The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-08

1t not occurred there would not nave peeu
a sho tage in the tobacco crop IN CUBA.
ana 1t would hayie taken years LOT our soSos
to nave become known ana soush. a1te..
Ns have la:borei ulder soms uihaoNin
tages This year, tlra worst OF whiea mas
heen the lack OF knowl=dge in knowihs
how to procure seed and how 10 test u sih
This VIAL not occur again, as our Past eN
peliemcs has Taught us.
The tobacco industry should be encoaf
aged and fosterei by every business man
In this Stall. It should be beVpsT OASIS
for a line of credit than cotton.
me 4. c. and 7. railroad and the r. ana
A. railroad. particularly the hist heu-
toned, each seeing Florida's greatest or
uorcunity growing out of Cuba's extrem-
IN DIS. lbuted seed free throughout the
State OF Florida, and also many copiss o.
tqlts9,cco bulletins In addition TO all ulas.
President Duval Of the C.F and +. raEtoaa
appointed as special agent Mi, Henry S.u,
tbs of Quincy, Fla. TO devote NUS Wnone
time ia the eneourag sment OF tobae1o grow
ing. from the Chattahoochie river TO lafN-
IA hay. particularly this southern ceunties'
where lltthj had been done in tobacco grow
ing. This philaGtaropic ana progressive
man president Duva.l sent a rspressa ~
tive three years ago TO the Lslana " - - ~
atlia and obtained at great cost some OF ene
fnest Siln,atla wrapper seed. ana alsliip-
uted Them free dhroug hout the state. olher
,nil1ioagf companies there followed tnese
examples, and the result has been that sno
/ farmers of Florida are pro3pefing pS 'h''
/ divlrsiticatlon Of their CROPS.
A very prominent and wealthy mercnan'
~ East Texas SAID To IL reliable party d
few days ago: Bring your topacco Sro"e,
i ii 10 my county and will FURNISH MN iaha
rent free and grscc des besides. as van
our neople TO learn how TO raise tobacco.
II H. tbe duty OF every merchant in Sou'f
Tsyas to encourage the farmers to diver
sifv their craps by pacunlary assistAnc'
and not to assist in a large increase OF I'M
cotton acreage by taking meElgases "po'
tho cotton before IL Is made.
The interests OF the railroads, ia.lue.
ana merchants OF our State saou a De' y
II :, ,,nonv--one can not exist ~. Wout tn
other; when one prospers uhey an piosps.
On leaking over the list OF states IN rex
erence 10 failures since ths' new ou,to
States bankrupt law went lh.1 I,e,' ',,lnc
July. find that the prinSipa' eigAr nfo w
Inn, states. Of Connecticut. Eiorida, Wis
,nns,n and Ohio, stand as follows IN CON
nm 6son with our own State: Connecueu
With a population OF ab9ut loo.oop eohe
arst with nine failures: p1ors4a. w n,
,npt,,ation OF about 100000 second, WI
iwenty failures; wisconsin. with nooui
tion of about 100000. third With thirty
six failuis: OHIO. with q populat'on
ab:a,t 8 100000 fourth. With sevsn'y- ~
failures. The total poruistion Oh ~
Q stnt@s. as seen from the above, y ano'
q q s5o ooo. with 14t failures. vale Texa
: Win regulation of about e.2aD,Voo, nj
Q ,ss sni,aires. In making the above Goa
: harrison IL Is claimed that me topas'
+ sfs,n,s.tuy is one OF the causss q lhs
neritv THE farmers In these states ma
5 I'M long slnpe learned the Importance
q diyersGfying their CROPS,
&c r,he total output OF chewing topacco
is 1ysntunky, COMMONLY called blIie
: a,pouatcd to about si5 100000 last year,
l. about one-fo,.-th az the cotoI ctoo 4
10 'rexas Fo- the benefit OF these not nost
II rs 10 what Is meant by burisf tona :
q viii say that It IL name given 70 tn,s pa
% tiaulsr kind o. chewtrg lopacso' a,'er
7 MIR Bnrley. who introdneea " "e1' '''''
T. ,iila. XIV. many wears ago
III Ths Bsrley t.5aceos are nct worth
+. ,,,,eh AZ the cigar varieties which We G
70 l,ssso here.
10 Kentucky leads IN growing chewing
m horcos In 1896 her to'al acraags was ~
10 FAX vsluea al SO as2 902: while Comes
out In That YEAR ra'y planted sNIa acres
"A cirar tobaccos, valued at Sl,32o66s so 'rt
Ia th~sA couparisonS vnu can see that "
10 much moro profitable 10 grow Cigar
u baccos
T. TIE best way for communities to enga
= IN The rnsinc Of trherro is Tor ten
~ twerfv or oven more. farmers 70 nsren
~ sAert th,ee cores each and then hire an ?
~ ,sriereeA srower TO sunerlntond their q
a. ffrert crons rs,'s- saw, ho'vnve" -
ne re'hoas rs lad down In the differf
Al, bulletins which have been d'st-'N'N"a =
M ye,r are very simnle. ard a fafmer !
raiec good iobacre IL no VIII only foh
"A them exnlicissv. One of the most exp'
th men In this State knew nothing Of IT'S g
"a ture until about three years ago re J