The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-08

AFTERNOON SESSION.
Mt the unen4ng of the afternoon session
President A. R. Moore read his annual re-
po.L as follows:
H. is now my pleasure TO render 10 this as
| 80 ,l.YJaon my anau4t la.,ott aAl 10 ul~cGss
| wtGn YOU one " t4e moJl inip5rtaat a.m
aE..Aa. lDndW1srleI OF our Sd1te--svn-SeS
| guwlag.
| N,ni4e the growing OF this staple is yea
| in ips iuiAncy, III mas passed the expert
mencal Sage 10 you who are nos iaani'.af
w4Jn the carly HISTORY o. Vlss pro.i-~ple
| crop in IeXss, son nRN os slrpf4SeA wheh
ted you THAT il has been known aor The last
| w en-, -iHe or iNArty yai4is Aaat dae ciSaf
vareii.s OF t1o.sco cua!i oe slawn IN cue
| ooas. country o. our Stule sllceSa-dA.ly rms
| Ia5k OF Ai,lo N.slge regarding the ia494ne OIL
| toljakico um,u recent yesnS ANA inc tAsylAs
| crops OF cosuon have been the pmnSlpai
| cause OF iii IS industry slsnb5tr.ng 20 long.
| But our ilpnltgs have ut last COME 10
realize alheu. Waen 1t costs than IS % per
bale 10 ia.se cation, which they sell al nom
SIS ITO Sg3 THAT they nave 10 caange RON
TINS staple to something Ssse.
nne touaeco industry oil our state WAS
frs glvoa prominence and Na4 lflnp ca
by uhe exhlDills nj tine Fralt Flower ana
Vegetable Festival, wbleh was heId III tnis
city 4 year hao ths mpnhn'
Being chudnnan OF '.ae tobacco commit
tee at THAI lime. | deedned II bes to form
4 NDlsGQ growers aSSJalttlUA HA hilss t'ssAgr
knowing that MI Important iGduitriee wsTe
,rolk,tsi b. a concert o. no@on mes
ing MAS called then. ana thee wers s1ne
eghteen O: twenty gentlemen pfeSsh-, anu
| was electeG your president IL then became
my duty 70 promote this indus ry. wt1,ch
has been IA cheenful task to me. There have
been hundreds of circular lerters gent cut
to the different inulhIsng ones besides
mary iypsw .iltien letters. iThr2ugh "a me-
diaSm OF The press there has aFpeared 9rticle
aiper article from me. In both dhe daily and
weekly papcls OF elhe Sdate as 10 the hes.
melhpfs OF s,lltivating this stAy,e, as shs
1t at ulait sime. Through the etants Of the
= Texls Tobacco GlaweTs' as;o chNhon oyer
II 1000 bulles.ns treating ca TaiS culture have
IL been sen, inte the State from tho agfl ~ :
" tural department ut Welsh cng, on, u, =, 4,
/, Is shrauaa the many avenues opcnsd Us
y your asso sIa,taon tina. the aareNse o. to-
, baQco hse increased from $50 ac g hast yea
~ 10 nearly 1000 MS year. and u IS tAe 81 II
- Of che ussc aaieca to conunue tas wort
- along this line OF incre.sing tee aei a.
un II lhe va,aie of aAe tooacco stipael ir1n
sr sh!s section of the State WA mare thps
.. equal tlaa. OF cotton at the pres - day, Taa
(, VIII of oourze take lang, hard efforts on tn
,taEt OF The association and Will felmre
'h number or years. but Of It's ultimate SIC
70 ces We may fey, assured. No until We
is shipiisng ont 10000 or 10000 cars OF to
i, hsrco aauullly should we stcp . coasids
= the uues'ion az supply AMI dcmtnd
o. Tho tobacco iad,Ssry or The Urtel STATE
cy Is m grating TO tho Southeru States an
IL espeeially So in regard to the r5sh- gra
! cigar varieties. from the fact gh,a this
: tho hAiiye cNmate Tor sonls Of MT III
nc aeter In Wisconsin ono sni Connect
y uist whore most OF the fias toSlaeos of III
y, cigar var's'fes are gsovn, thew cil get b,
~ one cptirg pfr veAr ON account OF y
~ short SUNNI or s,isons. and they have
" u. r,srs. ~ by artip.Na ihAas o. moe COZ
~ ~ lroply rsied flue curing Here the 81
~, matte ocrf1lops do ,het Tor vnr. and VI
- cen gsH from Two TO Are cuttlpv% II yea
y The tnhareos psoipcei In these States Al
march Inferior In grade 70 ours. ami q
lsr'~ r'ere are worm frNrn 5000 10 $500 2
0n acre. Here they are worth from IS to s
OF per acre,
M Pref b. r. Noodle wha WAS con-ent'
Oh With the eMperimsnrai st,tson "a F'nr'd
ers and who e. rrcognizrd ~ the fa.her OF 8
do tsi;arno sndrStry % lshl'f Stsre. In his rrr
"a pilot s'ws; "t, Cor.e fir'2 md tNe HI
,ur ssrorir yal'evs. In rho semi 'nS dsrs
nc 'Ihs ia~Eas nra worth sr>~. $50 TO $50, p
ST. aT,re. " Is wnso rnt,i 'sNs' thsv red"i
a. eve~v ve'r an exueM'it',-e ~ sn'r ave
ten tIrsas rMa rrice OF Florida tobacco Ian
Ter Fertilizers"
Ar ! Traits vi, % course arplv eu,allv "a W
-. TO Texas lands. as they range IN price vi
LOT those OF Fiorsa
ous The war With Spain has been look
on- upon BY some as a great catssrcphN, VI
rhe us Il has been a srrst advantass. TOR