The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-01

banquet to tho Press association at It's recen
meeting in Dallas. johnson County Review
The Herald Is a hnc paper and richly de
served the honor.
San Antonio is n candidate for the greaii
big democratic State convention. with good
| charfce to win.--kImble County Citizen.
Which one does san Antonio want? Ther'
will BIO two next year.
The Corsicana Sun prints the following
An elderly gentleman OF Georgia was In
the city this morning. He comes to Texas
| 10 visit his sons. who are In business IN this
State. In speaking OF Georgia he remarked
that the greatest advantage TO that state lust
now 10 the cotton mills. He stated that he
owns $4,000 in Georgia cotton mill that has
for three years paid him an annual dividend
OF 81. 400 Such institutions would pay as well
in Texas and Navarro county.
Such figures look unreasonable. yet from the
annual published statements of cotton mills
| In Georgia and the Caroinas It is shown that
fiom 20 to S5 per cent per nnnnn has been
naid in dividends to stockholders In cotton
mills. Some day the moneyed men of Texas
Will realize that there Is more UroHt In cotton
mills and factories than In advancing money
and supplies to cotton pro lucers and then
prosperity will be manifest in the greatest
state in the Union. Houston is tho most in
Wiling field In the South for oil such enter
rfises.
TIE Waco Telephone voices public opinion
in saving that:
Mob law Is becoming alarmlheiy popular
H. all sections and for more than one class
Of oiIenses. II there is n remedy for this
evil 1t should be applied at once, before the
custom has become too lrmly fastened on the
PEOPLE, Tho best minds in the country should
be put TO work on this problem with view
10 Its speedy and satisfactory solution
Tho remedy lies in the people, Voters, re-
gGrdlcss of party. should elect only capable
and fearless men to office and the lawmakers
should be compelled by public sentiment to
amend or improve the statutes and then ele
vate tho bar to a sense OF its responsibility
to society.
The Fetty Enterprise is rather pessimistic
in the following:
The flood will stop the DEVELOPMENT OF
Southern Texas. The memory Of the caiarn-
ity will not be wiped ont IN generation.
Land spectators who bought large bodies of
land to sell to newcomers have swan out
OF the flood into the slough of desnond
Development in the Brnzos valley may be
retarded, but only temporarily. The section
inundated, while rich aud fertile. covers but
IA small area of South Texas, There are mil
lions of acres Of unsurpassed farming lands
In South Texas which never have and mover
will be overfiowed Besides such floods are
OF rare occurrence and long before such an
other catastrophe happens preventive meas
ures will have been taken. 1t will take
mere than flood In the Brazos valley to
inlure South Texas.
~
Tho Victoria hdvocntc SAG that.
Dnbney. who is making tour of all Texas
on horseback. Is writing some interesting ar
ticles from East Texas. He tells OF A'sc
after case where some enterprsing fellow
purchased little piece of land at SORE rail-
road switch and made money trucking
small farming. The land owners adjoining re-
fuse to sell at former prices, or price within
reason. and truck farmers are not able to
secure sufficient land to raise car load ship
ments. and the one or two truckers at each
place must drag on misernblv. Parts OF
East Texas according to White are doomed
by the blighting curse of mossbackism
There is n world OF truth In what Mr.. White
says 1t Is this dog-n-the manager policy of
n certain class of land owners who will
neither improve their holdings, nor sell TO
these who are willing to. that is furnishing
campaign material for the single takers
Nearly every town and county suffer from
these retrogressionists.
The Pleasanton Monitor takes the right
view when 1t says;
1t is pleasant to contemplate the future
of Houston. and. indeed all Texas-when she
gets that big ship channel.
The completion of Buffalo ship channel will
save millions OF dollars in TRANSFORMATION
charges not only to Texas, but to the great
Northwest.