The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-09
VIEWS OF THE VISITORS
ALL OF THEM ARE DELIGHTED WITH
TEXAS AND TEXANS.
Cordial Welcome Has Deeply Impressed
Thcm--Sonc Personal Notes
and Gossip.

Mr. g. J. Tantcy nrst vice president
Of the merchants exchange; president Of
! the st. Louis Transfer company and
prominent worlds fair director, has been
| in Texas a number of times before the
I present visit, but his trips heretofore have
been even more hurried than the present
/ one To Post reporter Mn ranscy SAID:
The members Of our party are amazed
/ at the evidences of substantial prosperity
! which they can discern in every quarter
/ Our trip has Been a revelation 10 those
1 who have never been In the state before
ana one should hear their comments
among themselves to form p proper appte-
| clalion of their exalted opinion Of feXas
! and Texans.
The citizens OF this state are wonder
4 fuzzy progressive and do not believe
| happier citlzenry could he found any
/ whore. Their lands are all well fenced
I their barns and outhulldlngs are substhn.
[ ti1l and their homes are neat clean and
/ lomelike. And such hospitality. ] have
been particularly impressed with the re
/ captions that have been accorded TINS
party of excursionists; it demonstrates
( what broad minded and courteous people
/ Texans are and how susceptible In yie'n.
| ing to a disposition to be good friends
with everybody regardless of whence lhey
| may come. our business In Texas on THIS
trip is not SO much business after aHi we
want to meet those people at h2me. nn9
think thereby mutual good feeling WI,
| result that under other circumstances c'u'u
not well be brought about. 10
Mary Montague, the irst woman Wh"
made the trip around the world, nal .
pie. When she returned to England; OF
course her friends were al eager to nrar
| ner give expression 70 me luP IJ ~ ~.
| she received abroad. and particularly. tney
fnront neonio She saw she astonishet
them by saying that she only encountered
two kinds, but when she added IN f ,Si, Wa
non tnat inc ulstinctlon icy a,d tho otber
women thev saw tho rcaI truth Of her
remark and the originality of her view.
Now, strictly speaking. Texas has only
The sort Of people one would md u5n,y any =,
most commentators hospitality 10 us.
Judging from the raw materials shown
In the Affwater exhibit which We visited
| this ovenjnr ,rex0s' possibilities for in
dnstriol advoncnment arc marvellous in the
extreme. and I can see no reason with
such an abundance of cheap fuel as the
rocan+ oil dtscoverics hnve shown why the
c,atn sbnrId NOR became MS great in manu-
s 20, na If is, in prodnring The oil
| discoverics soIye ihe fuel tnrohlem com
naotol, 80
~ think II absolutely safe to predict
,,oot NAV ~ "9nitoI 10 Je state and,
IN foct annearnnres indicate that II has
ir.,dv' bagun Canital In the East is
aii.aaart nov, and Il &c beginnlng to reacn
n,t tnuord tho West for Investment The
TEXAS oil fields viii draw much capital
| ,y.t1I and Investment In cnNn-
-. ,tnr +bop these in connection with
M ornIa ,mat The resotlrces Of the
siote arc Varied md unlimited and cap
nla d az no,,ln hero sneclally 10 as.
va. t 3u" ~ H 81, doveIonment win find other
sslSt !" Ky VI, nrndiahle and therefore
tbai one Industry viii prove great aid
ma "ilt . ,muuE' e. otbcrs -
an" "Ss'''"N
Like all the others Of the party, MT
Irduard = Crr memorial agent of the Bal
i,.." "lu ~ osto Sf,,,b,yostcrn railroad. Is
tlmore ana ONO 'V'''" ~, az
enthusiastic over the reception tnat mas
Of Texas at every place where they have
stopped and indeed. at some. places
where they did not stop; Speaking TO u
represcntative ol nv ioin n,,torfo,nnd
W, INC Eiks' club room. Mr.. Orr said:
THE trip has been most delightful one.
and the courtesy ene Khsaasss .o' tnr -.
I Trus "" wo have stonprd I do not think
there is a man in the entire party who Is
nor glad he came / have been In Texas on
several occasions before, and | am greatly
surprised and Just as greatly pleased to
note the improvements that are In evidence
on every hand. There are. however, pos
, sibly T5 per cent of tho men In our party
/, who have never set foot on Texas soil IN
I'll they reached the state. on this trip. ma
7 can assure you that they are perfectly
astonished at what they have seen In com
parison 10 what they probably thought they
, would see. Tho trip Fan be very properly
fl has been an eye-opener
"Texas Is more than an empire state; It
, lis peerless state. Its Industrial posi-
bilities are unlimited, and the discovery or
oil at Beaumont can not fail to act ms a
great stimulus for manufacririug II will
reduce the cost Of fuel here which, | un-
, dcrstnnd has been a great drawback To the
, IL dustrIal development believe that the
, oil will have a stimulating effect on the
Iron Industry particularly"
, Asked IL he was posted on the States
: mineral wealth, Mr. Orr said thar no was
not fully So hut added: From what we
have seen on this trip already. we are
, ready to take It for granted that Texas
has everything. and We do not doubt thar
its iron is Just ms good as Its cotton"
! ~
Mr.. Joseph NJ Hayes. president Of the
]. NJ. Hayes Wooden company alluded to
, the trip TO Texas as a peaceful invasion
md characterized the reception the marty
49, ,.,,h 90 - .on+tn,,o,, o,,a,,o,
NV, VIZ" "s " ''n''"uous V'",,'"
! But what mas most ngreeably surprised
me-" declared Mr.. Hayes, lis the wonder
tul progress of agriculture ana the SUI
pcrior advantages enjoyed by the Rgri-
\ cultural classes. Many people who have
never visited Texas believe II to he vir.
i. tunlly ono largo rnuph --t soil and vpuc