The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Vol. THIRTEENTH YEAR, No. 268, Ed. 1, Tuesday, December 28, 1897 Page: 4 of 10
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ing Ajenl C R Holland ani II II Throon
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The City The Post Is dellvereJ to any rart of the
city hv curlew per month Jlooj three months
Jjooi sh months Sftooj one year Suoo
Air TheoJOfe Bering las charge of the city
circulation nni collcctlnc Alessrs Theodore
Bering uniCliarle Loll are the authorized cul
lectori of all city Mils both advertising an J
suhscrlptlon and no money should be paid to
any oni > other than thosn named unless special
written authority nlgnei by the fciislncliS inanigor
s shown All accounts of any site should bo
psldbychecklnfivorof The Houston Priming
Company
Subscriber falling to receive The Post regularly
will please notify the office promptly Every
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HOItSTOV TlrSllVY Ill O UH 1WI7
TEN PAGES TODAY
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TION
It will surprise many people In this
country to learn that nn organized move-
ment l on foot to secure from congress
a law authorizing Ibo naturalisation of
Americanized Chinese It will bo no
less a surprise to learn that there aro laruo
utimbcrd of theso Celestials that haivo
actually hrconio AmerleanlrcM
Tho great objection to thrwn Clilnceo
residents in America has beep the tisxumrd
fac that they never becanio othrt than
Orientals In tho midst of our civilization
that Ihey never became itmnlisiituutiM with
tbo BUiroumllnK population but ruther in-
troduced their own peculiar unci object
lonablo cimtomt nnd innnnera Into tln
heart of our cities ami were hero only to
ttndorbld nallvo labor until fuch ttmo
as they were able financially to tecum to
China without fenr of tho future All other
nationalities can be thrown mlo the fireat
American hoprcr ami ho worked over It
Is possible to Americanize tho chlltlten
at least of any other race In tho United
States with the slnsto exception of the
Chlncee
It now appears however that even a
rortlon of tho Chlneso population Is mis
eeptlblo to the Influences of American
civilization Tho Chinese emial league
of 10000 members out of tho 300000 China
men In the United State has formulated
about 8000 Chlnoso who havo wives nnd
ehllden with them whoo children attend
Iho public mchoolB and whoso families
nsilmllntx with tho reputablo eoclcty o
tho locality of their residence Tho wives
aro mostly Chinese hut somo aro American
Irh Oormau Italian and Scandinavian
Theso Crtlupko havo all discarded the
fiuctie thus tennlnsitlng their nlleglnnca to
tha emperor ot China Tho memorial says
that tho peoplo for whom naturalization Is
nsked aro In oven senso American bus-
iness men with no wngortiltcrs nor crim-
inals nor drones nmong them
So long as wo aro admitting the Illiterate
nnd most vicious classes of Emopcatw who
never learn n word of l ngllsh who know
nothing or our Jttlws nnd who do not as-
similate wlili our eociety any muro than
hfj ordlnnty Celestial to the ilghls npd
prlvlllges of full Hedged cltlzenuhlp It
will bo rather difficult to find a good ex-
cuse for disregarding this appeal of the
Amcrilcanlzcd Chlneso ot course th < i
applicant ought to be ablo to show that ho
has become an American citizen In fact
by cutting loose from tho qtiouo anil his
Oriental practices nml nskoclntlous The
momorial In ttiieellnu onciB nu interest
ins hsuo onco more aa well as affording
us new light on tho Chinese In Amorlca
VAM1U Ol HOUTHUIIN illllllTS
Oeorelas exhibit tvt the Onmlm exiosi
tlon will bo a good advertisement lor tno
Stale It will ittriot the attention of a
olais of porKrwis whom It is decitjUilo to
have Imerosted In tho State Many or tto
fainievH nmt nlaliltrs of the country trlb
utaij to Qninha nro invam tig tired st the
section or dnetitus hot winds bllzmtds
ovclon es nnd grasshopper unit the other
pUgucit which beset the ngrloulturbtt ot
thu West Tho exhibit of Tjiutih will tf
fon ionie Idea ot the PiisalbllUle r lb
rnptro Bleto of tho South wunn > tliofv l
is fertile tho ellmtito ctpulblt tho niiotif
tracllenlly unfailing and hllsturds un
ktJown SavnjViUH n Sewti
This comment would apply with cnua
force to an exhibit at Omaha by any South-
ern Stnlo It Is a fact that 8uchohlbls
hayo tho effect of attracting population to
Iho South from tho North and Northwest
and Increased papulation when ot tho
rightklnd means much to such a State
> l i for Example ns Texas with plenty ot room
3 j nnd Idleacrcs
It b u nfortuualoly too often the case
thatU > argument Is heard that ticw
comers bul add to tho volumeof produc-
tion which IsMroady too largo nnd thus
c further embarrass tho agricultural situs
tion As a matter pt fact the volume ot
production in tf e lino ot food crop3s
peclally is too small la tw South Tho
i T ff om farmer comes to Iho South not
ralse co onbul o eontlnuo tho food
8v
UP oropa an the varloty of crops to
whlph
iJ hPj devoted his energies In the > orth
< S4
i RrXeBl < > n equonee n valuable nil
tt 4lJlon to Hhti productive forces of the
th
f feVj Ktf SBut U10 greater tho farming population
Vt v < lmAI11 toi MnlPB lands and In
W Jf 1 Rreaier vajuo of tho lat
i J AJarse agricultural population means
< iwWwilyuJurgfl1 trade Hi tho cities and
K 5JJL r e Wrl kanili ar mBtfutic
>
BBj 1 mm ami M liu
1qVlek M ieytlop
therefore from nucce fitl efforts to In
duca lmmlfrratlon of thfl dtalrablo kind arc
easy to bo counted Attractive displays at
Crent expositions nre worth enfold the
labor and llrfio and money devoted to them
tho States South and West that have
been making special effort to draw lnt
mlRratits vlthti their bftrdcrs aro the
States ih t have been showing tho most
rtlpld expansion politically Industrially
and from every point of view
Texas has bctfn long on objective point
with tho homeseekcra from other Southern
State3 and has grown rapidly In coimo
quenro but wc arc ntlll far from tho de-
velopment wo should ttijoy and havo not
yot reached a stage whero It would not
pay us handsomely o iollclt a portion of
tho Immigration that Is coming South from
other sections
IAcroHius akvii Tin c irro
riiin
In the recent convention of cotton grow
crs as Memphis It wSa declared to bo an
object of tho organization of tho cotton
growers Into a National tisnodutlon to pro
molo tho building of cotton factories near
the cotton fields bo that tho farmer may
rcctlvo tho largest returns from each an-
nual crop and that tho homo market may
bo built up for all other farm products
If tho organisation could accomplish
only this object In would be well repaid for
all tho tlmo and money expended Ouo
Southern paper tho New Orleans States
thinks that tho sehotno Is somewhat Im-
practical because 16 would require tho co-
operation of lnrgo > outside capital which
could pot bo cattily secured As a matter
of fact In every rich cotton producing sec-
tion in tho South thero is sufficient homo
capital practically Idlr that could and
ought to bo profitably emplojed lit tho
orcotlon of cotton factories not gnnt mills
poislbly at first but ostabllahmcnts of
capacity to cons ity tho Immediately sur-
rounding product Thl3 policy has been
pursued in tho CarolInus with admirable
succors H Is easier to get homo money
Into such enterprise than to scruro outside
capital If only the proper offort is made
and coopemtlon prmnlsrtl by the planters
Tho States muvp tho main trouble ju the
cotton situation to tho farmer from year
to yeiir consists in the groat codt of hand-
ling for foreign oxpot Tho States nays
too many people have beon making MB
wtiKM and growing rich on tho products
of otton and tho farmer and planter havo
been fciipportlng them all Tim Holutlou
of tho problem of the coat of handling Is to
cream a local factory domnnd stud it tho
farmer and planter must support any great
number of people let tho latter be homo
psoplo who In lurn will ipend tl > < lr big
wagca In purchasing tho other products
of tho farnu in their vicinity
In a word Southern eommunltlw ought
to get all tho profits out of cotton from tho
pluming to tho nalo of tho manufactured
goods and thus keep tho imraenso sums
thai aro annually devoted to handling cot-
ton in its variousstages nt homo Tho
schomo Is ono that should meet with
hearty approval and practical promotion by
tho Southern planters and business moil
a momorlul to congress statins that thero for thero aro uilllons in It
nre in tills country nt tho present tlmo I
A VMtlJU THICK IX liCIMATIO
In tho bill to
prohibit pelagic or open
sen sealing by Ameileans which waB eut
to tlw president by congress a fow days ago
th < > r appears l0 havo been i clause that lu
HcutcM that somo flno Italian hand was at
work in tho framing of tho measure
Tho last provision In the bill prohibits
tbo Importation of seal sklna into tho
United States by any penon or from any
Quarter aud authorize tho sclzttro and
confleenllon outright of any such imported
skins when found In this country
This It It become tho law of the land
will bo an cffectuM reply to Canadas re
fusil to stop pelagic sealing It la said
that the United States furnlh tho chief
market for seal skins and to elocto such
market Is to render pelaglo sealing un
profitable Thero Is nbrond only about a
fourth of the demand for he ftlti of this
description that thero Is In tho United
States and any considerable catcti would
sn overstock tho only remaining market
that Iho prices would not pay the tealers
Tho movo Is i tegular Yankee trick and
will rebiilt In outwitting Canada and pro
lectins tho fur seal herds at ouo and the
samo time There is no danger of any
American cttlrcn sutTcrlng lu tho menu
time for tho wont ot sealskin overcoat and
sacque These artlulea can hardly bu
classed as necessary to the well being or
happiness of the American people although
feminine humanity In spots Is willing to
mako great sacrifices of money and often
of comfort to display a genuine sealskin
cout to an admiring nnd somctlmnt curious
public
This law however will not prevent Ota
Alaska Pur company with tin monopoly
contract with the government from bring
Ing Its skus obtained on American terri
tory Into tho country And If tho fur
company In not Included In the prohibition
does tho law not look llko an additional
present ot great value to ths monopoly
Does tho flue Italian hanll In such event
not appear finer than overt
Tho suicide of a young eocMy hrjy in
Wtishintrton following tho violent end or
Mies Herbert and said to bo largely tn
WlistHiuenoo of nho latter gives cnlor
again to tho oM theory that suicide Is
oatcliing to use u commas cxurteslo
Vor ooane tlmo pa t tho papers two con
tained accounts of on ntrrmlng number
of cases ot seUdeM ruction In all wtiam
of tho country
Shattered nerves uiv
Chiefly at tho bottom of this kind of epi
demic
Mrs IeiSQ8 ladcac ambition Is to go to
consrcftw A wianun omt go Into polttlca
it will hj even wllhatit wantlus la go
furiher dcrwrn hill
TSttv Snxuinnh Tsows
very truthfully re-
marks that the aoallment in fayor of
postal savings banks Is t t ncirso strong
8Hw thu propcsltson has beoi d cuwed
as H was when tho postmaster
jrctt sil e
report tirst iKKefled tho p nh Tho ma
j ty of peop > > nd per llrst thought
only ot t to greater security 0 l > o afford-
ed wnall djx stt and overlookcvf many
utintlpbjc tlanrf to the schomo thathave
recently been pointed but v f
Ti o Jat i suoofth < VAlW Mills Bdn
ontalnec fourteen euuii > xi v
wtfw fK fiw i
county atul its rwKirws
creditable edition
t
r r
It wa a very
Tjio ChrJftmna erlltlon of tho Tcmpto
Jtlrror was n navel on > > being tacuesl in
tnagAtltvo form ami corttalntng largo
number of illustrated artlclcut pertaining
to men ami matlerw of the Tnlrto Queen
City It bt a volualilo notiverrir ot Tem-
ple iiikI tho pmprlf > U > n of tho Sflrror
destcrvo much credit for uhelr clcga t pro
dilation
Prohibition sentimont lnMalno Is mtid
to bo on tho detilne The Maine taste
Jiia micxw been sufflolently iniltlvtite l tin-
der prtfhil > tlon to cnivn a bolter article
titan Die blind tiger Jtrattd
lVntmaater ltnpler of Mobile who ru
ftiwtl to bo Htipphinted Until Ulio conllrm
Htlon of hl suecsitor hy the eeniitc np
peaT to have won W < light And now a
tlK i ird or two exofllchils who Burren
derfl to vacation nppcftntroi will lie f lok
Itig tliwntolve until they get another
show at the pie counter
ilr irarn pon of Mississippi says the
Marfno IIoj > lliil Fervflce 1taa been retpan
rtltlo for four yellow fever opMemlca The
Southern Sttitcw shatlM Jet well enough
alwnc tate nuiTanUttc H all rlglit
Young Iclter Is now credited with work
lug up tm oat oortiPC It thl young man
dots not wateh his joints closely Uic vet
oraeaa of the exchnngo will give him tnort
Bquuezjnj than ho bargjltiod for Sky-
rockets In tho grain pit lmo heen seen
Iwitore nnd Jiavo generally como down
llko a stick
on it comes to naval dtephvs Jofin
nulltviiii give them all carda nnd simiIcs
and beaA tiieon Jf a nnval mlxup should
occur In tho ICast Vt would not tak < lopg
to dlwover whoto Hag was left lloitlng
Tho crildum l > y JunUen 1attfrton ot
New York against tho lawyer has stirred
up tho l > ar of that oly artd provoked w > me
ltncompliinantnry rofereticcs to tho betieh
Tho row will probably oventuito lit
Htrongthonlng tho popular coavietUra thit
thero 1m ixxim all around llor Improvement
Amorlcam 1110 mM to have hie amounts
of mxmey loaned Jn Uurupe Just nt this
lime preferring to lot their balances r
maln nt Interoet ttcros tho water to In
ostlng it nt tliomo This la cotrlldcmce
with a vengeance
Tho Tall TUvar operatives do not wnnt
o strike Tho wintw Is upon thein they
havo Httlo money and niiiRt therefore
Hiibmlt as grucefuily nn possible to the
Inevitubli The hrond mill owners wildly
eltloco lb mAlhi of a Now Ungland win-
ter for their eirt n wages
Vhon congress cAnvcJies nftor U10 lioll
dnya no ttmo slnould l > o lost by tho friends
of IJuffalo Uty iit linproveiiumt In h ivlng
thrit projeot pnwontod oxhaustlvey to the
rlvorj and harHirs oammlttee Wu ought
to got in On the graiiiid lloor
Tho Bpimilnrds nppnir to 1 hopptipr mod
tigUn pimply because General Woodford
disproves tho Spanish elurgo Ihit we
havo not been wmUhltig llllbnueiS c osely
onotigh Siain will uovor ba satlsflnd tin
til thirt country llckn her lu tho litest up
proved faahlon
lOSTJCllllTS
Tho hlehest recorded prlco for an orchid
lu London Is BOO guineas
Tho AustrlWn federation convention has
iqjected a proviso favoring female suirrage
Tho Chicago Tammany Miclety which
was Incorporated on Jununiy 27 1S0G now
numbers 5000 braves
At Tangent Ore n steam plow hns been
devised which tho Inventor thinks will
plow fifteen acres a day
lltitlsh laiidlord ata said to own 20
000000 ncrca of land In this country on
area larger than that of Ireland
After letting n out linger go uncared for
for a couple of daj s u Calais Vt man had
to have It nmputtijed and then fell a vic-
tim to Ictantta
Mrs J I Hosteller of Suffolk Va wpj
surprised recently to find a nightblooming
reretta flower wldo open tu 1030 oclock
In tho morning
Tho annual expenditures 0f the Swiss
for wine beer elder nnd brandy are 1VS
000000 francs or about six times as much
as is spent on tho itrmy
Skimmed milk Is now turned Into chant
pngno by an electric process and the
Iwversvio Is clear beady nnd delicious In
ilavor though nonnlcohnlle
An Iowa husband ami wife were admitted
to nn Insane asylum at Jit Pleasant at the
Bimu time It was tho ltr = st easo ot the
kind lu tho history of tho asylum
Tho liondon Siandrrd says tho Seoitlsh
rnco la the most clannish tho most ubiqui
tous tho tmiht pertinacious nnd tho most
instinctively cohcient in tho world
Tho Japanese are hind to animals and
hold Ihttii lu honor Among tho monu
ments erected to romtnemnrnto tho war In
China i ono to tho horses that fell during
that war
Imvr aiioit imoi > ii
The London Vanity Fair tnvs that lattl
never sung better than a week ano when
h appeared In concert In tint tity
A Transvaal correspondent of a London
paper wy th t Irert dant Kruger hns the
wonderful art of saving ten times his sal-
ary every year
Coventor ringreo of Michigan Is wor
tled over current rcport3 that ho was
swindled In his recent purchase ot con-
cessions n Venezuela
Mrs Grant denies tho widely published
statement that she wan engaged to tw
tnfrrled to Alfred Sanford of St Louis be
fore her marriage to leueral Cr t
The nev Frank DaWltt Talmage though
a now resident of Chicago has already
been elected chaplain ot tho Second lies
lrntnt Illinois National fluard
rrlnco Ouvocsscrf tho new Hussion am
tassndor to France Is an accomplished
linguist He studied dtplomncy under tho
famous Prince Gortchokoff who was hla
uncle
tPrcsldent McMillan ct tho American
Athletic union of tho United States Ins ap
> olnte l L M Hamburger a commissioner
to promote American sports at thr Paris
exposition lnJ > 00
Lieutenant Elmer Llndsey Unfted States
nrnty writes from Yellow Stone park that
hut few bvifTalo havebeen repotted in the
park this season though ho hopes to find
twentytlvo which he will endtavor to
protect
The fixed Johqpn Strauss mently ap
pearod as nn orchestral onduetor In Vien
na nf r a long absence from tho public
view He fobduotrd lu tho Muslkvorcins
fo tt l erf ° rmattc ot his newest watz
lllshop Ethelbert Talbofa decision to ac
cept tho bishopric of Central Pennsylvania
will 1k > widely regretted in Wyoming nnd
Idaho where Tils unconventional
aaO
breezy ways havo made him a great favor
lto with the plain people
land
any
Illiltl Your Jrlji
Though you may rot havo much my
friend
to rouse > our gratltuda
An think tho treotaient Fate deals our Is
rather harsh on rude
Don t tnopo nt poiit ritt chew the rag
around an cuss
nip aa thank the Lord It
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STILL TALKING ABOUT IT
Scaly New The Houston Post last
Sunday Is entitled to the bakery Thoro
people who do not bcllovo In printers Ink
probably thought upn perusing Sttlulay s
1 c t that thero wcro an awful parcel
of btislnctft men in llouilon that wero
charitably Inclined when taken Into
consideration that they paid for nomothlns
llko 200 columns of advertising matter anl
at no pcnoyitlinc rate either Still
advertising doesnt pay However the
man who advertises umtailv sells his go ds
to the discomfiture of tho other fellows
Wortham News Tho Hoimton Post
reached tho top round of tho Texas Journal-
istic ladder last Sunday when It camo out
In a flftytwopago Chrlstmaa edition The
front pngo la Illustrated and printed In
lolors has a picture of Santo CJaua and
tho regulation Xmn3 turkey As ft typo-
graphical specimen It Is a model whlln tho
hralnery novvs departments and busi-
ness Interests of Houston are nlto well
represented
Kaglo J is Oiildo Texas Is not fur be-
hind Its Northern neighbors whcnlt tonic
to up to dato newspaper Tho Honaton
Tost camo out last Sunday with a forty
elghtpagc edition and tho front pngo In
colors n la New York World The Post Is
tho only reprcsentntlvo democratic dally
published In tho State and lta business on
temrlse entitles It to first place among
the reat dallies ot the South Succesa to
Tho Post
Taylor Journal Tho last Sundays Hous-
ton Post reached tho climax In Southern
Journalism In Its Issuo of fiftytwo pages
eo artistically and tastefully done aa to In-
cline one to bow It together nnd keep It for
all tlmo to come It contained nearly 200
columns of advertising matter principally
by Houston business men so that dt Is ap-
parent that the mutual admiration ot The
Post and Houston peoplo Is of a high
grade
Florrsvlllo Chronlclo It was a marvel
of modern day Journalism As n progres-
sive up to dato newspnrer Tho Post has no
equal In tho South and such enterprise aa
that displayed In Its Sundays Lssue of
fiftytwo pages should receive tho support
of all who feel a pride In tho growth ot
our business Institutions
Grand Saline Sun Last Sundays Hous
lon Pest contained fiftytwo pages In-
cluding 11 gay nnd gnudy colored cover that
would mako a seed catalogue palo lis In-
effectual fires Tho Post is going to
npirart it on Just tho least bit thicker than
any othor Texas dally or buss Its pansa
In tho attempt
Morgan Weekly News It was tho cli-
max f dally Journalism In tho Snttlh It
contained all the State National and for-
eign now8 toaether with nn exhaustive
account pf local affairs and numerous short
stories and miscellany The 200 column
nt advertisements displayed tho best typo-
graphical skill in the South
Kenedy Advance The Christmas edltini
of that peer ot nil papers Tho Houston
Post was a trnmmoth fiftypage affair
ktst Sunday with lithographed coves it
la a well known fact that In addition to
being tbo best paper in tho State Tho
Post never daes things by halves
Cedar Hill Advocator Last Sundays
Houston Post tvas a great paper printed
In n great city of this great State If
Houston Is as largo as Tho Post shes n
hummer It contained fiftytwo pages of
Interesting matter to all classes with a
colored cover
Clarksvillo Times Capped the Texas
nowspnrcr climax It was a fiftytwo
pjgo number and contained nearly 200 col-
umns of advertising Tho Post Is unqucr
tlocably the most prosperous paper In
Texas and thero aro somo who say It Is
the best
Italy Herald It vvos a crnckerjack H
consisted of fiftytwo pages and a hand
bomo colored supplement The Post does
mere business titan any other two Texas
dallies combined Tho Pest and Its ed-
itor It M Johnston nre h11 right
AVlnsboro WldeAwalte Was n triumph
in Southern Journalism that deserves more
than a rawing notice The Post has thor-
oughly demonstrated that nil or this couti
ttvs great papers aro not printed north
of the Mason and Dixon line
Mllford Courier It was brimful of good
Sunday reading The Sunday Post is al
wa > s full ot good matter Some of theso
other dally papers will poon bo crylns
Mr Johnston turn me loose youvo got
ev paper we a poor excuse
Mesquito Herald Tho Houston Post
cruuo out lest Sunday with fifty pages of
cholco reading matter and a handsomo il
lusttatfd cover printed In eolots The Post
Is tho best dally paper In Texas and no
mistake Long live Tho Pest
Alio News Uxcolled anything nccom
pushed in Journalism in Texas It con
tained fiftyfour pages with elegant lllus
ttatlons The Pest has left tho < rld lady
by the sea far In tho background and wa
nro glad to know It
Harrison enterprise Surpassed any
thing In tho newspaper lino that has ever
reached this office It
was a orltable en-
cyclopedia of useful Information and ir
flcetcd credit on tho ability and onterpriso
of tho management
De Leon Free Press Tho Houston Post
always up to date published a mammoth
Christmas edition last Sunday It was
equal to any of tho Northern dallies aud
fully illustrates tho bigness of Houston
and Tho Post
l nt Signal It was u daisy
iho Post la tho best democratic naoer In
Texas and If Tho Post could reach this
section the tamo day It Is issued It would
have two subscribers hero to any other
papers onr
Johnson County Ileviow Sundays Hous
ton Pest was onn of tho greatest and hand
sofrfst papers ever published In Texas
which is saying a great deal as tttt su
perb paper a always In the lead
Hays County Times Progressive even
don t describe tho condition ot Tho Hous
ton Dally Post Judging rtom last Sunday
edition The outside paces especially wcro
equal to anything North
Uhli UiS T n lpt Tho Christmas
edition ot The Post was a beauty Uetler
than thnti It wes llberallv patronized by
the Houston merchants who know a good
thin when they see it
Volley Mills Sun Was by all odio tho
best number over Issued by any caper in
Texas or the South Tho Pest by entor
mlre and merit has become tho peoples
favorite
il 01 ecortl Last Sundays edtna
of The Houston Postthe Christmas edi
tion wqs firstclaw n every respect All
Texas Is proud of The Post
Italy Newa It was certainly a thing of
beauty a Jot to its readers a rredlt to
Texas nu fconor to Houston nnd a merited
sendoff to The Post
COTTOX M1IJLS IS TBXAS
To tho IMItor of The Post
Austin Texas December 24 I nm rrlad
to sc8 since the publication of my letter
In The Post ot the Oth instant that others
nro suggesting ways and means to secure
tho erection of colton factories In Texas
The roadas of Tho Post wilt remember
that I referred approvingly to the roessags
of Governor O M Roberta to tho legisla
ture In 1S1 wherein be recommended the
oxemtttlort of machinery frfra taxation for
pmTWhW fM
4
HOUSTON BATLY POST TUESDAY MOKlSrryrG DECEMBER 28 1897
P D ARMOUK
Conspicuous In the Dig Wheat Deal at Chicago
the man in tho field should bo touched
again and againuntil It Is heard all over
thu South And in The Post of tho 21st
instant you copy front tho San Diego Sun
an aitlclo advocating the exemption ot
all now manufacturing enterprises from
taxation for a term ot years While tho
Amoilcun Cotton Clrovvers Protective as
sociationwhich has Just adjourned at Mem
this Tenn declared lu bectlon 3 of its
constitution that one ot its objects was
to build factories for manufacturing cot-
ton goads near the cotton fields to that
wc may recelvo tho largest return for each
annual crop and that homo intukets may-
be built up for al other farm products
Thefco objects are wise laudable and pa-
triotic nnd this is exactly the doctrine we
preach It is folly to talk about diversify-
ing tho crops to any great extent until the
farmer Is convinced that thero is a market
for such dhoridiiod crops as he can pro-
duce on tho cotton lands In Texas Show
him tho market and ho will not need tho
advice of conventions to convince him that
he ought to reduce his cotton acreage im r
he abovo all others knows tho necessity
for such a change But sad experience
has taught him that after he hns produced
all tho corn bread meat vegetables po-
tatoes and pumpkins ho can use at home
he can find no market In reach of him for
his surplus ot such crops Public meet
ings which cvan suggest nothing better
than a reducing ot tho cotton crop with-
out devising plans to secure markets for
other crops aro childs play and can give
no permanent relief A nearby market for
diversified products ns near as posslblo
to tho farm would do more in three years
to rcduco the cotton ciop Increase tho
mice thereof and relievo tins cotton farmer
tiom his present ruined condition than a
century of such foolish conventions as we
ate having all over Texas this year ad-
vising hclpleis men ten glvo no mortgnses
and hold his cotton until he gets S cents a
pound for it Such convention can bring
no relief Tho erection ot factories will
As slated In my former letter North
Carolina mills manufactuic 32U00 bales of
cotton per annum more than is produced
in tho State Texas can do the snmo if
she would Heretofore tho farmer did not
have to depend nlono on his tarm for his
Income An open range at his door gave
him extensive pastures for his stock al
most without cost to him ilut that day is
passed In all tho cotton growing region or
Texas and the probpetlty of tho cotton
farmer must henceforth depend upon his
ability to diversify his ciops To do so
ho must havo a market for Mich crops and
tho nearer the market is to his farm the
greater will be his profits It vve havo
toj many cotton producers In this country
let us as fast as possible transfer ns many
as we can from iho field to the factory
whero they will bo consumers instead ot
producers of farm products
I believe It Is generally conceded that the
largest cotton crop over produced in tha
world was about 11500000 bales Moro
ihun tvvoUilrJs of that was produced In
10 United S ates and approximately one
ihlrd of that was produced In Texas or
over onefifth of tho entire cotton crop ot
tho world produced In Toxas wheio wo
Ut U a smn cott0 factorlesono
onn
° ne nL
S Oavcston consuming
thrL50 balt8 Mch Mr
ilut
annum
they aro doing well nni selling their goods
tltlon north aijUptrolt Mich In como
with Northern mills
Judge A T Watts of Dallas in n tccent
letter published l th Atstln Alcalde and
tho Dallas factory
JThP lBmaml for ls Products Is far he
s fl s capacity It is running day and
meht jlvlns constant
employment to a
largo number of laborers and a ready mar
kct for thousands of bales of cotton and
is Slewing a paving dividend
And ho proceeds to say that there Is
room In Dallas for a doten mow Just llko < L
from the
profits the produced until they
re worth several hundred thousand dol
lars ea ch Or in other words there can be
no risk in investing in cctton factories l
tho South near the farms
uad U can bo
tZrLZti °
by
busnws our own
they should bo built along Iho banks of
theso swift streams whero thero Is ample
wnter power to bo used whllo fuel is cost-
ly nnd whero steam can bo substituted
when fuel is cheap If fifty men on each
ot theso rivers would subscribo but 300
each a capital of 15000 would thus bo
raised and they would begin whero tho
farmers in North Carolina began and In
a few j cars Texas would outstrip her In
her grand strides towards the solution ot
tho difficulties that now embarrass nay
hang llko a pall over tho cotton growcrs
of tho South If cotton is king under the
present low prices and financial condition
of tho kingdom its onco pioud and pros-
perous rural subjects producers aro fast
becoming helpless slaves A prosperous
and contented rural population Is by far
tho best nnd purest on earth and tho gov-
ernment that so bhapes Its laws as to
enanclpato such a people or stive them
from such a fate is governed by statesmen
who seek for and know how to secuio prrs
perity and happiness of tho country Lot-
us hold up tho hands ot such representa-
tives as tho senator from Dallas Mr Dow-
ser who so earnestly advocated such a
law at tho last session of the legislature
Let the people speak nnd It will bo done
I contend that nn act of tho legislature
of Texas exempting such j machinery from
taxation for a term of years as may bo
brought to and operated ln manufacturing
establishments in this State will Just at
this time attract tho attention of capital-
ists hero and elsewhere throughout tho
civilized world and will violate no demo-
cratic doctrine I do now and have al-
ways opposed tho protective tariff system
as advocated and enforced by our political
opponents Our proposition is In no sense
a protective taiiff or the payment ot
bounty against which tho demociatlo par
ty is
bo thoroughly und propetly committed
Ilut thero are those who will I think with
out serious thought opposo tho mcasuio
becauso they think it Is a protective tariff
or bounty to be paid by the Suite but
such is not thu Intention or tho effect of
such a law A tariff is a tax levied and
eclletted on articles named A protective
tarift inctcascs tho price ot the nrtlclo
axed to tho consumer It Is a benefit alone
to the owner ot tho factory and Is a detri
ment to tho
purchaser and consumer of tho
goods manufactured
This proposition is alike beneficlul to the
owner of the factory and consumer ot the
goods and does not increase thq prlco of
the goods to tho
purchaser nnd is n very
great benollt lo tho producer ot the raw
material nnd prcduces a market for other
> i 80mclhnE paid out by
tlm State which Is not contemplated
by
this proposition
It does not remit a tax
thn I m 0 r > rfnorty nowTn cxYstencVor
1 nU mollblty never reach
<
h H e
Tars 0 como without such n
taw But it does say to tho capitalist If
you will bring this machinery to Toxa
ZXnl ° U a coUon or woolen factory
wo will
exempt such machinery from taxa
U tt lcrn of
intt ycars atise onr peo
rtn in
plo will
thereby bo benefited moro than
tho tax could possibly benefit them if col
lected on tho very small amount of such
machinery that would otherwise bo brought
into the State within tho time specified
instead of but two small mills to con
sume but 10000 bales
ot cotton per annum
bZ l0 ° f spnlcs 0UBht 0 b ° m peN
Vtul f Xaa t0 consuulo over 3000000
vSl r ° i Ti0n and furnlsh bomo nr
tC n t mes mr otnor versified
fe A thIs wo must rt0 th0 future
it tho people nro wise enough to send
statesmen to tho legislature
Let Tho Post put tho ball In motion and
securo for Texas tho prosperity to which
she ia so Justly entitled nnd which I be
ovo can be thereby to a great extent
so
isovv I dont know what that factory eured ln iDlto of tho legislation by con
cost but wo do know that many small ivreE3 nBl 3 lnsl maraes and In favor ot
cotton fnctories started In North Carolina om bln ca trusU anit woneycbangerB
1
with a capital of only 15 000 m < th < hum ot the cotton factories bo
° f ol1
L 5 uteewte soldiers shall
tave passed away they will realize that by
tho ruin hliation ot
space between the cot
ton Holds arid factories Now England will
bloodsucker S bVh0 she arr ° I nt dictator and
has been for halt a ccu
on7 d n i the out 80 up from
d h ConWeri
> and merono fff hd VrhSVth
isThey are not i5i h L l ho c t cnials have won the
tzs hero
istlu
iter
million dollars to in 8lneiB 0a
0hnlf
rut a r M
whereasIt would be far b ttol < ° r >
x < > F tv
L 8 11 1 dozen Instead nt W7
Democrat
Slll > llK IMUS IOLlinM
Sherman Iteglster
A carload ot
pecans was shipped yester
day from McKlnnoy to at Louis Tho
J > eca l1UlO i taking a l > m Cley
ner
earth would havo with city
her adv
our people for tho simple reason thf
hey would have a uearby markrt
for rfi
tho diversified
cropa they could n rt
with something to Kn ev montht
rndo San Marcos ot th o Colo
term of years which might bo brought to Guadalupe and San An
tonic rlVera could thefr
aod operated In fuclcries tn this State
na
Br thdtlcemeut to tecuro the erection of
such Industries In our midst
Mr D A Turner of Sarinrtla tn a Ul
ter of thq Sth instant published In The
I0 front and Inlonted tha
v sun
Mmr Ami IRJ011 n a dcclar h l n KSl
wwfo t luj
keynote u4 from th standpoint
fomb lii
cral iielgbborhowls their ne Xi i r
and Interests tt the erection and onSrlf
of such industries la a short S II
million ot
spindles wculd
be In o n
P Cratoa
to consume thft pottoa hP
number nt opcmtlves 1 whllp win
of thus cmplyccl CilSS
on of them trmtHSmf Yfr bnton l
wculd
soon bo out of debt i VM
pros us and luppf a miy oth Xs S
2S52 to rtanrc TeX3S p < wpl ° b ° n3
Washington Kvenlnp Star
fnator flSa W0ment8 hesitation the-
Me
rtl 01 the
Y Jff f bitter nsony
ui > unsony
u
pon the oavth
0 Orlsiom in LeallrB Weekly
A
At
GtiSSIP
4
New Yorki
Vvitt Wyck ha
cockmil otkaf
ke a gobfei
orango blltep
twothirds oA
Servo with fruitT
Onocent jjt
newsboys and v
Ilshed In v ioW
who was oncoiaSWi
of these IWftaj3S
tho Bowery WltKI
dozen Inop
Mai
cutinthepri tJJjd
aide Aft
Tho tax
WrdVa 1
out Tho total to
act total was HJ
tho budget amcniiteU
gross
amount alia
H33G1 01 but ar
gates over WwtTJrTL
raised by r aUoaiS
than last
year
trifling increaa
gather and disburse
ens These flguwi
many will soonlj
A kindhearted Jw
to dispossess
a KuaojL
rent Vho land
court told them taw f
Proper tlmo to oriii
streets Solas ottlM
oame demon tnitlve 1
to pay tho rent hit
them Into an extt
of the sitruggiers
scat of Justice
tho recording angel 1
A Christmas dlaMt
was tendered by Ho
of lis bosom frlena 7 <
Thero wero six meal
nnd tho favors wertM
man who can blojr
order to win a womatji
things by halyc34 < E
dinner was represeatst
and also by Its in
Gould isut a Jay fi
Tiio forest prescrTS
hero yesterday to >
the legislature ot tii8i
rast year They WtM
prlatlon of flfJ001OOOfi
fotcst landa to exit
States Adlrondacklp
ask tho legislature fin
continue the pmcossetM
tho additions made
acres boughn frora Dm
12000
acras from
pany and 23873 acreaj
Miss FIfl Potkrysljr
and Mrs James Browajjl
debut In New YorkV
Elwn by the NorrlcjJa
nJghts ago Now st >
>
tho great social hit
joung woman who kaifj
carefully reared by berfl
mother has been taiUafl
sours of stagclanrLItlt
has never known What it 1
that she Is a womao of i
finger tips Her conn
brilliant She speaks J
and German as
glleh She oughtJo otFjl
the students of herofflrii
Eastslde auillsnces
in unique as well ai fa
encouraging nrlljui ij
night when the PeppenBiat
ncarlng the climax oltWfi
avenue muslo hall a law t
tho stago Ono otllwiW
ball with the detby lj i
ast flung his headplecYlw
lights and tho crowdiW
sisters kicked It out ot AM
hats went tho saae war u1
fate Then the young iK
flower girl and fluoK
tho nimble feet of tho P W
and pieces ot furniture
tho waiters In tho P
and charged tho dlstutw
up tho baieheadedbojrjWl
der tho polloo gatheredWy
show went on Tr > nti
not a safe guide f ° fJf S
Beckers
tiii rAiiTiTioj
Whilo lakr advices
seem to ptrt n some htl
ui > on tho Itusslan ocnpJj
thur from that iiPar
yet read between U WJj
that tho work of dSSS
going on ChlcasoJMM
It Is of course aburl
Kngland and Jnpao ift
corned spectators ot
Chlneso scacoast Jh
power by concerted
whole scheme ot partMj
to drive tho nusslaMi
of Wt
and tho Germans out
if they do oot slreijw
heroic moasurea ttcyci
cwkj
solves amplo slices of UW
New York Sun iM
is oa Of
That tho world
ovents ln Eastern A VffJ
Inauonco ot which lh
doubt Tb t B
no ono can
Kino Chau bay iD iK
scheme la
part of a
havo a share J
observers ana
careful
fictions Which ar0 WM
as to tho jw
quarters
China fa
now hold tho iw Iffift
positions ln NChe ST
as w <
reckoned upon
contestsPhlladeIpWi
CtltHBXTcfi
ai
Tho Ethics ot PageWga
You ought to avoid ct
of evil Do ouja
who danco are r JVflj
Belle of the Wri i
know the girls vbo JMS
wnya left Harlemjj
No Place for tt g
under
says when she
your remarks were m
o > place wh iJ
Her HusbandJW jj E
word in edgewlse
AEreed
They
sir said the thinJm
shiny cent mln J jjCifl
brandy ia
Egad nun wlMTl
with the shlnloB JgJ
brandy Is tx > MltlrlJM
oIunatlEnquuerv al-
A Plcfci > jyH
should be a < f M
rldinK your blcrfU JM
at reitit I
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