The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-19

forty acres, will make Matagorda county
an object lesson to the whole coast country
have no doubt it will rival If not excel
California when fruit and vegetable and
Hover culture is properly conducted. One
of our members is president of uhe Michi-
gan Fruit Growers association. Still others
are devoted to that line. We will have
many trades represented. A branch OF our
colony has all the plans for a first class
college. General Adams is superintendent
of missions OF the Presbyterian church in
Minnesota. He has fine church already
arranged. We want stakeholder who will
build a first class hotel, because this Will
not only be a summer, but an unequalod
winter resort. and be well advertised all
over the Nation. We shall can oysters,
turtles and vegetables and fruit Our colon
| lists will grow tobacco. They Will not pro-
| duce much 5-cent cotton, They will carry
on careful cultivation on small tracts
| that will make this magnificent land real
7, ize a large prof. per acre. We not only
need ar abroad from Galveston, but one
| running north to a connection with the
great trunk lines These hopes VIII be
| realized.
We will have a steamer running from
Port Layaca by the time we are ready to
receive settlers early in 1898. 1t is nov
being constructed by John Pierce, III,
and will carry a carload OF passengers
| end len tons OF freight / will have charge
as the genral manager at this end, as
| sisted by Judge d. II. Hahn, MEMBER
OF the executive committee, formerly oil
! Canton. S D. We will receive our mail
until we get the mail route extended at
| Demings Bridge, which is the heme Oh
John Il. Pierce. They of the Georgia col
/ ony had the active aid and cooperation
| OF the governor and State Officers II
will not be more TO them than the all,
around knowledge, practical sense ana
warm hearted assistance we nave hau ana
will constantly receive from ]. Il. Pierce
| will put him against a score OF gov
erncrs. two trunk lines of railroad ana d
| Corliss engine any day. We have also
received all kinds of courtesies and
advice and warm hearted treatment from
the famous Shanghai Pierce and viii
no doubt use a large part of his land for
our people.
We have been hampered by the fool
| vellow fever scare and embarrassed Dy
those who wanted to make COMMISSION
oil our deal. But early in the ne" yea
! We will be ready 10 settle our many colon
jets. who have already subscribed. Non'
| 1oeIl uo splss lllM sI9ploqHools l"Q
| No one vii get work Of any kind unies.
they are stockholders. They must pe sell
| supporting and able TO take care OF them
selves until a crop is raised. Ihe lc"l
supply on sea and land is onormors' bnt
they must have means for what hey
need.
The value OF this enterprise to Texas
| YOUR paper The Houston Post ana tpi
lGalveston News have already estimated.
We are deluged with applications ioI
newspaper articles from all over .h'
country from the great newspapers W.
| will advertise the coast country DIS
never has been advertised before. Out
colony will be an object lesson that WI
attract attention ala over fne Naiion'
Texas already has bout 5000 pensioners
If the late war. Say we emily settle 1000
with an average pension of Sl5 per month
that would be SIS 900 per month and slHo''
600 per annum.
make that as low estimate, for W.
exroct to bring in less than three year
more than 10000 pensioners to our ioca
ton and advertise the whole coast coun'
try. so il will receive vast dement's IRON
cur work The colony VIII mus nav
abundant money in circulation. II VIII Ia
RAISING from hald 10 hand and in con
slant activity. and each dollar will change
hands 100 times at least. The Texas pres
/ railroads and people can wtll auofl I.
hack this enterprise They couii ahord u
provide lsnd and inaugurlte the work W.
will nav for our land rapidly ou' piEi
of investment IS Saie A-u Hluiua q" -
ols profit, our officers and agents WIZ ~
he under bonds The executive commit
will issue orders and we viii execute a
This end. The colony will be ec9nomi a'l'
managed. Our officers and board OF dlreo
tors are many of them known all over IN
Nation. The Union soldiers Know tnen
and General Weisert and myself kno" ~
many Confederate veterans as any o
their own army. We have led Tor man'
wears in the work OF bringing together IN
,,yo armies. so that they may spend the
remaining days in peace and happ,nesi
we have both received world OF Hiaa
ness and hospitality from them and we ca
assure all that host Of brave msh -
he latch string will be ont for them y
our homes and VIC win hght the na't'e
over again as we do with our own com
rades.
i our colony VIII be shoroushly Amer me,
iran II Is not settled 70 engage IN ioe,
strife or for political reasons. ana We sna'
innnire into no colonists politics or ~
terfere with his rights in any way,
| shall endsavor to be as devoted 10 IeAs
-.r6 the grind work OF developing the ste'e