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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-14
The liking of Usurers."

isaac Gordon, who died few DAYS ago
shared with Sam Lewis the reputation 81
being the king of usurers." Their fame
extended far beyond the borders of tho
British empire, since not alone foreign mo-
oiemen but even continental crowned
beads and princes OF the blood vera ac.
eustomed to invoke their services. which
were in every sense of the word Interested
The extent of Isaac Gordon's business
and the colossal character of the interes,
which he charged. was never realize, NV
the English public until he appeared he
fore the parliamentary committee ON
money lending in the summer Of 1897
Gordon who was a hard teatured keen
eyed Hebrew, with a short cronned Mai,
oeard ana an unlimited amount of assrr~
ahce, aecllned utterly 10 permit himSaI,
TO be in any way intimidatea Inv tba go
mittee, the members OF which ha trss.a /,
IN tne most matter OF fact ana inda'
pendent manner. He. however rendilv
answered all their questions, admitted tb,,
ne naa money lending establishments ali
yer tne United Kingdom, under difforenf
s, ..'st. anu thst they all worked into one
lag not merelv n
fessed. but even volunteered the sfs,a-
ment that he was in the habit az ehsro
ing as much as 5000 per cent for monsv
81 do not lend money" he said 81 .u
money" and he added that II ans le9is ss.l
iicn was enacted to prevent him frnr asa ~
acting this extraordinary rate q, 49, ~ eA
or any other rate that he saw a, -
charge, he would retire from business :, y
~
He put this 10 the august membar. !,
the parliamentary committee IN tho 49,,
OF a threat just as II the world =, -.
meree would be unable TO survive ,ba -
inaictec upon Il by his going ON, =, 49,,
ness. and so dumbfornded We're tS No ous l
mitteemen BY his phenomenal chas so" Y,
making this statement thai he 49,. ~
interpreted their looks OF s.artlea p Sssy
as fear ne might carry his menas essI ~.
eifeet- ss lnto
Some OF the arguments that no M,
ward in defense OF his extravag.,s, 1vr'
OF interest were logical "A nan rate,
be 10 the committee. may sell s ssss
bank note irst IS well as MazsrI,a n = ~
or picture by Grerse. peor,. osoiS
lridicule the idel OF ilcre heinz az rouie
Limitation OF the price for TIE sibls q :,
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OF the community. A s25.ooo-tow can
not build 100000 mill and to make
the EFFORT is to fail. 1t Is easy enough
TO estimate the value OF subscriptions.
A local committee can tell when they are
obtaining subscriptions that are good
as gold" and when the Fever Of a
temporary enthusiasm. or ''just-to-encour-
age the-movement" spirit. merely. is die
tating acquiesence in the general cry.
Go In, therefore, for what you are
morally certain you can accomplish rather
than for what you would like to do.
Get resultsl
Make the public sentiment OF the new
day worth something TO you.
Don't let this Industrial excitement pass
without taking practical advantage OF II.
The time is ripe but It must be utilized
in business way with real seriousness.
or else we shall see It slip by, as SO often
heretofore. with only the wrecks OF many
good resolutions and many paper ventures
behind 1t.
II you can't build cotton mill put up
SVlnt OLutI hiuu VI iastulg thaN VIII htth
out articles that are in common use and
for which the raw material Is close at
hand. II not $4,000 plant, then s25,-
900 one. or a $4,000 establishment. 1t
is not the largest factoriec that always
pay best. The resources OF this State
in the way of raw material for manufac-
turing purposes are not confined to cot
ton Let us try and honeycomb Texas
with industrial plants of all sorts, both
large and small, and cease. at least, the
unbusnesslike dependence upon outsiders
for practically everything in the way of
finished products or manufactured goods
that we use.
We must crawl before we walk indus
triallv. in the natural order of things, but
let us at least crawl at this time let
us make it special care not to take it
out merely in looking toward and long
ing for what we want and merely
"blufhn~" at going after it Aim low, at
first. but-cinch matters,
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AN OFFICIAL MAnroNErrE.


There must have been some necessity,
from the standpoint Of the ad-
minlstration, for the substitution OF the
son OF Secretary Hay for Consul Macrum
at Pretoria. Macrum objected to having
his mail in transit ripped open at Durham
by British censor, as well as to the
retention Of his cables and communlca-
lions to mis- home government by this
same alert British official. Macrum had
no business TO be an American when SO
for asserting the paramountcy OF the en-
tente cordlale established between tho
allied Anglo American foreign offices. At
such a critical moment indignant Amer
icanism was decidedly de trop. Macrum
was persona non grata to Mr.. Hay. Ma
orum was likewise persona non grata to
Lord Salisbury. Macrum had 10 de amp.
He decamped. 1t would never do to en-
trust the Pretoria consulship to anybody
not a member Of the family OF Mr.. Hay.
Anybody else might not be receptive TO
instructions. Anybody else might peach
on pater famllias. All these things held
we'll in mind, son Adelbert was buul.cl
off TO South Africa and. that he INST
ba securely guarded against mistakes, was
given letters OF introduction to some OF
fathers old friends in London, and ad-
monished TO call on them en- route. lie
was coached not to talk. but to remember
"A cal
membered. Good boy-dutitul son this
Adeibert Hay.
or course It made no difference that
Adelbert was going to an important post,
experience or grain.ng than a tobac,o4ist
Indian. Certainly not Ade.bert VS.
merely to serve as a sort OF earnest Of
his fathers adherence TO the Anglo
American agreement. AS such it must
be admitted thar he has done beautifully.
When asked II he knew anything about
Macrum's mail having been opened Adel-
bert complaoently chirrups over the cab Q
that he did not, Nobody expected any
other answer. He rose to the full meas
ure OF his requirements and bounded 10
tho limit OF his instructions in that an
swer. In fact, no one has expected Adel-
bert to know anything more than parrot
might be taught by patient master. Of
course, he does not know that the Sou,h
African Republics are putting up the mos
heroic struggle for liberty TO which cour'
age has been inspired since the world be-
gan. He knows naught but the majesty
the power and the greatness OF England
To Great Britain and our un-Americal
secretary he Is true and is, in conse
quence, an official marionette, whiel
dances and gyrstes according as salisbur!
or pa pulls the strings.
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Laredo Times. Last Sundays Houston
Post is doubtless the largest and most
deliberately gotten up newspaper ever is
sued in Texas; the issue is the fifteenth
anniversary number aud TRANSMITS ss.ppi
Commercial Congress edition combined,
and it abundantly shows that The Hous-
ton Post is a we'll developed lass to be
only Is years old. If Houston we're not
1 large and rich field, The Post could no.
have attained such thrifty proportions,
and therefore its prosperity speaks vol-
tines for that city's volume of trade aud
enterprise. Suoh newspapers as last
sundays Houston Post can only be pub
ished in large and populous trade cen
ters, as the advertising patronage must
% large and liberal to justify such ex-
penditures.
Beaumont Journal: Under its present
management The Post has frequently pub
iished editions which have been fatterlug
evidences OF the progressiveness of Hous.
on, the energy of the business department
and the ability of the editorial and re-
portorial STATS OF the paper, but the ami
Nersary and Transmississippi Congress
ed ion OF The Post yesterday excelled ali
former efforts. This is so not only With
reference to the number OF pages printed
and the amount of Advertising carried
but in addition to the usual Sunday fea :
lures 1t contained contributions from we'll
Informed, practical men which is valuable
to commercial and industrial Texas. In
deed, The POSTS fifteenth anniversary and
Tiarsmississippl Congress edition can be
allied a great paper, one that is worth pre-
serving.
Dallas Times Herald: That was indeed
maenlhcent newspaper published Sunday
nv The Houston Pest. upon the occasion OF
Its fifteenth anniversary and as a souvenir
Tor the Transmlssisslppi Commercial Con-
gress. 1t consis ed of sixty eight pages,
with colored cover, full OF interesting sta
fistles OF all klnds about Houston and
with several timely and well written arti-
es upon the resources and possibilities o.
Texas the cotton mill movement being
given esp cial prominence. Its editorial
ARRANGEMENT was perfect and its typo-
graphical appearance a veritable picture
It was the largest and by far the best
newspaper ever published In Texas,
Thousands OF copies of that paper should
be distributed in all sections Of the United
States.
Huntsville Post; The great Houston
Post Of yesterday was record breaker
II was an evidence of what could be ac.
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Texans in Now Yorls.

New York, April ls.-The following
Texans are registered at New York
hotels
pallas-Mrs. J. Adoue at the Herald
Square, Miss D. David at the Marlborough,
W. and W. scanned. Mrs. W. Bryant and
w. 5, Bryant, Jr, al the st, Denis.
Galyeston--K. d. Dailgish at the Able
marie
Greenville--G. B. Alexander a; the Gil
sey.
Houston--T s. Battsszi az the Imperial
II J, Il. House at the Normsndie.
Y San Antonio--C. Milligan At the Herald
Square.
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The strike now on in the building trades in
this city is one of those deplorable differences
between contractors and employees which
mutual disposition toward fairness ought cas-
lily TO settle. From the perusal OF the au-
thorized statements of both the builders or
contractors and the carpenters between whom
the trouble originally arose II looks as II
the builders were extreme in their demands
that iourneymen carpenters shall not work
tor others even when the builders are unable
to keep them regularly employed. This would
be often a hardship on the iourneyman and
an infringement upon his natural rights As
broad. fair proposition when a contractor
has no work for man the latter ought TO be
able TO hunt for himself whatever employment
at his own trade he can secure. II. us the
carpenters claim. this is really the bone OF
centertlou they seem to have the best OF
the argument 1t is to be hoped an under
standing can be reached before the strike
Toes further It would cause not only great
public Inconvenience but positive suffering
possibly. among hundreds of latoring men 4
such thing as Sympathetic strike" should
occur. Such strike Is not wise except In tn,
most desperate cases and whore some vita
prineiplo OF unicoism is involved,
j. A IL n kx.<a rira
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-14
isaac Gordon Got 5000 Per Cen
Loaned. His Method OF queezins

lor the painting. Why, then. should
mere ne legal restriction as regards the
price at which the bonk note is sold?" And
a little later he inquired: How is trads
70 he carried on II the market is not open.
ana why should Q dealer be deprived Of
me advantage which he gained from his
customers elgerness to buy?"
rlhsily Gordon pointed out that the risks
oI ms trade were colossal, that the rate of
interest was made proportionate 10 tho ex
49, ~ u lhe rlsks entailed, and that when
no was IN snen extremities as to be will
ins 10 pay 5000 per cent for a loan the
chances were 10 per cent against the
usurer ever seeing his money again.
so ingenious and convincing wera ais
~ uiIeh,s ana SO great was the impress
s.oh when they made on the minds Of
eue nard-neaded men of business COM.
posing the parliamentary committee th,t
~ spite OF the profound antinathy excited
Sy ms calling they reported In favor of
- ' ,eoulinuation that the law had no right
~ .'in't me rate OF interest, and that n
was "a no way more criminal for a Insurer
,bo, aenu money at hundreds, and even
10 ,nsru per cent than for underwriters
- insure an overdue vessel for & ana
ssen iVo, per cent. The committee agreed
~ tne plea put forward BY Gordon thar in
one ease, as In the other. the EXCESSIVE
" interest was due to the risky char
ae'er of the security. ' eAa'
~
men Gordon had victim in his tolls
aup me term for which the loan had been
Mape mad expired he would put ON the
screw hard in order to force the debtor "a
pay both principal and interest in full. He
mouiu absolutely decline to listen 10 any
nh.oposais for a renewal or prolonTafion q,
~ ae Van, out would cause It to be indirect-
~ sussested TO the victim that the latter
nre sas possibly be able 10 Obtain from soma
Mof'ncal money lender at Brighton.
nanenester Leeds or elsewhere the funds
she 70 pay on Gordon, and thus avade
ufeAiened legal proceedings.
~, general rule the victim wopla min
We ~ me bait, would Obtain larger loan
r. still higher rate OF interest from Ihe
psesinciai morey lender, aud wouls Than
ssn me FUNDS to settle with Gordon. IN
s sn 'snorance OF the fact that The Isaac
Sanuei OF York or the Mr.. Yerbnrgh y,
soeos were one and the same psrson--tbs
"Sslpus lssac Gordon Of London.
~,,,h shis wzy small loan Of $500 or Al
lain tne space OF two or rhres YEARS
"a nAsniAsd into indebtedness Of ALSO.
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news. with literary and WI
proves what has been 60 MI
that The Post is the reprsx,3
of the South. Southwest wa
10 1t for all the news all Ii. n
foakum Daily Herald: 81
know, The Houston Posts ahs
versary and TransmississippI h
Congress edition OF Sunday N
journalistic effort ever made Il !
fore. The Posts enterprise /, |
ing commented on throughoa
and 1t richly deserves ever vr1
said about it.
Bolton Evening News: M
Post celebrated its firteef,h 4
yesterday by getting out siSrj
paper. full to the brlm viii
reading matter. When II cors|
out a first-class newspaper I'LL
date news, The Post is in W 4
Tenaha Now Era; The I'D
has passed its fifteenth milifx|
brated this occasion Sunday n
mammoth edition. printed b
containing much literary NJ
information, as well as all III !
Post is a great paper.
Sherman Democrat: The n
Transmississippi Congress Nz
teenth anniversary edition ~
Sunday is the greatest jouni
ever attempted In Texas. TN
of mechanical and edltoril |!
volunminous and valuabls'
La Grange News The n
celebrated its fifteenth ann
Sunday with an Issue Of sixuf}
1t was truly a great paper
spects. The Pest is sufa'
graduated on its echleye1c
Floresville Chronicle; 1nsf
niversary OF The Houston ra
day, April 8, on which occass]
Of The Post contained e'xH
OF matter. The Post is prosN'I
Chronicle is glad OF ii.
Mexia Ledger: The Hoas1
poses expansion; however, Y \
sixty-eight pages last suoss
the prettiest and most ls'
ever issued in the state
Waco Times-Herald: M
OF Sunday contained SHY
The Post should change Y
a tree. And it has not ~ =
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lutely colossal proportion,
amount of IN ,ney inyes.eo
Isaac Gordon having pen
small in comparison
Isaac Gordon showed
junction about revealing III
phase OF his business inAs
that he was in the habit o
per cent for money loareu,
sidered, rnder the clrcun'
fair rate Of interest. ar
traordinary fact that IN Fly
ity given to the proceedlnss \
mlttee and to the statems.
this playing OF Gordon,s n
London into the hands y 4
fees in the provinces n N
merily after the eommi'''
work as before.
Isaac Gordon's most r.
Sam Lewis, may occss'0l
day at the tables Of the 81
and he has on several s,
guest during the LoIdo o.. n h
ners given by Sir Freaeln,,s,sI
well known sportsman 5 ,
intimate friend o. tpe !, "a
In fact, ut each OF ir 'ss,.srl|
the most illustrioas XII
realm. q prince OF tns ss!,s|
present, and inasInueh = = 4 4
cases requires that . y" u "A
his fellow gueses mus. ds5
forehand to the royal TX 81
prevail, the dinners VIZ ms y
not be looked upon a. a. <fd
ing, and 1t must be tas, rs Il
the prince in question Isl
tent to sit at the ssI ",
OF English money len,s'd drH]
Mrs. Lewis. his wlis .',slI,l \
handsomest and most ss ss,,S,
Hyde park during tns Z ns,s1
bowling acquaintance pr .'o:5z
OF the men OF the ~ rsIs|
wise with their fems .'sa q
are the titled ladies ~s M
sam Lewis, as the s 'a,si i5sj
Lady Sykes and asa,ssss
Cowley and other pe,seu n
to the public. And ,r,,Ir!a
desperate straits to' !, 20
pressed by creditors IL ~
other. they are not ae'rr ~
To the wife even q :. 10 n
lender. II they can nof z liz
financial assistance 4
" when the usurss IL y
amusing and couruy. ~
world famed sam
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Failure of the Tariff r"sp es 'a

unmarketed sccurities
schemes are stiil-born h
knows that his servics~ 1:|
wanted. The most hIf,.
trusts. II he possesses \ b
will find a more Conn
meted out to them than AZ
Emerson wisely ann,,'.'
wealth brings Its own y
ances. The basis OF noilf,
non-interference. Do nos
die, and you snap the ~.
sumptuary laws. Give M
equal laws. Tbs y.
is not more surely kent q
librium of value in sociess
and supply: artifice Or
ishes Itself by reaction s.1
ruptcies." -
ne true safeguard araI., I,
new enactments. but the rs,ss
which have established 49,
justice. Land monopoljes e
chises appropriated to pfis,,!
restrictions for individual ~
are the roots of the InjurIo,s n
OF capital. Until they ~ !.
is absurd to waste aims !. i
branches Of the evil.
<<< Rim
If 1t is seriously propose !.
the underpinning OF the tru,s,
all tariff duties laid upon n
the monopolistlc smile IN, I.
expression OF rage and IN !
OF meaning and desperaticr
1t Will be averred that ~ I.
erroneous because trusts ~
trade England. The statem.S
Combinations exist becauss I
skill, ability and public TX
doubtless there are some ~
and franchise privileges. b.,
the bulk Of our American l
having the power to mark i, ,
at viii. because legally exon,
eign competition, do not erls
Britain an artificial advsuo
once invites unlimited irnDr'
all competing countries, an
maintained, The protectjy, 4
breeder OF trusts. and The Z,
efficient way to abolish liz
molish it. '
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Telephone Numbers: Bs.sss,., ~ ~

The City The Post is delivered to any par, Of the
city by carriers. per month St.oo; three months
5000; six months 5000: year. $1,000.
Nh. Theodore berisz has charge OF the city
circulation and collecting. Messrs. Theodore
Bering, Chas. Lott and Paul Hobby the aG-
thorxei collectors OF all city bills both verts-
ing and subscriptou) and money should be
paid TO any one other than those named. unless
special written authority signed by The business
manager Is shown. All accounts OF any size
should be pad by check in favor OF The Hous-
ton Printing Company
Eubscribers failing to receive The Pos, regularly
will please ncif the ONCE promptly Every
paper is expected to be delivered not later than
ego O'Clock a. N.
Under no circumstances will orders given by
employees on the office be recognized and
paid or accepted in payment OF accounts.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-14

The British government Is now spending
about 100000 day above its income. The
Transvaal mineral properties come high.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-14
TnE HOUSTON DAILY POST.
NJ TIM
Houston Printing Company.

2, n 5 J9H u SS ~ Ps sss,Dssr
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-14

Huntsville Post; The great Houston
post OF yesterday was a record breaker.
1t was an evidence of what could ha az.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-14

No man has more admiration for the hard
riding Of the British cavalry thcse days than
the American horse-trader.
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Prospects are bright for an early reduction
OF tho war revenue stamp taxes. They are
producing more money than is needed 20 carry
on tbs war 10 tina Philippines Terrell Index
Dent bank too confidently on this early
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The effort to get some new "Boer war pic
lures" at West Orange, New Jersey. for the
kaleidoscope resulted by the premature dis
charge OF cannon in an unexpected piece OF
realism-two men were seriously crippled.
Tho wounding OF two men won't make a very
bloody battle scene but the fact that the
casualties will be real will constitute a dis
tinct advance in kaleidoscope enterprise.
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civil government can exist under the
American nag which is creature OF con-
sress rather than Of the constitution-in a
word. that congress can iegislate independ-
emily OF the constitution. And there arc
those who insist that this is not dangerous
doctrine for the republic.
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Assistant Secretary OF the Navy Allen is
to get tho governor seneraiship OF Puerto
Rico--possbly because OF what he doesn't
know Of the island. Not until Puerto Rican
native politicians have voice in our Ma
tional nominating conventions and legislation
can they hopo to secure any of the soft
berths at homo.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1900-07-19

A newspaper, to WELD power, must
be made for all, rather than one man
for the whole people. 1t must carry
conviction that it is earnestly the
friend OF popular rights and not the
champion of individual schemes. The
people are the capital OF an honest
newspaper. 1t is their friend and they
give it success. Money enables a
trained journalist to add strength and
interest to his paper and to make it
more deserving of popular support. But
all the money in the world will not
give influence, power and success to a
newspaper that speaks for special in
terest and not for public good.
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John A. Manget
Red ES|0|G Qld Renting.

FOR SALE-"The Hedges. This is
beautiful place one-half mile from the
center of the city, on Powder Springs
street. Consists of thirteen acres, which
can easily be divided up into building
lots. The house is located on beauti
tiful elevation and surrounded by trees.
Besides the main residence there are
two cottages and outbuildings on the
place. This property will be sold at a
low figure considering the fact that the
place becomes MOI e valuable every year.
FOR SALE-Mrs. Arthur Murphy's
home on Church street In this choice
property / can offer purchaser every
convenience (including perfect system
of sewerage) that can be found in any
large city. The house is well built and
has nine rooms. Lot S0x213 to the rail
road. The surroundings are all that
could be desired, and the price is low.
Have several nice houses for rent.
Fire and Accident Insurance
JOHN A. MANGET.
50. BELL TELEPHONE So