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

tive commences. aud lie urOluloQ x V1IUU'
| 10 the producers and cQnaunntre a. ~
country bring Il nt least Within t2Sug1bt~;
l comparison With many 1T the Workh c4tsS
ried to successful completion hv tho 9qv@s
crnmcnt. y. iN IN
The amount expended hv thu xnvernmeut
| on the shin channel IN Galveston ~
from 1871 TO 1896, fnclusivs. has lrsfn xSs6s@
i Sc0s and IN the isnprovomnnt OF HunatC
bayou, ssnS.1tS. The Juno 30. tseS, revort
OF Major A. NJ. Miller. CORPS y Vutsea
STATES engineers. in charae. SAYS; U.s.
Tho work douc has Ancrueu IN Quiet
to the gulf for iargc amount Of tlef-
fic which would otherwise have had =
GEEK rail or itghtsdrAtt transportaucn "a
to deep water. Tho cost OF the I'M
/ prcyemeut haw been small - conpSreu
/ with the value OF the commerce in-S AZ
| VOWED. 81 5
| While the cotton trade oil Tcxna ana teo
| relation Of the tidal wairrs Of Hunaio
| bayou 10 us concentration and movements
| may be regarded "a OF first Importance ~
relation to this project, the position uS
| Houston as lumber wool. sugar, r1c1s
| grain, cattle and hide market, and tho
| prospective development az this trade Nn- y
der the influences OF deep water navlgation
are entitled 20 consideration ihe iumpcr
tonnage entering Houston by rail- annually
Is estimated at SSt ,h0s tons, The coxstwiso
tonnage from Louisiana. Mfssissippi Ala-
| bama and Florida points Us TO ne added
Tho ADVANTAGEOUS position of these interior
tidal waters for n Lumbar coastwise aud
| foreign export trade. arising From their
rontigusty to the vast forests penetrated ny
our railway iines and the certainty Of re-
turn loading for cars carrying lumber from
tho mills, " evidenced hy tho memorial OF
the min owners In interest. reprcsenttnE
an annual output capacity Of St GOV, 900
feet OF lumber, submitted January 10. 1891,
to Hon, w. u, Hooker, chairman OF the
committee on rivers ana harbors OF the
house OF REPRESENTATIVES, of the Fifty
tith congress IN behalf OF the project. dur
ing the Inspection OF this waterway by It's
Snheommiitce, This memorial says
Sueh Improvement VIII be az great
benefit 70 our industry, and VIII give
au opportunity To market iafgo psr
cent OF our products BY sea. whereas
we arc now confined to domestic trade.
which has been very uncertain as we'll
as unsatisfactory during rseeM years.
We can hot reach Any Of the present
deep wafer ports With omr lumber on
competing rates Tor export, and arc
consequently shut out from tue grow
ing ueinana Tor ieNas Jumper IN foreign
markets.. our close rau connection
WITH Houston VIII enahic us TO reach
tnat city win our products, so as 20
tAhe advantage OF ueeh water ~ sul-
,aio bayou
~ NY ,,.ul,,s psouusNst ~ auust'oh 70
u'at., Nna ,uiioor, iVllnihH 'he nuAN =, our
Nv !. ,,. anu iV..kn uaurt WY position
~ cN N is linpor'ai,'s iier TAIN ~ .s'o
M, ~ W = ~ W.
49,. ~" ny psoNs ~, ,sVN,'oo
en- IN lnus 20 i ~. kr.as
~, ~ : See ass s. ,,,ts,, =. 80 800.
~ m. what, ,,nsFa :, = ~ s,,,,,.. $50
ti.. na,,in - Trec 4, s,,sai1 ~, .''N. .,s
in,,1 s,a,s ~, ~ 'ue
r sos ssc -. o,.,r ts,,,siNs,,, (, ~ -.
~ IN, ~ fhe Itni,aa So tInr 's,,,,,s ~ Z
lin r,ns,,s or Isan yyss > pos iss ,n.,,n ~
Ing Tho eighth rank az states In hog pso-
suetion. The siatiaiics az thn swinc
Broeders' ASSOCIATIONS ~ mo country sno.v
Thai the improyaa brses,n,y snf s,rir, ~
Texas In Inc iast fiyc ycnrs b,,,, bsrn
marked The Increased rnIlber az ssina
rendered for assessment In 1896 ns cam
pared with 1875, WAS 400 .sss,
In addition 10 these .,r,,t,ae, iona ~ ,y,.var
contributing 10 the coaslvisa and foreign
export trade OF the United States. nre 10
he considered tho AGRICULTURAL mud pagtprAi
products OF States and Territories lying 10
the northwest and north OF Texas
Tho grain movement for export outward
Ia now tho NEST interesting problem OF
transportation. with low prices enormous
crops and vast surplus IN the North
western States. dlatant from 500 10 1900
miles from the Atlantic seabuafd the
movement TO the gulf outlet. upon greatly
reduced mileage. is a natural result. This
Influence OF cheaper TRANSPORTATION opcr-
atcs upon tho movement OF III AGRICULTURAL
products for export.
Tho total domestic exports of the United
States for 1896 was S9S6.sii. 1913. OF this
6i.3l per cont was products OF agriculture,
wcrs 20 per cent Of the whole, 10 mo sss
ports Of breadstIfss III. Increase IA corn
VAS IO00SSag bushels, OF oafs. 2S.t7S.sIT,
aud Of wheat, i6,asi.ii3 bushels
or tho corn production vi the United
States In 1926, 40 per cent was produced by
the States OF Kansas. NebraHka. Iowa and
Texas. OF the wheat production OF the
United States In 1885. 1876 psr cent was
produced by the States Of Kansns, Nehlas-.
ka. iowa. Colorado. Texas aud Oklahoma
Territory. aud OF oats the States Of Kan
sas. Nebraska, Iowa. Colorado and Texas
produced sa.7 per cont Iowa alons produce
Ing is2, g67, S3s bushels. or ISL ,1755fO lush
els la excess OF the entire cats export OF
tho United States in lsss