The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-18

.-,.as Among us and do fair export
WY. . 20 Euronean countries. or man
,,,a.,,rsd articles during the past year we
ornor,ad about 1925, 100000 worth. vi
nrpducts of the farm we exported apou.
s-ao oo0 400 making the total oNer
Z, mo 600 900. But, gentlemen, the export
traaa NJ China. Japan and the orient uur-
frg 1898 amount to about S2,0VV,VoV,vuo,
snd a, imports anywhere from so,VoV'ooo
10 IS 600 900. How much OF this traae
ala the United States have. England aii
about rs per cent OF the business WINE
Cormany France and the United states
did the balance, and OF this 20 per cent,
tba nroportion OF the United States was
the smallest of them al. There is won
derful trade In the East ana this country
has got to have IL. We need the Nlca' a. va
canal to connect the two oceans when
will enable ships to make the voyage IN
month instead OF five or SIX, as II taxes
in going around the Cape. Instead OF let
ting England have that commerce wnicn
is wonderfully increasing with the isnt
that is being shed upon that country at
the beginning OF this twentieth cehtusy'
An evidence of the increasing trade be-
tween The United states and the Orient Is
tho fact TINT during the year OF 1899
there were sod 1S7,s76, 900 yards OF do
nestle by this country as against llO,-
600 600 the year previous. You have all
noticed that cotton has advanced from
Alp to cents per pound This enormous
trade of the materials manufactured from
cotton that has gone to China and Japan
has had very much to do during the past
year with the advance of the price o.
cotton in the United States, and 1t Will
have very much more to do. as the trade
is increasing and as soon as the gates OF
commerce are thrown wide open ano as
those people know us ard We know them
better / did not intend to talk so long
and think that should apologize for TAX
ing up so much OF your time with thu
extempore talk, but ! desire to say in
conclusion that l am satisfied that this
will be the most profitable and the most
enjoyable session OF that this Congress
has ever held and that your deliberations
will be of great beneft to the constituency
which you represent.
~
f. r. Moses of Great Bend, Kan,
chairman OF the executive committee
made some announcements, among them
notifying the Texas Press association to
meet at the rooms of the Business League
at 2:3O p m, and asking them to veal
badges of the Congress
He also read an invitation from Presi-
dent II. W. Garrow OF the Houston Cotton
Exchange, inviting the delegates to the
floor Of the exchange at all times during
their stay.
A similar invitation was also read in
viting the delegates to make use of the
| Elks club rooms while they are in the
city.
Chairman Moses then read the follow
ing report OF the executive committee:
Mr. Moses also read sections from the
constitution and bylaws explaining more
| fully the plan of the proceedings of the
Congress. Mr.. Moses said the preliminary
work for the present session OF the Con-
gress had been most thorough and the
present nesting promised to be most
profitable one. He also read a fnancla
statement showing the money that had
been received this year from membership
fees. He anticipated that some plan would
be presented to this meeting TO make the
organization more substantial and per-
manent one. He said the organization wa:
beginning to WELD a great influence and
one that was making itself felt. He re-
ferred feelingly to the death Of Vice
President E. B. Smalley of Minnesota and
OF Governor Briggs OF North Dakota. He