The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-11-27
THE TEXAS REAL ESTATE MEN
WILL MEET IN HOUSTON ON TUES
DAY, DECEMBER, q.
Some of the Rensons for Uoiair, :.
"ehi Estate Convention During
the f., Il. aud W Festival.

There VIII DO a meeting Of tho rs,,
estate men of Texas held at Houston ON
Tuesday, December 8. 1898 This has besn
extensively advertised as Real Esto,o
Mems Day, The newspaper men of the
state are also Invited at the same time.
ana their entertainment is in charge of an
other committee.
lsie local organization has sent out IN
vitations to large number Of real estate
men in different sections of the State. but
we feel almost certain that many reslnhln
and responsible dealers will be overlooked
ana we will be pleased to have them pres
ent and ask them TO consider an In
Vitataon through the newspaper as per-
sonal.
| The object OF holding Il State meeting o,
| the real estate men is. first. to get better
| organized and to work along IN harmony
towards the universal deveiopmWnl of tho
| state great many real estate men de-
| sure that. tue State OF Texas gaiher ali s,a-
tlstcS ana that nm appropriation be made
| py me heNt legislature that viii thoroughly
cover ne gathering of such statistics and
lacts us are Of direct benefit. not only 10
me rea estate men but to investors cor
porltlons and property holders OF every
kind and characteL To-day. IL u man from
any other portion OF the country wants
TO know anything about Texas, there Is no
body for him to write TO- Statistics have
been gathered and are now lying ut Aus
Tin unused because there are no funds to
| pay for their printing.
Du-Vng the present year all of the States
| west OF the Missi8sirpi river united in a
grand International expos ton at Omha. An
| appropriation was made by IL large NUM-
| her OF tbs States, IL, Texas. under tAe
| constitution. no appropriation can DO made
| for such purposes and the money haA To be
| raised by p!ivate subscrlotton. but Just the
| same, by a Httle enerGat!c work. Texas
| carried Off first prize for the best colaea-
| tive StatA exhibit, ana for the next tea
years thar viii he an Advertising card for
| this State, the value OF winch can not ha
estimated In dollars ANA cents.
| We asl; the assistance OF the newspapers
| of the State in gathering together u large
and representative body of real estate men
at Houston, On TUESDAY. December D. We
! hope to start an agitation nj this meet-
| ing of real estate men in favor OF apDro-
| CREATIONS by our State 10 pay the expenses
81 EXHIBITS of The resources of this state
at such places as viii he az real henel!t
For irstagce, Ia 1908 there viii grand IN
ternational exposition nj ST. LONESOME
which has never been exceeded IN Anne lea
except possibly ut CHICAGO and this eXno-
eition Will be In q city which DOES \ busl-
ness of twenty five millions OF dollars an
pulllS with TeNss merchants ana II Texas
| can be induced to spend S25o.ooO at 81.
Louis in 1908, no enc can estimate what
would be the results
The Missouri Paalflc system, the St.
Louis and San lcrancisco. the Missouri
Kansas and Texas, the Santa Fe tthrough
the ST. Louis and San Francisco the
Cotton Belt and other railroads connect
us directly with ST. Louis. and certainly
that is field in which we must lvert'se
and we must be fret above and DO o u
all competitors. not even excert ng Nj =