The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-23
EXCHANGE INTERVIEWS.


| Hilsboro is to build a cotton factory on a
new cooperative plan which is favorably re-
ceiyed. The capital stock OF $4,000 is divided
into 1000 shares OF $50 each, payable In month :
I " installments of 81. In this way persons of
limited means, with progressive ideas. can
invest in the Improvement. We would like
to see New Braunfels swing nto line the same
way.-New Braunfels Herald.
The plan adopted by the citizens of Hills
boro is an excellent one and could easily be
followed by New Braunfels and other cities
OF Texas that are the least bit enterprising-
Post
What Hillsboro is doing Collinsvine can
easily do. We have the railroad facilities
abundance of soft water-plenty OF white la
men and farmers of this section may not
undertake the enterprise i is practicable
and one that would be beneficial to the en-
tire communicates Tines.
Collinsvilic with Its facilities can do what
Hillsboro is doing in the direction of erect
ing a cotton factory and there are quite a
number of other towns In Texas that could
and should also adopt Hillsboro's plan. The
value of cotton factory to town can not
be overestimated.
II Abilene wants to accomplish anything she
must get her citizens to pulling on the same
end of the rope.-Abilene Reporter
If anything is to be accomplished for town
I the citizens thereof must pull together with
full force on the Same end of the rope. II
there is tug OF war and two factions pull at
different ends no possible good will come to
! the town. II any place is TO be prosperous
/ the people must work In perfect harmony for
! its welfare.
The whitney Messenger recently celebrated
Its sixteenth birthday. The Messenger was
started by II. p. and j. o. Jones aud in 1890
Al.
former retiring in 1898. since which time the
latter has been in charge of the paper. The
Messenger is frst-class weekly paper. clean
and outspoken in its views, and The Post
wishes for 1t many more years of success.
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All the papers of the South are advising
and booming for factories. Every little town
in Texas Is talking about cotton factory
This means that some of them are going to
be built, There is cotton mill town in
Georgia that consumes all the cotton market
ed there and asks for more, giving about
cent a pound more than similar towns with
out mills. This mill also gives local de-
mand for other farm products and makes
profitable several businesses in the town.
Mineral Wells Graphic.
Where there is so much agitation on the
cotton mill subject there Is some good bound
to result therefrom. Not every town In tho
State that is talking of erecting a cotton mill
will do so, but some OF these places are 60
ing to put them up, Such conditions now
exist in the Georgia town mentioned will be
seen in moro than one Texas town.
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The Yoakum Herald addresses some peril |
nent questions to the citizens OF its town
The Herald asks them;
What are you doing towards the upbuIid-
Ing OF your home town? Have you ever con-
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calculated to increase our volume Of trade or
make Yoakum a better town. What are you
good for anyway?
That man who has never done anything to-
wards the upbuilding of his town and to make
1t better place TO live in or who has never
contributed to anything that would add to its
business, is certainly good for nothing. The
best thing he can do for his town is to move
away.
Tho Gatesvlie Star, published by ". W,
Lastinger recently entered upon its four
teenth year. The Star states that 1t will
continue to work for the upbuiding and well
fare OF Gatesvilie and Coryell county, which
The Post trusts Will be for long time to
come.
Houston need not worry over the San An
tonic BOAST over ner laiF. Wusu HOUSTON
stacks up her fruit and flower show this
goodly city Will come down and interview
her and help her toot her horn for all that
anvious or that rejoices over another In this
Did town.-San Antonio Light
Houston is not worrying. In fact, the Bayou
CITY is truly glad OF the success the San An
tonic fair met with. There is no narrow
spirit in Houston's makeup and the more
there are OF these fairs the better Houston
likes II. for they all help to make this State
grander and greater. The whole population
81 San Antonio is welcome TO visit this city
in December and they will be shown royal
good time.
II we can not build cotton mill, let us
have u small flour mill, Ice factory, broom
factory. etc. Towns that can not build large
should interest themselves In small
ones Bartlett Tribune.
That's the way to talk. The Tribune is
moving in the right direction In its effort to {
10 something for It's town. II Bartlett is un-
able TO build cotton factory. then II should
start some other kind OF manufacturing en-
erprise on smaller scale. Factories, large
'r small. are the things which are needed
low most OF all In Texas.
With the issue Of November Is the Bowie I
,ross Timbers started on the eighteenth year