The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-13

been made in all trade and business, the
| printing industry has easily kept in the
lead. The past quarter of century has
been one of marked revelation in every
branch OF our business.
All over the land the old hand press
has given way TO the modern power press,
and even in the small offices typesetting
machinery is encroaching upon the rights
OF the old time printer Modern methods
have taken the place OF the old. The
newspaper man who has kept up with
the times has prospered the one who has
allowed himself to fall into grooves, and
who has refused to see the advancement
of the day. is the one who complains that
times have changed for the worse.
I Progress is the order of the day. He who
stands still is soon left alone in the race
4 for success. Our business leads all others.
In 1t leaders alone can bope to win; lag
CARDS must fail.
The Texas Press association has been
a great factor In stimulating the press
OF the State TO that untiring energy which
| lnsures success. Its encouraging Influence
| in this respect alone is enough reason for
! its existence but IL has done more than
this: 1t has united the newspaper men Of
the State in the laudable effort to improve
| the tone OF the press, to elevate the
morals OF the people, to sustain the laws
of the land, to encourage commerce, pro-
mote industry, to build up ard beautify
our loved state and add to the welfare and
happiness of the masses.
1t has been but few years since tae
newspaper business was sustained more
as a necessary evil in a community than
| for it's helpful Influence with the people
from whom 1t received its patronage and
among whom 1t circulated. The editor
himself was usually noted for his failures
| In all other branches of business and was
one whose counsel and advise were only
used In disposing OF questions REGARDED as
! too trivial for the thoughtful consideration
| 81 the busy man. He was a literary mis-
| At, half smart and half foolish, whose
whims were borne with more because they
had to be endured than because they Were
appreciated.
The times nave changed. and with the
new order OF things the man OF miud,
thought and energy has pushed aside the
uld-fashioned editor and has taken his
place in the editorial chair. The editor
Is now a man respected among men, his
counsel sought and appreciated by his
neighhors, his intellectual ability reaos-
nizsd and his social and business stand
ing IS good as that OF most men In the
community in which he lives,
While our association has accomplished
nothing remarkable, We have cause Tor
f.
which II has made and upon its inauen e
In every factor OF the States progress
Our meetings have come TO be re o. u d
IA important events In the his orr OF
the State; not so much for the methods
which we adopt or the work which we ac-
compllsh as for the fact that rspreseata-
tive men OF every section are gathered To-
gether, not SO particularly for the gooa
resulting to their own personal enter
prlses as for the benefits resulting 70 the
Stats at large The public is fast lessh-
Ing that selfshness and the newspaper
business can not prosper togstnor- anu
that the newspaper man Is most eueeess
ful who is broadcast guaged In his views
aud in his services for the upbuilains Of
his community and the country a. iarse'
Our association has a b.o2d hlns
fiuence; through II We learn more o. ca N
other and OF the different purposes az
its members.
: The past has, in many respects, ps ,s
! peculiar Most OF us have enJoyeu ~
crcasing prosperity, business mas pssn
GOOD ana the prospects are bright me
/, state IS being rapidly developed ana my
press has turned its attention lalsey
I, from politics TO the industrial develop.
4 ment OF the country, recognizing the leo'
that the continued prosperity OF the peo-
bic rests on this Our labors nave no.
been entirely unrewarded. In q NUMBER =,
Q towns. where but a short time ago al
. the attention and capital was devoted y
commerce. the whistle OF the factory oan
| now be heard and throughout the sthsa
there Is dawning an era OF manufacturlns
: enterprise that bids fair 10 srnrtle even
J the most expectant, This should be very
! gratifying 10 the newspapers, which nave
r as in most things, led In this campHitu
: for the bettermeAt Of the State
) The general 4&nne OF the press has I'M
5 proved quite perceptibly, and while, per-