The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-02-19
IMPERIAL TEXAS.
How Best to Advertise the state
mud Its Advantages.

HOW best 10 AINcrt1Se the Staff
mud Its Advantages.
The speech of Captain a, J. Peeler of
Dallas, delivered before the Texas Real
Estate association at Fort Worth, Texas,
last Tuesday. was as follows:
Texas presents the most fertile fields for
investments. at this time. OF any country
or section on this earth, aud offers the
greatest Inducements for industrious i'm
migration and honest capital Aud It
is our religious and patriotic duty TO in
vite at least reasonable few of the bet.
ter class of population living in less IA
vored sections to enjoy with us the ad-
vantages,. and manifold blessings OF i'm
perial Texas. We have the erea, the
environments and resources, we have
room without limit at our festive board.
To those persons who have not stopped
to consider how great a country they are
living incl viii say to you, placing the
population OF the globe at l,4Q0, 600
souls divided into families OF five persons
each, all could be located in Texas, each
family with house on FIVE acre lot
and there would still remain 10000 vacant
family lots. Having this vast and par
TALLY developed territory, industrious i'm
migration would necessarily be OF mutual
benefit
But that immigration and citizenship
desired must be men of honor lsw-abiding.
OF some means and industrious To this
class the latch string hangs without and
opened arms will be extended to receive
them
We invite them 10 participate with US in
the fortunes 10 be made and the glorles
achieved, to work hand in hand with US
in the onward progress and development
of one of the most attractive sections OF
this American continent. The hidden
wealth in our vast undeveloped mineral
resources presents an attractive field for
labor and capital. Its immense coal
fields, its copper. salt and gypsum de-
posits. its mountains OF iron With Its
silver and gold. The oil fields Of Texas
and natural gas have already added hum
dreds of thousands TO the wealth OF the
State. Is only yet in its infancy. The
cattle industry, wherein magic fortunes
have been made, is not over crowded. The
lumber industry, extending its exports 70
the foremost corners of the earth is at
tractive and profitable.
Agricultural pursuit and neyhaustible
soil and cheap land presents the best up1
portunities for the farmer. MsrAfsctur-
ing of every kind invites the attention OF
the capitalist ana with our innumerable
mineral springs and climatic conditions,
presents TO the world a natural sanitartum
yelopment has not yet hardly begun.
With 500 miles of seaboard on our matcl-
less gulf coast and with our deep water
ports tributary TO three fourths Of the
products of the United States. makes Gal
weston the coming giant and the future
rival of New York, with close second
in Sabine Pass, Velasco and Arkansas Pass.
Thus it can be seen the future OF Texas
is no idle dream II is not bubble
~, INa r1r1nl
OF her. Fancy has woven her thread OF
fiction around her fair name with beauty
and romance. Poets all her own, have
sung her praise, while sage and painter
have put on sheet and canvas as she Is
and as she will be. Yet half has not
bean told No language Of the poet how
ever beautiful, no artist touch however
delicate can ever draw the picture, Aud
In advertising Texas abroad use not the
tactics Of the artful liar or sensadonaitst.
Let facts be our weapon, honesty our
criterion, and let our motto always be,
.'The truth is good enough for Texas
And first above all to advertise With
nfreet. It requires the expenditures OF
large sums of money and TO OBJ
tain this money it requires every
man who earns his living IN
Texas TO do his proportional part.
n requires an united effort, The banker
of funds and our patronage is only local
20 10 the merchant. ne Is the man, the
merchant looks surprised and says: i
have no lands for sale; l only depend 'on
local trade. and we use our home paper,
admits that ne Is in favor OF Immigration,
hut the real estate dealer is the man 10
assist in this. He is the man VINO re-
ceiyes all the benefits You next &c
10 the real estate man and land owner
and he. always equal to the occasion, says
that every time he locates u family on
n ten-acre tract that those. people must
huy groceries. must buy clothes. must
require farming implements, must pus
lumber. must do their business WIN me
banker and continue TO do their business
month after month and year after year
and winds up BY saying that he Is not the
direct beneficiary. but will do his part IL
we succeed we must adopt other metnoas'
a method OF honesty, fairness ana pro.
rressiveuess. a uniformity OF action and
every man should DO bis whole duty ac-
cordiRg TO his means and dement's ne
rived
AZ an example ] would call your attfn'
sion 10 the liberality ns the railroads Of
Texas who spend more mopey and pro
ducc better results in their expenditures