The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-07

1852 10 July S, 1897 borne 20 The gulf, BY
| The record of one OF It's l.auirg iines. g,asO,-
! iaf bales Of cotton. The carnage in thS
/ ereat crop year ol ISsi-aS Was alo,isf
/ ualcs Complete data OF the tonnage Of
OTTER prouacts and merchandise aie not
| attainaDle; but the movement has been
vast and at all times In active competition
With the rail lines The gross COTTON re-
! ceipts at Houston in The last ten wears
| aasregate ie,6l0,iI5 bales, Or an average
/ Of luoi.0iI bales per annun. Ranked as
| The leading Interior cotton market of the
! United states. and with compress and
trackage facilities embracing over ninety
six mites of sidings all OF which Is con-
neeted with her bayou frontage, Houston
| has been enabled TO create u net cotton
trade, OF cotton actually marireted In her
| exchange, embracing total in the last ten
| years of 3,S97.2SS bales, her net business in
| The great crop year OF iSai-t5 reaching
500. SS3 bales. The gross receipts We're
| 500, $50 baics. Estimating OH tho basis OF.
the present difforentiai and Galveston
| wharf charges II is claimed that the saw
ing In the cost OF export freights on this
cotton alone would be not less than SbG6.-
SAT in single year II this waterway We're
made available Tor deen-draft vessels from
the Gulf of Mexico. II is estimated that
an average of 1875 per cent OF the cotton
crop OF the United Stats in these ten years
export, eoastwise or foreign
This cotton movement Is not to be ere
ated IL IL already here seeking that outlet
10 the worlds demand which VIII leave 10
the producer the greatest te9cital fer his
toll. Texas. whose production Increased
from / Az 900 bales In 1SS9-eg 10 3 ,2o0. 09o
bales in ISg4-p5, Will continue 10 increase
hsr production II It, be the generous and.
as we claim. the wise policy OF our Severn
ment to omen this waterway to the sea.
the day Is not far distant when there VIII
come 10 these tidal waters a.0o0,0o0 bales
OF cotton to take tho benefit al rs action,
Amid this railway concentration and tue
growth OF this gulf waterway trade, the
city OF Houston has reached a population
in 1896 of 6S,99Ti taxable wealth. 81 ST.
055; banking capital employed, s2.50Ot 600,
bank cicarannes for the last fiscal year,
s23l $3.50 Houston 10 The only National
bank reserve city for the territory west
Of New Orleans. southwest OF Kansas CITY
and southeast OF Denver.
The same causes which LED the pioneer
railway builders OF Texas 10 commence
construction ON tide water. at or near
Houston, operate with poten, force today.
So long as ocean, gulf. bay. and river noAt
vast cargoes the lepgthenlng out % their
way, to reach shorter lines of rail COM
munlcation with supply and consumpti0D.
VIII be chief among the economics OF
transportation, These forces, now await
ing further development pnnrishn1 the
infancy OF the railway system Of Texas,
The same forces are q sustaining element
Of its present strength and an incentive to
its growth
Perineated by this system OF railway Is
the Imperial State OF Texas, with It's arsa
OF 265. $50 square miles. embracing mn cx-
treric length of 600 miles and an extreme
Width OF 100 miles, with population OF B.
600, 900 and an asaessed wealth OF sSa0.30a,
600: with all the elements OF climate. FER
tility OF soil. natural products. and GER
tainty Of agricultural production necessary
60 sustain vast population In the varied
pursuits OF agriculture, pastoral pufsuitE.
manufactures, business, and trade. Con-
necfed with these railway systems are he
great lines. reaching westerly 10 the greaf
cattle pastures and mining fields Of New
Mexico aud Arizona ard nortbwardly
through the fertile plains or Oklahoma,
now giving the promise OF 2a,000. 200 bush
els of wheat aud 10000 baies of cotton,
into the great graip fields Of Kansas, Me-
braska. Iowa and Colorado. The surplus
products OF NIL these regions look outward
for market.
/, is not. therefore, alone the trade OF
the city OF Houston however entitled Il |
may be 20 consideration because OF It's |
connection with the commerce OF the coun- |
try, that Is to be served by the Develop |
mcnf OF these tidal water Communications,
hu. that OF tho State OF Texas, as eu- |
dc need by the trend OF It's productions TO |
these waters, and the memorial OF the State |
legislature TO congress IN behalf Of the |
Improvement under consideration. and also |
az the peopis Of tho great Northwest de- |
pendent upon increased and cheaper out |
lets 10 the sea for refnuneratise market |
for their JurpIus products.
The following resolutions, urging the |
improvement OF Bunaao bayou. were |
adopted by she Texas legislature az thu
last srssion;
Whereas, IL Is 4 recognized principle
Ia the philosophy OF commerce that the
sooner tho products Of any St4tp - ]