The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-26

than that OF the truck growers The adnpta-
bilty OF this section 10 truck farming Is bet.
Tor than gold mine and when organization
has been thoroughly perfected by tho truck
growers and satisfactory arrangements made
with the transportation companies the an
nual returns must inevitably grow in volume
and prontableness.
Two negroes have just been legally exc
cutcd In South Carolina for an assault on a
young white woman. Verify. the world
moves!
| Tho Southern farmers arc securing good
prices for their cotton this year and refuse
to sell when the market Is forced down. As
a result Of their sensible stubbornness prices
advanced again last week. and mlddling is
now worth 7-i6c on the Houston market
Tho foreign spinners arc resisting the ad-
vance. but have been forced to buy con-
siderable quantity OF the staple recently.
Otis becomes more and moro optimistic.
Whatever doubt thoro may be as to his gem
ernlship, there Is no questioning his skill and
bravery with tho pen.
Tho proposition to have congress authorize
the retirement of Brigadler General Skater
as n major general is hardly justified by any
distinguished services which that corpulent
gentleman has rendered the country. 1t is
only scheme of his friends, of course, in
clud.ng the administration. to make him the
present OF thousand or so moro salary n
year during the balance of his life.
Governor Bradley OF Kentucky has the
genuine spirit OF the imperialist--he would
model tho States military arm after the
politics OF tho udmini stration
Tho st. Louis Post Dispatch remarks that
Colonel Hare's success as chaser OF Fiji
pino rabbits may place him even higher than
our intrepid Funston" II could have bcen
predicted from the start that Texas would
sooner or later be heard from in the Philip
pines, No five foot, lO0-pound Kansan or
hercabou,s has any edge on our folks.
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Mr.. Carnegos donations for public libra
ries are great incentives TO the development
of public sprit-ho never helps those vino
viii not also help themselves.
France Is 10 be congratulated in having II
conservative, ievel-headed and experienced
foreign minister in these times, whose policy
Is the friendship of some and the respect of
ALL There wero many of us who expected
Franco few months ago to so to the dem
milton bowwows," but happily she has dis
appointed such antclpations
distinguished authority on tho subject Of
good roads said recently TINT the people OF
tho United States were losing $500 100000 an
nually on poor roads. AS Texas is one Ct
the big States of the Union her citizens can
amuso themselves figuring out our proportion
OF this loss.
AS Secretary of the Navy Long from his
appointment to tho present, has identified
himself with ono of the many cliquos in the
navy department Il would be the ominently
proper thing for him to resign and allow a
hroader-gauged man to succeed him, Let
us not ruin tho efficiency OF our hne little
navy by official favoritsm.
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st. Louis paper says that St. Louis has
to pay extra prices for oranges in order to
enable California growers to keep out Next
can competition. 1t will DO remembered that
yesterdays Post noted the fact that Texas
is Just about to be squeezed also to the extent
of 5000 carloads OF the Pacific coasts oranges