The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-02
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To the Executive Committee OF the Rice
! Association of America
! As | shall in all probability he unable
TO attend to the duties of president the re.
mainder of the year owing to absence, II
4 is proper that | should ut this time sub
citation to date.
! On the 14th day of February, 1901, Il
I States was held at Lake Charles. La, and
| a permanent organization formed under the
| name Rice Association of America" The
resolution read as follows:
| Permanent Orgnnization-Be II Resolved,
| That this convention do organize into Il
! permanent organiza ton, under the name
OF the Rice Association of America" and
recommend the following officers: 5. A.
/ Knapp Of Lake Charles, La, president;
! Oswald Wilson of Houston, Texas secre-
! tary; Fl. {: Wheeler of Galveston, Texas,
treasurer; ). a, Knapp Oswald Wilson, IL,
c. Wheeler John Green OF Crowley La,
and Il. f. Rowson of Jennings, La, ex-
ecutlve committee who are hereby direct
ed TO propose 4 plan of organization and u
constitution, TO he submitted at meet
ing to be called by the committee at some
tfuRre time during the year 1901, also to
carry out such other instructions as may
be conveyed In resolutions adopted hy this
convention.
Membership Resolved, That we lnme
diateIS proceed to enroll members of the
Rice Association of America, the amount
OF membership dues to be fixed by the
executive committee and collected by the
4 Il
Their recommend that such dues when de.
termined, shall be nominally small and
within easy reach of all who may become
Interested In the rice industry. Member.
Rice Kitchen.-Re That the ex,
ecutiye committee is hereby instructed to
establish rice kitchen" at Buffalo next
May. where rice In many different ways
Will be served to the public. and that the
executive committee Is Instructed to pru.
coed immediately to solicit funds from the
NspN do. ri Y. t~.stFr
rice machinery firms and from ali engaged
In or benefited by the rice industry. said
rice kitchen" to he known as the Louis.
lana and Texas Rice Kitchen"
The executive committee met the same
evening and made preliminary arrange
ments to carry ont the plans of the asso-
citation. which were perfected mt a subse.
quent meeting held In few days.
II was decided that 1t would require tho
sum of $4,000 to Sl2o0o 60 carry out the
purposes NJ the association In conducting
tion, Buffalo, n. Y; that to raise this
amount the rice producers miliers ana the
friends Of the Industry be solicited to con.
The most energetic measures were taken
10 carry ont this plan. In the meantime
Governor Wheeler was requested to so to
Buffalo and ascertain whether we could
secure space and whether we should be
obliged to erect our own building. II was
the 18TH Of Marcu ttcre Governor Wheeler
returned aud reported to the committee,
assuring MS OF space and making Ii clear
that we must erect our own building.
At this meeting, on March 2Sth, the com}
mittee on the basis of funds subscribed,
voted that II was safe to proceed with the
work
j. Henry Putnam was elected manager OF
the Kitchen and requested to aid In secur'
As soon as practicable the bin Of pine
lumber for the kitchen was placed with
Lutlher. Moore & Co. OF Orange and the
necessary cypress lumber with the cypress
Tank and Manufacturing company OF Pat
terson, La, with instructions 10 be ready
to ship at the earliest moment possible.
The lumber in both eases was to be the
best that could be provided.
On April II j. Henry Putnam was In
strucied TO proceed 10 Buffalo and contraes
for the erection Of the rice kitchen, using
for the framework such material as could
be found there
Upon the eve OF his departure he notified
work and. while he would 90 to Bufal0 70
expedite matters, ne wished to be relieved
as soon as possible.
We succeeded IN finding a very competent
man 10 iii the position. G. j. w. Eggles
ton, an experienced hotelkeeper and hus
ness man. lie left for Buffalo May !, !
he had an Interview with Miss Ella Whit
neY Gould. the lady in charge Of the cook
ing department Mrs, Clement Of Crowley
WAS appointed cashier The rice Kitchen
Eggleston, Miss Gould and Mrs. Clement
No better selections could have been made
Inc car OF pine lumber from orange letl I
Orange billed 70 Buffalo but 10 he side
tracked az Patterson to receive the cypress
II was sent direct 10 Buffalo and We lonll
get no track Of the ear till May 2l. Then
I wired immediate shipment o. cypress
The car Of pine reached Buffalo on Nav
%. the cypress on June II. such was IN
wrefched weather az BuffalO that the dc
lay In delivering the lumber delayed the
completion Of the kitchen only about ten
DAYS. The entire exposition WAS not In
readiness TIL far into June.
The Kitchen formally opened June -
Colonel Eggleston writes thag the building
has been much admired. He further states
that once fairly started. be Is confident OF
paying all bills out Of the proceeds OF the