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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-26
SUNDAY. MARCH 20, $500.
THIRTY -FOUR PAGES.
SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS.

II example Is encouraging, the recent
figures relating to the multiplication of
cotton mills in the South ought to lead
TO the erection OF many establishments Of
the kind In Texas. While we are hating
and talking over the subject. the people
in Other parts OF the South are acting with
energy and confidence.
One OF the Southern papers shows from
facts gathered b. the American Wool and
Gotten Reporter OF March IL. published in
Boston, that 4 weeks record OF new ia
dustries discloscs score Of Southern
mill establishments started or projected.
Mention Is made of the proposed Merri-
mach mills AZ huntsville, Ala, OF new
flannel cotton mill at Greensboro, n. c..
which is to be completed In seven months
at cost OF $500 coo, OF Colonel Carrs
new mill at Durham ~ c., which is to
cost 100000; OF the rebuilding OF Cobb
Bros. hosiery mill at Suffolk. Va, hay-
Ing capacity Of 10000 pairs day; OF
knitting mill at Greenyiile. Tenn, to be
finished within six months Tho machinery
for which has been purchased; of new
mill at New London, N. c., which is to be
OF large proportions; OF the spinning mill
OF Willngham Bros, which is In course
Of erection at Macon. Gu, and OF the 25.-
600 spindle mill at Houston Falls, N. C.
or lesser mills there are mentioned those
started or about to be started at Swift
Creek Va; Weldon. N. c.: Lincolnton
n. G.; Little Rock. S. c.; Arcadia, La.
Pamela. Hawkinsville and McDonough
Ga; opelorsas, La. and Marion. S. e.
1t Is melancholy fact that In the list
OF States mentioned the name of Texas
does not appoarl The greatest OF cotton
producing States continues to send It's
raw material elsewhere to be rnanurac-
tured--and then to DO bought back at a
profit to the strangeri
The mere statement of this fact is sucu
reflection on the spirit of enterprise and
business sense OF our people, that 1t ought
OF Itself to work a revolution in this Stat,
IN the premises. We have. however. iusi
heard of the probability of Harris count,
setting the balance of the State a new
example and IL is confidently expected tha,
after while we shall see Texas taking ,
ieading place in the reports Of Southern
states thai arc getting ready to Join tn,
great Industrial procession. And in Terra,
houston should stand out e-eminentl,
as the manufacturing center.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-26
SOME PosTsCRIpTs.


Field rats are esteemed as table deli
cacy in Cuba
Wooden legs are used by over l,0O0,Ooo
English speaking men.
The Sandwich Islanders estimate the
beauty OF women by their weight
About 1900 umbrellas are left in Lon
don public conveyances every year
There are more than 49, 900 mud cabins
in Ireland which contain only single
room.
Thursday Island. in the Torres Straits,
exports $500, 900 worth of mother-of- pearl
annually.
The tents of the Bedouln Arabs are
usually black. They are made OF dyed
goathair cloth.
Last year in twenty-four cities of the
United States Ss44 divorces we're asked
for and 5000 were granted
The largest building is the Coliseum at
Rome. 1t is els feet in greatest diameter
and 20 feet high.
Japanese do not care much for novels.
Among $1,000 new books printed last year
only 462 were works of fiction.
Brazil is now the principal coffee pro-
ducinG country of the world. In 1895 the
crop was estimated at 100000 bags.
owing to the difference in the average
death rate. 1t may be said that three
Englshmen live as long as five Russians.
Among the 3405 newspapers printed in
Germany, 6S are printed in foreign lang
uages, including 80 Polish 10 Danish and
Z French journals.
In Germany new houses are being sup
piled with floors made of compressed pa
per. They are soft to step on, and having
no cracks of any kind harbor no dust.
Loo
islature to license, at So each, every man
who wants to drink liquor He must car
ry his license with him and present 1t
when a drink is ordered.
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FIGHT AGAINST SLAVERY


The brave fight which the attorney gen.
eral OF Ohio has been making against the
Standard OIL company is matter of far
more than statewide Importance. Its
final results will have marked influence
upon the future not only OF Ohio but OF
other States. for 1t is virtually question
whether 1t is possible for State to break
UP or discipline the trusts.
The attorney general OF the Buckeye
state is In about the worst position In this
particular fight that could have been
chosen TO determine the great issue in
volved. AS State official he Is almost
alone In the conflict. The State of Ohio
being largely dominated by the admlnistra-
ton influence. which is manifestly friendly
to the trusts, Is one of the most unpromis-
ing fields in which to attack the big com
bines. while the Standard OIL monopoly
powerful at all times and under all cir
cumstances. is especially strong In the
State of Mckinley and Hanna. To win a
victory against this huge monopoly I'M
der these conditions would. indeed, be an
achievement of National significance. 1t
would demonstrate again in the most strik-
ing manner what 1t is possible for one
honest fearless. able official to accomplish,
even against seemingly insurmountable OBJ
stacles.
IL is being clearly demonstrated every
day that no action against trusts and mo-
nopolies will be taken by the present re-
publican National administration. The
antitrust law on tho Federal statute book
attracts none of the attention of the Ma
tionpl department of Justice. The head
OF that department did not hesitate In a
recent memorable case to express his sym
| pathy with the defendant monopoly and to
suggest to It to appeal to congress for
help What effort is to be made to check
the dangerous rising tide OF trust organi-
cation, now threatening to overwhem the
natural or independent Industrial devel-
/ opment Of the country, must be made by
| the law makers and law officers OF the va
rlous States. so far as their power extends
in the promises. Otherwise the trusts
will soon become too firmly fixed and too
powerful to be wiped out by either the Ma
tional or State governments
II Attorney General Monnett In Ohit
shall demonstrate that It is possible to
State to win substantial victory owe
monopoly OF the Standard OIL description
1t Will, indeed. he singular II his example
does not become contagious and lead t,
popular assaults all along tho line agains
these giant foes to Individual lndustr
and enterprise. There is positively N
questioning the statement that II left un
checked for four or five years longer, tn
trusts VIII reduce this country to a condl
ton OF Industrial slavery as calling an,
objectionable as the old serf system o
Russia or the institution of domestic sla
very that existed in the South before th
civil war.
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noning for the Rest.
Beaumont Journal.

Secretary OF War Alger has gone on
pleasure jaunt to Cuba. God works In
mysterious way, May be yellow fever will
relieve Mark Hanna's Bill OF weariso,ne
burden and remove from the war depart
nent destroyer more fatal than epidemic
and ten times more dangerous than SPAN
ish or Philippine bullets. This sounds
harsh. But who can toretell the tat. Of
the manifest destiniesf
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GaI, erton,s rccnlinr w..

Galveston sends a republican to congress
to work republican administration for
National appropriations. and democrat n
austin to secure concessions from a demn-
cratic administration. Galveston PLAYS mol
itics for what there is in It for Galveston.
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One ns Meighty as The

Beaumont Journal. x.csf
Mark Hanna's advice 40 ~ ~, w
party would be entitled g TesiG(
consideration as that Oh "
nal. 4
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The Punishment Fit. the Grim.

Roosevelt is being criticised for ths exs
y, OF Mrs Place. His cYities appear
$50, avs tofsoNsn tia hidsousnsss Of her
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moss to accommodate tho railroads was only
oouslied by thsIr indsposltlon to do Justice
to a press which has done about as much for
Texas as the railroads
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1t is said the $50. 900 to be paid Spain
will be handed over without Whiting for the
limit OF time granted us under the treaty.
Possibly the administration wrots to get rid
OF this outrageous feature OF It's Diplomacy
as quickly as possible.
1t Is hoped that It Is genuine democratic
spirit and not mere curiosity that is In.
ducIng one OF the aristocratlc Delmonts to try
dollar dinner" 1ust for once
II we could allow some onterprising fill
buster with cargo Of our canned roast beef
to escape our gunbosts and get IN communi-
cation with Aguinaldo. VIC could get even with
the FilIpinos who have been using poisonous
brass bullets
The Fort Worth water works. owned by the
city. showed net profit last year Of ncari,
$1,000 per month--a pretty good argument by
the way in favor Of municipal ownership.
Houston's main thoroughfare Is being torn
up at rather DANGEROUS ssason OF the year.
but II has been an cyesore so long that i'm
provement will be hailed with satisfaction
whatever may be the temporary inconyeni-
enec.
It is brave and self-reliant public that
can entrust It's nominal head TO tho absolute
keeping OF Mark Hanna for ms much as ten
days without giving signs Of extraordinary
alarm!
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RI rtb ofahr,
fact that there will be no monopoly OF ship
ping by any one Texas port. Fortunately there
is going to be commerce sufficient to keep
half dozen ports ON the Texas coast hus-
ting to attend to the business.
We ought to have practically free trade with
Mexico and with Canada and would have It
but for a few selfish protected interests
Either field is worth three Philippine archi-
pelagoes.
Exhibitions OF coarscness and brutality o.
the gallows by tho condemned criminal arc
not only mockory OF the solemn occasion,
but calculated to harden other criminals.
They should not be allowed by the officers Of
the law
The Fiipinos are said to be greatly i'm
pressed at last by the bravery OF the Amer
leans. They feem to admire 1t so much that
they never neglect an opportunity to elicit a
daily exhibition Of It!
Our British cousins are beginning to be
| alarmed at the growth and oncroachments oil
American trusts. And yet these same Brit.
ishers applaudcd when the party of the trusts
bought the control OF affairs in 1896.
or course Tom Reed would spurn nomi.
nation for the vice presidency. To abdlcate
as czar in one house to become a dummy
In the other would be to seek elevation by
| climbing down The ladder.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-26
Kept busy Trying TO Save Him..I,
Paris Advocate

Mckinley is not likely to enter actively
into any movement to beat Tom Reed ont
OF his job, His time is fully occupied keen.
ing the man from Maine from beating him
out of his Job. nm
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-26

1t is hoped that It Is genuine democratic
spirit and not mere curiosity that is In.
ducIng one OF the arstocratlc Belmonts to try
dollar dinner lust for once.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-26

Neltner tine cost OF raising, nor the vol
ume OF tho product in the case OF either
cotton, corn or tobacco Is the same for
south Carolina and Texas but the rela-
tive merits or value Of the crops. COM
pared With each other, will probably be
found about the same In the two states
II has been recently demonstrated that the
superiority OF this immediate field for to .
oaceo, compared with such soil and eli
mate as that Of South Carolina, is as
marked as is our superiority as cotton
or corn growing section.
The item of special interest In the
above statement, therefore, is the fact that
twenty-ive-aore tobacco crop is Ave
times as profitable as 1l6-acre cotton
crop. Such figures as these should give nm
additional impetus to tobacco culture in
this region.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-26

1t is said the s2o.oOo.oOo to be paid spain
will be handed over without Whiting for the
limit OF time granted us under the treaty
Possibly the administration wrots to get rid
OF this outrageous feature OF It's Diplomacy
as quickly as possible.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-26

ENTERED At the PosrorrrcH At HOUSTON. TEXAS
As SECOND CLASS MATTER
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-26

IL we could allow some enterprising fill
buster with cargo Of our canned roast beef
to escape our gunboats and get In communi-
cation with Aguinaido. VIC could get even with
the FlIpinos who have been using poisonous
brass bul.ets
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-26

any warm popular indorsemont. Their rcadi-
inss to accommodate the railroads was only
oauslled by their indsposltloh to do Justice
to a press which has done about as much for
Texas as the railroads
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-26

II 10 possible that the gentlemen OF the
legislature will ind that their conduct IN
more particulars than one viii not evoke
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AGENTS.
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Starving millions In China and starving
millions in Russia Here is chance for
America TO make another exhibition to the
world Of its exhaustiess resources.
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THE DAILY Ally POST THE ss y .. c pcsr-
sEMl-wEEKLy POST. ~ Coils. per Week
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-26

The Fort Worth water works. owned by the
city. showed net profit last year Of nearly
$1,000 per month--a pretty good argument by
the way. In favor Of munlclpal ownership
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-26

Editor Henry Watterson appears 10 have
reached that last desperate stage OF political
lonesomeness-the enuncistion OF brand new
platform all by himself
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-26

The Filipinos are said to be greatly i'm
pressed at last by the bravery of the Amer
leans. They feem to admire 1t so much that
they never neglect an opportunity to elicit
daily exhibition OF It.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-26

Exhibitions OF coarseness and brutality OF
the gallows by tho condemned criminal arc
not only a mockcry OF the solemn occasion,
but calculated to harden other criminals.
They should not be allowed by the officers Of
the law
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-26

Houston's main thoroughfare is being torn
up at a rather DANGEROUS season OF the year
but II has been an cyesore so long that I'm
proyement will be hailed with satisfaction
whatever may be the temporary inconveni-
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THIS brings me back to my propo-
s'.'cn TO openly repudiate the section
wnere we can expect nothing and
s'ies 10 our knitting in places where our
VOTE VIII count. Let the West ana tn.
south insist thas the candidate ana ths
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-26

The French press is reported to DO printing
only the Spanish and Filinino accounts OF
operations In the Philippines, 1t was thought
for awhile that the French press had been
practically impress ed with he folly OF contiu-
rirs the exhibition Of such retty hcstnlty to-
ward America. The American purchasers OF
Partisan gowns and bonnets VIII have TO
hold another indignation meeting.
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MONEY IN A TOBACCO CRoP.

1t may be interesting to those citizens
IN the country tributary to Houston who
have been turning their attention lately
to the possibilities and profit in tobacco
raising TO read some figures furnished
from South Carolina on the comparative
value of cotton corn and tobacco culture
on the same farm.
The following statement was recently
published by Mr.. S. A. Gregg of Flor
ence, South Carolina. and has appeared 10
several Southern papers:
Tic acres Of cotton. s.. QlS nonnds NJ
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-26

1t is brave and sclf-reiant public that
can cntrust It's nominal head to tho absolute
keeping Of Mark Hanna for ns much as ten
days without giving signs OF extraordinary
alarm
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-26

We ought to have practically free trade with
Mexico and with Canada and would have it
but for few selfish protected interests.
Either field is worth three Philippine archi-
pelagoes.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-26

The Port Arthur celebration emphasizes the
fact that there will be no monopoly OF ship
ping by any one Texas port. Fortunately there
is going to be commerce sufficient to keep
half dozen ports ON the Texas coast hus.
Ting to attend to the business
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-26

Our British cousins are beginning to be
alarmed at the growth and encroachments OF
American trusts, And yet these same Brit
ishers appauded whom the party OF the trusts
bought the control Of Affairs In 1896
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-26

The La Grange News has had an extra de.
mand on its news columns OF late. and in con.
SEQUENCE thereof will be an "all-bome print
paper hereafter. furnishing It's readers forty
columns OF matter each week. The change
Will no doubt make the News all the more
popular with its readers and the public in
general.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-12-14
Threw Vitriol In q La Face,

MACON, Ca, Dec. 9-W. D. Smith,
a white barber. was taken from here
to Atlanta today TO avoid lyuching.
The offence which so aroused the
community against Smith was the
throwing of acid into the face of Mrs.
s. NJ. Hillard. his lardlady. and
binding her. Smith came to Macon
from Miss ssippi several months go,
and with his wife boarded with Mrs.
Hliard. About week ago he was
notified he must pay up or quit. His
wife was permitted To remain. Since
then he hss visited his wife several
times and abused and threatened
her This morning h. went to the
house and asked to SEE his wife. Mrs.
Hltlard Informed him that the VIC
man did not want TO see him because
she was afraid of him Without pro-
vocation be took bottle of acid
from his pocket aud dashed the con-
tents into Mrs. Hillard's face. he
was arrested and lodged in the DO
lice barracks. So intense was the
feeling against him that the author
tiles deemed it best to send him to
Atlanta, which WAS done.
The hysleians say Mrs. Hillard's
sight cannot be preserved, and her
face will be badly disfgrred.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-12-14
1t IL Coming.

The Vanderbilt Morgan Rockefeller
people announce that over rs 600
miles of railroad will be concentrated
under one manaeement! Aud right
on the heels Of this comes the an
nouncement that all the telegraph.
cable and telephone system will be
consolidated! That will mean that
the few controlling men in these
combines will have the power to
make and unmake cities and even
states, destroy any business man
whom they do not like or whose
competitor is friend of the man
ayers in the combine, by the system
OF rebates. Compared to which the
power OF kings and mobiles is insight
ficant. And the American people
are sitting down and permitting the
coils OF tyranny to entrench. them
selves with all the power of the
government, and expect they will
not use that power! Never were a
people in the power of few that
1t was not used SO that it became op-
pressive beyond endurance, and the
greed Of the modern millionaire has
shown itself as heartless Is was ever
Nero or Caligula. There is a fine
time just ahead Of as, people, and
you will feel it. II You will not
listen to reason you will feel it. If.
you will not listen to reason You will
not listen to something more coarse
but more effective With stupid, big
oted minds Appeal to Reason.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-12-14

Inc Chris mas number of the SAT.
urday Evening Post makes q new de-
parture In periodical iiterature-tbe
first successful attempt to give for
i've cents, stories, articles and pict.
ures by the same writer's ana artists
who make the high-cost magazines.
For example, the opening story in
the Christmas, Post is by Rudyard
kipiing, aud the .sle thar of Private
Orther,s ard his dog, Garm; Joel
Chandler Harris tells Nv by the Con-
federacy Failed" a stirring story of
the Secret Service; and Ian MscIa-
rem, Justin Mccarthy. NJ. p, John
Luther Long, n. E. n. Dsvs, VIC
Coup and w. 8. Harwood contribute
stories and articles The verse in the
number is by Ed win Markham. r. l.
Stanton. Msry e. Wilkins and Gin
ton Scollard.
The half tone page headings. il.
lustrstiDg Christmas in History. are
BY CHARTS Louis Hinton, Frank and
joe Leyendecker, W. s. Lukens. Geo.
Gibbs. F. L. Fithian, Emlen Neon
nell and HARRISON Fisher. The nand-
some colored cover is by Henry Hutt.
Th Q Christmas Post will bs on Ali
ne We stands December 81.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-12-14

THE YoRCE BILL ELECTION LAW.
The Rutherfordton Press COM
menting on the Simmons-G oebel
election law. says:
"About the meanest piece OF leg
islation ever enacted In North Car
DINA IL the new election law. 1t
was fashioned after the Goebal
model in Kentucky, and provides
that there be a new registration
and that APPELLANT shall have paid
his tax prior to- March LIST, and that
said applicants shall prove his age
10 the satisfaction OF the regis
tiers and that registers will be Sim
mons machine Democrats and have
the authority to appoint officers to
help keep the peace on election day
VIII honest white men Of West
ern North Carolina, put up with
such a lawi We believe not, and
believe that there are hundreds Of
good Democrats that will help
throw this Simmons machine poll
tics from the State"
The Press Is right about the in
famous meanness OF the present
election law. 1t Is worse than the
simmons bull pen election law Of
1894. Every page OF it Is not only
filled with devices and lOop-holes
for stealing and cheating, but there
Is also a provision for the Demo-
cratic machine to appoint for cleo
ton day an army OF election con-
stables or police thugs to intimi-
date voters. 1t Is indeed "force
bill" OF the most Infamous kind.