The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-13
EXCHANGE INTERVIEWS.

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EXCHANGE INTERVIEWS.
The State of Texas having pulled the fangs
| from the Standard Oil company. possibly
dealers will purchase oil from other com
| panies without fear of oppression by the
| greatest OF all trusts. In beaumont for
Instance. the Globe Oil company has kept
| stock In warehouse for nearly five years.
but SO long as the Waters-Pierce OIL com.
pany was permitted to pursue its policy OF
| oppression and determination local dealers
| dared not handle the Globe product. Yet
the presence of the Globe people has not
been without benefit II has considerably
cheapened kerosene to the CONSUME ta anu
,erlally improve It's service. BEAUMONT After
noon Journal.
And vet there are people who defend the
trusts on tho ground that having clear
field thew can and do sell cheaper to the
consumer than they could do If they had to
encounter a formidable competitionl The
only reason for cheap trust goods IS the
trusts fear of competition and in proportion
as that fear is founded on fact and compe-
tition is felt the cheaper the goods. Unbridle
trade and the laws of trade will do the rest.
49,
Turkey had no more to do as a nation with
| that missionary massacre than the United
States has to do with the Malta murders
that are committed in the United States. But
she has to pay.-San Antonio Light.
And the United States did pay, but Italy
did not threaten to send over fleet and
shoot all sorts of holes through Charleston
or Galveston unless we paid up promptly
Like sensible nation. Italy. although she
then had much stronger and better navy
than we. contented herself with the usual
diplomatic methods OF course. however
Italy had no presidential campaign on hand
at the time.
The building of cotton factory has again
nut the name of Corscana in the mouth
OF all Texans and of the country generally.
1t is a splendid advertising scheme.-Corsi-
cana CourierLight.
But 1t is not for its results as an "adver-
Using scheme" as satisfactory as they may
be- that big industrial enterprise is chiefly
valuable to a community Much Of the en-
thusiasm 1t is true, is often worked up on
the advertising theory, but the most SUBJ
stantial benefits come from the new tin
bucket brlgades which these new factories
create and the added activity in the home
market
Claims aggregatng $4,000 600 have been
states growing out of the Spanish American
wa' which the United States will be re-
ouired to pay.-Brenham Banner
This was one OF the avenues to the treas
ury which our peace commissioners for some
mysterious reason left open. generously re-
lieving Spain of her legal burden in the
premises. Whether American claimants were
shrewd and influential enough to work" the
administration for this open door can not
BIO definitely said, but it looks that way
We have quit running for office for awhile
at least. ana we propose to devote our eil-
IRE time and attention in the future to get
ting out the best daily and weekly NEWSPAPER
IN North Texas. We can do Il. and we pro-
pose TO do so, We want the help of all our
riends.-McKinney Gazette.
Here's a hope that the Mckinney papers
will resume the normal conditions and again
become interesting outside the limits of the
Fifth congressional district The Gazette
also furnishes another lesson to the shoe
maker who would forsake@his last. If yoa
want the fun out of politics do the writing
simply and let the other fellow do the run
ming.
Messrs. W. l.. Brents. w O. Bracket and
others will begin at once the erection of an
| warehouse
Fast King street The company will file arti
0pes OF incorporation In a few DAYS and the
principal stockholders will be Messrs Brents
ana ana Bracket. but others are interested in
.ne enterprise. The big elevator and ware
mouse for the storage of grain will cost some
tnirg ike $4,000. The elevator is TO be
hteu with modern machinery the order for
which was sent off today,-sherman Demo-
crat
This is not only evidence of substantial
progress at Sherman. but it serves 10 call
attention again to the growth of the grain
interests In North Texas within tbe mast
few wears Sherman has also large Touring
mus ana other towns in that part of the
state possess both elevators and mills where
uo' so long ago nothing OF the kind was
thought OIL The grain all went out of the
state ana all the -four used came from other
states Now these conditions have happily
neen changed and home enterprise is utiIlz-
ING 10 very large degree home advantages
in the direction indicated.
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Shall the United States maintain N. ,r
re- "hlSh she mas acquired in foreign coun
Sntees aud hold possession of country gained
poln by conquest and purchase or shall M
sreat Nauon proclaim to the world Tho, Ne
nn e Ta,lon OF babies and 70 into great
ant ana N rts Ior experiment and then back
We could better afford to become a hah,,
Nation again than TO win the unenviable dis.
.lnf''on OF robber Nation bent on erin
maj aggression. - 1t is never dscreditab,a n
man or collection of men to honestly ana
u zen. confess mistake and endeavor to
sut a wrong which passion, or prejudice or
thoushtlessness had led them 10 comm, :.
some unguarded hour
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Of zoe is bialley,s triumph has set the advocates
~ ine iast state platform by the ears The
poEucsl bosses have been sat on hy The nsos
ple, the next State platform will read an
ferentiy -shiner Gazette VI
me Post thought in 1895 that the State
democratic convention was rushing too reck-
iessiy to virtual deliverance in favor NJ
expansion to suit the conservative ele.
men's of the Texas democracy ana the de-
yeiopments of the past few months have
oaN sustained that conviction as well as
vindieated The Posts views.