The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-24
ONE PLANT BRINGS OTHERS.
Misunderstanding Enterprise Only Three Of the Kind
Country imported from Asia and Africa

This II called IeneFaH hl@hithA 3A+ -
made BY a secret process Il promises to
be a paying part Of the business and VIII
Be deveicped rapidly
The creates, dsawhack that this husi-
ness has lad has been the opposition en-
ccuntered from the iva rival concerns ID
the East. which have formed a trust They
have seemingly considered the TEXAS plant
as az infringement upon their rights sEd
haze tried TO kill its trade. The great dit
ference in freight rates has been 70 the
advantage CT the Houston concern. how
ever. and It's owners have bsan able thus
far 10 even meet this class OF opposIiioa-
Mr. Parker states that they contemplate
putting ia a Climbing and carding plant
next fall. witch IS estimated to cost So
Gee or s7a.0C0 This will give them every
advantage in manufacturing the esEaeI's
hair and Enchair gods, and they viii be
cale to withstand all opposition from the
trust Such an establishment Will sIss give
employment to many additional laboreFs,
and Will be Of great value to ihe city. The
factory as it now stands employs thirty
six PEOPLE in weaving and spinning. and is
run for ten months in the year. 1t can turn
ont nearly 5000 w:rth OF material every
dar.
Such an institution as this is indiEput-
: able proof Of Houston's superiority as a
Z manufacturing mar. Here IS a plant that
has been operating In one Of our suburbs
+ fer the last two CT three years, making
( something that perhaps not one person in
I every one hundred ever heard Of. and at
+! the same time making money for its OWL
I ers. The existence OF such 4 factory should
certainly demonstrate to any one that an
Industry to manufacture something OF
general use would meet With even greater
success.
/ This factory depends for its raw ma
I terisI Upon the hair OF camels aud the
wool az Asia Minor goats. The eamel's
( hair is gathered by the natives Of Africa
and Asia from the earayansaries where
the animals have been stalled. or clipped
from these Eastern beasts Of burden. 1t
is brought to this country at great trouble
and expense and manufactured at Hous-
ton lnto a product that is needed for our
mammoth Gotten seed oil business. The
market for such an article of manufacture
Is naturally limited. and yet this iassitC-
tion is valued at 800 900 and 1t is doing
big business.
Doesn't it seem natural to conclude that
II We can make success OF one such in
stitut!on. that We ought to be able to
MAKE at least dozen cotton mills pay
here.
Mr. Parker, the general manager Of this
mating factory. is an old cotton mill man
He worked at the business in Laucausnire
England, for many years. and also had
considerable experience with Gotten fac
tories in the Carolinas. He says that
Houston Is an ideal place for cotton mills.
and ne believes that the men who develop
this Industry in Texas Will make for
tunes out OF it.
The cation mill at Meadowbrook will be
Of some benefit to Houston and viii be a
welcome addition to Harris eounty's list
Of industries, but some en.erprising local
capitalists should undertake such an in
s,itution in the city or suburbs of Hous-
ton.
My advice 10 all cotton factory pro-
moters,' said Mr.. Parker, lis this: Build
something for which there is local de-
mand. mill here or in any other part OF
Texas fitted up for producing coarse shirt.
ings, sheetlngs, drills. bags. osnaburgs.
bats and ropes is bound to pay One thing
to avoid, however. is old machinery. The
best and most up-to-date machinery is
that which assures dividends nowadays. II
machinery is offered for sale by Northern
or Eastern cotton mills, you can rest as
sured that it is no longer fit for their use,
and If II is not good enough for them you
can safely assume that it is not VIVA, is
needed here either"
The manufacture OF raw cotton into
merchantable commodity has been too long
neglected in Texas There is plenty OF Idle
capital in Houston to put into such indus
tries and it should be brought forth. II is
matter that interests every citizen Of
Houston. and one that means much in the
future development Of this city and State,
The avenues Of work must be enlarged and
this can only be done by Industrial ex-
pansion.