The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-27
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That Houston is especially adapted 70 mar.
ufacturlng is admitted By everyone inAe
there Is plenty OF idle home capital that oa ~
be invested IN industrial enterprises -
known to every business man. That noine
manufactures. built with home capital ann
managed by home men, are neeied 70 piacs
Houston in the lead as an industrial center
1t is the purpose OF The Post TO demonssrhtV
j, is lime that the people o. Houston ana
OF all Texas begin 10 rely upon the mone!
and brains that arc within easy reacns
must cease 10 expect aid from outside
sources. A city llRe Houston with us ''.V,.
PEOPLE and its banks full OF money does hoe
need help from Others. II can promote lt' WV
industrial development and furnish Us own
resources for expansion OF Manufacturing.
There Is no occasion to turn away ou.sius
capital, but there is still less cause l'r IN
people OF Texas to imagine that no enttipi,se
can be made TO succeed unless 1t Is packeu ny
Northern men and money. II is true ina.
in past years a few live business men o.
Houston have been unable to obtain hnancia'
assistance from local banks and iocai cap'.
talists In starting Industrial enterprises anu
have therefore been forced TO appeal 10 out.
side investors. but It is hoped ana peiicNol
that the day when this could be ssiu Oh
Houston men and institutions has passel.
1t is not only the intention OF The Post 10
urge Houston citizens 10 mako an effort ~
behalf OF new factories and new enterprises
Of every character, but 1t believes that they
need TO be reminded OF the necessity OF giving
every aid and encouragement to those insti-
tutlons that are now established here or
elsewhere in the State
In this connection the following note re-
ceived yesterday from citizen OF Houston Is
gladly published:
To the Editor OF The Post.
am proud, indeed. to note in this mcrn-
ingss Post article devoted to Home
Capital. This is commendable feature IN
The Post and too much praise can not ie
given you for the interest and encGurag sment
manifested IN this line lie. the cry be,
Home Industry" not only in Houston but In
our suburban towns.
This article calls to mind load of sample
boxes aud fruit baskets. etc. dis .ributed III
the city Monday BY Mr.. T. Wooten OF this
city, VINO, after considerable output Of money,
time aud labor, has now complete box and
basket factory on the banks OF the bayou at
Harrisburg. This factory has the capacity to
turn ont from Ave to seven thousand boxes
and from ten to twelve thousand baskets per
day.
With the natural advantages afforded for
raw material. cottonwood tn abundance and
but a short distance from HIS mill on navi-
gable stream, 1t Is natural TO suppose. and 50
he figures, that these boxes and fruit baskets
can be delivered in Houston and our adjacent
fruit distributing towns and cities for Just
one half the present cost to the merchant and
shipper.
coming widely known as the early fruit rails
ing part OF the State. Beyond a doubt the
soil and climate Is all that can be asked and
experiences and Developments have demon
Strafpd thar inst "a ira rafgnd
in any part of the South, some superior to
those raised in California and thus much
shipping. which grsatly shows. the need. OF a
box and basket factory--the only one In South
Texas
Harrisburg has done her share In the d.
rection of encouragement by donating tae
mill site. Let The Post speak another word
in the direction of home industry and en-
courage the people of Houston to come fer
ward and patron2e, thus. ennouraging more
factories, and let the whistles shrek and
steam engines blow in the old historical burg
as in times OF yore. Citizen.
This box and basket factory Is certainly
deserving OF encouragement. and The Post
believes that the merchants Of Houston and
the fruit growers of all South Texas will be
willing and anxious to patronize such an in
dustry. 1t is the kind OF enterprise that helps
to build up city and State, and is another
link added to the chain of Industrial expan-
sion that is being cast for Texas.
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Here is another letter to The Post that is
worthy of close attention from Houston bust
ness men:
To the Editor of The Post
Rockdale, Texas, January al have noted
with some degree of personal interest the
movement in your city towards the oncour-
agement OF manufactures and have wondered
whether it is the man with money seeking in
vestmcnt or the man without Job hunting
one that is behind the movement; possibly
you may tell me-
Briefly my case is this: developed in ac--
tual dairy and family usage during several
years dairy apparatus with which 1t is pos
sible TO handle the milk and make superior
article of butter In the hottest summer
weather as well as being used through the
winter months as a creamer, on account OF
its cleanliness and convenience In the past
three years they have been shipped Into
eleven Southern and Western States and have
given satisfaction in every instance. They
are neatly made and Will compare in finish
with goods of Northern manufacture.
The plant for putting them up would cut