The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-24

and about New York City. as elsewhere
houses On New Jersey. especially along the
| Pasahlc river. Yearly he buys immense
| quantities Of coal. which. landed at bis
! docks, costs him S2g5 per on The re-
suits of his inycstgations aside from that
| made IN his offcal capuclty. leads him
| to believe that he Will equip all bis fnr-
| Beaumont Held '"rhe remark has been
| m1de 10 me- said Mr.. Metz, that The
81 here can not be refined. | an not 80
| tho case. ! have seen he oil ~ use In the
furnaces. On The Geld az Beaumont ald
| am convinced that Texas has fortune In
1 the oil suitable for fuel alone"
~
One Of the members Of the Now York
party who IS VOL known In llouston IS Mr.
! Gustaye A. jain. Of the big rice firm Of
Gustayc A jain & Coz New York Mr..
/ Jahn started TO build a rice mill in Hons
ton about year ago and stopped before
/ he had gotten well starred Ills REASONS
| For doing so are quite wen known TO the
! people who keep up with industrial mat
! tcls To this section. Instead ~ being built
4 ~ Houston. MI. ,Iahn's rice Mill was built
! IN brhnmoit, anu II IS now ~ active qptf
! alton therc. Mr.. Jnbn s;ill owns the Hons
ION properly he bought when NJ was *
Correspondent Of The Post Yesterday that
! bc could not shy wlint disposition he would
nglsc Of It, He would, he said, return 10
south Texas after accompanying the otntr
I Ncw Workers ont Of tho State az lhe cont
/ plcucn OF the present TRIP. and would
spent some time 81 Beaumont and possibly
1 &c few days here. ON this VISIT, Mr. fahn
| SAD. something might develop which would
| enable him to make definite statement MS
| 10 his plans for the future With reference
! 10 he Houston proposition lie was prom
/ lscd track facilities when he bought the od
! -four min property, be snid. These facill-
| tcs, b. stutcd further. have never been
( forthcoming ULlil they arc he does not
4 see his way cicur to building rice mill in
/ Houston.
II Is possible, but certainly not probable,
| that some mcmhcrs of the two delegations
from Now York are enjoying themselves
more than w a. Marble Mr. Marble is
kcculy alive to everything In a business
way that Is going on around him, but at
no time does he allow an opportunity to
acccntuatr The brighter side Of life 10 get
/ away from him, II Is not remarkahle
/ therefore that ne has already established
/ himself as one or the bcst-liked memhers
/ OF the party which Is now touring Texas
/ MFR. Marble Is vcc president of big con
I Germ which manufactures corscts. lie there
/ fore 81 inns the distinction of being nom
} her of the press He * an extensive 1dNcr'
/ tisrr ana all Of his business IL placed
/ through Charles Austin Bates, a prominent
Eastern agent. Some remarks made by MIR.
| Marble concerning Mr.. Bates are Indicative
/ of the formers character Mr. Bates"
said MIR. Marble 10 The Post correspondent
who Is accompanying the party, contrib
uttd an article to one of the magazines re-
Gently on the part that luck PLAYS In the
| lives OF successful men. Wlth9ui 6oing
] into the details, | may stntp that Mr.. BnteS
| said In eject that II is brains and hard
work and prrscverehce aud pluck that win
In this battle of life, aud not that thing
that men c4il luck Luck never mnde amy
man, said Mr.. Bates, and agree with him;
Look into thc history of any successful
man and see II we are not right OF course
| there X much In the opportunities that are
offered this or that mnn, but Il IS not every
| one who has the qualities to enable him to
. pr0ppplt take advantage of these OnuOrtuIl-
tiles There's no luck in that, Is there!'
~
Orange. Texas. April 23The beauty ana
chivalry of orange turned out en- masse
this morning to welcome to the state the
visitors from New York, and IL they failed
TO receive II favorable impression of Texas
and Texas hospitality no blame can attach
10 the -cod people OF the Gate city Rare
plants aud beautiful flowers from the flow
rr gardens o. the city were furnished N
PERCUSSION. and their fair owners were
There in person to dispense hospitality 10
the guests. THAT their efforts were npprr-
ciatcd may be judged from the cNpres-
sion Of a prominent member OF the party,
nan who represents many millions or
porter: We appreciate more th1n any
thlng eser the t0ct that The ladi have
come out To welcome and entertain Us,
making II virtually an ontcriaininent IN
your homes' II has given the people OF
Orange great pleasure 10 welcome and en-
tcrtnu the New York delegation on behalf
OF the State OF TcXus, and It is safe to
say that the visit 10 Orange Will long
remain a pleasant memory with every
member of the party Mrs. Jerome SWIM
ford was chairman of the ladies' commit
tee who had charge Of the decorations anl
furnishings, Secretary H. G. Lockwood vt
the hoard Of trade and A. Gugenhcim; pro
Nictor Of the Mcdonnell hotel. hal charge
II the arrangements and the menu. Mayor
George W Curtis Colonel w II. Rcttis
and Rev. r. j Horne were u special COM
mutvc on reception, and McsSrs w. H.
stark. G.. L. rmuCwitz and &. NJ. Rein,
committee on transportation for the river
trip. The menu cards for the breakfast
consisted of dressed cypress shingles, one
side bearing the menu, the other pllce
for nm address aud the words, "Send Me
Home" each of the visitors was invited
friend he would like The card sent to an
they would be mailed ont by the board
OF trade. Secretary Lockwood has been
busy this afternoon stamping ana malllng
them. as nearly every member of the party
took advantage OF the Invitation to send
"NthcSe unique souvenirs back home inc
rNhps recently issued hy the hoard az trade.
siiNwng the milling industries and rice
h"ld& of Orange county, the oil and rice
hrds\ nf Southeast Texas the proposed
doom vNnter channel connecting with the
Port Arthur channel, Sabine and Seehes,
rivers c}t were In great demand aud
every MON her Of the party was supnued
win ono M G. ncdcll Moore president
"a, no Or,nwcN and Northwestern railroad;
Colonel ~ n \ Belts and Hon. Jerome
SwinTord accnmnNnled the party on their
! visit 10 pcownro,N and Sabine Pass Ivy
spcciai invitation nc the Texas committee