The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-31
TEXAS AND IT'S DEFAMERs.

small newspaper affair, published, 1t
appears from copy sent The Post, IN 81.
Louis--four pages, once 1nonth-seenis TO
have as Its mission the denunclation OF
what ii calls anti-railway legislation, char
| acteri1lng as such any legislation of reg
plative or restrictive nature adopted fer
| the protection of the public's interests.
! What railroad company Is inspiring this
publication 1t is not possible for The Post
! to say Possibly the publishers are oper-
ating ION their own hook and simply TAX
ing chances en- railway gratitude. What
ever there is back OF the little sheet, 1t has
been reserved for 1t to indulge in the
boldest Islander of Texas that has been
uttered in long time. In the issue sent
to The Post is a marked editorial in which
occurs the following observations
Taken whole. there is not in the
! Union State where times arc harder. or
where IL is more difficult u earn the bread
aua meat necessary to hold body and soul
/ together. than IN the State OF Texas. Witnin
the past month two OF the LARGEST manu-
| featuring concerns IN Texas have had repre-
( sentatiyes In st. Louis looking for a loca-
| ton for their respective elterpiises. one Of
them. wealthy publishing house Of Gal
weston. has secured quarters in st, Louis,
aud few days ago the daily papers pub
lshed an announcement Of their early re-
moval to this place This Arm Is one of the
common sense IL such couhrn as this finds
such tough shedding in Texas, that 1t finds
it necessary to pun out. bag and baggage
what can DO expected Of the little fellows
who. so TO speak, have to live from hand to-
mouth2 Every factory wheel shipped out
Of thai. or any other state, mates the timec
a little worse fer those people who r1main
Thcn what is the natter The poor
State Of Texas has been knocked to her knees
by the unjust. oppressive and conhscutorlal
: legislation which that state has inflicted upon
the railway industries within her borders,
and unless those fair minded people. who see
! the wrong and harm aud evil that will in
cue and cali halt upon such practices by
some of their State officials, within the next
I four years more capital VIII be shipped out
Of Texas than will 70 back In hfty,
It is not anticipated that such stuff as
this from so obscure source will do Texas
any great injury. but 1t possibly deserves
to have its ridiculous baselessness OK
posed for there are, unfortunately, many
beyond the borders of Texas who are read!
to believe any SANDER that may be pub
lished against the State, These excerpts
are really amusing MS curiosltles of ignor.
ance or viciousness. They illustrate agar
the degree OF prostitution to which tn,
printing press can be put.
AS matter of fact, there is scarcely
State in the American Union where Tho
people are so uniformly prosperous ant
. happy as Texas 1t is doubtful II in gu
L nearly 100000 population there are as
many ablebodled men out OF employment
+ who want to work, as In the city of ST
. Louis alone. These facts are the common
. ] nf all
i The contemplated removal of an old
y Texas firm, referred to, to st. Louis is no
because the house has not been remarkabl!
4 successful here, but for exactly the revers,
reason. 1t feels strong enough TO 20 to ST
|. Louis. retain the greater portion of IT.
!, Texas trade and reach a new trade In tn
IA Northwest that Gun not be reached iron
"a Texas.
IN There is less friction between our rail
10 roads and our railway commission tina
1. In dozen States in other portions OF III
1t country where railway regulation is at
nj tempted. In fact, the editorial In this s
Louis sheet Is a brazen tissue of false, dc
Of tamatory and contemplate statements tina
II might well SO unnoticed, were 1t not this
ii In answering them many more respeotabl
sr critics. upon much the same lines, ar
ne also answered.
ur Easily obtained statistics show tbs
he Texas is growing at as rapid rate no
on as for years past. that agriculture is be
be coming diversified, that the cities are build
on ing up and reporting good business, this
wages and salaries are much higher than i
= the Eastern States and that there is a d,
~ velopng sentiment in favor OF factory Ell
! terprlses that promises soon a great mu
Wv tiplcation of all the wheels of industr
They are simply ignoramuses or slanderer
i'' WHO say that Texas is not as good ard ,
ICY prosperous State, taken as a whole,
81 any other In the Union. -
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