The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-02
EXCHANGE INTERVIEWS.

tt put uuutF Au ilEltdAlou SYSTEM. WIN ~
begin Immediately. This Is an important
commeneement.-Anson Western News.
When West Texas is properly irrigated and
Southeast Texas, or the coast country. prop
erly drained, vast areas OF the most produc
tive soils in the world will be added to the
already magnificent agricultural area of this
State. The statesmen Of Texas and the dead
ers OF public sentiment could engage in no
more useful or important work for the State
than TO promote in every way possible all
movements looking to the Improvement OF the
sections named along the line indicated.
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The Waco Times Herald is getting nau-
seating on the Bail question and hasn't scored
q single safe hit during its long game.--El
Paso Times.
1t is announced with a great show of fair
ness that Cuba will be set free in eight or
nine months II arrangements can be made 10
stated, the need Of withdrawing troops from
Cuba to send to China is probably at the
bottom OF this Acknowledge Pass Guide.
We rather imagine that the need OF meeting
the assaults OF democracy in this country is.
the prime cause OF the sudden change of
policy toward Cuba and the apparent DISPOSE
tion to perform after so long a time our
solemn National pledges to the Cuban people.
49,
Yellow fever has appeared in Havana and
! In Mexico, just as 1t does every year. Now
let suspicious case be found in New Orleans
and watch the quarantine orders come along
and stagnate the business Of the entire South
for the next four months.-Fort Worth Reg
Z lister.
/ Well, which would you rather have, the
yellow fever or the quarantine? Guarantees
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more than business. When perfect santa
ton prevails In our Texas cities and towns
We might dispense with such rigid qusrantines
as We have had in the past. but not until
then.
There are numerous Texas newspapers that
nave awakened to realization of the fact
that they can serve the State better by de-
voting more space to setting forth the advan-
lagos the State offers to immigrants and capt.
talists than in fruitess endeavor to increase
Mr. Bryan's majority Port Arthur Herald.
The hopeless political minority papers in
any State always want to direct the CONVEX
satlon away from politics. But as a matter
OF fact the press Of no State in the Union
deYotes as much space and comment to the
material interests OF the community as that
OF Texas. The supply in that direction ia
already and unfortunately ahead of the de.
mand.
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i appears thsre are no trusts in Texas.
Ahidayits were sent by the secretary OF State
TO every corporation doing business in Texas
ana many which are supposed to belong m
thet class called trusts. have filled out SAID
anidavts stating thsy are not Some men
iaHparentlY have not the slightest regard tor
the truth MANY who have taken ina M
hdayit should be imprisoned for pariury.-
Bastrop Vldette
Not without trial and conviction. of course
BY their fruits We shall know them" II
trust contracts and imoosltions ar7 placed
upon dealers. as is the usual method Of trust
procedure. the dealers owe it to the STATE
10 expose the men who are attempting to do
business in that way The law officers who
are charged with enforcing the anti-tru At
law must get their information as to trust
operations from the merchants and iobbers
ana people of the State II man has COM
mitted nerury in subscribing to the anti
trust oath It ought to be easy enough to ex-
pose and convict him il the citizens of the
state do not enter into collision with o.
: protect him.
= Tho Confederate soldier was the best
murksman the world has ever produced.
Every Yankee he did not kill must sur ly
have been wounded. For proof of this con-
. garry one million names lhirty-ive years
after the war has endod.-B lton Texan.
Tho proof would fail you About two
: thirds OF the people on the pension rolls
never saw Confederate soldier or smelt the
smok1 of battle.
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II is quite probable that the United States
and England will have the same policy II
, regard to tho eventual partition Of China
, Numerous dispatches have passed recently
between Eav and Salisbury, Clifford Record
OF course. DO Won imagine for moment
that Hay would know how to act, or dare tc
, act. without first obtaining his cue from
. Salisbury the other party to the secret OF
tacit Anglo American allianceT
The population OF Texas under the nev
census viii reach close to $500, 000 and Texa
i can raise a bale OF cotton for eyary man
4 woman and child in the State.--Shiner Ga
zette.
That the trouble. II she were unabl
to raise so much cotton she might be deiv
r ing for more native hog and hominy an
s preparing to emanoipate herself from he
now costly and ridiculous dependence o.
others for most OF the necessarles of life an
= articles in commonest use.