The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-09

marks dn regard to the necessity OF deep
enlng and widening Buffalo bayon aad
makyag Houston a deep w4ter port. Alter
assuring the visitors OF their we.cVnie IN
numerous nesrly expressions ana till
y nIas Itouaoa aad to s4Os them dnd wn-s.
she ho,si to aiave IN the fusure. Mr..
DaugLe,i.y said:
M4ll a eroa.ng intimacy she will con-
tide in you qa1t there rs one ti4g nece.s-
shay 70 4liI Der cup OF JOY VIZ, to dsepen
[uae bayou 10 tue gun 81 as to pe.mit ,ae
laIeezl vessels OF cOinlna.Ne ~ ~ De.wee'l
ner N4ltves and the sea. ReaAaAs In lne
qti1lI.lai eA6fSss.oa OF yolr ueun1-ance
ueS!ie lUr 8L.0I inArion OIL the subject,
lei ner SPEAK, ana sue ansWGfs You. ~
is ps'aussssss.o s.ii Las tls.A7n n1s sIf.It-u
M.ien IL is the @pt OF VISION on 1no pat
u sne people o.. iUne uni,sd JoAses % auopt
pne necessary nltins 10 ao ". ne export
prIso OF ii1e great suaAtieS OF trade fix lneir
y.lue IA TIE MARS 0f TIE EARTH A pound
OF toston, waesdl. meal, oil. ftuit, LUMBER
CT iron OF Jae same qdaiIty Is OF eqtaal 'st.iia
in tine wor.ds markets regardless OF wnere
they are praaag'cd Commerce does not
c5nsider the color of the sam Ok those VINO
mos acceptlbfy serve her. IL lis VINO Gan
lay down the desired articles OF equal.
qiaillty et ure least cosC? mat is the
question, and TO tnose who have AID Can
sen is life, growth. prosperity and happl-
I1s,as
The question Of cost OF transportation
figures largely in fixing the selling Price
OF every article placed upon tae MARSH, q
and nine times out OF ten decides who shall
srppiy lehc demand. Year by year and day
by day The products Cf different PANS OF
the g4uhe are being brought mors c9os-ly
into competition through the extension o.
railway, o.Nc telegraph ami telephone
lines, dJeepehing rivers, digging canals, M
proving steamships, harDors, aosks ana
creatiag free ports. Take. Tor example,
our great commercial rivals for the world 8
commerce, England. Germany. France and
Rus sa The English nave spent on the
harbor and docks OF Liverpool alone more
than $200,0eO,0 900. They constructed the
MANCHESTER canal at cost OF more tnan
$50, 900, 900. They are working une'r eoh-
victs in deepenlag and broadening otaer
harbors OF the island and in digging canals
in India and building railways in Canada.
The Germans i'm the past ten years nave dug
the Kaiser Wilhelm canal, 6l.2I miles long.
zoe feet deep and lis feet wide. al COST
of $37,l2S, 900, that they may save TWO ana
one-half days time in the passage OF tneir
warships and merchantmen from the norun
10 the Baltic sea: have expended more IMAM
$50 900 600 in improving the harbor OF
H,4nrburg, more than S7.000.000 in furnish
ing an adequate outlet for Bremen TO tnc |
sea. besides immense sums in enlarginS |
and extending canals in the inteF'ier'
France has the best public road system IN
tihe world. that has cost her hundreds OF
millions OF dollars and she is expendinG
nrapy millions more upon a network OF
canals by the aid of which the citizens OF |
every portion of the republic can ship out |
and receive commodities at the lowest pos |
sible costs of transportation RUSSIA Is
rapidly completing her Trans-Slbertan rail-
tlnGy IN
about beginning the construction of eanSti
1000 miles long, connecting the Back ana |
Baltic seas, to be 213.23 feet Wide AT the |
iop and lis feet sat the base and 2Is feet |
deep the completion OF which Will ehepte |
her to reach The markets of Europe "a
her wheat in six days less time than shs |
ncY cal, BY way CT the Sea Of Marmora and !
the MedIterannenn and the Atlantic ocean.
II coats from $500 to $500 per day TO run
a mersbsaaular, therefore in this SAVING OF
time she will gain from S3oeo TO SvN'o ON
eaeh voyage OF u vessel.
Today it is neck and neck betWeon hus
STA and the United States as 10 which
shall export tie largest Quantity OF wheat
What can We do to offset this contem-
tlstfd advantage? Opening the Galveston
tarhor has reduced the eXpert freight
charges on practically all Of the wheat
grown west OF the Mississippi river cents
nrr bushel and a corresponding reduction
grains. The price commodity brings ~
TIN market Is its value The price i1T
which 1t stlls in the market, less the COST
of transportation from the point OF pro
duction 10 tine market is what is lett TO tDe
Therefore. other things being
equal, by reducing tho freight charges ON
wi.eat ccuts per bushal, you increase tho
profits of growing ii by that much, or en-
able the farmer to meet u cut oil tnat
amount in foreign markets. and stil sue
ressfuily compete. Other things being
equal, an increase in price of cents per
busrrel ON a crop OF 20 bushels 10 the acre
means an increase OF 81 per acre in toe
earnings OF the hand. and IL money Is
worth per cent per annum should lead 10
an enhancement i'm value of sl6.66 2-3 per
acre in the price OF such land. Such are
the legitimate benefits TO the farmers OF
rexas. the Indian Nation Kansas. Colo
fado. Missouri. Iowa. Nebraska Mime |
sc'tA md the Dakotas. arising from deep
enlng the Galveston harbor. BY Deepen |
ng Buffalo bayou so that the largest ocean
going vessels can come to Houston wharves
md thus bring the International markets
hat much nearer to them, they Will pos
less themselves Of relatively Increased
advantages. But where will the farmers
If Illinois. Ohio. Michigan and Wisconsin
,onre in. do you say? Listen! If by deep
en.ng the Galveston ha'rbor and Buffalo
bayou 81 as 10 bring the largest ocean
sting vessels 10 Houston wharves you create
that enable the farmers west
II the Mississippi river to successfully
meet foreign competition, and ship TO those
their surplus grains and other
then you leave our home r)ar-
yets at corresp9mdinlgly Increased prices
o the great Central States who are nsl--
'st TO them But refuse 10 do that and
ouipel The West to throw their surp.ns
lpon these markets and YOU create a sl,it
hat will fix prices ruinous TO ALL
Again. " thMe is "A profitable market
or the grain grown In the Central West,
hat industry will be increased, and there
viii be fewer potatoes. apples and other
ruck grown in the section to be shipped
. ard taaown upon the markets OF the
sast in compstltion with those .ocally
rcvr. Thus the scale Of prizes may he
aissd and inure 10 the benefit Of the pro.
ucars Of the entire Union. Let ,.s know
o North. no South. no East no West II
The United States In competition with
pc rest Of the world. And to cou,rl',ute |
. tire prosperity of any narf az IT Is 20
Cd 10 the prosperty q all Aslin it Is
rown t.ad rhe barnacles that FAY cl theme
elves 10 metal hottomed vasses which AL
Y. 5hirs, and nearly all merchantmen