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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-26
HOUSTON, FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1sDu.
TWELVE PAGES
wnEnE TMXAs Us LOSING.

In a short address by Mr.. p c. Senter
OF Dallas before he members of the Texas
Press association at Dallas. last week, the
speaker sought to impress upon mis- audi
ence the great Importance of the Industrial
question to the citizens of this State. Tue
gist OF his remarks will be found In this
paragraph
NO State can keen pace with modern
progress whose exports consist wholly OF
the products of unskilled labor, and which
imports nearly all that it consumes of the
products of skilled labor. Texas must
quickly reverse that condition or go to
the rear of the sisterhood OF States and
take her place beside the unprogressiye
and dependent commonwealths of the world
Upon you, gentlemen. rests in large de-
gree the responsibility for whatever
course she may adopt."
The idea herein conveyed does not need
elaboration or argument to meet with ac-
eeptance among an intelligent people The
mere statement of the proposition carries
conviction with it. The remarkable thing
about 1t, so far as Texas is concerned,
however, is that while our people are will
ing TO give an Intellectual assent to the
truth, in way. they appear so backward in
practically applying 1t. or acting upon IL,
Think OF the hundreds of millions of dol
lars represented by the products OF I'M
skilled labor in Texas and then count the
millions of this money that go out of the
state again for the products of skilled
lapor-and you can begin to see why Tcxa,
Is so slow In reaching that degree OF
wealth and progress to which her resources
and opportunities entitle herl Her hun
dreds of thousands of sons are chiefly
working to enrich others than themselves
What she receives she pays out again.
leaving but little for reinyestment or the
accumulation Of capital here!
The press has not been remiss in urp.
ing the change dictated by business sense
and, indeed, self preservation. financially
and IN an industrial way. but the publlr
have failed to fully appreciate the impor.
lance OF the Issue. Some results bave
been achieved. however. by the persistent
ana nnseifish efforts OF the press. The
necessity for action In the premises. for
checking the drain upon us OF whatever
profits we derive from agriculture and the
products OF unskilled labor. is gradually
impreasing Itself upon the masses with
greater force than ever before. ana we
can begin to hope, at least that in few
years more we will be well on the way Ia
industrial independence in Texas-manu.
featuring for ourselves what we need ont
OF the abundance and variety of our own
raw material
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Palestine advocate.

Palestine Advocate.
II every street. every alley, every yard
every lot and everything about the city is
cleaned up and cleaned of thoroughly it
will necessarily rebound to the benefit, and
especially to the health, of us all, Don't
you know it WHIP Indeed. It will give us a
full season OF healthfulness and prosperity
uneXampled in tho history OF the city
1t is in no spirit of fault finding that we
make complaint about these things but
the. entire city from center to circumfer-
enoe, and circumference back to center
again should be scourgod and purged OF
the tilth that has accumulated and Is ao-
cumulatlng at SO many points in the place.
Every man should do his duty In the
premises and we will all profit by il, and
the whole town Will feel the new Impulse
and the freeness Il will have from the
sickness OF the summers heat. There Is
work for us all to do along this line and
we should each do our part and do il we'll
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the inhabitants Of several blocks. she
rounds and flaps while one OF tie Lumer-
ous available pickaninnies turns on the
water That word "pckanniny' Is quite
common out here and is used to designate
almost anything small, Chinese shoe
maker assuring one Of our ladies the ether
day that he could not make her shoes
with "pickanniny toes"
The laundry is in evidence wherever
water is available and at several places
along the river front you can see all
the morning numbers OF women standing
In the water. pounding and beating the
clothes which they hand to plckanninnies
10 spread out on the grass. Among the
wasberwomen a water buffalo occasional
ly viii 20 wading and swimming, hardly
improving the clearness OF the water, but
otherwise not disturbing proceedings.
~
A few days ago on the lookout for a
laundry was attracted by the sign
American Laundry. Run by Soldiers for
Soldiers" I found no soldiers about the
place and no evidence of any, but the sign
was almost right just the same, for |
very nearly had to take hold and run the
place myself in order to get back the
articles gave to be washed.
The only person who did anything in
the way of management was cheerful
gentleman, with his. shlrt-tail very stiff.
and he worked up and preserved quite a
state of excitement during the half hour
that he chased about with my wash list,
saying In very queer accents, Three cuff!
Three cuff Three cuff"
When he finally found the three lost
cuffs at the bottom of basket of freshly
washed clothes in quite another part Of
the house he changed his song to "One
cap covert One cap cover! One cap covert
and l was assured he had no idea what a
cap cover was Finally l drew him a
picture OF white cap and told him the
top cate off, nd In his delight he dashed
off and upset everything washed and UNI
washed, ironed and not ironed, in the
house and ultimately secured the cap cover
At the final roundup about dozen pieces
were found to be still unlaundered and
took what were finished and shall go back
to get the rest some day when l have
plenty of time. g. II. A.
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SOME POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Denison Herald
It takes a cyclone to make man hunt
his hole,
Every road leads to prosperity-if it is
Travelled rightly.
a snake isn't the only thing that has
poison in its fangs.
The man with COW and calf is not to be
desplsed these days.
Many man has made fortune 1eocing
the public and then tried TO square his nc
count with the Almighty by giving II few
bars of soap TO some institution for the
distribution of charity.
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ENCOURAGE THIS INDUSTRY.

II any additional encouragement is nee
communities more generally to truck farm
ing, it ought to be found in the account in
the Atlanta Constitution of recent date
OF the prosperity Of the market gardeners
in the vicinity OF the little town OF Chad
burn, on the line between North and South
Carolina.
The Constitution relates that a State
senator OF North Carolina concluded that
Chadburn had not lived up to it's opportun-
ities-it was an obscure village that few
people had ever heard Of He secured a
large tract of land in the neighborhood
and made arrangements to people it with
settlers from the blizzard regions from
the Northwest; but he was not choice about
blzzardites. In fact, he secured one hun
dred families from fourteen States. His
plan was to institute truck and fruit farms
and he has had admirable success.
Four years ago, we are told. the receipts
at the express office at Chadburn were
scarcely $40 a month" but now reach
hundreds of dollars day" In the mar
ketIng season! In one day recently nine
carloads of strawberries were shipped from
the little station by express, some going
East and some going West. Five years ago
not a crate was shipped. The present sea-
son has been a profitable one for berries in
that section, and one of the largest grow
ers has netted $4,000 on his shipments, while
the aggregate bank account of the settle
ment has been increased by $4,000. This
is the outcome of the fruit crop. The veg
etable crops. now going forward. and still
to be marketed. viii add largely to the
sum total.
Naturally. this object lesson is not
wholly lost on the cotton growing natives
as the Constitution says, and the news
of the success of the settlers has also gone
back to the States from which they came
with the result that a new colony of
thrifty farmers from the Northwest and
West is to be settled near Chadburn T
success Of the experiment has not only
paid those who made It, but VIII draw
new population to the neighborhood, in
crease the demand for lands and add
biNutiS 70 tue lhAhDlb wealth. OF the sec
tlon.
But as prominent an "object lesson"
as this case is. 1t is only one OF many OF
the same kind in the Southern States east
of the Mississippi, especially in Georgia
and the CarolInas. And in our own state
we are now able TO point to equally as
rapid transformations and new found pros
perity at several places in our coast region.
The soil and the climate In this section
furnish us every advantage and lnducement
In the premises and as Tho Post has be.
fore said, promise revenues TO our truck
farmers that in few years will max.
them far richer and more independent
than now Those who have already been
wise enough to take up the business. at
points In Harris. Galveston Brazorla and
other coast region counties, are expe-
riencing the same character OF success
that awaited the new settlers at Chaj-
burn--as the reports Just now Of daily
shipments of the products of our truck
farms show.
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4 waste thnt shonId he utiIined.

DALLAS Times Herald.
There is an immense waste of milk, fruit
and vegetables around Dallas which could
be utilized by combined creamery and
cannery II the crop failed locally, this
factory being at the railroad center would
draw raw material from those localities
where crops we're good. On the same
principle cotton seed oil mills located in
Dallas would not be affected by local fall
ures Of cotton crops. Our people should
study these points and explain them to
prospectors
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A "nncIs,rnrd ChiId..
Brownsville Herald.

broWnsVille Herald.
large number Of new cotton mills
are being established in Mexico at this
time. Texas 10 still at the foot Of the
class--still preferring to pay freight
both ways on Accent Houston
Post.
It IS a fact that Texas is still In its in
fancy, industrally speaking. and is what
might be terrC d a very backward child"
Why the State d7es not establish manu-
factories of all sorts is difficult TO UNDER
stand
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To the Editor of The Post
Waco. Texas, May 24,-N0'hlas /. !,
be more gratifying than 70 r0-- h,
ports from Houston of the censs J,
local real estate interests ana s ssisi,
thuslasm among the Local rea, bid
ternity down there. TINS 2 INV sny .ats
dence OF stable prosperity N sniril u
city. OF late / find the same sr,isl
fest in other places. In nO s,,l n
organization has existed in sessr
cities among the real estate iis s.. a
along; but organization tnas .tss
thing is what has been nevs ths z
While III the city Of pAi ,s,.s rs11
DAY. 1 discovered the came Lew b 4
there. and the result promises .,sa
eaI real eslate organization s- ~
s,rpass in numbers ana ihAIG Ia ttss
in the history of the Guy. !, cauiIps 4
ing reports are constants. I'm 81 \
Fort Worth. San Antonio, MA, ,or l,is
weston Tao Waco board has n s"s IA
,'non mo commercial seas, g. .ors,1
Hrhtine the battles for waco Vi IA
in the commercial world. aasHs
are constantly received TOE .,s
aspiring towns ever the ''S ,es,s ~
the day that any city VI r,a q
tho interest Of a strong lcc.l Ala 4
e ne IL marks the peIsr ~
city's decay. No city caa NV .as;i
them. All cities and NAV, q he ~
prosper with them. success, y
Houston real estate orssr sal
specially,
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or Bcncnt to the whole state.

Colorado Citizen (Columbus).
Work Of deepening and widening Buffalo
bayou from Houston to Galveston has been
commenced under the 100000 appropria-
ton and will he prosecuted from now on.
The Improvement, we take It, will be of
great henett TO Houston and Galveston, as
we'll as to the state generally.
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An Excellent vegetable.

Calhoun County News port Lavaca).
The butterbean is a crop that seems to
have been overlooked by the market gar
deners of Calhoun county. This excellent
vegetable seems to be more at homo in
this county than any place we have no.
tlced. The vines bear profusely and are
not molested by insects. with favorable
seasons the bearing period extends from
spring until frost. Give the butterbean a
fair shake with the variety of other truck
for rnurket
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unaer.tana. mls nn.lne...

htdUWOHI JouINuI.
President Huntington has written let
ter in which he says he is gratlned "to
see the friendly and kindly spirit which Is
manifested by the people Of Galveston 10.
ward the Southern Pacific company" Coi-
lis is one of tho NEST successful lollyers
that is. and he is a natural born diplomat.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-26

uonists, crunks and natis,s were the cpl
thcts applied to tho democrats by the s5ne
character OF newspapers. It may be nee
essary for oil the freaks. etc, and the an
archists, etc, 20 get together in 1900. in
which event there will come tidal wave
OF patriotic intelligence which will sub
merge forever these pigmies, toadies and
scoffers at common liberty.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-26
TWO valunbIc opinions.

Waco Telephone.
Secretary Wilson says II he was young
man he would pack his grip and come to
Texas" Eugene V. Debs says Texas Is
the grandest State in the Union" These
compliments. coming from such men
such eminent sources-are calculated to
make us feel good. And the best of it all
is, the sentiments expressed are true.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-26
Press Demands.
Fort Worth Register.

Fort Worth Register.
The press Of Texas asks of the lsgisla-
ture nothing that ought not in right and
justice to be granted in the matter of a
libel law. The report of the legislative
committee of the Press association at its
recent meeting in Dallas puts the matter
before the law makers and the people in
clear and forceful language,
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Hnrd on the cronlsers.

WdVU IIIHts- IIpTdIu.
1t is pitiable to observe the downcast
appearance of the chronic oroaker these
times, when the rains are coming regular
ly and the crops are growing with con-
slant expanding bigness II there ever was
forlorn creature more forlorn than any
other forlorn creature II is the chronic
crcaker at such time as this.
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help the Honest Man Along.

'"u -NlsA2 At News
When a man is trying to dig out an
honest living, give him a chance. When
he is trying to be rascal condemn him.
Give the former an incentive to try 10 do
better by prsising Linn do lot put prs
MUM on rascality by winklng at il.
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Delightful Music.

shtTInah NeBlster,
The sound OF tho saw and hammer and
the hum OF spindles is delightful music 10
the citizens who have the progress and
Advancement of the city at heart. Thoy
are singing in Sherman now.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-26
Au Approprlate Cnrtoon.

Bowie Headlight.
The Sunday Post had a very appropriate
cartoon on the iron and steel trust. It
represented the universe banded by a
strong iron bar and the manipulators
chasing the moon. the capital stock of the
trust being only $500. O00.0 600.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-26
A Canning Factory Is Timely.

The good old days when the boil weevil
per pound IN Texas are gone but the day
OF The gardens Importance has arrived in
Southwest Texas. Now ii Yoakum will
take time for the forelock and establish a
canning factory IN all probability we will
never regret the charge that has come.
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A viIIainous Hyena.

Sehulenburg Sucker.
The man who always thinks evil OF
everything he hears and tries 10, by in
situations, leave reflections upon the good
name Of man or woman, aud one Of
whom he knows nothing, is a villainops
hyena.
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Good Investments for Any Place.
.nLA.I-r.l.n..e. at4..1...

\ creamery and cigar factory would
both be good investments for schulen-
burg. Ii all the cigars that are smoked
in Schulenburg wore manufactured here,
wouldn't 1t keep several men busy? Would
not your money be kept right here?
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A. Bad as Ever.

I'VHHdW news.
Inc number of administration organs
which have discovered that It is treason
able TO oppose or criticise the presid nj
81 these United States is not increasing
put the whole lot are Just as. noisy and
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-26
ncvivaI nj kaufmhp ~

kaufman. Texas, May 8. ma Z
ed meeting at the Bar'I., !. xsss,
last night after holding '1 ssout tsfR'
was a great revival ana a'Y
were added TO the church
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-26
our Pet Names.
Beaumont Journal,

Beaumont Journal.
Hanna Mckinley organs apply such
pleasing epithets as freaks. eopperheads,
American Filipinos and secessionists To
those who oppose the republican policy OF
imperialism. In 1895 anarchists. repudia-
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-26

TIE PHILADELPHIA North American is a re.
publican and the municipal administration in
Philadelphia Ia republican but this Is what
tho North American says:
This paper believes PHILADELPHIA today 1.
the mcst plundered municipal col poration on
earth. Its commerce. Its transporting facil-
ties. and many OF its public franchises dealing
with the necessarles OF life, are largely COM
roued by corruption and dominated and
manipulated with the sole view OF gratifying
potential politicians"
Republieanirm seems to lead inevitably 10
tho manipulation of the publics interests
with the sole view of gratifying the cupidlty
o. a few rich men and a few potential poll
ucians"
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Bell County Democrat tBelton).
A dozen small factories OF few thou
sand dollars each are worth more to a
town than one large factory with an equal
amount OF capital combined into the one.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-26

The oyatcns to Admiral schley In the West
indicate very clearly that the Western people
have read the full details OF the destruction OF
Ceryeras SQUADRON
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A Huge Joke.

Waco Times- Herald.
The talk about the republican party
breaking up the trusts sounds like huge
Joke
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Should bic Reprerentea oreaitnh,,

waco Times Herald.
Texas has fairly gcVd chance to get
into the St Louis Worlds Fair with n
creditable exhibit, and there should be 20
let up in the effort to make the represon-
talion as oredltablo as possible.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-26

The aged sherman's remarks about the war
in the Philippines do not indicate any want
of clearness of mental vision. The old man
may yet get partially even for the scurvy
treatment accorded him by Mossrs. Hanna
and Mckinley
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-26

Gainesville Register

NoihesNlio Register
The members of the lower house OF the
present legislature are afraid to enact a
liberal and Just libel law.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-26

Mexico continues to set good exaraue in
government fnanciering and in the rapid de
velopment Of her resources to some OF the
moro pretentious gold standard nations. Mex
leo is thorn In the godbug's side.
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is expected as eucst- Diaz iises some at
tention himself.
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Great Britain is having a good deal OF
trouble in reducing her latest GIT from
China. Kow Icon. to submission. but she viii
milk It dry before quitting
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-26

It's rather unkind OF Chicago to invite
President Diaz to visit thar city when Dewey
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-26

Some prominent defecticus tom the popu-
list ranks recently have led many papers TO
predict that there viii be but two parties in
the race next year for the presidency. There
have been BUT two parties in the race for
niany years past.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-26

When II gets to the point that the trusts
can no longer put their trust In legislative
bodies We viii BIO gotting along rapidly to-
ward reform.
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THE HOUSTON DAILY POST.
ny THE
Houston Printing Company.

+ A. J0HNSToN. - ~, Ps sssIDssr
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The former surgeon OF the Olympia says
Dewey has lots of fight in him yet. Like
the old war horse he would only reed 10 snlti
the scent of the battle from atar to become
Dewey again Let us hope that his long sea
voyage home Will restore him to perfect
health.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-26

This great and good government Of ours
should either put up or shut up in its peace
negotiations--elthe conclllate the Fllpinos
or put a force at once in the field that can
deliver a knockout blow
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A. .'u would be amused at Filipino laun-
dry unless your own clothes wera con.
'usa AS you go along the street al
.'.ss anywhere you can see at nydrant
:, woman saua,tins down and beating wet
cn J.rss upon the board. fat stone on CTR
shape that answers as washtuh Tor
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Possibly the Filipino ENJOYS are only trying
TO Size up the extent OF our hoggishness

Georgia community has consented to al
low rape fiend to be tried regularly In court.
on the promise OF the officers that he will be
speedily tried. 1t has been the laws delays
and above all. its trining technicaltlos that
have put the courts in such disrepute in
cases OF the kind mentioned. II is better to
hang a rape fen6 legally--so he is hung!
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II Dewey will announce upon his return to
New York that he came In contact with the
plague at Hong Kong he may secure res,
II not Quietl
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Boston Is excited because a new law gives
her thirteen aldermen Aldermen are dan
eerous enough at best but lust that odd 'thir-
teen" looks especially ominous.
Boss Plat says Mckinley and Hobart should
be renominated for second term. Mr. Plat
is always ready to make an unconditional
surrender after he has been disarmed.
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At the semi-annual reception
Mayflower descendants OF the ..
New York. held at the WALDORF, l
yesterday. the most prominsni. . aasi
relic was the white BLDG, ". N;
have been used on the Maynow s'a,s,s b
This society has rescued the ~ laaSsl H
school house and it will be fea.ss,sas
site on the Connecticut river pi'''-
the town of East Haddan.