The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-13
ARCADIA IN SOUTH TEXAS
Another Chapter GU the Garden Spot
of the World
RESOURCES SHOULD BE- ADVERTISED
The Raising of Cane, Tobacco and
Rice VIII Encourage the Innug-
uratiOm of MunufuctorIes
80 much for idle wishing-how

80 much for idle wishing-how
1t steals the time! To business now"
II is a matter OF record that when the
American colonies were first established
the immigrants endured many privations
until South Carolina found out the way
to grow and export rice; Maryland the
way to grow, cure and export tobacco;
New England the way to catch, and cure
and export fish. and to cut and ship lum
Der. and then manufacture and export
maple sugar; then came North Carolina
with naval stores; then Georgia with cot
ton; and so on until colonization. immi-
grafton, and natural increase of the people,
brought about. through increased exports,
the present magnifcence and great wealth
of this country.
Immigrants to any country have to en-
dure privations unless they come with
pockets full of money. Even veritable
paradise, with everything blooming and
ripening, would be for the immigrant
merely feast for the eye, until he could,
with experience. energy, and time. pro-
duce like results. At the same time the
climatic posstoSth w, "hA 49,
transportation facilities now offered to,
South Texas are SO great that immigrants
will pour in, If they are thoroughly In
formed
1t is the business OF our people to place
this information before all inqurers. and
If our people neglect to do it., other sec
lions with even less meritorious claims.
will. OF all systems of advertising sec
ton of country there is none equal TO the
daily newspaper which is published in that
section. The prosperity of the city OF
Houston and all the region trlputar!
thereto is reflected daily IN Inc fious.ul
Post: in fact the growth of one is the
prosperity of the other My remarks on
this subject are entirely unsolicited, and
entirely unexpected. In fact, the Post
may feel delicacy in publishing them
vet they are sound common sense and foi
the good Of the body polite.
The country tributary to this city grows
sugar cane as proftaby as the same can
be grown in any part Of the world, taking
into consideration the value of the land on
which il is grown. IL is only necessary
TO make known the fact that sugar cane
is largely surface feeder, and largely an
atmospheric feeder also, and that IL VIII
therefore grow in well prepared prairie
soil equally as well as in the bottoms tbat
II does not exhaust the soil but II Will grow
nm the same spot forever with occasionally
n surface dressing OF potash ,aternated with
phosphate of lime. Whenever this hcleh'
iifc fact becomes fully known central rae
tories will be erected which Will purchase
the ripened cane, and the people oil amer
lea will be supplied WIN Aiielican s,om ~
and American manufactured sugar. more
than 300 geo 600 worth OF sugar is annual
~ Unmarried and 500. 400 000 would support
! / 000 900 of work people year If they pos
sessed in addition. each. a small cottage
and a plot OF ground 1t is possible.
therefore, by cherlshine ana proteetins
home industries to provide for the uhem
ployed. .. chic c,tv orow.
: rice EQUAL 10 that of South Carolina, anc
taking into confederation the value Of th'
land and the fact that nine years out OF
len. good crops thereof can be grown os
means OF the customary ralhiai OIL lne
GUNNER months without any cApellSe VI
! irritation, this section Of country can con
i,r,,n ~ grow rice more probably thar
elsewhere III o,.,, arou,.
.ohacco equal to that of Maryland and
Virginia. and 1t is very probable tna' IN
! superior methods being adopted 10, .ne
7 ,,rnv,th of Havana leaf viii eVcatuais TO-
81, IN The production Of fine cigar tobacco
ecuai 10 that OF Havana. THIS tael avn
sbouia mi line tobacco lands with peop'e
snor,r' the Industry is being paraiyzed II
Cuba ,hts c;,v has ,
,-rser area Of timber lande ihan all New
} Trclard the opportunities FOR the souns
hnrrtcan are therefore very great ahu
he s,sb and oysters OF our 6nu mics o. ses
cons, are equally as valuable an ail.nc
&c tho FISH OF the Eastern coast. ~ VIC
J roouirc is active enterprise our GOTTEN =
49, in The staple. more silky IN texture
mnh. rrcduce more to the acre than IN
anu Wv Iror,n elsewhere. ard our people
eue', ~, az ia further Improvement by ,h'
a.,ss,, ~ =, sea island cotton ana o'he'
fancy kinds, ,,,,ob are loomln,
Cur winter pastures Wh'Vu 81 .uoncing
IN in every direction are eo's VI t.aa vas
revolution in the OLD system .. a,d lam,
farming b. introducing cioverS 49, q,
} rragsos grown thrcughch. lne Ia mar
nbicb The live stock may nrowsa, ~ w. de-
rTtersivo farming follow 0! ~ n, m,
M green manure, Vhe ISsuNs, an,
w. o,sr,cpt will be fat cattle Shsey a.. ~
? hngs in uerpctuty. and ihey WIZ p0'1' -
MT csnntry tributary TO ms 1870 1870 n,
.,roadv growing fruits, more patus s an |,
.ones nears. strawberries p,uHS =.
( meIr for export in carload ist,, an,
n lsn s-rowSnr p6tatoes, onions cauSas %
aiso ,,erstghisa for eSpori ID ,nr q
- -. and which. owing 10 the ml r,ng vii
{ W Inter end the earliness OF hP, h
Wy ,ba grower TO place them W NAV NAV,
rn r,arkets while the grounu -
frozen rsn country tributary to this city IS no'