The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-27
TEXAS COAST COUNTRY,
Most Prolific Section of the Greatest State t.,
the Union.

III America, from the eastern confines
susine TO the western shores of CALI
- there is no mere fertile, salubrious
a attractive country than the coast re-
a. ~ Southern Texas. 1t Is neither sub
4 "a the drouths of the West, nor the
smer. as the balance of the South Is.
"A here is not one year in ten where the
s..tic conditions are such as to en-
.ser the loss of crops, Fruits, yege-
.hes corn, cotton, sugar, grapes. all
81 in such abundance and such mag
.. in productiveness. or any of the
ma garden spots of California, Flow
are seen the year round. The mag
M and live oak add everywhere to the
..uty and lnxuriance of the foliage and
n breezes from the gulf keep alive the
.setation in summer and temper the
,vhern blasts in winter. 1t Is region
<ulngly set apart for mans highest en-.
.yment and greatest prosperity.
M call special attention to such a sec.
M. to open the eye even of our own
sple, as well as strangers, to its possi-
mites and attractions is the object OF
III edition of The Post. Arrangements
ave not only been made for pheuome-
aDy large circulation of this edition in
.rarta during these closing days of the
up,sition, and in all the Eastern South
RI States, but IN South and East and
Ess. and North Texas also. Many thous-
rds Of readers. both at home and abroad,
bin be reached and IT is confidently ex-
bctsd that the showing made Of southern
Ftyas towns and the coast region gener-
ly will result in great profit to the sec
bin In the immediate future.
II is meet that The Post should make
bis publication Houston Is the hub of
I'D distributing center and The Post is its
prophet. The cotton mart now, the city
sure to become in a short time the
rgar and rice depot of the Southwest.
tobacco will become likewise IA great sta
hin the coast region, and tobacco ware
Acusss will become important establish
tsnts In the city. In few years Hous-
sn can confidently expect to become the
kagnIfcent trade center of this rich coast
Egon. 1t is with double pleasure, there
he that The Post asks careful study
The present conditions here, the remark
Ne progress as exhibited by the growth
he towns mentioned and the vast pos
hltles apparent in all lines of produc-
and enterprise.
ATTRACTIVE as the story now appears
Ne Post 1t must be confessed that the
sonly has been told The&rnagic growth
De little cities from hamlets Of few
M since is not greater than the up
Mtendency everywhere throughout the
eNn In population, In productiveness in
Ns'y of effort, in material prosperity,
IN abundant promise. The world Is
alenged for more attractive section
me home seeker. for the investor, or
specuator, No effort has been made
The Post to color any of the reports
Sy fall short If anything. simply be-
"1se In many instances the very latest
7ofas are not made up for the current
al and figures have been used of pre-
ellas period that has since been eclipsed.
'ae edition as whole. however, is given
NE public with the assurance that 1t
contain much of information and
'Wa Of interest both to the Texan and to
y outsider and will in all probability
ue means of arousing a new and wide
ped Inquiry about one of the best re-
=" IN America-the Texas coast coun-