The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-29
EXCHANGE INTERVIEWS.

The Southern Industrial and Lumber Re-
view correctly encompasses the situation In
the following:
Thirteen carloads OF strawberries were
shipped over the Cotton Belt road during the
first ten days OF May These shipments were
destined for Chicago, Cleveland, Ohio, and
Peoria, ILL., The run between Tyler and Cleye-
land was made in sixty hours to Peoria In
torty-six hours and to Chicago In forty eight
| hours. This demonstrates the fact that Texas
is a great fruit country, and when the rail-
roads exert themselves to push this class Of
freight through, the State viii prove itself
good truck country and show itself strong
competitor with any other in the Union.
You arc right, Editor NewSng in the posi-
Ton you take regarding Texas as truck
farming country. There Is no state the
American continent that can equal it as a
fruit and vegetable section. Even better than
this IS the fact that our products are in the
market several weeks earlier than California
or Florida. and consequently our truck farm
ers have a dead cinch on all competitors.
~
! Tho Colorado Citizen is sminently correct
when II says;
| A good deal OF interest Is being manifested
! by citizens along its banks In the efforts made
/ looking toward the navigation OF the Brazos
/ river The convention In Brennan next month
/ win be largely attended. and consensus of
| opinion to the feasibility OF the proposed
work and all data in regard to the subject
! will be presented. II Is believed the river can
| be made nayigable for a great distance by an
outlay not so large when its benefits are con-
I sidcred.
The who State is interested in this enter
prise, and The Post wishes it complete and
speedy success.
+ An exchange gets even with our Northern
Christian brothers by hitting them where they
| live. Here is its reiotnder:
| mob in Maine having tarred and feathered
mild-mannored follower OF the Meek and
! Lowry One for opinions expressed Ia a sermon
! those neople up there need not shake their
CORY locks at southern people for properly
| lyme ing brute.
II the good people up North can tar and
feather a fellow for merely expressing his
opinions from the Pulpit, they ought to be
more cautious in their condemnation of the
South for resenting sure enough outrages
~
! The Yoakum Daily Times knows what ii
talks about. and here's what II says:
The melon industry is becoming a very i'm
portant one In South Texas and Is DEVELOPING
at wonderful rate. Last year a few melons
were sllpped In car lots, but this year the
INDUSTRY has grown to such an extent that
solid watermelon trains are now being run 10
accommodate the shippers.
the magnitude to which this industry has
reached may be appreciated when 1t is stated
that up to date the San Antonio and Aransas
Pass road alone has shipped during the pres.
ent season over 200 carloads OF watermelons
to the Northern markets. And the business
is still booming.
~
The Palestine Daily Advocate has It's eve on
the trusts. and here is one result that It notes
one OF the most conservative estimates.
carefully made, is 20 the eetfct that tho forms
Aon OF trusts Ia the United States this year
mas resulted In throwing out OF empiovme,,t
SaVoy ornmmers. The natural effect Of this
paid to many OF those remaining in the service |
as drnmmers. and as consequence much ~ |
we commercial world is aroused against thai
misehieyous agency. the trust system ''"'