The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-09
TO SECURE TWO FACTORIES.
sTock FOR 4 FURNITURE FACTORY
IL NEARLY ALL sIBscHIBED.
Local Cnpitniists Arc Urged 10 Az
sist This tndcrtnting-Piau
for Tobacco Warehouse.
To the EDITOR Of The Post


Houston, Texas, May S.-Two good divi-
dend-paying factories can be secured for
Houston this week by very small invest
ment by our local capitalists. The stock
is largely subscribed for large furniture
factory In the Fifth ward, near the hlyol
The capital stock is to be $4,000 and
about IS, 900 remains to be secured TO COM
plete this organization this week.
Two experienced men in frraituro manu-
featuring put up their own moaey aud
give their whole time and experience TO
/ making 1t a success at a law salary. de-
! pending on the dividends for their profit
| A Chicago man has agreed, after full
! investigation, to take about onefonrth OF
tho stock, and it only remains for our
local capitalists to come forward and SUP
/ scribe the S.. and work will be in
progress on new furniture factory III
Houston within the next twenty days,
When IT is understood that we have here
in Houston the cheap freight rates for dis
tribution, lumber, material and labor In
abundance and experienced men to mako
this mandatory IL success, there Is no
question but the factory viii pay Irom 10
to 20 per cent dividend tne hrsl year.
THOUSANDS OF cars III furniture come "a
Houston annually from Illinois, Michigan
and other Northern states, and lae
freights, which amount 10 from IL 10 q
per cent on the cost OF tue goods, Is aloA,
good manufacturers profit and with III,
profit made regularly on d conseryaty,
basis insures the entire safety OF the III.
ycstment.
Who will help Houston this week t,
place new factory running and alst
make a safe and profitable investment?
The ether is the establishing of Ha.
vana tooaccp warehouse. This viii pal
this year aud at the same time aecommo
! date the farmers who have this year plant
cd Cuban tobacco seed enough to rails,
100000 pounds OF a. fine tobacco
, as grown anywhere worth, when
i properly cured (Which will be done
at this warehouse) from 30 cents a
40 cents pound at Wholesale, whil'
nearly 10 per cent OF it Is saved at th
warehouse IN sorting as wrappers, an
D sells readily al $3.50 to $3.50 a pound. Tw
. weeks ago car o. this tobacco was sol
a for the New York market at 80 cents
pound On that car alone the New Yor
e commission man does the sorting and save
+. the 10 per cent on wrapper tobacco, and I
4 this one item alone makes a profit OF nor
6 thaa 10 per cent on the investment.
Why should Houston always give ava
the largest profits after they are made OF
u Of her rich soil?
q The capital stock to the tob1cco ware
, house company is placed at $4,000 an
= over half OF It Is already pledged by SUI
y stantIai business men OF Houston. SIEVE
: thousand Ave hundred dollars more tase
I starts another very much needed eatel
d prise in Houston. and there IS "a reasc
= why both these enterprises should not
- started this week.
ID ISlye hundred pounds per acre Is 10
Ir estimate OF tobacco raised IN tals sscii e
!, last yeaf. II warehouse Is establisa'
here the farmer can realize In Sep.emb
70 from Is TO Is cents pound. and Il
" warehouse d. the curing, the farmer rea
., izing from s75 TO ss5 an acre and for on
K 40 DAYS time from The time inc seed
blamed until II csn be delivered 10 T.
., warehouse 20 be cured
III There is nov between 1000 ard 100
acres OF tobacco planted within rsii