The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-12

bale, three millions $50. 0oS ~
years ago that amount vn,,iss
gregatcd him $780, 0o. 900. 4 n. fey
$50, 200, 900 In less than four vsszl
is hard to contemplate. Yon ,.S
shrinkage In town ard city ~ X
because of speculation. There n "
lation in the cultivation OF cn,.;
4 from the farmer the rent wb,cs Il
and his support, even thousS r.
may be, and what is left? Nct
/ do not care how hard he NAV ss3
not care how frugal he may ~ ~
possible for him to live mali!
at cents pound. know sSza
sympathies go out to him In M ~.
What ought we to do? May I 49,
advice upon the subject? What csSS. !.
! do, of whatever profession or ~;
lawyers, doctors and divines. NM
as we'll as merchants and banker ~
roads--is to get together and de9s2
aid these men who till the soiI p,
/ it possible for Houston to recst,.!
! her gates this year over two mili12
of cotton to help them out n '32s
Guilty. know the advice a. sSz
Don't plant 80 much cotton y r.
cruel advice. Will Houston 81
millions bales of cotton that vs2||
not at all. hope she will ~
lions next year. You tell the iS1s
diversity his crop. He can do n NV
tain extent, and only to a cerfa,s D.
He can not ship corn to Kapsns. n
carrying coal to Newcastle" for Re
1t. He can not make pork and S5s
send to Chicago; that is impot
best. all he can do is to raska S
bacon, enough corn and enough fs
home consumption. That does n
his cotton more valuable; not at 81 b
Now. what ought we to, doY i'm,
that. unless we do. Texas, with n
wealth and resources. will lag. bekki
old States of North Carolina and ~
We have got Just as good people. = "a
prising, as energetic and as frueai N
ms live under the sun. / am tod 4
States of South and North Carolina =
pound of cotton that is grown Il 81
the manufactured product, and Geoffh
Alabama are spending every energy r. b
direction. A friend of mine in Wssl
ton told me that cotton factory n,
tablished in his town and was cornolpta
the first day of last September, nrIS
single spindle was turned, before ~
were kindled, a contract had been
for every yard of cloth that came from
mill in five years. Cant you ID
same? Don't shake your head, beuui
know you can do 1t, II you but will-a
ton with all her enterprise with III
energy and activity, which has tSta
city right UP from out of the md
made it one of the most flourishlnf i
of our country can do It.. Start 4 4,
mill here at Houston. Pardon me n
say get little patriotism. Do MT II
methods of Wall street keep you bal
not go to specializing with the it'd
that company: do not do Ii. Do not
few men get hold of 1t. Let evefyal
you stand shoulder to shoulder u
should be a success and not unlih
Houston and Texas Central railned
will be a success. too. Any set d
that could build more than nity 7
of railway before the war can build u
ton factory. They can not only W
Gotten factory, but they can inaugux
successfully. / hope it will come q
so that instead of shipping cotton yul1
be shipping cotton goods. That va
the farmer From the example sst6
city of Houston the good work will ~
ali over the State and factories u b
kind will spring up. Young
who now do not want to follow agf3N
because 1t means starvation have =
the more desperate chances OF In
medicine or become mechanics. In ~
they will accomplish financial indlr
ence for themselves and be besdno
society.
am no territorial expansiopld
not believe that the people Of the ~
States ought to be doing missionary =
do not think that it is our proyil4
our duty at the expense Of our own =
ests and happiness to teach the Philik
how to manage their oyn affairs. Wen
got country here enough for 0urselW
we can learn to govern ourselves Pr
we will be doing enough. When ~
pie of Houston and every other city
learn how to manage y
affairs without issuing
then they will be doing enough. 81
with your State and county goyerne
One thing that ] abhor above all osp
and that is contracting interest-ll
bonded Indebtedness. While am or
10 territorial ACKNOWLEDGEMENT am
In favor of commercial expansion.
Did doctrine of the law of the suryin
he fittest is cruel one. That law opa
Standing here in my place tonlsnl.
Measuring my words, because xohn
ay anything that is intemperate, y
'e wrong in me to do SO, say
highest interest of the people
$ blending with the CONSTRUCTION
Nicaragua canal. You will not mM
end cotton to Liverpool to DO n
nina and Japan hereafter. Japas
nina will then know where TexaE
Ghere Houston is. Reach out 10y
rade. Send your agents there,
Wholesale houses send their agenu
ell them your best cotton III ordel
heir trade. II vou want 1t, giM
he full yard. They are the snIv.
eople on earth and the smartesh
on deceive them once you VIII
eceive them ssSond time.
DING to succeed, and, expansion
Spansion, We will succeed WnE
eneral government is taking care
lterests Of the whole people uuuss
let Texas, whose ~
more than imperial, whose tx
re- countless almost as the ssnui
ne seashore, whose Citizenship
eer of that OF any other country
1890 sAAAhSs NC hhoNit ioi
willing to receive all and to iress
18th hospitality, and depend upon
srity will come to us. It may % Y
sgrees, but 1t will come, my nlse
lat tho traveller when he visits ou'
nd sees our splendid towns anu ,s,T
IT magnificent farms, our grea,. Mr.
always, our school houses, our w. wv
nd honest economical adminls'ns ~, 50
'yernment. will say, like the
,eba. THE half has not been tor
Xxx
At the conclusion Of Governor
agnificent address Toastmaster
roposed the health OF Texas ana ~
,vernor. which was drunk stanT
'terward introduced Mr.. |. y. d.ss
! the Youngest member of the
otton Exchange. who had been
represent Colonel w. i. Moou,
,ston in responding TO the toa.s
ercial exchanges. boards q