The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-13
sfAT TEXAS CROP.
\. A,ll,,su Says Rice Is Able TO
ylIlstspd The Storms
,,.,auf msasE DONE IN EAST TEXAS
rhiuks the Lesson OF the
y wsu Cause Building
Of Ports Inland

psrkinson. editor OF the Guls
~, Y r,.. y Herald, published at Beat
~ visitor in Houston yesterday.
4. makes speciality Of rice in MS
rtl, posted as to the cpndi-
IN ~ crop generally. lie says tina.
! ,,sst 10000 acres of rice IN Jener-
M, not 4bevs -one-half has been in-
.su 81 the great STERN. and that
..s.r half not above from 20 to 10
.svtl proye total loss. or not mpre
"a per cent If the total crop.
s,cbably true also of Chambers
y. s.ns Of the rice blown down fiat
III harvested with but littie loss. The
go. e.. low and the cut made against
.u,, Grain. Very little grain is lost
Il considerable loss of time In
ns,isf the down grain
! or,s,t covry the loss is still less, as
..r,y a, the storm was not FELT there.
4 .he Lake Charles and Crowley
Y. s,ss /, being harvested. Some fields
y y ~ fhreshed A good deal OF rice Is
,Snlpf into Beaumont TO receive the
'sSrr touches OF the mills.
si - besn demonstrated, said the jxdge.
IL The best storm proof crop known
m Ia cereals. The wafer In which ir
.-s..frop SLY TO twelve inches deep-sup-
" NJ starr. The Honduras var ETY. seems
s,nd IN better Ia a storm. being Snort
-cys-cl stalk And then, in ordinary
~, re crop IA harvested before the usu-
y,rn period OF the coast country. The
4 .i,rnnr Of this year was occasionem by
,,s,s spring rains. Ordinarily the rice
4 sh,uld be harvested in August. The
7, period is usually from two TO six
ukI lstef.
I m surprised" said Judge Parkinson.
y is,r Houston people talking aboalt the
,cirent Of rice farming. | know oil no
Y, ID Tie growing OF which there is less
ynuert or fewer elements Of uncertainty.
IA he climate. col. culture and water,
Y lAe crop is a positive certainty. There
rrss,bly no letter rice country in the
m hal can be occupied by civilized white
" lAin scod portion OF the South Texas
Ita country
;r,llug Of the effect tho storm will have
tfosettors. Judge Parkinson said; II
u ittse prospectors on Monday from De-
m, H. they were In tina rico district or
Qky hsyJu. some dozen miles from Beau
|zL during the storm They saw the worst
b u them remarked to me that he had
" worse storms in Illinois. All three. yur-
nst rice farms and left Tuesday for their
rr h prepare for moving 10 Texas, OF
|zrs some will be detcrrad by the awful
|4n q last week, but many will not and
Euck greater area will be devoted to rice
n year than this in the Beaumont dis
What effect will the storm have on Sa-slne
N and Port Arthur" was asked Judge
Rfkrson, who by the way, was form erly
s.nerai agent for the Kourtze int rest
De Pass
40 lives we're lost at either Sabine or
h Arthur, was the reply. though rhe
fa VS. higher than three years ago, WHEN
we're lost at both places. The fury
tt nor' did not reach so far east, ctr the
d death and destruction would have
repeated at those points. 1t is possible
s1urSe 10 protect Sabine and the lowJa DDS
fssaauts from the CULTS overflow. Iait
Sruld cost too much money. Had bAlf
money nut into the Port Arthur crnsal
combined with the nearly half mJdfbn
giT ioolishly put into starting new Sa-
s,lm the money expended in foolish
tfturslve efforts at town booming, been
laous!y expended In yaising and pl,o-
au ne higher lands al old Sabine Pstss,
nv night have been founded that wp nd
xlths'ood the severest storm vet re
nd had some chance 10 grow Jsut
h'e now There win be no serious
our Gay to build city on the coast
las hsrbors or channels will be ed-
y SAFE places like Houston anal
et Y will cost less to toll the gulf
rough deep channels than to fortif,y
awful force with dykes and en-
We must ignore sentiment or de-
operty interests in locating .our
sa iss outs The treacherous and storm
1a.s ana death. Houston is near enmttb
wy Of Mexico for a city and II mu n
ny ana harbor of the gulf coast.
mn ana other lessons OF the storm
N. s s swlui work 1t is almost saorilegs, To
\. ~ vs. LEI US first bury the dead land