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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-25

Texas Real Estate Journal, there Is sound
eason. and tto much can not be said TO i'm
press its truth upon the public.
49,
The Corpus Christi Caller incidentally pic
lures tho prosperity of the coast truck farmers
IN the following gratifying item;
The Caller learns that the Arensas Pass
road is moving watermelons by the trainloa1
Gally. On Tuesday tho road had over nfty
cars bound for the Northern markets, most
"a the melons coming off the Skidmore brancn.
wade City is shipping from six to seven cars
daily; La frnita from ton to twelve; Snton,
four TO slx--sinton shipped forty cars since
Juno s. Skidmofe. Beeyllle, Gregory, Rock
tort and Corpus Christi are shipping carloads,
Beevile aud Normana together will ship
about 900 cars Beeville had seven cara on
tie track this morning. Bee put much OF her
cotton lands into melons this year, diversity
ing her crops AS 10 how many melon trains
VIII be hauled over tho Arkansas Pass road
This year. IL IL hard to say at this writing.
II the buslress proves as profitable as some
believe II will. 1t won't be very long before
watermelon trains will be as common as cattle
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A Lesson from the Trusts.


ON June l all but one-tenth OF the mill.
IN the window glass trust shut down In
definitely. On June 80 the remainder q,
the mills VIII close. This throws out az
work 1900 skilled workmen
Here is a good example OF the operations
OF trusts, There is now no competition in
the making OF window glass. II the mem
hers OF this combine were individual man
uiacturers they could not AFFORD 10 let their
good workmen go, because they could not
get them back. But now the temptation IN
restrict production and advance prices Is
too great to be resisted. and the workmen
are sacrificed.
These 1900 discharged employees can not
turn at once 10 other helds OF labor. even
II places were awaiting them. They are
skilled In the business OF making window
glass. but the greed OF trust prevents them
from earning a living.
These workmen and their families must
suffer that larger dividends may be paid on
the watered stock OF the window glass
trust.
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AN IMpEnIALIsrIo JUMPING JACK


Senator McLauren OF South Carolina Il
the biggest expansonist this war has yet
developed.
AS an extremist he is "all wool yard
wide and foot thick"
In a speech made before the students
Of Woford college In favor OF imperial
ism the senator said. 1.-THE statesman
who doubts or falters is demagogue; the
Christian who doubts or falters is a
traitor to his God and to his religion"
Such epithets are out OF place anywhere,
and they must nave sounded exceedingly
harsh before such audiences as usually as
semble at wofford college. There are
hundreds of public men in this country
today opposed to Imperialism whose names
as statesmen and patriots long after this
ELUSIVE senator has been forgotten, and
there are thousands of men and women
all over this broad land who oppose this
war OF raplne and bloodshed that are
models OF Christian intelligence. and whose
fidelity TO God and humanity would be as
surance doubly sure that no such epithets
as those used by Senator McLauren will
ever fall from their lips. Their hearts are
sick of this useless bloodshed, and they
want these people to have civil and re-
ligious liberty
The senator is mad-stark mad.
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Publish the Assessment Ro,,.

chicago Times Herald.
In spite of denials the rumor ia nersis.
tent that the board OF assessors nronoses
10 evade that section OF the new tar ,o,y
which commands the publication Of the
assessment rolls. Judgment against the
board should be withheld of course until
the bad purpose is proved beyond Doubt
but meantime it is pertinent to urge once
more the Importance of publication.
THIS is the great. the only effective
check upon tax dodgers. Men who would
pe perfectly willing to compromise with
sneir oohsclences in the sworn statements
40 70 me Value OF their property require
secrecy Tor their protection. II thew know
that every taxpayer in the nommrnity IL
10 have pamphlet which will contain a
iuli list Of the valuations the fear OF pub-
nc contempt and public prosecution will
compel them to an unacoustomed righte-
BUSINESS, fIsnte-
ror no one Is so rich in influence or
poor IN purse that he may egcape the in
eVllaole scrutiny and comparisons. Dur
ins many years thousands OF our citizens
~ ~ nave paid heavy taxes. relatively
s speaNi ~, nave known that there were
sIoss INEQUALITIES In the rolls. They are
,oday In the worst OF humors for suffer-
ing continuance OF this Injustice. and
ste an eager to act as inquisltors. Neigh
uor VIII watch neighbor and business rivals
WI wlil be on the alert against each other
no seemingly unfair assessment will he
a't0wed to go unchallenged.
mat Is exactly the state Of affairs that
gugnt to exist in the interest OF honesty
IL may bring about clash Of opinion
wnere there is no dishonest intent hut
nus VIII only help to clear the atmosphere
OF fraud, After one experiment the differ
ences VIII become less marked, and suoh.
an e9uaiization will result as has never
whatever the intent. there can he no
s sa'lu objection to publicity. Only knaves
t te the light which Is as essential IN The
ns office as It is in the public
ir ns When the sandbagger Is walk
lug amid crowds at midday or under tho
s.are OF electric lamps he is Commonly as
:. as the most innocent ~ cItizens
Is only IN dark streets and alleys whsre
Snsre are few passers-by that he becomes
Ht sa Let us have light upon the
r,.a assessors can not evade this plain
OF the law without exposing
teasance In office. ''' 'i.a' ms
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LET THE TRUTH bic KNOWN.

The Atlanta Constitution is evidently a
"tenderfoot" of no mean order. In speak-
Ing of the evidence now being taken in
Washington City before the industrial
commission, the Constitution gives signs
OF the sensitive condition OF it's pedal ex.
tremeties ihusly:
Much OF the evidence which is being given
before the industrial commission now sittina
IN Washington is OF very dispiritng char
scter. We fear that injustice NAV be done
not only to many sections OF our country
but TO many material interests as we'll. by the
statements OF the gentlemen who have thus
far appeared before thnt body, Beginning. for
instance. with Mr.. HAyemeyer. he would sug-
sest want OF confidence in the honor and
Integrity OF the entire country attacking
the motive Of the Statesmen OF all parties
lndiscriminately, and expressing a complete
disbelief In all forms Of humanitarianisin.
We are In the midst OF committeeman,
exercises. and the Constitution has evil
IDENTITY been imbibing too freely OF the
gentle spirit of the sweet girl graduate. +"
The Constitutions sensitiveness ia .'too
utterly utter" for any use or earth. Even
the sweet girl graduate" would dlsown
the authorship as such aesthetic tomfool-
cry Because Mr.. Havemeyer and Others
attribute the growth OF trusts to an In
cautiously high tariff the Constitution is
afraid the world will be made to believe
that the American people are a disgrace
10 the civilization Of the age. Here 10
another of its sentimental sentences:
II what Mr.. Hayemeyer said was true. then
tho human race would degenerate into a
pack OF rayenous wolves. each one seeking to
dovour the other.
Just because an unjust law has made the
ssnnereiai conditions Of the country such
that few thousand OF her wealthy busi-
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the testimony OF Mr.. j. Pope Brown OF
Georgia shows very concluslvely that the
Mckinley brand of prosperity has not done
the farmers of the South much good. The
Industrial commission is grinding out
some good material for the antitrust
convention called by Governor Sayers.
~
The political situation in the State OF
Ohio is also giving the administration
something to think over. The fight ON
Senator Foraker, which is being made by
Kohlsaat of the Chicago Times Herald, is
believed to have been instigated by Mark
Hanna and Mckinley and the Foraker
people are madden than March hares over
1t, and threaten to dump the whole State
ticket. As said he would do. Mr. Foraker
has come out on top in this fight. He has
published a lot of correspondence that
throws light on his attitude In the fight
that Hanna made for reelection to the
senate, and 1t proves that he has been
malgned and lied on outrageously by the
Hanna henchmen and his friends are just
ly angry over it. That means permanent
split in the ranks of the g. o. p. over in
Ohio and perhaps the defeat of the entire
republican State ticket this fall. Such a
calamity might mean the retirement of
Mckinley as a candidate for the presidency
next year. All these things added to the
war in the Philippines have given the ad-
minlstratlon a bad case of the dry grins.
II the democracy fails to take advantage
of every one of them then it does not de-
serve To win
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The republican party, suggests an exchange,
can not point to any real stand 1t has taken
against trusts when it had the opportunity
or any pledge it has now standing to oppose
them. ON the other hand 1t has done the bid
ding Of the trusts on all occasions. in spite
Of past pledges, and has repudated every Of
fetal that made an honest effort to suppress
trusts. The democratic party has redeemed
every pledge 1t made against trusts In the
past and Is firmly committed 10 their sup
preston by its National declaration of prin-
ciples at tho present time. THAT is tho DIFF
ference in outward standing OF the parties on
the trust question, and inwardly rinotonths
of tho democrats in the country are per-
sonally opposed to trusts, and nine-tenths OF
the republican party favor them,
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AS VIEWED AT WASHINGTON.
INV q. A. EDwARDs.)

.hinr,on. June 22.-(Staff Speeial.)--
r,a ,o,har and trouble department OF TINS
administration Is beginning to be WorAeu
aor,,ne The war In the Philippines the
,o,,,,oonv before the industrial commits
L., and the factional fight in the repuo-
llcan marty in the State OF ONO are al
causing Mr.. Mckinley some unpleasant
hol, hours and, perhaps, some sieepiess
NIGHTS lust now. Everything seems TO DC
coming the Administrations way and IL
seems to appreciate the fact by DONG
powerful lot OF lodging
The testimony OF Mr.. Henry o. Have
never. sugar trust king, is still the topic
=, conversation here in political circles
The democrats are jubilant, the repuo-
Ilcans are paralyzed and look at one an
other with wide open eyes that inquire
with wonderment depicted upon theil
countenances what will strike them next
TO knock silly their last chance OF success
in the contest next year. The INDUSTRIAL
commission Is proving the biggest KIND
OF boomerang for this administration
II one william Mckinley had supposed
for one moment that it would have drag
ged as many skeletons from the repup-
ucan closet as It has done, he would have
cut off his right hand rather than nave
appointed II. It was originally intended
as soft place for many administration
clacuuers who had not been provided lot
and 1t was the pet hobby Of repub-
llcan congressman from Pennsylvania who
engineered the bill through the house, Nc
Kinley thought It would be a good thing
to give few more places to the faithful
who were still out In the cold and that
another commission, more or less, in this
commission ridden administration would
not make much difference. II he had
only known he would have been scared
into a compton fit He is now engaged
in tearing out his seldom hair because ht
Endorsed the scheme and appointed the
commission. The testimony before 1t Is
every day tearing great big irregular
holes in his pet protection theory and put.
ting the republican party deeper in the
hole
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friends OF the deceased. and they will perform
the last sad rites, but will look In vain for
the resurrection morn. Their friend will be
too dead 10 skin
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-25

Snow and forest fires are now prevalent in
parts Of Colorado Fine crops and good pas
turago abound In every section OF Texas.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-25

While the authorities in Manila are calling
for more soldiers President Mckinley is on
a summer iaunt and Secretary OF War Alger
is off looking after tho Michigan senator
ship. There is some excuse for AlGer. but
none for Mckinley. Alger knows that Bryan
will be elected next year and that unless he
gets that senatorship he'll be out OF Job
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-25

"Brutus" Havemeyer has plunged his dax.
ger deep into the body Of Caesar Trust.
The democratic party will do the rest in No
sember. 1900. The remains win be turned
over to Mckinley. Hanna a Co., ipumat.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-25

An oil field has been discovered in Freestone
county. near Mexia, and wells are being sunk
riGht along. Texas grows bigger every day
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-25

hest OF republicans and a few misguided
democrats ara trying mighty hard to get MIR.
German into the presidential race. each hav-
ing the same object in view-the election OF
Mckinley.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-25

II this can't stop DISCRIMINATION .,o. :.
only solution of the problem !. $50. Tue
viii, n osnership' think, however, that it
n w., NOT nave to come to that A GOOD
a sOss law II properly constructed will
s. Is"er every purpose and forever mn, =
49,. s 70 freight discrimination. Thu r,u-
, olus are themselves NOT anxious 70 ha,,
and ths~ ioss even for big corporations
given ~, would obey pooling law II
- sail a chance. Mr.. Lockwood's tes.
s.a n0ay also shows the methods ., ~.
s,a, .uara Oh people in eiecting men to in
s,''A positions when they are the viz,
OF men they can use. 'ne Aihd
me Industrial commission is INV :,
'ns agricultural question and
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-25

The testimony OF Mr. Havemeyer is a
solar plexus to the republican party. Some
people here consider 1t the result OF pique
on the part Of Mr.. Havemeyer. They think
he has not been treated right by Mr. Han
ma. They say that evidently Hanna has
failed to make good some of his numerous
ante election promises and that Have
meyer has taken this method Of furnishing
the administration. 1t is also considered
notice to Mr.. Hanna that he needn't
come around In 1900 expecting to have
his campaign contribution box filled by
the sugar trust as it was in 1896. Many
democrats think that Havemeyer is not
getting what he considers his share OF the
protection rakeoff, and that the sugar
trust now being amply able to run its
boat without any more protection, he is
determined to pull down the entire struc-
ture.
There is no doubt. however, that the
testimony OF Mr. Havemeyer will make the
trust Issue bigger in the next campaign
than It probably would have been other
wise. His position, whether it Is his hon
est opinion or not that the protective
tariff is the mother of all trusts is no new
thing.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-25

Boss Plat says that Henry Hayemeyer Is
a wicked democrat Henry ought 10 feel
highly COMMUNICATED.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-25

The mountains OF iron in Llano ana Mason
counties may In the near future have a gfeat
deal to do In liking the PRICE Of pig iron and
railroad rails, Our hne granite IN that local
as Kansas ciiy In government buildings. and
ir Soutaern ports. We have granite and iron
ore equal to the best.
In the foregoing. which we copy from thu
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-25

The Salt Like City Herald has made the
discovery that there is no cause for complaint
about the hot weather up there; but admits
that TIE day before was scorcher. There
never Is any cause for complaint but It's
hot all the same-in Utah Down here In
South Texas there is ine breeze all day and
the nights are simply delightful
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-25

The Boston Herald speaks OF this govern.
ment being the Fnplno's SOVEREIGN, what
next?
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THE HOUSTON DAILY POST
nY THIS
Houston Printing Company.

p. NJ. JOHNSTON. PRESIDENT.
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The industrial commission has also had
another very interesting witness before
II In the person OF Mr.. Lockwood Of penn.
syivania' He has opened up the gates
ana shown the ways that are dark and
Tue Tricks that are vain INDUCED in nv the
standard OIL trust. His testimony ia ,n.
'eres'ins to me because It corroborates
my assertion made several months ago
mat the railroads were assisting very ma
'erialiy IN fostering the trusts by discrim-
mating in freight rates regardless of the
interstate commerce commission Mr.
1ooA"ood says under oath that thu rail-
roads II not the mother of trusts are a,
ieas' the foster" mother. He is an In.
u'pehueht rehner of oil and he saws th,,
i DoS's him $3.50 barrel to shin oil the
same distance that it costs the stonasrS
~. Wv rust only IS cents. Since this &c tha
uu,n, why not then pass a good railroad
poo,'ns law under the strict suOerv,s,on
81 Inc government with the proper nsn.I
'ies ioF Its evasion or violations
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-25

This Voice of Kemp. in its last issue. de-
olares that
Expansion is the watchword in Texas TODAY
Corn, oats. wheat. barley fruits. melons and
POTATOES, ana even cotton, are all expanding.
The Pest is an anti-expansionist on the CO.
lonial principle but when it comes down to
home business matters It is in favor OF all the
expansion possible
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1t has been the democratic position and
assertion for many years, and 1t will be
one of the slogans in the next campaign
that the democrats will use with force
and effect, coming as 1t does from the
king OF one of the biggest trusts in the
country and testimony before so-called
non-partlsan commission.
While Havemeyer's testimony was very
interesting because OF its cynical brutal
ity' he falls into error several times when
he says that "it is the government, through
Its tariff laws, which plumbers the neo-
pie and the trusts are merely the ma
cninery for doing It," 1t Is nothing OF the
KIND. 1t is the trusts who are the active
piunderers OF the people. They use the
tarlir wall as the machinery and as soon
as they have the wall sufficiently high TO
exclude competition they proceed tn get
their hands into the pockets OF the peonle
But the time when all this will ston 10
very near The protective tariff q, hat
'ening ground for millionaire manufac.
'urers Is about played out. And the child
ana successor of that tarifr-tre trrsts
tnose instruments that are now the active
i0ooers' the extorters of fictitious prices
from the people, are also doomed
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-25

An American lawyer who pave, y 1
,,n mp S' in Cuba and who ,..l l'a'g 70,
n morrow Ro 9S ans For GOD ' o.
s II nGsai light a in legal 'lI Iss W
Ia ,S when the regiment Wv 'y d ~,
n ~ Noyember found bis VIZ ,Is suslHss. I,
practice his professor, Han d iaii, &
n noanv amiable qualities .r r. hs q
him hinay many friends who TO-
ure. 49, ~
60 much has been said ' - d y
mS 80 TSsr Of MORO Castle e. ! =
@ an, Underground & susia''l y. 81
, ~, am ana American engineer r. = d.
,-t thorough 70 exploration ., = =, O.. 81
s,s result that the stories : y, q,
proven con ne, a Il. Ps'sis. ~
s ths eisaalas q iA e.. Il ID ss.,
che buildings ~ ,as sensational Isp y n J,
ture and the s''a passss71 49,
cret staircases az .rsatiss in's
but creatures OF e'ss
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Iowa has had six tornadoes this season
This. with Henoerson's election tn tina speak
erptip ought to be advertising enough for one
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EXCHANGE INTERVIEWS.

A nclghhoring city has recently pumed IT.
self on the growth OF Its population, and this
is how tho incorrigible II Paso Times deals
with the question:
Galveston claims that census Of that city
Just taken by the publishers OF the city d.
roctory gives that place a population Of SO, $50
Must have counted the "iddlers' OH the
beach.
You arc too hard on Galveston, dear Times
and therefore we feel no conjunction in
turning you over to the tender mercles Of
Uncle Bill Stcrrett.
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The DAILY POST, n THE SUNDAY posi-.
20 Columns. ioSto a7< Coils.
sEMI-wEEkLy posi-. IA Coils. per Week.
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The Syracuse Herald consoles itself with
tho reflection that Sir Richard Wobster's Six
teen-day speech before the boundary liue com
mission is better than war.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-05-11

PERHAPS the oldest salt of furniture
is owned by, Joseph Berger, hotel
keeper in Budapest. For many years he
has made IL his business to collect
match boxes from factories Of various
countries. His collection aggregates
1000 boxes. He ordered q skilled cab.
met maker to equip room with fur
niture made of these boxes. The outfit
consists of writing table with smok.
ing apparatus fire screen. cabinet,
. chair and other smaller articles
Though the boxes are empty, they are
adjusted SO ingeniously that the pieces
are fully As strong as the ordinary fur.
niture.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-05-11

The proprietor Of ) cafe in Paris
uses large monkeys or apes, as walters.
They are attired in the regulation
walters costume. Their tails have
been cut OF. and, unlike smaller speci.
mems of the Simian tribe, they walk
erect instead Of on all tours. Il has
been contended that monkeys chat.
ter is language, and that by educa-
ton he could be taught to form with
his tongue articulate labial, dental and
aspirate sounds. The Paris cafe mon.
keys are handed checks on which the
order is written.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-05-11

ADM. NELsoN's famous flagship, the
Foudroyant. has been broken up, and
6 being converted into curio relics.
The stout old craft was overturned at
her dock in q storm in 1897, and ever
since has been steadily breaking up.
The tons Of copper bolts and sheathing
have been sent to the manufacturing
towns to be converted into medals,
enpk, cigar cases. etc. The timbers
will be used IN tho manufacture Of
costly furniture. Lady Abercomby,
whose grandfather. Sir Randolph Alb.
ercolnby, died &c the battle Of Alexan.
dria o. the Foudroyant has ordered .
cabinet and : chair.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-05-11

A NEW remedy for sickness comes
from Germany. The discoverer says
that seasickness is due to lack Of blood
in the brain, and wearing red glasses
will send the blood to the brain with 4
rush ano so relieve the condition. He
ascribes such benefit as may follow the
use Of champagne and other stimu.
iants, as well rs the relief given by
lying down, to tho congestion Of the
brain produced, but asserts that the
red glasses act more quickly, and en-
cienflv. Is
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-05-11

PADEREwsK1 lives in . house that Is a
veritable museum Of musical relics.
Articles that have belonged to all the
great composers are everywhere and
the faces Of their departed owners gaze
upon you from the walls. Flowers
there are in profusion, for admirers
send to the famous pianist great
punches daily. The whole Of the wall
in one room is occupied by the enor.
nous laurel wreath presented to him
ct Leipsic.