The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-12
EXCHANGE INTERVIEWS.
The Post is pleased to copy from the Hal.
letsvillo Herald the following paragraph;


time threshing fine article of wheat The
machine has capacity of twenty bushels an
hour. Old Lavaca county is certainly heeom-
ing diversified farming center The Kubl-
anka -four mill will turn the wheat into foui
during the next few months.
That is the way to diversity. The county
that will raise its own wheat and have II
made into -four on the ground will be able to
take care Of itself. no matter how the wind
of prosperity blows.
The Texas Farm and Ranch, referring to the
alleged cattle trust In Texas, says:
Whether It Is really trust or not is imms-
terlal; the object, of course. is to control the
Texas cattle product To do this 1t may alb
forb or disSipnte, freeze out" or make 1t
"tco hot fo- any small rancher who falls Ia
sec things through gla1s,s supplied by he
trust; or to descend from metaphor to plain
English. who refuse to sell out or get out on
terms prescribed nv the tru1t 1t may do ali
this--it may even do all 1t expects to do-bu-
there 10 branch Of the cattle business 1t
can't reach with forty-foot pole and red
al out $50 Ooo farms IN TEXAS of an average
Sic or about sixty-two acres, on all of which
cattle can be raised and fed and the farmers
don't care 1aDanese yen what occurs on the
cattle ranges or who owns or runs them 'rhay
cen raise better cattle. because they have the
feed, and their cattle don't have to gn fifteen
miles to water and then back fifteen miles
tol Ieeu. consequently they can push their
stock from the start and mature boevcs year
sooner than the range man or range trust
II there's anything tho trusts can't monopo-
lize: IL there's anything they cant get away
WITH It has not yet developed. and we fear
the small farmer has n poor show to hold his
own in this instance against the aggregation
OF capital said TO be subscribed for corner.
ing' the cattle Interests of Texas.
~
The Texas stockman and Farmer throws out
hint which the farmers of Texas would do
well to heed:
The planting of an extensive rice acreage IN
Southeast Texas is another important steD to.
ward crop diversifcation In this state, ami
oners 10 the cotton tenants good chance of
getting into. an industry that viii pay them
Wei for their labor II they will only take the
trouble to give this crop little consideration
ana learn that there is money in It, whereas
IN cotton they have barely living.
Yes. there Is large profits in the rice indus
try and now is the accepted time to get into
the swim and cultivate crop that pays 50
pei cent.
The Galveston Tribune seems to think
there are others" For example II remarks:
The German rechstag Is also getting ready
70 nend over the neat sum OF 1900, 900 marks
to Spain. AS real estate broker Spain has |
had good run of business lately.
~
The Pick AMI pan-News o. Hubbard CITY
has some opinions regarding press and poll
tics. II says:
The Maryland Democratic Editorial assncia.
tion started ball to rolling that ought NOT
~ stop until II poes through every State when
J, insisted that the rural party press be given
4 hearing before party councils decide upou
and candidates which the party
press IS expected to support regardless q.
thnrks or any other sor. Of recognition. The
country editor always does more for mis- raray
than his party does for him ''
This is gospel truth. The politicians would
be very small fry, indeed without the backln:
Of the country press, and the sooner they de-
mand recognition the sooner it will be voucn.
snfsd.