The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-22

ries OF this city l Will dare cay that the
Dickson Car Wheel company is payingsthe
largest dividends on its Investments Of
any similar institution In the United
States
North Texas is devoted to agriculture.
West Texas is a stock country. South Texas
is the home OF the sugar cane and South
east Texas Is TO be the great rice field OF
this State. Thirteen railroads that rsdiate
IN every direction from this city, like tho
| spokes OF q wheel, makes her the easy
commission center TO drain these Immense
fields of all their ram products. Our ship
channel Is already an assured thing and
soon ships viii float near the foot of our
streets to bear our manufactured products
to all parts OF the world.
The New England States should serve
as an object lesson to us as to what can
be accomplished by dint of hard work
Farming was not success with the peo-
| pie there and they went into manufac-
turing. Today they have accumulated in
wealth seven-tenths of the currency Of
the Nation. all out OF manufacture.
Instruct our committee on local option
to exempt manufactures from taxation, to
| work and work increasingly nntii you at
tain this great measure"
| On motion OF MIR. Burke Colonel Hunter
was thanked for his Interesting address.
| Mr.. Pastoriga called attention TO a COM
munlcation in last Sundays Post regarding
wheel tax" aud took the ground that
wheels were manufactured in Houston and
| more of them were wanted. He did not
believe In placing any obstacle by taxation
In the way Of carriage and wagon manufac-
| turing.
| MIR. Baldwin being invited to address tho
! meeting, spoke of the benefits of the CO.
| operative plan for manufacturers as out
lined by the Situation. and ventured the
| prediction that before the next meeting
of the association Houston would have a
| full pledged manufacturing enterprise
built upon the cooperative plan. He said
| that Houston had the skilled operatives
and that they were already organizing In
| this certain particular.
| Mr.. Crawford spoke upon the objects or
the association and said its prime object
! was to develop the existing industries OF
| this city and by helping to expand tho
| enterprises already here andd to the city's
wealth and population. He called atten-
/ tion to the cigar factory located here by
Mr.. Kinney as one of the results OF tho
! work OF the Manufacturers association.
He concluded by urging the association TO
redoube It's efforts In behalf of the meas
ure to get the next legislature 10 amend
| the constitution to permit OF local option
/ to exempt manufacturers from taxation.
| Mr.. J. j. Pastoriza offered in this behalf
I
! typewritng letter or circular to be ad-
dressed to all manufacturers throughout
the State to invoke their assistance and
cooperation in this measure. IT was, ON
motion. adopted with vote of thanks
| for the liberal offer. the association obi
eating itself to pay all postage on same.
! Mr.. NJ. n. Foster, being called upon for
an expression. said that personally and
/ also speaking for The Houston Post the
! greatest interest was felt In this work.
The Post was trying to help develop In
stitutions already here and to encourage
| the location of others to work UP the raw
] products of the State Houston would
soon build rice mills to mill the rice al
ready grown in her near vicinity and fac
tories must be built in due ratio as the
4 farmer becomes a producer. He said the
manufacturing sentiment was RAPIDLY
/ growing in Houston and that at the pres
ent time several gentlemen from Illinois
and other States were in the city looking
into the opportunities for investment of
capital. Mr. Foster closed by calling at
tenton to the delnting OF cotton seed, a
new enterprise TO be Instituted here by
an enterprsing gentleman of this State.
| Mr. ID. Woodhead spoke of co operation
and cited the success in England, where
an enterprise started some years ago with
only three men as MEMBERS now repre-
/ senting In wealth as result OF co-opera-
| ton business capitalized at S850.0O0, 600
Mr.. Woodhead onered the following resS-
luton. which was unanimously adopted;
Whereas, the Houston Manufacturers
association recognizes the necessity of
more sanitary progress in our cities and
thanks Mr.. A. p. Hyde for his recent lee
ture in our city; and
Whereas, there is nothing which Will
advertise our city better to the world than
I to be able 10 point out that on account
of superb sanitary conditions We have the
healthiest city In the United States; there
I fore, be 1t
/ Resolved, That this association urges
/ the city to use every effort to pass such
sanitary measures as will place US In the
best sanitary condition, and that we hope
Mr.. Hyde will visit us again and give us
series of lectures showing the best
- thods TO be employed in making and
Keeping the city in such condition.
There being no further business the
meeting adjourned until its next regular
date the third Monday in September.