The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-14
EXCHANGE INTERVIEWS.


organized resistance to the combines
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EXCHANGE INTERVIEWS.
Tho management OF tho Palestine Dali,
| Visitor has discovered that II is impossible L
make ends meet at Is cents a month with
| so per cent advance in blank paper starins
| ID In the face, and has announced that hence
| forward 40 cents per month VIII be the sub
seription price of that Experimentation
| Phone
All Of the papers will probably End 1t neces.
sary to increase subscription prices--that Is
II they expect to receive any profit at all
And this is what the trusts have done.
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| Editor Clarence 0usley 10 q stalwart con
tractionist, but he does not need to be Knocked
down before he can take a hint. To employ
his own language. be knows when he has
presses himself THE report Of the Philip-
pine commission and the message have well
nigh eliminated imperialism as an issue In
the public mind. This Is not to our liking,
but 1t is fact we may as well recognize.
The country is In the full current OF expan-
sion and nothing will arrest i until 1t gets
TO the rapids. San Antonio Express.
It's a mighty poor soldier who will LAY
down" at the first FIRE. especially the FIRE from
a. scattering old smooth bore gun, like Presi-
the Philippine commission. It defeated its
own partisan purposes by the gross mac
oursces and palpable contradictions appear
ing therein. 1t was thoroughly discounted
by it's own language.
As to the merits OF the Chiffon Bailey de-
bate al Fort Worth, the newspapers, as might
be expected, are divided-the Chiffon papers
think that gentleman got the best OF 1t while
the Bailey papers think their man was the
whole thing. Be the debate as 1t may we
repeat what have before said--no reason
has been given and no reason can be given
why Horace Chiffon should not be given u
second term in the United States senate,
since his service in that body has been con-
sistent. able and eminently satisfactory to the
country. --Palestine Advocate
But hasn't the senator already had two
terms? Governor Hogg gave him one, and
our recollection is that the people gave him
one
This country is now drawing near to the
most dangerous condition that has ever CON
fronted her people Whenever commercial
greed predominates over considerations of
patriotism and the sense OF justice, of tn
masses, and by the power of wealth dictates
the country's policy at home and abroad,
then troubles rise and dangers thicken, and
turmoil at home and complications abroad
are but indications OF worse things to come
This Ia the route to oblivion travelled by every
republic that has disappeared from the earth
Let us avoid it II possible. and Ranch
This does not come from political news
paper. 1t comes from paper that says very
little on the subject of politics, devoting its
time and space to the material interests OF
the people. but is sufficiently intelligent to
see and gauge the present trend of affairs.
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Print paper, for newspapers. is getting to
be an item II has advanced steadily in
price. is much too high now. and is some
times hard 10 get, as ability to pay for ID does
nor cut any figure. 1t Is getting paper. a
trust controls the print paper output We
We're disappointed this week In getting paper
ordered for the Tribune, and as n result the
paper used is a somewhat smaller sized sheet
tnah usual, However. even at the reduced
SIZE OF today s issue the Tribune is Of re
spectaole dimensions--enough so to save it
from feeling specially humnated over the
cul Gown in size. BY next week we think
our paper VIII be horc aud the full size re.
When the newspapers all along the line nd .
vance the subscription prices, the people VIII .
begin to do some rejecting over the recent
contention of Mark Hanna, chairman Of the
republican National committee to the effect
That the trusts are good things"
MI Bryan is guest of Ex-Governor Iogg
at Austin, and Mr.. Bailey's friends are not
as happy as they might be over the Hsit Of
me great democratic leader to Texas Gle
burno Review
why shouldn't they be happy? Mr.. Bryan
and Mr. Bailey stand squarcy and r,mly
together on the pressing public questions. 1t
may ho proper TO remark that Mr.. BRYAN ia
not the especial guest Of any one. lie is
boarding In a private family. Ho visited
Governor Hogg at the home Of the latter for
day or two on his arrival at Austin. which
was right and proper. as the two are YARN