The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-22
Large Undertaking.
The pueblo lcoio.1 chIeftain saws:


| A Large Undertaking.
The Pueblo (Colo) Chleftain says:
Readers OF The Houston Daily Post had
quite task on their hands on Sunday,
December 10. II they undertook TO read the
edition Of that day Ia It's entirety. II
was the largest paper over Issued in Texas
and contained sixty pages. There were
| 420 columns, 225 OF which were devoted
10 advertising. The general makeup Of
| the paper is most excellent and in har-
mony with the enterprlsing spirit which
carried through so large an undertaking.
The Post IS proud OF the edition and OF
the city which calls for a paper of such
magnitude.
Advantages of Gulf Ports.
Mr.. j. w. McNeal. senior member OF
the Oklahoma executive committee aud
president OF the Guthrie National bank,
writes the following interesting and mcaty
letter. Mr.. McNeal says some things that
would be well for local readers, as well
! as those al 2 distance. to remember His
letter is in fact one OF the strongest ar
guments ever made in favor Of the deep
euing OF Buffalo bayou.
II have your recent favor and In reply
| ! have TO state that I am too busy 70 tako
| time TO write any extended letters on the
subiec, OF the importance OF the Trans
mississippi Commercial Congress for Okla
I homa- We have a wide-8wake intelli-
gent people, who are thoroughly advised
as "a the advantages to our commercial
! interests by having several Gulf ports
! through which our immense crops OF
| wheat, corn, oats, cotton, castor heans
cattle, hogs and horses could be exported
to foreign markets Before these Gulf
/ re- h.
must have an isthmus canal which viii
make US short line by water to every
commercial city OF the world Houston
IL situated almost in the south center OF
that vast agricultural country lying far
10 tho west OF cities Ike Chicago and St.
Louis. where there are some advantages
from water transportation. You may
not nave noticed that Port Arthur IL ia
round numbers 200 miles east OF the line
directly south Of Guthrie, Galveston 40
miles; Arkansas Pass thirty hve miles Wo
are nearer Houston than either Chicago
or st. Louis, while there Is but little
difference between the distance from
Guthrie to Kansas City and from Guthrie
TO Houston. We are almost in the exact
center Of what was formerly known as
the Indian Territory. which is now in
cluded In what is known as Oklahoma and
the present Territory. Probably CON
servative estimate would show that Okla
homn. which Is near one-half the area OF
the original indian Territory, last year
! produced 20,O00.O00 bushels Of wheat So
l 100000 bushels OF corn perhaps 900 900
/ bushels Of oats. 10000 bales OF cotton,
We Will feed about 100000 head OF cattle
and about The same number OF hogs The
| great advantage Houston would have over
! mo port-points now used as harbprs
would be the security from damage 10
chipping by winds ana waves. II IL is
feasible to construct waterway for the
! large ocean vessels from Houston 10 tho
Cult her advantages by reason of her elc-
walton above the sea level would secure
her q prestige that would make her tho
Baltimore OF the Gulf coast am con-
WINGED that the April moetIng will be moro
largely attended than any congress yet
held | assure you that will cooperate
with Won and your people In every way
possible TO make your meeting big sue
cess. we. in this land Of cotton and corn
want as many seaport cities as possible
and We want ship canal across the
isthmus, and won't stop until We succeed
in getting IL,
VIII bring Thousands.
Hon. Ed Il. Hackney OF Wellington,
Kan, one OF the brightest and most
promising young public men OF tho sun
flower State. was delegate TO tho Trans
mississippi Commercial Congress at Wich-
/ tia. In recent letter Mr.. Hackney says:
81 want to congratulate you as we'll as
Houston and tho entire West upon the
location of the next Transmlssissippi
congress In your beautiful and energetic
city. The great, and In fact tho only
hope for the emancipation OF the great
West from the transportation BONDAGE
thai now absorhs all our prof S, is tha
opening OF the Gulf ports TO our grain
and products. We can not afford TO
much longer defy nature We must seek
the shortest land haul
! u had the pleasure several years ago
as a member of the Kansas legislative
committee on gulf routes and rates, to
assist your magnificent city and 10 in
| Nestisate It's advantages. Seeing is know
ing, and ! am sure nothing Will SO clear
up the commercial atmosphere and make
plain the trado advantages OF ship
ment to the gulf ports as will visit to
your city. ! rejoice that this congress-
VIII bring thousands OF shippers aud pro-
ducers from the West 10 your city and
Will make them cognizant OF Your splendid
facilities for receiving and handling their
products, and ! am sure their visit win
shorten by at least ave years the COM
Ing OF the millennium when all our pro-
ducts Will seek the shortest possible
route to tide water. and the goods we
use will be taxed for only the shortest
possible land haul. Men--the keen, ener-
igetic business men OF Kansas ard the
West--must be convinced OF the value o.
gulf transportation II they once get a
fair understanding of the pTohlcm. such
as visit TO your city will give d.
sincerely wish that every Kansas shipper
no difference IN what line ooull attend
the congress. I am sure Il would be OF
inestimable financial advantage 90 the
great State OF Kansas. as wen as Texas
her splendid neighbor"
Influence OF This Congress.
Hon. Arthur S. Goetz. executive com
mitteeman from New Mexico and general
manager of the Pecos Valley Beet sugar
company, one OF the most aetiye workers
in the Transmississlppi Commercial Con-
gress, and thoroughly representative
Western business man. writes as follows:
In regard TO the Transmississippl Cons
mercial Congress, | have had the pleasure
To attend the past two sessions and ok
pect 10 attend the next one. which Will
convene IN yonr entcrprising city April
Il 10 81 and further viii cheerfully DO
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