The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-04-17
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nave SECURED ALL THE SPACE.
untention 10 Make sneh Display
that Everybody VIII See and
Look We'll At IL.

pretty little Colorado county town mas
ever known has been here for the past
two days, devising plans for an elaborate
display Of South Texas products at the
T,ransmissIssippi International exposition,
which opens In Omaha June ]. Three
meetings have been held. ono last night
and two today. When tho convention ad-
1ourned the details regarding the various
subjects discussed were left to tho Hous-
ton Business League and the executive
committee OF the San Antonio and Arkansas
Pass immigration association for DISPOSE
ton. Contracts have been closed with
Prof II. r. Attwater OF San Antonio 20
supcrlntend the Texas department at the
exposition and TO put his fine collection
on display, and arrangements have been
made for securing the best possible sreci-
mems OF South Texas products from all the
territory reached by the San Antonio and
Arkansas Pass road.
1T appeared from the statements maize
at the meeting last night that Colonsi - |
J. 4. johnson, vice president from Texas
for the Transmississippi exposition alter |
,anvassing the State thoroughly. had se-
cured such little support that there was
danger that Texas would have no ropre-
sentation at the exposition. He ian' at
hts own personal hazard, rented ono oil Inc
best portions of the agricultural buliuinS |
and an adequate amount Of space IN the
mineral building for Texas exhibits AT a |
time when the prospects were most at
vantageous for Colonel johnson TO get the |
State interested In the exposition, tne |
Houston Business League and the san M |
tonic and Arkansas Pass immigration asso- |
citation offered to lease the whole space. |
a deal was closed. and the convention held |
here yesterday and today was for the n,i9' |
pose of formulating plans for the ullihh-
tlon OF the resources of the South Texas |
country to the highest possible legree al |
Omaha
At the meeting last night an address CT
welcome was made by Miss Elsa Asnjs |
Of Rick Island. TO which Hon. A. !. bLll |
responded. Rev. Mr.. Armstrong, G. |. swan, |
A. y. Rust. w. Tinkler, Secretary Ran
ney, Colonel Johnson, G. s. Penfield pco!
Attwater, e. G. Crawford. George +. Lap
ton Colonel n l.. Minis and Captain +.
G. Rust made short talks, after which the
convention adjourned until this morning.
Colonel Johnson said the Omaha eN3osi- |
ton was going TO DE only second to the
worlds fair 1t offered a magnificent OF
portunity to Texas to advertise rs won
derful resources. He told how he had, for
nearly three months. travelled through the
State trying Ia awaken the people to a
realization of the Importance OF putting
themselves and the great State o. Texas in
active touch with the people OF the North
by means Of the TNnsmississippi In. arm
ticnal Exposition hut he had met with
most disheartening results. He had ,r
gagged $500 feet Of space, one OF the finest
locations in the agricultural building, and
200 feet of space In the mineral building
and had also secured 1000 feet OF well
space This would be abundant He had
i,a m lie al rpEp T.
bility, but lie was sorry TO say he was un-
able 10 get the people TO appreciate the
advantages TO be gained through the expo
sition. AT the time when affairs were most
gloomy the San Antonio and Arkansas Pass
Immigration association and the Houston
Business League took the space he had en-.
gagged assumed the debt, put UP the moner
and sent 1t to Omaha.
My friends, said Mr. Johnson, this IS
the best chance Texas has over had 10
advertise itself. Deep water has lrolga,
Texas into the public eye. Deep water LEI
Texas was secured by Nebraska. Colorado
and Kansas. Now IS tho time above al
others to bring forward the resources, ag-
ricultural, mechanical and mineral OF this
state, The benefits TO accrue from ibis
exposition are immeaaurabe"
c. s. Penfield was tho next speaker. lie
SAID that by the arrangement outlined the
San Antonio and Arkansas Pass lmmigration
Lcague absolutely controlled the space al
lotted 10 Texas at the Omaha exposition
The nucleus Tor the Texas exhibit would be
the collection Of Prof. Attwater OF San An.
tonic, The most extensive and complete
ever gotten together in this S,ute. He an
nonuced that the immigration association
and the Houston Business League would be
wiling TO Incorporate In the Toxas eyhinn,
any contributions from any locality along
the line OF the San Antonio and Arkansas
Pass road. All such contributed exhibit,
Wouih receive due credit In tho display
made. Houston would mako an exhibit az
city. Tho land territory and immIyra-
tion ADVANTAGES OF South Texas would h,
put forward by the San Antonio aud Aran-
sas Pass association. The peculiar value 81
Opsaha az medium for advertising Texa,
exhibits Ia that Nebraska has sought re. as
The people OF that portion OF the Union are
deeply interested In Texas. They ar,
watching the commercial broadening o!
Texas much more closely than arc the PEG!
pie OF Texas; hey know more. for instance
about the wants of tho city OF Houston thar
do many OF the citizens of Houston. TIL,
time was niosi opportuns for showing III,
people of the North what u wonderful coun,
try Is South Texas. The Immigration as
sociaticn and the Houston Business League
meant to avail themselves OF this oppor
tunity TO the fullest degree.
Prof. Attwater said this Omaha exposl
. ssvtA V@7 W WV thvoN oui Auus iulposidlEe "
Texas. This State had missed magnifi
cent opportunity at Chicago. 1t would b
too bad II the Trausmisstssippl cxpositio
Tas not used BY Texas to attract the at
eention Of the world
Il have no patience" said tho profes
or. with such exhibits 40 Texas has mad
~ previous expositions. and do not pro
pose TO have any such nonsense In my de
pnrtment It Omaha. II any Of YOU gentle
mon were At New Orleans at the exposito
you WILL remember thar the colonels To
king bees and tho others who had charge q
NJ Texas exhibit made magnificent dis
Hay Of IA crazy quilts aud couple Z
ooxen long horns. II was the samc thing .
AZ Atlanta. a
81 can make moro 81 an impression viii
= trunkful Of vegetables than you can Wit
tons q pamphlets, Hut don't want
ttunkfu1 lfNAnt carA5ads ] want 10 b
y abie 10 l6oW South Texas III lis true Al
1Bos httraet VI garbs l want 10 show Il
n6ricnltnrel greatness and 4 want 10 b
VI i ~ Is snegest what y will BE-. want
81 ~ eyetT pfo 9upt o. The field, tho farm
~ oFcl& attd the garden. We hsyc 10