The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-23
EXCHANGE INrnnvrEws.


The Texas Real Estate journal reads the
signs OF the times and truthfully AYERS;
When VIC cDYsc Ger the railroad building to
&c done next year, the fine crop prospects, the
rev manufacturing plants being built by our
home industry people and the fine prices for
i've stock AUG grain, there is every reason to
expect the sale OF more property In Texas in
tic mex. twelve months than ever before In
tIe same length time We have the people
The raw material and the soil and climate
Correct; and the man that plants his money
In Houston real estate or Harris county or
soth Texas garden and farm lands will soon
rake In lack pot" compared to which a
klondike bonanza isn't in it,
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Truck farm ng in South Texas has proven
good as a gold mine the present season. The
foakum Herald opines
Four solid trains OF watermelons In one
night is lot bad for the Sap.
Well. We should say not 1t Is business"
from the ground up ard there seems to be no
let up to it. AS a matter OF fact, more melons
nave been shipped over the Arkansas Pass road
this season than in any previous year in its
history
The Laredo Times has just passed ths
eighteenth birthday In IT'S journalistic car, err
and Editor Fenn Is to be congratulated on the
ability dignity and consistency OF his paper
during that long and trying period. The
Times is all right, and Tae Post wishes it
continued prosperity.
The III paso Times, in the serene safety OF
its distant stronghold isn't a bit afraid to
talk out In m, etin'," and this is how 1t goes
for the Island City:
The Waters of the sea are slowly but surely
oroepins FER the city OF Galveston ana nifty
years hento there will be no CITY there The
Galveston Tribune says that the high tides of
the past fcw days have accumulated the dam
tse along 'ae gulf shore, caused BY the ero-
slon OF the coast line. which has been attrlb-
uled TO the construction of the south Ictty
This moir,nR, says the Tribune. there was
practically no beach of any consequence from
ruth street west to Twenty seventh The
narrow s1ube track on the curve at the inter
section ol Tenth street and is being under
mined, ana the waters OF the gulf are reach.
:nf INTO the yards In that ueghborhocd
itw years ESQ lhese places were two blocks
from the shore line"
1t is well icr the Times that ii is not within
easy red' OF the lrate Old Lady, who loves to
lecture the State press Any newspaper that
is naughty enough to write such cruel Jokes
about the future Of Galveston ought to get a
coed spanking. and Wen wager a puppS.p
the aforesaid Ole Lady win give the Times
piece Of her mind before 1.-THE waters OF th,
sea have chance to fir; much longer with
the destih'es OF our neishborng port If the
worst should happen, however. there is pleaty
Of room and lots of high ground in Houston
as place of refuge for all our friends. and
whenever Galveston wants to move over this
way we VIII meet her with a brass band AMI
open arms and give her carte blanche to share
cur seaport opportunities and grow up With
the country.
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The Alyarado Bulletin has the knack OF
saving something whenever It talks. This ia
one of Its recent utteranoes:
Do YOU know that nearly all manufactured
Hoods cost nearly twice what they did SIX
teen months ago? II you have not learned
ms 1us s notice the difference in vour bills
against scent cotton aud IS cent corn and
see where YOU are at. What the farmer rniaps
Is low. what he buys is high This ia the
brand or prosperity that is blessing US
Yes, that's the situation exactly and tho
only way to mend 1t is tho bring about
change in the administration. with BRYAN
at the head OF affairs. how long would the
evils complained OF continue?
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= Now that the Thermometer has started mo,
It's inward march. and that gentle spring
Z mas given summer a chance to air itself some
e OF the newspapers suggest that II would be
GOOD idea to trot out Ex-Governor Hogs
dress reform theory and give 1t a fair test
Q II is good thing at all times to keep cool
and II the ex governor, or Colonel Bill Ster-
rett or Colonel Dan McGary. or anybody else
has any wise plan to ofer by which this
very essential end could be accomplished or
furthered, now is the time for him or them
TO come to the rescue OF a swelterng public
e and tell us what there is in II.
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r. There is room for healthy reflection in the
i following from Of our exchanges:
. Texas now has in operation IN the vicinity
OF Corsicana over 100 coal oil wells From
> there southeast TO Sabine Pass every 1907 foot
c deep well has struck oil In two Years Teyaq
y may be tho leading oil producing state. as
she Is the leading cotton and live stool STAR
d Boring for water our people struck oii Of an
a quality and in paying qualities We have
much ot value above the earth as well as
y under the surface thereof.
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- The Williamson County sun has entered
g upon its tweny-third year. aud seems to be
. growing brighter and stronger every issue.
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4 The san Angelo Standard reioices in the
promised establishment Of a $4,000 sanitarl-
y UNI in its town. and it is to be hoped the en-.
terprise will speedily materialize
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c The Milburn Messenger remarks;
C some OF the Texas coast counties IL Is said
: realize as much AS $500 per acre from straw
4 berries, or a clear net Of $500,
Why, OF course, and there is a ready marker
for all that they raise.
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Commerce in and out Of our gulf ports Ia
making remarkable strides and is consid-
O cred phenomenal when we consider that
Texas Is Ave times as large as the state OF
New York. with every kind OF soil aud eli
mate, and that It is developing IN ali ouar-
tiers. We should not be surprised at seeing II
do a great ocean business on It's 800 miles
of SEE coast The great Northwest is also
seeking an outlet here Exchange
Yes, and when the Houston ship channel Is
completed YOU bet it will have the ocean
cutie; that Il seeks,
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Tho Glen Rose Herald would not spare the
twis and spoil the child. It believes in an
occasional spanking. and does not seem over
partial to that class OF youth allowed to. grow
up as mammals darlings." II states:
The editor OF a country paper interviewed