The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-31
to the amendment Of the assignment laws
OF this State will have our hearty indorse-
ment. Yours truly.

OF this State will have our hearty indorse-
ment. Yours truly,
]. Oppenhemer & Co.
New Orleans Credit Mems Association,
New Orleans, La.
NJ. Half & Bro, Importers and Jobbers,
San Antonio Texas, New York Office, 43
Leonard Street. San Antonio, Texas, Oc-
tober 30, 1S96.-Gontlemen: We received in
due time your communication Of 22d in
slant. contents fully noted We would like
very much to see some laws enacted that
would prevent commercial failures. We are
in favor Of abolishing our present laws
giving preferences by deeds of trust and
chattel mortgages Yours respectfully,
M. Half Il Bro.
New Orleans Credit Mems Association,
New Orleans, La:
Office of the Hugo & Schneider, Whole
sale Grocers, Alamo Plaza, San Antonio,
Texas, October %. 1S96.--Gentlemen: Yours
of the 22d instant to hand. Note contents
and In reply will say. that we are decided
ly against the present law of preferring
some creditors to the detriment of others.
and we are in favor of general assign
ment law giving every one equal <.terest
In what is left. We will give you all the
assistance possible to secure the enactment
of such law, and hope that your efforts
in its behalf will be successful Yours truly,
The Hugo & Schneider Company.
New Orleans Credit Mems Association,
New Orleans, La;
| The Hugo a. Schneider Company,
Wholesale Grocers, Alamo Plaza, San An
tonic. Texas, October 30, ls96.-Gentlemen;
| Replying to yours Of the 9th instant would
say that you can rely on our assistance
and influence to have this deed of trust law
repealed, and We will see our represent
atives and ask for their support Yours
truly,
| The Hugo Schneider Company.
| These are not the only letters In that
pamphlet Others of the same tenor are
given from Sanger Bros, Dallas; Rotan
Grocery company Waco; P. ]. Willis &
Bro, Galveston; John Bremond & Co., Aus
tin; Schneider Davis company, Dallas;
/ NAPLES Platter Grocery company, Denison;
Ullman Lewis a Co., Galveston; Cameron
Mil and Elevator company, Fort Worth;
Slayden Kirksey Wooden mills. Waco;
Walter Tips, Austin; Carson, Sewall &
Co.. Houston; William CamoAon Co..
Waco. Howell Bros. Shoe company, Dallas
Tom Padgitt, Waco; A. A. Jackson q Co.,
Dallas; G. II. Schoellkopf, Dallas; A. f.
Want & Co.. Fort Worth; Central Trust
company, T.. Half manager, Houston,
Foche, wilkins g. Lange. Galveston; =. +.
Martinez, Dallas; Houston Drug company
Houston; Mexican, Eilers Il Co., Austin;
Ed Strauss. Waco: Temple Grocery COM
pany. Temple; Joseph f. M!ut, Houston;
Dallas Cotton mills. Dallas; Behrens Drug
company Waco: Nj. D. Darlington & Son
Waco; Thomas Goggan G. -. Galveston;
N. La Croix Fort Worth; Brenstedt Hard
ware company, Waco; IL. w. Williams
Co, Fort Worth; NJ. Castanola G. Son. Sar
Antonio Hurlbut Hardware company
brentwood; Otto Buchel G. Co., Cuero.
In addition to these is a letter from thf
Wholesale Dealers association of Calves
ton. 1t reads
New Orleans Credit Mems Association
New Orleans, La:
! Galveston. Texas. October %. 1s96.-Gen'
tlemen: Your esteemed favor OF 2Oth Z
hand. Our plan to remedy existing condl
. tions on deeds of trust and all other dis
graccs hanging around it will be fully rep
resented to the next legislature. Our asso
citation has a membership of seventeen
! 1obbers, all of whom know VIII cheerful!
I cooperate in putting away with such al
evil. At your service, am your most opea
lent servant, Gus Levy, President.
This is all documentary evidence iron
e these in a position TO know The Texa
people get in on the ground floor and the
In letters say the present law propagate
fraud, and who is better posted on IN
In the senate committee room what IN
New Orleans credit men had to do W.T.
Texas laws Nothing more than that Ne
v Orleans merchants want to do business
Texas, but they find little encouragement
d to do so when the laws admit of so niue
}. fraud. Every city in Texas has experience
r 1t, and IL was only recently In Mort
n Texas town that the United States oonl
= set aside the deed of trust and appointed
L receiver
t Mr.. sehorn of San Antonio, attorney :.
S the merchants of that city. says he thin
!. 1t impertinent in the New orleans ereu
men to come TO Texas and ask this relic
The Post representative called on NJ
= Henry Chilean, president of the New Oh
leans Credit Mems association, and asks
about II. and that gentleman replied; Nv
: have business In Texas at this time. b.
as we had received so many enoouragir
!. letters from Texas merchants indorsing o.
y Efforts for change that we thought
. would find them ready TO cooperate.
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