The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-09

trying 20 interest he made a price Of so.s5.
II knew It, the merchant said II know
| thnt other fellow wanted too much. He
\ sked me $3.50 ~ asked him" said Mr..
| simmons what brand Of nails he preferred
10 carry. II like that r. q. b kind" he
/ replied. do Won handle them
| From that type, the speaker went on 20
! say, Texas merchants had Developed into
the very highest type Of trHdesmen II
/ he was selling every merchant In the State
Of Texas he felt that IL would not bc al
a. al nsressary 5 to Eyer refer to pgn and
were Texans would mean that they were
all right.
marks, which were heartily npplandcd for.
malty was dispensed with and each in
! dividual present enjoyed himself MS suit
served continually and program Of vocal
aud instrumental music and an exhibition
of buck and wing dnnclng added to the
O'Clock III" visitors were scorted TO spc.
! clal cars which wcre IN whiting on Main
street and wore takeu around inc Fnnnn
and Travis street bolt before being trans.
/ ported to tho Central station Al that
| point they honrdcd their spocIaI train which
! iett shortly after midnight for Beaumont
| There nre 1874 ST Louis men In tho par.
~ aud that number has been augmented
since entering the state by the addition
] ~ NilIlf MY or kiNlN IFNuS merchants
who accent the hospitality of the visitors
| from place 10 place The train in which
tho trip is being made Is composed of dye
| l'ullmIHS, two dining oars md n coun,ja.
sAry car. 1'hc tour Is heng handled I'm II
systematic and husiness-litc manner. Each
car Is IN charge Of u director appointed
| espccl"liy for the nurpose, whose duty It
! Is ~ attend to al details, answer all
| questions and make all necessary announce.
ments: President T.. s. Lewis ri the in.
! trrsiate Merchants association tx In
! IA I1u.. t...t
aIirr by Bcniamn j. Strauss aud w. NJ
/ Allen. aud james y. Coyle has charge of
we cto agil department G. 4. Singer
/ SECRETARY OF the association. * President
Lewis, right bower The complete person.
nrl OF the party appeared in Yesterdays
In the Official handbook NJ tho cxcur-
set forth;
poets and future defy the ecstasics Of the
prophet. Fortunately for all concerned its
| present greatness Is the marvel Of u nation
| me wonder Of hemisphere Why pause
| 70 contemplate the possibilities of a state
whose cotton crop Is more than fourth
In1l OF me entire country, whose cattle Is
non OF cereals and fruit seems 10 have no
unit! There may be n reasonable doubt
a. Ia me hundreds Of millions Of dollars
inr winch Texas oil will sell but there Is
niue need for conjecture as to deyelop.
pents in other directions
70 speak OF Texas as an empire" is
almost equivalent to doing II an Injustice
II IS creator than an empire. II Is the
domain Of men who have been tried n the
balances without being found wanting
The prosperity Of today hns NOT come. 70
tuOn uhSought; IL has been attained by
9 hard Work and sterling integrity. The his
Iiihnehts; 1t Is rather summary of DIFF
ncultles, me surmountlng of which made
.nGTSe VINO encountered them better and
richer for the effort. There Is no state in
the Union In which true merit and worth
~ ,o more mighty appreciated. The maxim,
cpass "9dt M lm mnrtas to command sue
phenomenal prosperity of the Lone Stnr
M toda{ Is even more the result OF
tne deiefmlnatinn Of Texans than or the
unoXcelled fertility of the soil of Texas
TeNas was Included in the mastery real
estate transaction of Thomas jefferson.
sition, although it did not actually be
come part and parcel OF the Republic until
seNerai years later. This fact Is generally
recognized, but how many peonIe have
paused to remember that the area of Texas
other fourteen states and Territories in
ne purcnhseE And how many people real,
re that TeXarkana is about as far from III
LOUIS than II is to hundreds of square
miles within its own state?
large majority Of the excnrslonists are
members of the Interstate Merchants' an
ISOLATION, the Business Mems league, the
hiet,fnants s., exchange and the NJ. r. asso
. ests of St Louis have an cxceptIonaiy
strong representation, and the close bond
> Of commercial union between Texas and
, 81 Louis Is APPLY Illustrated.
, Summed up In single sentence. the
object Of the excursion is to cement this
bond still closer Texas has been APPLY
spoken Of as q commercial suburb Of ST
, Louis. Railroads the telegraph and the
telephone have annihllated distances The
irst have brought the great State within
less than days journey Of the city
which Is SO proud Of fits business afilla,
ttons with It; the long distance telephone
has made II possible for tho St Louis
tobber to talk With the Texas merchant
IN many of the large cities The Interstate
Merchants association has been lnstru-
Il mental In introducing thousands of the
I latter to hundreds OF the former II is
+ no eNaggcration to say that this was one
< OF the principal objects for which the
= association was formed. and II is a mat
+. | and members, that n has succeeded IN &c
9 marked a manner. glance through the
g personnel Of the excurslonlsts and the
that the great aim and object ot
= tue present excursion Is to carry
. this work step further. Personal ar,
b.. | quatntance between buyer and seller lis
Q pleasant and profitable to both, and the
a trip through Texas will result advan-
i tageously not only to the city from which
e tho train starts. but 10 every city through
q which Il passes, Business men who have
n long been acquainted through correspond
d ence Will meet each other face TO face
q and mutual understanding will naturally
. result
n Texas has always regarded 81. Lo,is
- rs the best iohhlng market In the United
l. States. True thcre have been Sprit ID
/ contests for commercial supremacy he
r tween 81. Louis and the older distu butrl
Q points Of the East. The former has won
u out, owing TO its careful study Of the
It requirements OF Texas trade. aided I'M
9 duuhtcdly TO large extent by its adyau
d tagcs In point Of location. Railroad traf
o tic returns show how thorough the victory
q has been and how correct It Is In couple
= the names NJ 81. Louis and Texas. from
', tho standpoint alike or business, com
y merce and friendship.
G NIGHT LUNCHEON.
Z All Rinht Il OF the Rinht Kind Of Ennd