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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-27

wayes The star of empire has set
southwark, and Houston is the focal point.
The manufacturers of tine North. the
W,st ard the East rcnl!ae that Southern
consumption Is 50 great and southern re-
sources so wonderful and Nariei tney
must In great degree change thtlr Dase
Of operations, They recogn.ze me tiin me
has come that In order to supply the de-
mand they must seek locations where con-
dltions are such that with cheap raw mn
tefial, cheap fuel, good water a ,hd low low
triDuting ccnters OF the world they can
lessen cost of production and meet tne
keen competition WHICH marks the close
of the twentieth ccnbufy.
Such Inducements ana advantages are
offered by Houston.
The raw material of every, kind Is ~
our doors. Good steam coal ranges IN
prlca from $3.50 per ton up, Coal can pe
had nj mat price via the bayou. some
of the large concerns wA.eh use :arss
quantities OF fuel mix the cheap Texas
coal tn Territory and Alabama coal OF
a h CHER grade and the combination
mases a cheap fuel which gives good
r, suits. The arteSian water, which Is pro
rouroed the best IN the world for boiler
use. can be rad by digging from 200 to
Y o feet, according to location. and THIS
Is another item of interest TO manulactuT-
Whsn 1t comes TO labor. Houston can
supp.y all demands whsda may arise.
the railway shops the cotton oil mills,
the lumber mills and other industries.
and with hundreds Of men running into
Houston or the railroads. making this
city 'heir headquarters, there is always q
sliplus 10 draw from. Houston work ing
men are owners OF homes. Their chlliren
who are growing up must needs fri en-
ployment 30 that they may remain at
home. They are Intelligent aud reliable
and would gladly enter factories Of differ
cnt kinds sus tain themselves apd become
properly owners themselves. IT Is In
ducomeats such az these which are sought
for by manufacturers Houston possesses
them and. with her unsurpa ssed shipping
facilities. can place the Manufactured pro-
du Is In the great distributing centors in
such manner as to insure good re
turns.
The vast mercantile interests Of Hnls-
ton are represented in the Houston Cot
ton Exchange and Board Of Trade. an
Institution established twenty years ago
and which during all that period has
lahored zaalously for every interest of
the city. When this organization set out
upon It's work. Hnustor was but an over
gown village. without any improvements
f pubic nature worthy Of note. The
IN mbers 81 chs body win their money
ANA brains irauguratcd industries and
have pushed the city TO the front rank
rs n metropolis. From tho records of the
60 ton Exchange. the following data re-
gariing the growth OF Houston as a cot
Ton mart during the past ten years j.
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all markets in the South except New Or
leans The local consumption is something
enormous but the greater portion OF the
fruit handled In this market is reshlpped
10 other Texas cities and interior towns.
Every Summer large quantities OF fruits
grown in California are sold on, ms
trade may be had from the following iig-
ures which give the amount annually
handed in Houston:
Bananas ...........s......,....... &l,cIo
P!ncarples ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ~
Oranges ..'..'.....',....'.......' iiO,sop
Lemons ....sss.'.'s''.'.''.... -in'von
Coccanuts .''.....''.'.''...''''.'''' 1850
California fruits ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Ss.coo
Total. sos. $50
Railroad facilities enable Houston to
handle more produce than any other city
in Texas and as much as two average cit
les. At least 81 5000 is required to handle
the tremendous amount Of business in this
line during year There are many houses
which handle produce including butter and
cheese, while some deal almost cNf lusively
In the produce branch, doing large por-
tion on commission. the city o. Hous-
houses. as well as thousands Of families
CONSUME large quantities. though the bulk
Of the trade IS With Interior towns. par
ticularly 'he lumber manufacturing dis
trict OF East Texas. The commission
ioussvS HaN SYtI st9rsse ,,tctIlueS l9t
1928 lS5t lSuipie S'o5st WIN railtoaus
IN ,SNcrH uireclon gods can De shipped
- iiOuston promptly ana Wien ct1er cit
rs ma Stocks low they drdw on hons-
'oh IN preference 70 any other market he
cause tley cA1 ely up1n the goods reach
.ls tlv'n HHlrhlN. - iit.H are also prompt
slt,'q TO command this trade for South
''' 1'''S' i'N'S'
In the line Of hardware and aerioul.u.
raj irnplerne-ts Houston dons husi,aes
80 &, "a n,, -. -. ~,
20 s'- WV Nc'i' MS hEure Is simply
for such goods as are handled by the
hardware and c,te,er,, ato-os md docs
49,. -, - - '' N'1'
NV lH.iult lnt output OF Inc carshops
or ! luH IIles, IN ADDITION 20 large stocks
Sarr.ed IN helr sores; the principal
nous nave large warehouses where they
carry immense stocks. which the general
pnoHc does Tot see. Nor does the amount
take IN large quantity ot material con-
and sheetiron work.
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- a"' p'ise ana iiouS-
,.,a,t,. ~ a'e as.o"lsleu upon
,, s.,''9 VIZ i'tse' CUES oi lhe North ana
Ndsl l2 ma that goods OF all kinds are
as cheap here as they are anywhere. Dur
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-27

building on Texas avenue. The First
Presbyterian church is now having built
one of the handsomest cditises IN the
South. Christ's Episcopal church is a
magnificent cditice and the Church OF the
Annunciation tCatholic) Is a monument
the growth in churches is fully up with
everything else in the city.
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES.
In 1894 the cost of street paving was
sy74.5 SIS so and for sewers $li,9l3 49,.
Among the smaller manufactures are
those for preserving and canning fruits,
barrel and cistern works, stave factory,
school desk factory, soap works, box
factory, refrigerator factory and many
others.
stores and residences arc going up
There are more ncchanics In Houston
than in any other city in Texas.
Houston VIII receive about 1,SiD,OO0 bale /,
of COTTON this year.
The Star. Union and Carbonated Bot
Ting works have an aggregate output of
Houston expended over 100000 in rev
buildings In 1894.
The next directory will place Houston's
population at somewhere around 1000.
The church growth In Houston keeps
pace with the other development
Permits were taken out during 1Ssa tor
houses and is2 add tons Th4s Year 5
record will eclipse that of last;
No city of similar size can boast OF as
complete a street car system as Houston
can.
Houston is the only market in the
United States which ships cotton direct
to Japan.
The annual consumption of coal In
Houston. exclusive of that used by the
raj lroads. is 100000 tons. Besides this
thousands OF cords of wood are con-
sumo l.
The brick yards of Houston and vicin-
lily uurn out between l2,Vo000o and 800 900
brick annually.
Houston lob pr'nters are equipped with
latest topographic designs and are pre-
pared to supply all demands.
The Wholesale dry goods business of
Houston is being enlarged by tho es-
Enlistment of new houses.
Houston has hotel facilities superior to
those Of any city in the Southwest.
Harris county roads are being graded
and macadamized and In few years this
investment VIII prove the most profitable
one the county ever made.
With cheap coal, cheap labor. soft ar
tesan water end uneXcelled shipping ia
elites Houston is the natural location
for factories of all kinds.
with the Auditorium. the new opera
house and several halls Houston has
ample facilities to accommodate the
amusement loving public.
Houston's water supply Is from a gang
of free flowing arteSian wells,
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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-27

last directory census has been. much
sn,!set nun 1urnS any hkc period ~ n.
10 neyt u;,ires Nj, ~, - dssH,le ma ny
warl Of 500 t-,pmlatitm
Ten years ago the streets OF Houston
were almost impas-al,lc d,tng the rainy
season OF me Iall ana winter. Today
eleven miles Of streets are paved and up-
ward ~ s5.,,..,, ,,,,. ,,,t,. ,,. ,,,,.,y,. -,
80, '' ''''' w"
tract Inc paving AREA iy DIVA Is rs
follows; Cypress blocks one mile; hl!s
linrr ,hr.. ,.,d ,,,,.-.sss,,b ,,t,s. ,,.,,,.,
"'s "'i 'i.'" "i''-'4EiiOh mNesi stone
ono7i"nruh mAe gravel, Two miles, brick,
four ana five-e..r1ltha mica. total. eleven
m.lrs Contracts have been let FOR two
m..,s Of brick. four miles OF aSphaN and
one artI oite-eirhfh fu.les OF in1r.idt m
making seycu sind 0ne-,tghth miles s5on
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-27

The consumption of grain. or rather the
amount handled In this market. is an inn
posing item when the total figures are
added together. Until ;his season the
grea er part of the grain and feedstuffs
which was moved in this marke, came
from Kansas a1l other Northern State.
Last year the Texas farmers had good
seasons and the State raised an enor.
m,us corn crop which found ready sala
at good prices North Texas farmers s,.,
hay coming through to Texas from Nora.
EN- ates. so they began to pav atteniio,,
to ne raising Of good grasses, The result
Is that South Texas sends thousands ~
dollars, TO North Texas farmers wbicb
formerly vert away from. the Stata
Thes- facts SHOW way Texas Is -,,n,.o
prosperous than any of her neichhovs
she is Keeping more OF her money al
hcme, South Texas farmers are non 10
Young their energies TO the raisin,, ~
good nay and are thus adding to their
amman revenues. In the past wear -
amount OF trade done In Houston In rr, H.
nay and feedsuffs roots up 500 oJ1 e'S'''
Houston Is city of churches. evcr,,
denomination having organization and
some OF the churches having largo con.
sresauons ana fourishins Sunday Schools
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-27

Backed up by such favorable ciroum-
stances It is not to be wondered that uons-
ton has been such successful civ and
that her march to the goal OF prosperity
has been one Of so few impediments, hut
the growth OF the past promises TO be
eciipsed by that of tho future. The tide
OF new era is at its cbb and is hoy-
Ing rapidly. carrying Houston on its crest
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-27

Houston makes no pretemteons ms lead
ing livestock market, thomSh the figures
show that the volume ID TRADE IN this line
wo,ul Indicate the contrary. There are
perhaps uwi or three points IN the state
no MI are more cattle faWenet on CO.. on-
se,,i hubs than here. There are three
large peas here, those or y. j. WICK Il
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-01-16

ing, as is usually needed without it; all
you haye to do is to go ahead putting
the tree in the notch of the DO; I'd and
when done the trees all line every way
perfectly.
| would plant the different kinds, as
pear, peach, plum, ETC., each by itself rs
each needs special culture. Plant all the
different kinds of trees the same distance
apart and let that distance be not less
than thirty feet. Low-spreading tops are
best for fruit capacity and health, con-
venence In picking, etc.
The holes for the trees should be twice
as large and deep as the extended roots
of the trees to be planted, so as to have
room to spread the roots, and to put the
best surface soil under and around them.
Look over each tree before planting,
clippers in hand, and cut off all side
limbs, If small tree, making it nearly
clean stock, about three feet long, root
and all. Look over the root also, cutting
off all mangled roots, and shorten in to
about fifteen or twenty inches long; then
let these roots spread naturally in plant
ing.
| always use shovelful Of good old
compost to each tree to help it over the
most critical period-the first six months
| have known a fertilzer-largely COM
posed of potash-tO be used when plant
ing, anda heavy rain following, all the
trees so treated died. So it is better to
defer the use of such fertilizers until
growth has started. Use water when
planting, If dry, and again when the
trees are coming into eaf.-W. HI. Has
kell, in Times Union.
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Notes on Tree Planting.

If a new orchard is to be planted, lay
off the land in a part set square. 10 do
so draw line through the middle each
way, that is, from east to west, and then
intersect this line by another drawn
from north to south. Now draw lines
on all sides the same distance apart at
each end. This being done you can
measure off either quarter by itself.
After the stakes are located for the
trees, would use planting board, so
that the tree stake can be removed and
the hole dug in the proper place. Go
over the ground again and set two
stakes, the outside stakes for the
use of the planting board to plant
by. The use of the board to plant
by is much better than so much sight
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-01-16

any rate the corn is still there and I'M
hurt, and there is enough of it to last
until another crop is harvested. [ find
that the three barrels of syrup | did not
sell because failed to get what asked,
is also unfrozen. Mrs. S. says the eggs
she gathers daily were not injured, and
the chickens we feast upon occasionally
are not tougher since the blizzard.
My sweet potatoes, which were banked
in true Southern style under cornstalks
and earth, find are 0. K, but fear nv
Irish potatoes are little nipped, as |
had them spread out in a loft. Several
tons Of good crab grass and pea vine lay
in the same building seems to be as good
as ever. AS my cassava has gone with
the oranges and garden sass, it is likely
that l will have to draw a little heavier
than usual on this hay loft.
l think we will manage to worry
through the year somehow, even if we
did lose the finest crop OF oranges we
have had for years-and a right smart
chance" on early vegetables, as my
neighbor Jones from the Nutmeg state,
would say.
[ am not discouraged, only tired,
mighty tired; but [ know the one-idea
orange cranks, who used to smile in de
rision at our efforts to grow something
hori Il hn pu
than | am.
Now [ am not weary enough to sit in
the door of my we'll filled corn crib and
yell II told you So" to those One-crOp
fends. In fact such course would be
not only cruel, but dangerous, as they
feel mad enough to fight even good
neighbor and friend. AS soon as the
smart wears off little | will go to them
in a friendly kind of way and try and
persuade them to alter their methods.
Perhaps l will fail, as | have failed in
the past; but will DO it anyhow.
For instance, [ will try to convince
them that it is better to grow corn at
thirty cents per bushel than to buy it at
seventy-five [ will tell them that it is
sinful waste of money to pay $40 per
ton for hay when they can make all
they need at very small expenditure of
time and money. | will expoStulate
upon the profits Of sugar cane, and if
necessary even to offer to loan them my
mill and kettles. Of course, [ will prob
ably be called an cratic old cracker who
is trying to boom up farming in Florida
in order to sell few forties of wild land
he has. Still | will do it., and if | live
through the ordeal | will report results.
This is not the first time have tried to
do the philantropist act and come out
with wounded spirit, but in this matter
am going to keep on trying to con-
vince our people that they can grow
something besides oranges, and that if
they will grow it they will be happier,
richer and more independent Of the
beastly, accommodating weat h er
clerk. LENWICK Z. SoUTHWICK.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-01-16
For the FLORIDA AGRICULTURIST.
Mr.. Southwick is Serene.

That frost line, of which we once
boosted so much, didn't protect us on
the 2Sth. The cold wave got under it,,
over it or around it in some way and we
went with the balance. Even our garden
sass was not spared. Mrs. S however,
SAYS the milk Of our little Jerseys was
not CONCEALED, | have examined my
corn crib, which, though not artistic
from an architectural standpoint, man
aged to keep out the damaging cold; at
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-01-16
ga little farm we'll titled,
A little cellar we'll filed,
A little wife we'll Willed "

What could you wish a man better
than that? The last is not the least by
any means, but how can ii wife be we'll
willed if she be the victim of those dis
tressing maladies that make her life a
burden? Let her take DIR. Pierce's Fav-
orite Prescription and cure all painful
irregularities, uterine disorders, milan
nation and liberation, prolapsus and
kindred weaknesses. 1t is boon and a
blessing to women. Thousands are in
the bloom of health through using it,
when otherwise they would be under the
sod. Are you sufferer? Use it, or
some day we may read
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-01-16

Ovarian, Fibroid and other Tumors
cured without surgery. Book, tesli-
monials and references, mailed securely
sealed for 10 cents in stamps. Address,
Worlds Dispensary Medical Association,
Buffalo,, n. Y.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-01-16

ural reminders that cleanliness is next
to goodness, and disregard of this
divine truth will bring affliction that
often leaves a heavy trail of sorrow and
misery in it's wake. @. HARDEE, M. d.
Chester, Fla
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Chemical Fertilizers for the Kiefer Pear.

Chemical Fertilizers for the Kiefer Pear.
When our Kieffer pears began fruiting
the quality of the fruit was SO low that
even the swine would not eat it, for it lay
as it dropped from the trees the summer
through. There were apples for them
to feed on and they touched not the
pear
When we gathered the pears at their
maturity and tasted the quality, we all
agreed with Mr.. Pig, they were not
worth the eating. Our first thought was
to graft them with something better,
but finally concluded that here was OPP
portunity for some experimental work
along the line Of high fertilization.
gave them heavy dressing of bone and
potash the following spring, with no very
marked benefit as to quality, judging
from the treatment the porkers gave
them, but we were Of the opinion at the
time of gathering that there was some
improvement. These trees have been in
bearing six years, and have been treated
to a dose Of bone and potash yearly:
They have given large fruit returns each
year, save one, when bloom was destroyed
by frost. During the last three years of
that fruiting period all the dropped
fruit has been eaten by the hogs run
ming in the orchard, Notwithstanding
there were plenty of apples on the ground
uneaten.
Question. What wrought the great
change in the reversal of the order OF
consumption? We believe it to have
been the better pear through high fer
tilizatiOn.
To cheaper production and raise the
quality should interest the fruit grower.
| find that ground bone and potash gives
the best returns for given money out
lay.
If muriate is used, about 400 pounds
potash and 500 pounds ground bone per
acre, one-half applied in the fall and
balance after blowing in the spring; sow
with crimson clover in August and the
clover will furnish the needed nitrogen.
Repeat this process yearly. 1t is being
recognized by practical fruit growers
that the free use of potash is essential to
success. 1t not only makes vigorous
tree or plant, but gives fruit of the high
est quality.
AS to the different forms of potash,
the higher grades are best for clay soils,
while the salts in their natural state as
kainit are used for sandy soils. 1t is
very noticeable that eastern grown fruit
far excels in flavor the product Of our
western lands. This is due chiefly to
fertilization in connection with better
cultivation. The chief point gained in
growing for quality is in the education
of the American people to freer use of
fruits, thereby increasing consumption.
Fruit growers. get out of the old rutS
and fertilize your orchards with potash
and bone and a new era will dawn upon
your labors.-The Plowman.
For the FLORIDA AGRICULTURIsT.
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A Doctor Opposes a Health Board.

Florida, and for whose apparent benefit
more than any of the interior cities the
State Board of Health was created, now
complain that the quarantine is expen-
sive and deleterious to their interest,
should not voice be also heard from
the rural section that perhaps feels an
equal interest in the general welfare?
Florida has long been known as the SAN
itarlum of the republic. Her diversified
scenery Of forest, rivers and lakes; her
medicinal herbs, and exquisite springs of
curative virtues; her invigorating
breezes that are waited from ocean to
ocean, with many other health inspiring
factors that have made her famous be-
yond the SEAS and health that is gen
erously bestowed, which is Natures most
precious boon, should be the last COM
z modify that the people of our State
4 should be taxed to enjoy. 1t is obvious,
and it is to be regretted that of recent
years there has been much unnecessary
excitement regarding zymotic diseases
liz Florida. 1t is not generally known
that some good people believe that doc
tors make sickness, and others think that
State Boards of Health generate cpl
denies.
Now, while the writer believes IN no
such nonsense, neither does he believe
n hObgoblins, magic art, nor hypnOt-
sm Yet, the excitement is disposed to
icism, and apprehension that the State
losing some OF her long established
nd we'll merlted fame.
We want no State Board of Health,
Tor any other legislation that will create
nd levy an onerous tax upon the peo-
He, and professional tax Of fifteen dol
RS each upon the poor doctors of healthy
lorida. We have large State with a
nall population to tax, and all super
uous offices should be abolished. But,
hould our leaders be fond Of taxation,
Wbuld not they transfer the hundreds OF
ousands of dollars being expended by
e Board of Health, to the improve
ent of our public highways, where 1t
ould be public benefit that will also
duce immigration and add greatly to
e advancement Of the common wealth?
1r sister state, Georgia, created State
ard of Health and abolished it quickly;
did Nassau county, Florida, have one
she strangled it in it's infancy, as
bn as it's ravenous appetite became
ible. Still as regards our county
arantine steam launch while actively
ragged in the bacillus business, and
thing, too, with marine microbes, she
as effective service in Cumberland
nd as did her big sister, the state
rantine steamboat Germ or MissOe,
The Gulf of Mexico, that is noted for
consumption of coal. Let us turn
quarantine over to the government
II appears to understand prevention
III defensive medicine, or in other
Is, the science of hygiene and SAM
on.
wo wears ago when cholera prevailed
Hamburg, the government appropri-
= money to place the exposed cities
healthful condition, and though the
era bacillus passed the New York
quarantine Gordon sanltalre as
- ..,,,x, o,+opCioc within the citV
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A little wife self willed,
Rosewood coffin early filed,
Spite Of doctor we'll skilled.