The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-11
EVE NOE DISCOURAGED

7. I. the inevitable tendency Of all such 4
cata.trophes as thaHwlth which TINS sec
t,on has lust been visited to discourage
large numbers OF tho citizens. but iittle
quiet reflection ought to remove sucn
gloomy thoughts and kindle hope and con-
hdenco anew.
when a man contempiates the wreck OF
nis home. the sudden taking on OF mem
49,. =, h,s ,nmily. the loss OF his crops,
or bis business or, perhapa, the destruc-
,,on NJ the accommodations of his whole
life and nnds the disaster In some ioeal
~ climatic disturbance, he is prone 10
,oso confidence in the region In which his
!. misfortune occurs.
But are such visitations tho rule rainier
!, 49,, ~. .,ception7 Is the calamity oil
9 which he complains. or from wn'cn no
e suffers, peculiar to his location aione'
Not a year passes, hardly that we 0'
an M, hear Of disastrous gales sweeping IN
es North Atlantic and New England coost'
carrying death and Immense des'ruo''o
or Of property In their wake Annually W
en- read Of the nerce cyclones that raYage N
west and Northwest and OF tho tornadoe
IN o, the Middle States OF OF the sweepl'
,ar forest connagr atoms in the lumber 70
he x,ons. Each year has It's Discourage
md ,.oo,a NJ food. storm and fame. or dea
anu dealing blizzard, in all portions of tn
vas, country, The dear ones are snatch
away suddenly. or the work OF hteu
an &. blasted. by some great convulsion
'1n- nature or deadly play of the elemei
,n and thousands sit down amid the aches
Association TO bewan their ruin.
sent Nh section seems to be immune.
'A' vet all sections have occasion al t'r
an 20 feel grateful that they were spa
elton while others suffered.
kage. In South Texas we have been as
H' from public mistortunes or widespi
INA. suffering for quarter OF century
boen as any part OF the United States
# the wear and again this year, it Ia true
and 49, 49,, ataic
this nave pei' ''''
ovsr a considerable area, but for "
,a.t we hayo prospered and been h
and enjoyed n delightful climate
since 1875 have We heen visited
siaen' storm of very destructive *hara
inning .,n. n..n nropitious,
falls Inc "0'''"
,an 81 crops good, the health of the people
cam eellent. tho growth and development
will pouneed and no thought OF great dis
OF "S a,s,urbad any locality or any bosom
lrtisan A'''N'
-. Tho exceptions which We have II
therefore, should not discourage us.
'ssnta- arc fewer than In almost any other
OF the West or South. or In the
for that matter. Tho rule Ia so
up by ingly the other way that we may
ton. in a high degree OF confidence. anioipat
of the ,,.x .r,,, Cor mnnv years w
munlLy again hIahS FNN'~f "
build and SOW aud project business
esident, prises with as much basis for ass
ard be- as anywhere in the Union The
Of the ton is OF varied resources and
OF. ~ manifold opportunities. A storm iii
al aues- OF saturday Is 'Ap0''eAN ''' y
It to a generation,
OF the let ,s not feel unduly cast down,
10 settle r, ,rivh, future befo
coast region. Natures custom heI
ade with smile rather than Howh' nui'u
that We homes again, put In the crops agai
hAa NOV for the future again; there are a
nths, the nv,,h q
not been ehuhees "Nu $50 .-