The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-24

Fruit, Flower and Vegetable Festival held
III your city recently to our adjoining
county, Victoria While there Is nat the
shgntest doubt OF tho tobacco culture in
SCUM Texas there is one thing of the
greatest importance to every tobacco gsow-
er, and that is a market. Houston h the
cry destined to bscome the great central
19paceo market of our section but IL is
absolutely necessary for all growers of
the weed to werk in unison and whether
they make much or little ship to the city
where there is capital waiting for further
development Of the industry to establish
cigar factories and warehouses; to which
II necessary all the tobacco grown in
Southern and Eastern Texas can be ship
ped and with but small cost to each plant
er, and an expert can be employed to fer
ment 1t ready for manufacturing. Most of
the farmers claim all they can do Is 10
stiip and put in hands and prize 1t in
cases, as so few of them know TO what
extent it should be sweated or fermeated.
With warehouses and experts In Houstoa
| this difficulty will he obyated. The farm
ers can classify their crop-that Is plac-
ing the best leaves in hands and the seq
ends in hands paeked in cases separately
and thsre will be no difficulty In your
commission men in Houston getting your
| tobacco in shape By the time the buyers
from the manufactures are ready to make
their regular purchases. but we must act
| in concert and make Houston our market.
There is no question but that buyers in
| great numbers viii go to Houston IL we
have enough tobacco there to warrant their
! doing so. IL is encouraging 10 note the
! rapidity with which the Texas cigar 90
| bacco Is being sought aftsr and again |
| have been reliably informed that Houston
alone consumes cigars sufficient 10 keep
| fifty men employed in making them. Just
jnk nf
| tories so near us what q bonanza 1t VII
be to the tobacco grower besides having
| the buyers from the North ana NOrthweS.
| The tobacco Industry In Cur section Is in
| its infancy and doubtless many farmers
| from lack of experience handled their to-
bacco badly. They learned enough to do
better next year and should not be d s.
couraged In the least but Increase Their
acreage, knowing as th;y must no reasola-
bic man should expect to make IL all out
of tie first years experience 10 aay crop.
In the East where the fdrm.r gets much
less for the tobacco crops than we can
make en- cigar tobacco they are growing
mo e indepen lent each year We all know
that cotton has been given plack eye
and on lands that will produce from S2vo
10 $500 per acre it would be simply folly
to think of planting cotton.
This is truly cigar tobacco country ana
when people can make from two 10 thies
crops each year 1t Is INDUS noSs'lhe "
rlant 1t and make study OF its culture:
handling etc. To tobacco growers will
say tnat capital Is awaiting your actions.
We have TO make a change all along the
line ana what we must have is central
market. and Houston with her ontcTp is
inp go ahead men is the city for rs to de-
eide upon l have smoked cigars rfal lie
out from Dewitt county tobacco ana II tney
mad been sold in New York they wouia
have heen classed pure Havana. and VIVA
we have and you have. We are prenar a
to gel fresh and genuine Havana seed THIS
w while it was not difficult lat sea-
YEN "4A''e W. H. Boyd.