The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-07
EXCHANGE INTERVIEWS.

Houston has several more hundreds OF
voters to get before she is up to the San
Antonio water mark of other years. Wait
and see how the registration ends San An
tonic Light.
And Houston has about score of square
miles Of suburban and outlying territory to
annex before her corporate limits represent
the varied character OF agricultural pursuits
that go to make up the metropolitan" fea-
lures of San Antonio other than the votes
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There are more cattle in Texas than IN
any other State or Territory In the Union
There are a few hundred thousand In the
State above the million mark. Texas also
produces more cotton than any other State
and would be much better on II she pro-
duced more cattle and less OF the aeecy
staple. West Texas Stockman
This conclusion as we sometimes say. "de.
Ponds" 1t Is not so many years since tho
cotton planter was plying the catteman
and things may work around that way again
But II is undeniably true that what Texas
needs is diversihcatlon of products rather
than reliance upon any one great industry
Whether cattle. cotton or something else,
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Queen Victoria has given orders that the
tails OF the horses in the royal stables shall
affected tho fashion in England that ship
ments Of carriage horses from this country
are now ordered without locked ta.ls,--El
Paso Herald.
Tho queen ia entitled TO all praise for so
humane an order The Almighty gave the
name aud tail to the horse for useful as
we'll ss ornamental purposes In the ny and
bug season especially IL is cruelty 10 the
animals to deprive them OF their means Of
protecting themselves against suffering We
/ laaF an,
more than We need the genus homo dude
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great many fig trees have been planted
at Alvin this winter They nay and there
ought 10 he thousands OF them planted around
Dickinson. They will thrive ana bear large
crops II grown In our we'll drained country.
p Dickinson Journal.
| The ng tree grows rapidly in this section
and will bear early most delicious, gen
ercusly large and profitable fruit crop. A
walk about Houston will demonstrate how
much this useful tree is neglected or over
looked by hundreds of citizens having large
developed in this section by more attention
more healthful fruit "a grown,
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| If there we're more debt payers In the
bo fewer hne equipments in the way Of
wearing apparel and conveyances There
seems TO be an emulation between certain
people as TO who can spread ON the most
style, and there Is also some contention
between them as 70 who can stand OFF their
debts for a greater length OF time, -yoakun
Herald.
Wen, welll Is this the style everywhere
these days?
Dallas and North Texas will be VOL rep
resented at the Congress, Delegates are al
ready appointed from amongst our most
progressive citizens and those delegates arc
giving much attention now 10 the subjects
that will be discussed.--Dallas Times-Her-
aid
The reference is TO the Transmisssslpni
Congress which cpnvones here on the isth
Instant The intelligent appreciation Of the
great Importance OF this gathering which
Dallas has practically exhibited has been
manifest so generally over this State and.
indeed. the entire West that the chances are
that the Congress- will prove TO be not only
ono OF tho largest and most interesting IN
the history of this movement, but one OF the
biggest affairs ever known West OF the MIS-
sissippl But Houston win he equal to the
occasion.
The Chronicle is anxious to see Waco be-
come more OF o factory city and win bend
Hts energies n that direction daily. The To-
cation here Is one suited TO the upbuildng
Iof q great city and this can be accomplished
If the proper steps are taken. Waco Chron-
lielo
The trouble seems to be to get the people
Iseuerally 70 understand fully what "a tao
TORY eity" means. Il means more people TO