The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-10
EXCHANGE INTERVIEWS.

EXCHANGE INTERVIEWS.
Houston seems unable to raise money
erorxh Il buy lot on which to put the
apparently. does not want flee library. POS
sibly Mr.. Carnegie might transfer the nohA-
ton to Cleburne. where the site would be
forth coming In about ten ,iinutes.--cieohFhe
Chronicle.
cieburne need not worry about tho ability
Of Houston to come to time In the matter OF
the Carnegie library fund. All Of the con
ditions imposed by Mr.. Carnegie will be
compiled with. and Houston will get the In
stituton without doubt
The vacant lot Is as much In need OF be-
ing kept Clearly and in good sanitary con-
dtion as the occupied premise San Antonio
Express.
AS a rule the vacant lot is left to take care
of itself. 1t accumuates filth and trash with
out end and helps to spread disease. The
vacant lot nuisance is one which should be
abated in the interest of comniunity's good
health.
Houston Is doing we'll in arranging appTo-
priate days for the week OF her f., +. and
" Festival She will reap her reward-San
Antonio Light.
Houston had her spell of bad weather the
past week. Nd from now until the close "f
the Festival everything will be lovely King
Notice has ordered that the weather for this
occasion shall be good and so shall 1t be
II some enterprisng person would put In
small broom factory in BrownsVlile and
make a good article. he would make money
for himself and beneilt tho Town by keeping
considerable money here that Is now sem
away to swell the profits OF The broom trust
Such an enterprise would also create home
market for broom straw and stimulate the
cultivation of that product. 1t would cost
but little for the simple macntnery necessary
for making brooms -Browns4iile Herald
Quite a number OF the papers of Texas are
following the plan of the Herald In working
for broom factory for their town There
are other things besides cotton factories with
which to build UP town, and broom rae
tory is one of them Where cotton mills
can not he built, attention should be directed
to enterprises of smaller character
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When Mr.. Carnegie only asks city to do
as much for itself as he. stranger Us Will
ing TO do for it, he shows n liberal spirit
While Dallas people are very busy and have
great deal of their money Invested still
they should he able to raise their share oil
the money to carry out the public library
tracted to a city by its social and literary
advantages as we'll as by its business faiil-
tiles. The library would help alons real es-
tate values as well as business -Daiias
Times Herald.
The remarks OF the Times Herald apply
with equal force to Houston in her efforts
to raise the sufficient amount required to
insure tn. library for Houston. Houston
should not fail In this undertaking by any
means
GLOW did Yesterdays Post suit you, eh o.
asks The Houston Post referring to Its Sun
Gay paper 1t was simply great The busi.
ness men of Houston put their advertisements
in tho city's representative newspaper and
thus is 1t enabled to go forth speaking
volumes for its town. Until Waco business
men learn this method of advertising, Waco
against The Houston Post, the San Antonio
Express or the Dallas News--Waco Times
Herald
Just gaze on The Post Of TODAY and then
SEQ how prosperous Houston's merchants arc
and how much they appreciate the value o.
advertising in The Post.
1t Is said to be now an assured fact that
Cameron will have a 100000 cotton factory.
The larger cities of the state should begin
to look TO their Industrial laurels. half
dozen or more of the interior towns have
already secured enough subscriptions TO give
them big mills by this time next year .--ious-
ton Post.
And not point in Texas is better adapted
for the establishment and successful opera
ton OF factories than Laredo. especially for
n WOODEN factory, as we have every requisite.
and two most important of them are possessed
by but very few places. viz: Coal in mex
haustibe supply and an abundance OF labor
peculiarly adapted to factory work. No one
can successfully dispute that Mexican labor
ers arc admirably adapted ms mill opera
tvcs: they learn readily soon become eN-
pert, and their economical habits render them
contentod TO live on the wages that the
factory can afford TO pay,-Laredo Times.
II the statements setting forth the advan-
tages possessed by Laredo for the location
of a wooden mill there are correct. and doubt
less they are. that city is Just the place for
such n factory. The Times is doing some
good work in this direction.
Texas congressman should work for their
districts first, the State. second and 1rem-
selves last. They have. that is most OF them.
been In the habit of getting the last first
and the first last--Denison Herald.
This is a gross misstatement OF facts and
tho Herald should know better than to make
1t. 1t, is a well known fact that all OF the
members OF congress from this State are
alive to the interests of their constituents
and have done and are now doing much
In the way OF securing appropriations for
public buildings. for improvement of water
ways, etc. The Texas delegation is all right;
no State has an ADLER or more influential set
OF men in congress than the Lone Star State.
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The La Porte horticultural association has
selected space for their community exhibit at
the Houston Fruit. Flower and Vegetable Fes-
tival, and II Is said they are going after the
RI 70 N
IL but IL they do 1t will be because our
growers are not awake TO their interest. and
we are not ready to admit that We are living
In slumbering community. oh, no.-Alvin
Sun.
The La Porte people are hustlers and Alvin
will have to work hard to beat them In the
way OF an exhibit at the Houston Festival.
THE u. II. AND v. FESTIVAL.