
The man who goes a Whelan did into a small
drug store observes that the profits are large
make up hi mind that they could be made larger
by selling more good and cheaper then get no
of the biggest drug store in the country for him-
self knows opportunity when he sees it.
The advice that he give in the interview above
is of value te citisen young and old who would
like to seise and realise opportunity a he did
building op a series of gigantic enterprises not
one of them with a dollar in bond and all on a
cash basis.
The quest ioa for the United State and' the
ririxen of the United States Who know oppor-
tunity when they see it i this:
Who w31 profit by the general disturbance?
Industry and trade are knocked to pieces who
wiU get the piece?
England and Germany the great trading na-
tions have dropped their trading and taken up
the business of cutting throat.
What will the American government do what
wffl Americaa cirlsens do to gather in the valu-
able "thing that have been dropped and lost by
the nation at war?
We Should Be Thankful.
XFnrn tht PaUtim Htrald.)
Outside of the fact that our trade relation
have been temporarily disturbed and we people
in the cotton belt are temporarily deprived of a
market for the staple there i nothing the mat-
ter with this country; m fact a a nation we
should be extremely gladt that we are surrounded
by condition to favorable. This Saturday night
every man of us who will can go to a home of
peace snd reasonable plenty and be happy while
the people of other nations are fighting and suf-
fering. Tomorrow we can go to our churches and
hear of the Prince of Peace without war or
rumors of war to disturb us. In fact we have
every cause hi the world to-be thankful at our
condition for when we compare ourselves with
the people of Europe we must admit that we are
wonderfully blessed.
Campaign Thunder.
(From Iks B&nham Favorite.)
- Congressman Henry has 'introduced a bill in
congress providing for the advance of currency to
farmers upon their cotton based upon a valuation
of is cents per sound. Sine Secretary McAdoo
has publicly announced hi opposition to alt valor-
isation ideas k ia not Bkety that Mr. Henry's
bill win becom an administrative measure.. How-
ever it win answer as a (ptndid campaign docu
meat Vfio HraU.
. And that wa about aO Mr. Henry intended his
bUt f ot-campalga thtmdea
.Hand to Hani Conflleto Count In 'War.
(Jfets to Mi Timtt HtrahL)
It was aot uneoauoon taut a year or so ago
that hand to hand conflict would no longer be
seen to war between civUimd nations because oM
tne eeadJv accuracy ot long range sun. Yet e
Pnow read of' Russian cavalrym ea aabering Geo
man gunners see or unians ana rrenen soldier
standing feett face to tadlvidual nruggle.
' . " Rady to Com Aeroes.
' 1 IFrm lit Wastkockiti LighU) 1
. On just what article the new war tax will be
laid is a matter of doubt We are bulging whh
patriot! m however and if it hits u anywhere
I we are ready te come Serosa.
Vl.V:-
Li Jdds MokTiMta Li .via.
. GETTING A U3TC:
i have this much -About
the war
'V Be thankful forr
. :':)' :.Upoo' 'my. daily
f.''. Walk and way
'. . Each friend I meet .
'; " WiB pause te ay j :
;- '! His object being . ('
" ; r Te nfight'. "w!
Me jut what caused -
11
- rd hate to know 15
y:TA Mncriv war ' I
L V-f 'Wainging and '
. not snow waai xor 1
Jtut'aittce each friend s
'i'.V'' I chance to meet v
"tn country way' """
' Or city street
:ls willing to i '. 1 '
"' tGive up his time"
. -1 To t0 me reasons -
"ly &f v .a(i . -f
A "jstfraf
. 4 T
vFor the crime -Now
raging on
lJTbd ether aids -I
ought to be .
s Phun satisfied;
And l ahould be -
Except that they
AU of them torn.
And run away t .
" When I start to :
. To tell them what .
Ha cauted the storm
Of deadly shot I
So I've not tokt
One what I think
. It was put Europe
' On the blink;
" 'Cause when I tart
. ..They up and dust I
. And I'm o full
. I almost bust I
' f Ahi I have it!
Oh joyl Oh joyl
' IU hire a Western
-t f i-
ll t t
. .-' ?f
... N
' - t t.
Union boy L
And tell him what
Caused the affray! ' '
And being paid '
He'U have to stay I
And far be H '
From me to be -
Afraid of the -
' S. P. C. C
WHICH WE RISE TO REMARK.
They say the king can do no wrong that every
thing is right for him.
But Czar Nick rarely ha hi nerve to ask the
Jews to fight for him. ! -
-JndjoHOpaKtStar.-
The man that rules o'er Germany is certainly S
whole lot wiser; 1
All that he ask the Jew to do ia now end then
to "Hoch der Kaiser." .
SfrintfUld Union. '
King George is wiser than them all the Ulsterites
were fixed for 'biting
Hi head off when he sent them tt the continent
to do their fighting. 1
A DESPERATE SITUATION. .
It wa aU caused by our ttoppin' into a drinloV
torium an' annexin' a bottle o' smoky ol' Scotch
an' informin th' txan in th' white apera thet we
hed declared a moritorium an' he1 didn't know
what thet meant so after takan' a drink an'
wipin' eur gob. onto our akevY an eat in'- a Ger-
man wiener we explained an' then thdoio' com-
menced an' wchad ter stand with oa foot onto
hi face whilst we drinked" hi health' with th
other. We -ain't . quite figgered qutwhere th
hostilities is a-gOjir" ter land ua before we air
done. If we.giVpit drinks as usual wt'air goin
ter violate our neutrality fer U th' .wVie rooms
in this man"i totra h run by th FNttCh an' all
th' beer salopi W th Dutch an' ttth whisky
straight an' bar'l bouses is cornered by. th' Irish
an' there you are as th' woman said to th' flea.
If we git our drink like we air utea to by just
goin' in an' putrin up our little ol' fight en' Uk-
in' 'em we air lrky ter be accused 'of sympathy
an ter git Otrr country involved hi a war with
th' country 6f:W 'duck we swipe th drink from.
We hope Wilson reelite onr difficulty an
will exempt from bein' neutral. Thi bein
neutral i a mlgflt soberin' proposition fer ua.
If anybody baa got any embammin' fluid they kin
loan us till th hostilities ha ceased they'll save
our life an' well do as much fer them sometime
Alkali Eyt.
"" THE CHANGE. . -
I am not underttandin the lfrtle boy no more
for they do not resemble the little boy 0' yore
it used to he Our pleasure -to hand the riaky-aVnbl
to teacher an' to touch up her powder puff with?
ink; we used to play at hooky through all the
live long day and at the dear old river we'd pais
the time away; with laughter we'd go splashiu
off of the city docks and then when we - was
dressin' we'd mix our pants and socks; we'd hide
our books and pencils beneath the gutter-bridge
and gaily go galumphing away across the ridges
aad make u willow whistles and dig the mush-
rat out and with pinhook go fishing for M
fish and for pent ; and we always wait for vaca-
tion time to start and then vacation ending
would break each little heart That's hew wa
used to differ from the boy of today; he-etvec
doe plsy hookey he'd scorn to run away; he
keeps hi neck and ear dead vacation makes
him pine and when vacation' ended he is the
first in line I I'd love to grab a-hoW of the'
darling little thing end feel their (boulder blade
and find if they're sprouting wings. But maybe
boy are boys and are like boys used to be J
'there i an explanation it now occurs to me
In the big airy basement of every village school
the men who built the building have built a wim-
ming pool; and school' made interesting hoys
learn to play and dance it' different from the
old day when father fanned our pant if we
mined in our studies aad that i why we ranged
across the hill and hookied ; time not the boys
hsve changed.
HEART-WARMING.
11 wa aunssz wonn oemg aneent from tse con- l
venuon ut nw nunroruia ei ueveiaae met
weeh to get the message we have received. Look ft
at this from Miriam Teichner of the Nw York -Globe:
;
.... . . . . . . . J v
xou anouia nave come to uevelandl
By turning down
Thi joyoua town
You've turned it into Grievelsnd.
And thi -from handsome little Teddy .RohWf;"
Dealer one of the couutry's kading dailies:
Oh Uncle Judd my heart' best blood v
Wa yours last sear already I
I'nr only four were I two score -i -
I' might love merer : 1
!' -; ... -Yaur .Teddy.v-
Ana tut from W. ne Maxwell et tne Fbrw
Journal:' .-. :.- - ; -. . ;...;
Uncle Judd t "Ws mf yoa HtHe girt we mlsl :
Tou ' '''"' '
And th& from eMPDlx Merritt if NnhviUcA '
who has mori hair than Rddy McPhee and a '
pumpkin put togetheri' ; : .V.':'"-.'.-'':'.
"I'd walk a hundred mile oa four-cornered r .'
blocks tonight to get you in th party f.
We are net rare why w have received ne'
sentiment of regret from Body but we have out; '
lUtpicion ' ' - k'.'
1
1
..
1
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
The Houston Post. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 159, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 9, 1914, newspaper, September 9, 1914; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth607554/m1/6/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .