The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-18

Btownwocd; Seventh district ]. w,
Alexander OF Temple; Terth district. ".
T, York of Rock Island; Eleventh diatriei,
w. n Norrell OF Rcckpors Thirteenth
district. ], ~ Lutx OF Vernon: First dis
trict, W. u, Siosson OF Houston, Ninth
district, S. y. De Cordova OF Austin
Twelfth district, James Anderson OF san
Antonio
The members Of the new executive com>
nitiee arc as follows, sixth district, H.
~ Damon OF Corsicans; Fifth district. II
r. Moore OF sherman Eighth district, J
n. Winters Of Fort Worth, Seventh dis
trict II. Il. staiti Of Waco: Tenth district
Lucian Mipor OF Galveston; Eleventh dis
trlct Lucian G, Seabrook OF Port Lavaca
Thirteenth district. w L. Grogan OF
Sweetwater First district, G, s penhela
OF Houston Ninth district, w, p. Gaines
Of Austin; Twelfth district, q. H, Gar.
land OF Paint Rock.
The list will be completed before the
next meeting at San Antonio. Mr. Tom
Richardson Of Houston introduced reso-
hutton thanking the people OF Fort Worth
and Mayor Paddock for courtcsies ex.
tended
II was unanimously adopted. after which
the convention adjourned to meet at San
Antonio.
GLOW to Build Town" was the subject
on which Mr., NJ. e, Foster spoke as fol-
lows.
You real estate men know moro about
that subject, doubtless, than newspaper
man You undoubtedly do more than any
other class to develop and advertise this
state Yon are deeply interested in It's
growth and welfare. and you never neglect
an opportunity 20 describe tho wondertui
resources and unlimited possibilities OF this
| State You have told to thousands upon
1 thousands the inviting held that is to be
! found here, and 4 Is TO you and your un-
| firing work that Texas towns owe much OF
their rapid growth and wonderful pros
| peritT
| You have helped build Texas towns,
/ and II is you who will take the most active
part in transforming our present over
4 grown towns aud villages into real cities,
/ You and this convention have recognized
1 that the great need OK Texas just now Ia
/ the awakening OF the industrial spirit
I Many able talks have been made here adj
! vooating the erection OF cotton factories
and other Industrial plants In Texas towns,
and il is on this line OF thought that | wish
TO say few words,
J The Texas towns are growing, but they
do not show the right sort OF growth. II
IL not the growth that results IN perma-
nent prosperity, There is entirely too
much dependence upon the methods oil
money making that prevailed here when
the state was young, and when the buying
and selling OF goous the receiving and
shipping OF the staple crops gave profitable
| employment to the few thousands people
| scattered over the State.
We have made wonderful progress IN the
last twenty years, but the old incentives
to growth have been utilized for all they
are worth. Some new line OF development
nd
That development must be brought about
by manufacturing.
Fort Worth and other Texas cites have
slept In the lap OF vllagehood too long
They must face the future, shake OF thell
village garments and prepare TO become
real cities.
Texas cities stand IN the midst OF an
inviting area for wealth producing, ant
II present opportunities arc seized for
tunes can be acquired.
II Ia manufacturing that builds city
ana II Is manufacturing that helps the
agricultural Glasses II ia manufacturers
that gives employment 10 thousands Of
men In city and that makes possible en-
ployment for more thousands on the farms
OF tho state.
II is only the large staple crops which
can ind profitable expectation, therefore
there should bo local demand for ali the
minor crops. To bring about this demand
there must be home consumption only
demand from the factories but demand
from the large population that must be fed
and clothed. II the men who earn the
niillions that are sent from Texas towns
annually for manufactured products were
living here they would have to spend Il
Immediately for food and drink and cloth
ing, furnishing a market for the sale Of
every other crop imaginable. II. for In
stance the farmer who has his ten bales
I of cotton to sell, found a market at the
same time TO sell corn, bacon potatoes
aud vegetables generally, 10 the men who
are at work In the factories, would not
that farmers condition be wonderfully Inn
proved Apply this rule TO thousands OF
farmers and see how crop dyersiication
Is brought about-how the whole State ia
benefited by an Increase OF manufacturing
and nm increase OF demand for farm prod
ucts.
There Is a fight for factories now going
on throughout the South,
Tho carolinas. Georgia, Alabama. Louis
lana aud other Southern States have
awakened 10 the need OF industrial de-
velopment
Some OF these States have been forced
by the necessities OF the situation 10 sreci
hundreds OF factories during the past nv,
years.
4 They realized that unless manufacturing
Was MADE Dig part OF their business the
laboring peoplc--the men and women who
make towns and cities possible would b,
forced TO go elsewhere.
South Carolina was becoming poverty.
stricken commonwealth little State with
nothing but worn out land phosphates
old residences and a glorious history
! when the people reused themselves ant
began erecting cotton mills
! They saw that they could not continu,
70 exist on agricultural products alone
They realized ~ last that sonething be
sides farming was needed 10 create rea
towns md cities and TO make prosperou
: rural population.
Meetings were held here and there. TIL
! situation was thoroughly discussed, The
admitted their poverty as a state an,
boldly declared that prompt action wa
necessary 60 save them from utter degra
dalton The bankers. the merchants. tn
teachers. the preachers. the farmers--al
classes OF men--interested themselves Il
the matter. and they one and all declare
that factories must be secured.
South Carolina has secured the fsctorie
that were necessary 10 build up the state
and her method Of obtaining these prim
requisites Of prosperity is worthy o. inni
tstion in Texas.
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