The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-24

IL 10 next 10 Impossible 10 get any iurtner
talk from many Of them than the mere
expression. II am busy" However, a few
gentlemen who know about how matters
stand. were cornered and the following In
formation obtained.
THE LoNGHoRN AND THE HOE.
Colonel w. L. Thompson, who has re-
Gently located permanently In Houston, an
active member OF the executive council of
the Texas Coast association, said last even
ing: al have been making my home in
Texas for a quarter OF a century and dur
ing that period have resided at San An
tonic. El Paso and Dallas. | have enjoyed
a summer at Corpus Christi and winter
at Brownsville. aud as a result OF this OBJ
servation. | have found that each section
of the State has II own peculiar charlcter-
istics as to soil and climate.
North Texas produces enormous quanti-
ties OF grain and cotton. The lands are fer
tile. but held at such high prices as to al
Tost preclude the men with small means
from acquiring a home there Wharton.
BraZorIa. Fort Bend and Matagoria coun-
ties are noted for their rich sugar and
cotton lands. ana ! regard this section as
the garden spot OF Texas. y garden rival
ing that which Adam walked in Paradise
woman at his side and bliss In every flower
Having Travelled the counties lying i'm
mediately upon the coast from Sabine to
the Rio Grande. | have been greatly I'M
pressed with the superior advantages Of
that section for the small farmer.
Land being very fertile and accessible
TO railroads. truck farming and the raising
OF various fruits. for which those lands are
adaDt.d. makes this section Of Texas Pc
culiarly favorable for the small farmer,
I'm
with the enactment of laws Tor drain
age and navigation purposes. thousands Of
acres OF rich lands now iying vacant Will
be brought into successful cultivation and
our entire coast country viii In truth be
come the garden spot OF Texas.
AT the last meeting Of the Texas Coast
association. a comIlttae was appointed to
draft bill covering this drainage question,
TO be presented at the present session of
the legislature. and have no doubt but
that law viii he passed under which in
dividuals or corporations can work h. the
end that the drainage OF largo ira 3 OF
valuable land can De accomplished. and
these lands will soon be settled by u, rman-
ent settlers. so that The man with the hoe
viii In tho near future occupy the place
now held by the cowboy and Ionghorn o."
EQUALS CALIFORNIA.
what do I thinl, Of Texas" said I'D
Alexander yesterday morning; u think
Texas offers more inducement to the man
who wants to live we'll and better his imam
cial condition than any State Ia The Union
1t matters not whether he he capitalist.
artisan or farmer. The hundreds Of lsople
who are now coming to Texas from The
North. where lands are 50 high the win
ters severe, and expense OF living so much
higher. only demonstrates that our North
ern friends are finding out that Texas Is the
farmer s paradise. They are learning that
more cotton. corn, oats and other fern
products can be raised at Il less cost TO the
producer than in the Northern States
For fruits and vegetables. South Texas
can he beat not even BY California This
IL especially true In the gulf tpast region
The fruit grower and truck farmer has
both Houston and Galveston as local r,ar-
kets. then the railroads centerlng at Uous-
ton and deep water at Galveston afford this
section OF Texas TRANSPORTATION facilities
uneScolled anywhere. To my mind the
farmer who locates here now ls in IT. and "
is good idea for newcomers to understand
that the carly bird catches the worm. Landq
In this portion Of Texas will advance rapid
" in price With the deyelopments now
being made. 1t is only question Of a very
short time when lands viii be worth double
what they are now selling at.
PERMANENT PROSPERITY COMING.
Mr.. n. W. Norfleet spoke an follows,
business prosperity to be permanent mus,
be based upon actual values, real estate
being the foundation stone. There has
never been anything savoring OF real o.
tate imitation In Texas except in a few
rare Instances OF local character. As a
result the recent financial depression has
probably beeh felt to less degree here
than In almost any other State, and as We
were the last to feel II. 1t is my belief that
We VIII be the first to recover No othcr
state possesses so great diversity of re-
sources as Texas. Her farm lands viii
produce every known crop almost without
exception. Her mines are deyelopinr daiIv
cheaper and better fuel No doubt no,y
exists regarding the ability OF our harbors
to handle the great merchant shining n,
the world, and the general government has
practically pledged itself to devotion 1nen
water TO houston, the greatest railroad
center In the entire South Tho reccn,
hard times materially lessened sales I'M,
did not reduce values In coast countrv or
Houston city property, and every indica.
ton now points to rapid and healthv
revival in both city and country real estate
transactions" "'o
METROPOLIS IN EACH STATE.
Mr- John e. Wiley spoke encouraglngly
as follows: Real estate prospects look
brighter now than they have for a war
past, and | have received more inquiries
during the last three weeks than for sew
erai months before. People are inouir,py
about the climate. the kind of crops md
Other practical questions. which indicate
their desire for change to this country
Regarding Houston as city. almost
mort "a hat