The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-23
is OF IMPORTANCE TO TEXAS.
The Transmsssspp Congress that Convones at Wichita
Next OCtober-West and Gulf Port interests
Are vitality Concerned


The Transmississippi congress con-
venes at wichita, Kan, in October,
tcxact date will be announced later,
and will be meeting OF greater impor-
lance 10 the food producing West and
gulf port interests than ans other gath
ering held during the past several
years.
The Transmissssippi congress was
organized as the Western congress and
bold It's first session at Galveston.
Texas. over ton years ago, ard his
great organization he's never missed 4
successful annual meeting since that
time. Wichita sent twenty-five dele
gates 10 Galveston at the initial meet
ing TO secure the next session OF the
congress, but was outyoted by III, city
Of Denver, During tie last few years
the congress has met OF Omaha, New
Orleans. st. Louis. ogden and other
cities. At the meeting at Omaha a
resolution which gave birth to the
TlanHmississlppi aud international Ex-
position, now in session IN that city,
was unanimously adopted and this
congress can properly claim TO be tho
mother OF TINT great Western enter
prise. which is proving to be a tremen-
dous success.
The mnt important question to be
discussed at Wichita win be that of
transportation, end Wichita. which is
thc center of ono of the greatest wheat
belts In The United States. with a crop
this year SURPRISING IT'S owu past rec
ords and exceeding any other section u
the civilized world, is certainly tit
ting place for holding this meeting. The
people OF Wichita have row on houd
$1,000 in cash with which to thoroughly
handle the convention end print the nin
proceedings of the congress-, II e. the
Intention Of tho local committee al
wichita 10 see that n cory OF this re-
port IS mailed to every delegate IN al
tendance to all members of The United
states congress. to the governors OF
the several states and Territories inter
csted, 10 the leading shippers and to
the traffic managers Of all the railroads
doing business wet Of the Mississippi
river.
The grain producers OF the great
md-connnent directly north of gulf
pors hive decided TO make this mcet-
ing a wonderful success, and they win
dpmand in NO uncertain terms from the
railroads just and equitable rates to
eulf ports based upon services rendered
il the short haul to the nearest ouulet
at deep water
An idea Of the local importance Of
this meeting to the people of Kansas
and Oklahoma can be better understood
when 1t is known that the wheat crop
alone of Kansas aud Oklahoma will
reach this year between 100 600 600 ana
1875 GOO bushels, and the corn crop
of the same section will probably ex-
coed zoo o00 bushels Every grain
producer. every grain shipper aud
every miller viii have a direct interest
Ia the proceedings OF this congress, and
therc is every reason 10 believe that
the Attendance viii be the largest since
the birth OF the organization.
Every gulf port interest should be
represented by strong delegation,
and houston, which is now asking
for an appropriation for deep water,
has an intense interest in the proceed
ings at Wichita,
The Western people must be made
familiar with the great advantages they
viii derive from deep water at Hous-
ton In the first place, all the great
systems which run North and South
have either their own rails to this city.
or direct friendly connections over 9th
er lines, aud this can not be said OF
any other point between Mobile and
Arkansas Pass The three grea, systems
which thoroughly cover the grain pro-
ducng West are the Santa Fe. the
Missouri Pacific and the Rock Island
The last named road has no direct out
let to deep water on the lNlf and under
existing conditions Is compelled to
transfer It's freight for export at Fort
Worth TO rival lines. Deep water at
Houston viii give the Rock Island a
direct friendly outlet over the Hous-
ton and Texas Central a condition al
most as satisfactory as though this
great system owned its own rals to
deep water.
Another thing that Houston must inn