The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-27
HOUSTON As A MANUFACTURING POINT.
Co. . e.aId ne So and the Many Advantages that Can
'a"y Nea'o"' ' : - offered

no figure in the matter The making re- Oh
.,se,, will Give employment to the WOOD WORK
a., Inc nsintcr, timer and printer. rne
,.ori ran Mi be done In Houston as weii ~
IN IN. North What l desire ana inck - une
.si,sny arranrement--capital and talent 70 put
AZ Goods on the market by thorough auver-
.tising and business mnnagement. ! wa IL, ~
.rsne 10 Houston because Of Its many aoy van
tages in labor shipping, eiei, AM INA va" Of ma,
~ mon 10 jon me In this work. Can tnl ~
good business showing There IS no M
heavy expenditure until thofouRh cpnn .n ~
~ osfablished The season Will soon be on ior
ariiyc work, and everything seems ready ior
the occasion. Very respectfully. !, pa,,sr
Mr.. Porter wants to come to Housto"
.beeause OF its many advantages OF labor
shfnpipg, ETC." That tells the whole story'
II Is a story that seems to be better known
n neofle outside the city than to our own
residents.
our neglect Of the most important factor
n n city's development--:hs building OF rae
,orIes-is undoubtedly due to our failure 70
reaiize the wonderful advantages possessed
by this city for n manufacturing center.
rbese advantages were briefly stated In On
tntoryiew with Mr. 0. NJ. Carter the other DAY
when be said: Abundant raw material Is AT
our very doors, labor is is cheap nero az
e is" ,, -. ,ro, n. hub Of wheel.
w. IN. ~ aa,,.n, a,stribut,nr facilities.
80. a, manufacturing industries
Mn''e NV s,.,.,, ,,,,.os ,s an extensive
III ,uo 'oas s,,sa,,. n,,,hou, competition. and
ma e n.y. r.. -. -o,as 4, Mexico. Central
We ean p'a - W.. Ind,cs a, a less cost
,n ~, ,,,,,,ra-. ore nov supplying
.sau .no
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We have climate. we have power. we have
labor wa have the distributing facilities. and.
IN fact we have everything with which to
mako an admirable manufacturing center. All
mat "a needed is for home capitalists to mako
4. fsw hold ventures. or to encourage those
,,h, .ro reaav IN nromote some line of in
dns,r,aI deveIopment.
That Houston is the greatest distributing
po,nt In the South will be told YOU BY any
a,bo,ss.Ie merchant in this city. IL ia shown
nv the fact that warehouses have been es-
tab,ished here for the storing and distributing
of goods made in Boston and hundreds of
other cities in the North and East. Manu-
featured wares are sent from here to nearly
every part of the world.
If OUTSIDE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. can AuUTu " CO
t,h,ish agencies here for the sale and dis
.-,.,,,,., -, .,.,r .ooa. ,sn,, ., reasonable
- ha,io,. tho, uonston would bo ~ood
rl,c. 4, which RI manufacture some of those
piAse .. ,.s - a.. .,,,...
goods ana let nome investors 10 the seiins
and shipping? wouldn't the saving of freight
from, Nav York mr. Boston IN Houston he n
ws..,,.,. :, ~ ..,.s,,.
big item! wouldn't the saving OF the middle
mans proht be something in itself!
But before and above all that is the benefit
the city itself would derive from this making
and manufacturing. Houston's population
would be greatly increased. houses would 90
up in all directions and values largely en-
nance. The city would expand and broaden.
Harris county would be settled up and every
acre of idle land would be put into cultiva-
tion.
Capital thus invested gives steady en-
ployment at profitable wages to labor: labor
Will create a demand for vegetables. fruits
and divers kinds of agricultural products.
The mill and factory employees will have