The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-08
TEXAS EXHIBIT NEEDED.
Southern Pacific Wants the Resources Of
Texas Properly Exploited.
THE BENEFITS CALIFORNIA HAS DERIVED
Markets Furnished and the cou,,r,
Deveioped-speciai Attractions for
the Teachers-yegetabl Rate.

what Texas most needs" said s. +, B
Morse, passenger traffic manager Of the
Southern Pacific. lis a permanent exhibit
OF its agricultural, flhrous and mineral
resources and it's manufacturing. | am
working along this line and am SLOWLY
meeting with encouragement. 1t is most
regrettable that such an exhibit was not
obtalnable. for the Paris exposition. Our
general land commissioner, W. IL. Mills
was particularly anxious to make show
ing in Paris. as such an opportunity will
not likely present itself again in our life.
time.
California maintains such an exhibit
at San Francisco, and 1t has done more
than any other one agency to develop
California 1t not only keeps on exhibit
ton all the products and manufactures of
the state, but it finds market for every
tnlng raised or manufactured. To show
what our people think OF its value we
appropriated SoO,O 10 assist In defraying
the expenses of sending it to Paris. The
only data Texas will have there is copies
OF special editions of newspapers printed
solely in English.
"A few years back California was re-
garded as country suitable only for
raising wheat and pssturing sheep. Now
u Is looked upon as the garden spot OF
the world and all due to the permanent
exhibit of its resources. Texas has more
advantages than California and we must
let the world know that they are here.
The Southern Pacific is doing its share In
that line and Houston will naturally be
the headquarters. Homeseekers will con-
centrate here and make inquiries before
setting. See what an advantage this will
be. The California exhibit was sent TO
Bremen and within thirty days 400 car
Ioaas OF California wines were ordered.
The same exhibit appeared al Atlanta. III
TO that time California wines found no
market south of the Ohio river except in
New Orleans. Today the California wines
have driven all other wines out of the
held. as there is very little foreign wine
used, and much of it is first shipped from
California and then reimported with some
foreign hieroglyphics to create the i'm
preston that it is really foreign.
we must maintain such an exhibit
here. 1t Will OF course cost money 10
maintain 1t, but the money thus expended
viii bring in interest at the rate of a
thousand fold, In San Francisco expert
demonstrators are employed. They keep
on hand soils from the different counties
and in barrels they raise the articles
best adapted to the soil. Should seed not
prove satisfactory the experts take the
matter UP with the people furnishing il
and together they continue experiments.
These experts know the value Of land.
its adaptabilty, and so on, and when
homeseeker seeks information he gets it
correctly. II is said that every one who
has taken interest in this exhibit has
settled in California.
Markets must also be found. Tobacco.
for instance, is raised around here, aud
it is of superior quality. but there is no
regular market. This feature is as inn
portant as the exhibit itself and our road
will assist in developing market for
Texas products OF all kinds"