The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-25
TEXAS. OLD AND NEW.
Impressions OF the New York Business
Delegates After Their Tour


Delegates After Their Tour
New York Evening Post.
The visit of delegates from the chamber
At commerce and the Merchants associa-
ton, aud the presidents tour through the
State nave drawn unusual attention to the
commonwealth of Texas whose advance in
population wealth, civilization aud political
power rs one of thI most astonishing things
il this wonderful epoch The customary
Impression Of Texas which obtains in the
North Is that of very large but rHthcr
al country. given over, mostly TO grazing;
aud inhabited by "A rather dangerous aud
iawless people, who carry bowie knives and
reviewers openly, and USE them with LITTLE
or no pioyocation The phrase gone to
Texas stlll fingers In the speech or the
Older communities implying that the PEI.
SON who has removed TO that distdE! ana
vague region has gone thiiher to -,ehpe
The truth is that Texas has passed
Though the carly stages of settlement in
very much the same way that Illinois,
OF tht Northwest did. half century ago.
She was at first retnrted by the institution
81 slavery, by bad seacoast and by tho
great distances OF hand travel which had
rraIrles.
ana TINS mileage ~ rapidly increasing: only
two States I'ennsylVania and Illinois, cx-
coed her In this respect, aud these VIII be
soon outstripped; Texas has no larse q Ties
rs yet. none with ms many ms Do0o In
hubltanis bat she has many large, thrv-
| ing towns, and these are growing with
the same rapldity as Chicago indianapolis,
MilM aikcc. st. Paul and Minneapolis IN
The early '70s All ,hc appliances OF the
/ higher civilization abound IN Texas ns IN
! III, Northern states The telephone, both
/ local and long distance, Is found every
| where Electric lighting Is found in. the
| smaller towns and also water supply from
reservoirs. arteslan well conduits and all
| the modern appliances for cleanliness and
! health. schools, churches and universities
! abound of type no whit Inferior 10 those
/ OF the North, except as the latter have
| the advantage Of age and the nccumuia'
| tions of the past.
These arc among the things which tnc
visiting. delegates Of New York merceniile
bodies have found IN the Lone Star state
'ThcN have seen also vast areas of fertile
soil. yielding wheat cotton and corn on
alternate fields and vast herds of cattle
fading pasturagc on the open prnirie-no'
fhp lankv. crooked. horned nnimnis OF the
'I0s and sos, bur the finer breeds of Hol
stein. Jersey and Durham: They nave
seen oil wells of almost fabulous yield
and If they have not seen metalliferouS dc
pnsits of great future promise. they couit
have seen such with little more time al
tneir disposal. The visual evidence ma
heen presented to them that Texas Is nov
thc Empire state Of fhe South. and has
Il faiu prospect of becoming the Empire STAT
Of the Onion IN POPULATION and poiitica
powCr although II Is NOT likely that sn
viii overtake New York In wealth. tn
dca of dividing Texas according to IN
original scheme Of annexation, and mnkini
; several states fdr ne purpose Of galnlnI
scen abandoned Il Is scnffed at by bot
Inc people and politicians State prd
; finds ample satisfaction In the greatnes
of the commonwealth.