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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-16
Opinion of "A woman Real Estate
Dealer.

Mrs. Bette Bryan is of the opinion that
the development OF the coast country has
hardly yet begun, and thar its capahil
ties as an agricultural country are sure.
rior to any other part of the State.
II can name at least a dozen counties
in Southern and Southeastern Texas in
which the waste lands would not amount
to as much as per cent of the total
area, provided the country was Stumbled
with proper system Of bitches and drain
age. The great bulk OF these lands are
as fine for the production OF all the ,e.
reals, cotton. fruit, berries. vegetables
in fact everything that grows in this ell.
mate, as can be found anywhere. The
great variety OF crops that can be grown
makes the country very attractive to the
agriculturist; but l am especially inn
pressed with It's possibilities as a rico
producing section. The topography OF the
country makes It especially well ADAPTED
10 the cultivation OF rice, and as the cul-
tivation Of this crop has advanced beyond
the experimental stage, (having proved
a grand successl, l confidently expect %
see tens and hundreds Of thousands Of
acres grought under rice cultivation in the
next few years. Houston, in my opinion
will eventually be the center OF the rich
est agricultural district In the Southwest
and with proper development of her man
ufacturing resources she can make herself
the Chicago OF the South"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-16
BRICK AND TILE WORKS.


An Industry that VIII Re started Ia
The plant " the Houston Pressed Brick
and Tile works at Houston Heights has
been purchased by Nlessrs. Moulder a
Gregg Of Houston aud G. p Buell. OF
Cincinnati, and will be in operation within
ten days
Mr.. Buell. is an experienced brick and
tile man, having devoted many years OF
his life to this class Of work. He viii be
foreman Of the industry to be started at
Houston Heights. He expects to make
thing stock brick and red pressed front
brick, The plant will have capacity OF
10000 brick and about 10000 4-inch thing
per day.
Mr. Buell. states that there is good clay
in abundance surrounding the brick and
tile plant. He has recently discovered
there a splendid quality of plastic shale
from which he asserts that he will make
red pressed front brick that can not be
surpassed in beauty and quality by any
brick plant in the United States.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-16
Hnnstnn ln ana lnrnnt.

Mr.. G. S. Penheld, president of the
Houston Real Estate association. expressed
himself as follows;
After meeting at Waco two or three
hundred OF the live real estate men from
all over Texas, one feels greater eneour-
agement than ever over the outlook Tor
Texas property.
Real estate dealers are naturally OPP
timists, but l declare we learned lots of
things at our State convention about the
new enterprises and the new push being
given 10 Texas development, which is OF
the greatest encouragement.
1t was very gratifying to the Hous-
ton representatives to see many evidences
OF appreciation OF the push and progress
siveness OF this city. Some OF the evil
derces were. OF course. of the flavor OF
jealousy, but that only made It interesting
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-16
MIR. G. w. Hairs Opinion.

What do | think about the development
of the agricultural resources Of the Texas
coast country? Why this country is being
improved so fast that our home people
can not keep up with the procession, Up
to the past five or six years many crops
which are now successfully and very prof
itably raised here were supposed to be a
failure In this country The old timers
when asked If such crops would do we'll
here would say; "Oh. no. that won't do in
this country" When asked II they had
tried it and why IL was that such crops
would not do well they would say: NO,
l never tried II, but don't YOU suppose ii
this land was any account and would raise
such crops our foretathers would have tried
it, This was a very common answer up
to even two years ago and that shows
more than ever that this country needs
new life, people with energy and deter
mination, the same as is required in any
new country. and that is the class of peo-
pie that are developing this country
they come from the Northwestern States
where necessity compells them to use
brains and muscle to keep up with COM
petition in improving their crops and
stock they say that we have the finest
country on earth (the coast country and
1t Will be the garden spot of the United
states before many years, Your adVan-
tages are many and great over the North
ern States in climate markets, shipping
facilities, cheap building material, saving
in clothing and by raising nearly every
thing you eat the year round and your
stock runs out and feeds the year round.
while we have to feed from six to seven
months and last, but not least, your cheap.
good lands that are offered here from So
to $40 per acre that are Just as good and
VIII raise as much as our lands up North
that are worth from $40 to $50 per acre
A few years ago il was said II alfalfa. red
clover. corn and oats would only grow
here We would be all right Now we can
show fine fields of not only alfalfa and red
clover oats and corn. but wheat, FAX,
California burr clover, timothy millet.
katta corn, broom corn. tobacco; in fact
every crop that is raised in the Northern
States and many that can nor be raised
there, saying nothing about the innumera-
bic varieties of vegetables. fruits and her
rles. The Texas coast country has the eve
OF the country and the tide OF immigration
is coming this way
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-16
Lands Are Stiu Chem.

TO the Editor of the Post
Many years ago you could trade a two
dollar and half saddle pony for a Sec
ton of Texas land, but you can't do it
now. Why? Because there was one per-
son oman, woman or child to each 1000
acres of land in this great State, and to-
day there are almost 800 acres to each
man, woman or child, This is why our
lands have been considered cheap or
worthless simply because there were not
enough people to cultivate them. Be-
side, there was more land than anything
else and for that reason it was a drug
upon the market.
Now everything is changed. The cat
Tie interest has moved westward and the
land owners have found new uses for their
lands instead OF grasslng vast herds of
long horns. He is making his lands bring
MN bigger profit by cultivation, or by
seIllng them to those who will cultivate
tueH' In this way a new era has been
lnaugurated. We have practical dem
orstration that our coast lands will pro-
duce sugar, rice, corn, cotton, all sorts
OF grass, melons, vegetables, fruits and
berries Now you say this is true. But
row much do you make per acre? Now
DetduSG
everyone can compare corn; because
comparison of rice, sugar or cotton would
mean nothing TO great many people VINO
i've where these products are not raised.
iHere are great many reports on field
averages of corn in the coast country
That show that 46 and a fraction bushels
TO be the average on lands that are pro-
perry ulled There is a report on a farm
IN l,l'l county that shows an average
oi O'Zs bushel on field of twenty acres
OF sod land. Now this sod land is worth
SO to So per acre, but if YOU viii ston -
compare the value of products gathered
rom $40 or SIS lands against Kansas.
Hlluois' tennessee or Kentucky SlO0 per
acre lands, you will find that Won Tan
pay Tor your purchases of coast country
lahds with the products gathered the first
year ana nave enough left over to keen
you family and stock Are such lands
nlgh The coast country is a Paradise for
POOR man He can pay for his farm and
az inmate larger domain while he is
taxing care OF and raising a family IN ,c-
cupy it. Now, suppose a land owner would
say to you, Il will give you deed Ia 100
acres OF land If you will cultivate so acres
ol II ana give me the first years crop. F"
Iou no doubt would say, Yes I'll do If "
ana II would be a good trade because Won
nave no money. But by this arranqe-
lands To illustrate: 40 ''''
100 acres of land at S10O0.. s1ono
~ pusheis OF corn per acre on so
acres S2oO bushels at soc. .. 1910
nus the land owner gets $500 for trust
ing you one year besiaes no taitcs no ris,,
because the improvements YOU make viii
develop his lands How many would
Jm,er iHto such an arrangement on an
Ih,NCls farm where you have only six
nonths OF outdoor weather, against
eleVen months Of sunshine and flowers
IN IN the coast country Of Texas. where van
nave Sa better lands, better market, better
Iet SCHOOLS and many other advantages
~ We hud ior less work It is estimated
Texas ana support a family won :"
j. II. Bright.
lmINrNlNN 81.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-16
WHAT TEXAS MOST NEEDS.
Address of w. II. sIosson Before
IeXns Real Estnte Assncintinn-

Address of w. Il. sIosson Before
Texas Real Estate Association.
l. Texas needs more farmers and less
politicians" says Senator Kittrell, aud we
all say Amen"
= Texas needs some first-class funerals
IN CITIES where rich mossback bankers
business men aud land owners who never
give a cent to get conventions, entertain
strangers, hold city or State fairs hnt
leave all such work TO be dSne and paw
ments to be ready by more enteprising cit
lzens and real estate men, and only ollp
coupons when the result, improved bust
ness, comes.
was told since ! came here Of a rich
banker even In this State who never gives
a cent. The committee who wish to raise
a few dollars for some city enterprise
passes his bank door with a shrug OF the
shoulders, well knowing that there is
nothing for home development there: il
Is even said this banker has publicly an
nounced himself as an agnostlc So .h,f
he would not be called upon to pay aav
thing TO the church OF which his wi(s is
member Such citizens, Texas does not
need
3. Texas needs a more liberal li0e law
SO that her independent press car tell he
truth Of men and measures and not be
blaokmailed for so doing. Her voters
should blacklist the members OF the legls-
lature who refuse to pass the equhabl,
law, approved by the good sense OF every
thinking man and woman of the STAT.
T. Texas needs better roads and convict
labor to make them good.
g. Texas needs TO cultivate a fairer
spirit regarding the rights OF railroads.
and this Texas Real Estate association
,onuld do no better work az MS meeting
than to form a cooperative plan with the
Progressive railroads OF Texas 10 advertise
Dur State and induce immigration hsfs,
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that l will remember than II had read
a year on the subject"
When 1t is remembered that Houston
mas grown from $4,000 people in 1891 to
10000 in 1899 without any aid from the
government and with only slight aid from
the lands (Which have been cattle rancn
Tor nifty years till now and now the coun-
Try is settling up in small farms rapidly,
the future OF Houston is assured. Also now
lne United states government mas apprL-
prlated $3b1, 900 to be followed by 81 UUO,-
900 appropriation next winter 10 maze d
-5-foot channel from Galveston to Houston,
who can doubt that ten years from THIS
date Houston (nOw the largest clty) Will
hold population of 10000 people or
more? Look at the conditions carefully
and you must admit that secretary Wilson
was right In saying now is the time to
BET IN on the ground floor and buy home
IN the coast country OF Texas. Cordially
yours W. Is. Slosson.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-16

script of facts. No country on earth can
truthfully claim more advantages than
Texas for the farmer, the stock raiser,
the manufacturer, the capitalist and the
poor man. Especially is this true OF
Houston and Harris county and the ad-
joining counties to harris the section OF
Texas about which 1t is my purpose to
write very briefly
- Houston is the great railroad center
OF South Texas and will soon be the lead
ing deep water port as we'll.
Around this up-to-date prosperous city
CT 70 900 Americans stretches in every di-
rection vast territory capable of the very
highest state OF development producing
as it will more of the valuable products
needed by man than any other territory CT
like area on this continent. We admit
that this is a broad statement, but we in
vte investigation and comparison.
We point to our climate, rainfall, rich
soil and to the fact that almost every
acre is available for cultivation and set
Element and with intense cultivation will
yield more per acre and of greater va
rietylof vegetable products than any other
section of this great country.
Nature has been lavish in distributing
her blessings to this beautiful land. 1t
only remains for man to come and avail
himself of the advantages held out to him
and with energy and intelligence do the
rest. In this section grow to perfection
corn cotton, sugar cane, tobacco, rice,
oats, alfalfa, some varieties of wheat and
almost every variety OF garden truck,
vegetables and fruits and berries known
to any American civilization. The har-
vest time for some crops is all the year
and the yield per acre Is enormous The
native grasses and mild climate insures
a low cost to raise and maintain live
stock, and the farm acreage need not be
so great as in colder climates. The in
telligent, energetic man with the hoe and
the plow will succeed in this section be-
yond his expectations.
Houston is the base and center of this
rich land All roads and freight and pas
senger rates lead to Houston, and right
here in Houston is a wide, broad, profitable
held for the manufacturer to come and
investigate and locate his plant. Houston
offers great facilities for such industries
as manufacture irony the raw materials,
cotton and woolenA goods, flour, furniture,
plows and wagons and all things made of
wood, rice Mill, tobacco and cigar fac
tory, canning factories and other enter
prises seeking low freight rates and cheap
raw materials. Lands in this section and
properly in Houston are offered at such
low prices and on such terms as will en-
able any man with limited means to pos
sess a home. South Texas and Houston
opens her doors and invites all good peo-
pie to come and see for themselves.
Geo. L. Porter.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-16
THE FUTURE OF HOUSTON.
what Secretary Richardson Thinks
OF the OmtIOOk.

NtcHAruSon Ih1uhS
of the OutIook.
Concerning the present and future OF
Houston Secretary Tom Richardson of the
Houston Business League said: The re-
poit OF the last city directory issued by
Messrs. Morrison & Fourmy SHOWS the in
cleasc in population in the city of Houg-
Ton over 1875 us 1865. This increase Is
especially suggestive when there are other
CUES IN this state which last year showed
l0ss rather than gain.
The TACT that tue present season will
be the largest cotton season in the history
OF houston placing this city as the cot
ton market OF America, and the other fact
mat the bank clearances OF $306,94 44S
Tor 1898 show an increase Of S34, $40. t9S over
1891 prove that Houston is going forward
not only in population and wealth, put as
trade center.
Everybody in Texas seems to point 10
tins city as the great center OF harmony
and unity in Texas. While at Waco in at
tendance upon the Texas State Real Estate
association meeting, men from every sec
ucn OF Texas congratulated me upon llv-
ing in a city where it seems that The high
est ambition OF every man, woman and
chlld was the upbuilding of their home
city Houston Is oday the most import
ant railroad center between Kansas City
aod san Francisco, not excepting ren'er
and Omaha and the very fact that the
Magnolia City is the National hank re-
serve center, the railroad center and the
cotton center seems to be familiar to every
one.
Houston is known as a city where thou
sands of well paid. busy men arr engaged
IN laiload pursuits ana manufac auas e..
.ernrise Of various kinds.
The people of this State and the great
Tr1pg1utegiggipui nD.iutr'V are N. lQpl In 2
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-16

Houston is pretty well to the front, and !
guess is lined up to stay there
'Of course We must have factories. The
whole State is talking of having factories,
and Houston must lead in that We Will
have them, there is no doubt. When the
derand for anything is recognized and
general as is this present feeling OF need
for factories, the factories will come
with Houston in the lead as manufac-
turing center, even the predictions of our
buoyant friends from the Northwest that
Houston should have 100000 people very
soon need not seem startling"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-16
Houston ana south re,ns

N''oI OF me Post.
reNas is indeed great State. a vast
uoma'n OF varied territory. rich in all
'n'hss needed to sustain and satisfy a mao.
me OF the American type in the beginning
OF the Twentieth century, and this speaks
volumes for Texas.
~ would require many issues Of your
Na'uaole Journal to publish a description
CT Texas and her vast resources ana a.
shi Lses ana future possibilities and an
FsN 'nan mine to prepare the manu-
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-16

Economy in transportation has long been
one of the problems confronting the men
OF the West. Slowly but surely conditions
are working for their relief, With Hous-
ton omen to the merchant vessels of the
world the West will find that the perplex-
tiles of years are settled for all time.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-16
Interview with colonel p G. puo,,..

\. q. q n.
Why have located in Houston? Be-
cause after careful study Of Houston
ana ITS surroundings l am convinced that
houston is bound to be the CITY of the
southwest and it is. and will remain. pre-
emlnently the best point for a real estate
man, TO understand fully my faith in
tne development CT the country contiguous
,d aousson you must bear in mind that
! l9ea'ed In Bolton, where all the rich
prairie land from Austin to Waco was I'M
n reiI0eo, l began selling lands there at So
PEI acre and the same lands are hard 10
get now at $50 to $50 per acre
nsx! mere VII be spent in Texas during the
49, year from twenty to twenty five mill
lions IN railroad building and eauIpment.
rms expenditure will bring more capital
h ss's 70 Texas to look for investments than
nave visited Texas before for many wears
ana they VIII all take a look al Hons
nn ana the surrounding country. Ana
s Tnrs osneT parts OF Texas will get their
snSrs you will see that the Hons shara
VIII fall to Houston"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-08-10
OUTLOOK IS GOOD.
Midsummer Trade of Unusual Vol
ume Indicated by Signs In
the Commercial World.

New York, Aug. 5.-Bradstreet's says:
"All signs indicate the maintenance of
general trade and industry in an unprece-
denied midsummer volume. Specially in
dicative of this are the continued very
heavy bank clearing returns, largely in
creased railroad earnings, rejecting traf-
fic in grain and merchandise generally Tar
in excess of year ago; reports of activ-
ity In numerous lines of manufacturing IN
dustry, notably in all branches of iron and
steel and kindred lines, wooden goods, boots
and shoes and cotton goods, and advlces
from leading markets of satisfactory
opening of the regular fall demand, with
heavy shipments of goods on orders. With
the exception of food products the prices
situation is generally one of maintained
strength, advances being most numerous
in the line of manufactured goods OF IN
raw materials for manufacturing industry.
Cereals are all lower on the week, refect-
ing the generally favorable crop outlook
and also some Indifference as regards for
eign buying of wheat, though export de-
mand for corn has been apparently stimu-
lated by recent price reactions. All classes
of iron and steel are either firmly held or
tending upward, notable in this respect be-
ing all grades of pig iron and steel rails,
structural material and bar iron and steel.
Western and northwestern trade advices
tell of expanding fall trade. Shipments on
fall account from Minneapolis tax the Ia
cilities of the jobbing houses. Lumber IS
very firm and scarce at that center ana
advices as TO crop conditions point to
stories of damage by storms and hot winds
being in some respects exaggerated. In
creased demand is noted at Chicago, and
business with jobbers is reported never
better at this season of the year"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-08-10
UPRISING IN sANTo DOMINGO.
Followers of JimInez Take Up Arms
in His nehalf Against the
Government

Cape Haytien, Hayti, Aug. Stems.
Pablo Reyes, Ramon Pacheco, elena Ma
yarro, Jose Polo and Jose Jiminez have
taken up arms in Santo Domingo in
favor of Don Juan Isidro Jiminez and
occupy the plains of Chaguei and Gu
rabo as far as Jose dc Las Matas, as
well as the towns of Guayabin, Sabi-
meta, Manzanillo and Dajabon, aban-
doned by the troops of the government
of Santo Domingo. More than half of
these troops are said to have gone over
to the camp of Gen. Pacheco, who is
reported to have more than 500 we'll
armed men under his command.
Gen. Guellito, governor of Monte
Criste, who, it is claimed, has already
lost half his troops, who have gone over
to the enemy, is in desperate position
and unable to attack the revolutionists.
1t is added that he will be obliged to
capitulate.
Numbers of Dominicans are arriving
in Hayti by sea in order to join by cross
ing the frontier the camp of Gen.
Pacheco.
Puerto Plata, Santo Domingo, Aug.
s.-Senor Alvarez, the minister OF
finance, and Senior Cordero with 100
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-08-10
QUIET AT CLEVELAND.
The City Is Now Practically without
Military Protcction-More Peo-
pie Use the Cars.

Cleveland, o., Aug. s. = For the first
time in over two weeks the city is
practically without military protection.
All of the troops were relieved from
guard duty. Two of the Sixty-fourth
regiment companies now guarding the
barns of the Big Consolidated Street
Railway company were relieved from
duty entirely. The other four COM
panies were withdrawn from the barns
to the central armory.
The withdrawal of the troops leaves
the civil authorities to again cope with
any disturbances that may take place.
More people apparently used the Big
Consolidated cars in order to reach the
business portion of the city Monday
morning than on any other day since
the present strike began.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-08-10

w. A. Piper, an ex-congressman,
died in San Francisco. He was rs years
old and leaves an estate valued at over
So 900, goo.
Catherine Medars died at her home in
Brooklyn, Ind, aged 101 years.
Near Cortland, ILL.,, John Williams
murdered his divorced wife and then
killed himself.
0tway Davis, aged lot, and William
Brooks, aged liz years, died in Knox
vile, Tenn.
The death of Rev. George w. Pepper,
d. d., occurred in Cleveland, o. He was
civil war veteran and United States
consul TO Milan under the Harrison adj
ministration.
L. L. Apperson and Elwood Haynes
arrived in New York, having made a
trip from Kokomo, Ind, on an automo-
bile in 20 days. The distance is 1850
miles.
At Greentown, o., because her To-
year-old daughter Ruth had loved I'M
wisely, Mrs. Catherine Wise cut her
throat while she was sleeping, and then
committed suicide.
At Henderson, Tex, Jim Mite, the
only surviving member of the Dalton
| gang of outlaws, was sentenced to life
imprisonment for murder