The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-03-06
SOUTH TEXAS AND HOME SEEKERS.

SOUTH TEXAS AND HOME-sEEKERS
The people from the Northern. partic-
ularly the Northwestern States. who are
row manifesting such interest in this Sec
,ion Of Texas, should properly proceed OF
the theory that they are simply hunting fo
natural conditions superior TO those they
desire to abandon in other States. Under
such circumstances and with such views
they can hardly be disappointed in South
| Texas.
| Too many men try In their restless
search for an FL Dorado to find everything
perfect and without possible objection.
| Naturally falling to meet such expectations
| anywhere In their travels, they foollshly
! become disappointed AMI discouraged. As
was irtimated in tie columns Of yesler-
days Post it is possible that all that heart
could wish for can not be found in Sclth
Texas or the TcxAs ooast region, hut Il II.
equally as certain that more o! the pleea-
ant conditions favorable to cheap and crm-
Portable living, and profitable labor in The
neid Of agriculture, can be found here tasn
N nv other section In the Southern Sipt,s :.
The region is not locked in ice and snow
for six months OF the year as in the No. III
west and the coss OF living during tho
winter months does not consume the profits
Of the remainder of the year. The heat,
While severe and fer time exhaustive
upon those unused to 1t. is not productive
OF prostrations and is tempered by tbe
continuous breezes from the gulf.
The lands are yet to be had for COM
paratiyely small price and there is net a
more fertile soil in the United States. nor
one in which a greater variety Of crops can
be produced with as little labor. These are
considerations that ought to appeal al once
so the practical sense of home senller
and Intelligent agrlculturist And it is the
intelligent asrlvulturist that we war. The
cities Of Houston and Galveston AMI the
larger towns scattered through the ta.r:-
tory are Possessed of splendid shipping ia
cilG!es and offer ready market for every
thing that can be produced The towns,
indeed, are ahead 7f he country IN de-
veiopmcut- The thing desired now is /,
buiid up the county for tho bette. sup
port Of the towns The larger the city erd
The greater tho facilities for business the
better for the farming country adjacent
aud The more populous end prosperous Tho
iarmius country, the more trade and de-
Selopment for the cities and towns.
It Is 4 matter of mutual interest. there
fore. between town and country that hath
sAal! grow in population, wealth and bust
ness. No false hopes should be held out
20 inqliFcrs-the good and the bad should
be presented to them in order that they
may not be deceived and disappointed aud
become obstacles to the further popping
Of the section. Tho many and decided ad-
Nantages In climate. variety of products.
cheapness of living and possibilities for
the future are so superior to those OF the
rigorous Northwest that there Is no neces-
sity for deception in presenting our claims
II is hoped that tho large number OF pros
neotors now in South Texas Will appreciate
the existing conditions and future possi-
b'llties intelligently ana fully and decide
with the lights before them to cast in taen
lot with us.