The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-29
AN EXPLANATION MADE
WHY DALLAS FAIR CATAIOCUE
WAS INCOMPLETE.
Mayors of Towns Did Not Take
Enough Interest in Free Adver-
Using to Furnish Information.

| Dallas. Texas, August 2S.--Captain Sgd
ney Smith, secretary and general manager
Of the Dallas exposition, replying to the
structures on the Fair association by Sec
rotary Irvine of the San Antonio CONNER
cial club. handed The Post correspondent
the following today:
"lnasmuch as The Post has given pub
licity to an unjust criticism Of this as
ISOLATION, made by Mr.. L.. c. Irvine, sec
rotary of the Business Mems club OF San
Antonio and based upon the incomplete
ness of the Texas manufacturers published
in an appendix to our catalogue for the
current year we trust that in justice to the
management Of the fair you will give space
| to this statement OF the circumstances
connected with that publication.
THE attempt to compile roster of the
manufacturers of Texas for use in the fair
catalogue was the outgrowth of the active
sympathy OF all the officials OF the State
fair with the home industry movement
| lately inaugurated. The purpose was to
stimulate the movement as far as possible
by showing the extent of the industrial
| progress already achieved within the State.
| When the idea was conceived but little
| time remained 10 execute it, and supposing
| that the municipal executives of the State
would be more Interested In plan that
| involved gratuitious advertising OF their
towns and the industries of the same than
any other class, we addressed requests TO
the mayors of the several towns OF Texas
that they would cause to be compiled aud
| forwarded to us at once lists of their home
manufacturers, and stating the purpose
| for which these were desired Greatly TO
our surprise, the responses were but few
| In number, and when we discovered that
full information on this subject could not
10 t,f,, fh-D, he nf Toxu
! it was too late to resort 10 any other
method to obtain 1t. In fact, the date OF
our beginning this effort tJune l6) was 80
late as to preclude systematic special In
quiry. We barely had time to send out
letters and await replies, and the best
we could hope to do was to make start
| trusting that attention might be directed
| to our efforts and that, through this. the
| home manufacturers of the State might be
induced to come to our assistance In the
| endeavor to advertise their business, In
many instances we wrote to parties. whose
| names were known to us, for lists OF man.
ufacturers, but the results were. oil the
whole, disappointing. The officials OF the
Commercial club and the Manufacturers
association Of Dallas are familiar with our
tdligent efforts to secure a general and
complete representation of all parts of the
State In this list. In order tina; IL might
be as complete as possible, and include all
names tardily furnished, the forms OF the
| catalogue were held open three weeks later
| than usual To prevent any Instrumentation
lat was indicated that the list does not
purport TO be complete. These are the
facts relative to this matter.
| Mr. Irvine, without inquiry, rushed Into
lprnt with hysterical charge, to which.
after the facts were placed before him. he
adherts that the deliberate purpose OF the
managers OF this association was 10 ais
credit certain towns In Texas. The aceusa-
| ton and the manner OF making il suggest
that the author is more intent upon gam
| ing little cheap notoriety than he is IN
helping TO build up Texas Industries, anu
the charge itself is contemplate. This ex-
PLANTATION is made in order that the man
ufacturers OF Texas whose names do rot
Iappear In the current catalogue OF the State
] fair. may understand the cause OF the
omission. and in the hope that all OF them
may be induced to Join with us in the
tcompilaton OF perfected list OF nome
industries for our next catalogue.
Letter From Hon. JOS. 5. Blaekburn.
Bolton Reporter.
DR.. H. C.. Client OF our city Is IN re-
ceipt Of the following letter from hon.
10 Blackburn, the great democrat OF heh-
lucky. His tribute to Dr. Client as q
worker in the cause OF democracy VIII be
appreciated by tho democrats of this sec
ton.
Or. H. G. Client. Bolton, Texas:
Versailles, KY. August 10, iss'.-my
near Doctor: / was both disappointed ana
annoyed at failing to see you on your Sisi.
10 Washington. There Is no one from an
your great Empire State whom youio
have tried harder. or been more anxious