The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-15
SOME LEADING EDITORIALS.
THE APPLE CROP.

From the Chicago Record Herald
How little VIC hear Of the value Of the apple crop ana ye'
on an average yield worth than the average o
crop OF the great cereal crops only corn exceeds Il N vs
year after year Only occasionally and in excepuona' years
is wheat worth
According the Independent the American app'c oop
Tor 1000 aggregated aIsoooooo barrels being worm al W
average price Of s. per barrel the enormous assresa y
$500 900 900 Compare these figures with the following
Corn crop Of 1900 80 ts7
Hay crop OF 1900.
Wheat crop OF 1909 tt2 ~
G Cote crop Of 1893 i9SfS7o7s
In the case Of most farm products the yeld anu
its value from year year pretty accurately approximate
estimate of the Independent for obvious reasons y
he millions of barrels out No man or bureau SHOWS wa
part of the apple crop marketed and what utilized on inc
premises Millions OF barrels 60 into the production OF cider
vinegar ees and preserves Other millions go to the pro
ducon the best pie that mothers ever made-to say NOM
ing Of apple sass.
Then think Of the countless barrels that needed to
stock M the universal apple stand One industrious Apply
Mary disposcs Of fifty barrels in city block in her daily
pgrimages Millions OF bushels are stolen every year from
the that stretch their heavily laden branches tempsY
the highways Of the land.
No statistics do justice to the yield monetary Vae
or dctetc worth the American apple AS the strawberry
berry the apple in spite OF the part 1t played
in Adanis fall the best fruit known to man. 1t is the
king of American fruits
WILL A STEEL VICTORY. IF WON BE WORTH THE
COST?
From the Springfield Republican Ind)
n the steel trust is willing sacrifice few million dol
lars can unauestonab crush labor organization which
disputes its power to with employees individuals But
will labor unionism stay crushed VIII the expenditure
settle the matter all time for only brief time The
chances are that the money
in the long run will prove have been thrown
The supposon obtains wide acceptance among business
that the great Of earners prefer nontnon
status forced labor organizations by species
Of terrorism pacticed by minority Of the turbulent
o,,,1e to he
tue uuiouism has been fought by capital in
and often OF since appeared many years
ago and the victories Of capital have been numeroushe
been crushed driven OF
particular establishments have been But what is the
result Labor generally organized today than
before To find the largest body known the United
States need look back decade when the Knights
OF Labor Aouished, but the present moment, when the
American Federation of Labor the field with reported
membership considerably exceeding million The Of
hcer this body have only recently stated that its member
ship growing before and appearances support the
truth Of the statement The country IS lately strike
Of machnists numbering thorsSds who wholly
unorganized few years Unionism is spreading the
South where it has hitherto been unknown II is spreading
trades and work heretofore free from It, and the daily
news frequently records movements of this kind,
within day OF Pullman porters. The Carnegie
company supposed to have given the Amagam
aed Association of Steel Workers its quictus but
here is again, about big and strong viii the
money spent in crushing again be money economically and
wisely spent from the standpoint OF capital Does the IN
dusa history the country the last fifty years give the
slightest support affirmative answer:
One thing certainly has been effected by capitals resist
unousm in the past The intoerabc and die
aoria manifestations of unons especially characteristic
Of its earlier and cruder days largely suppressed
and in refreshing with the old method of sending
the employer i'll naurcd utmatums in the hands Of bloaed
and badmannered upstar representing the union we have
this exhibition of efrestrant cautious manifest
desire reach peaceful conclusions gentemanly con
duct generally afforded all appearances least by the
representatives OF the labor union involved the present
contest.
As long industry organized is labor unionism
will assuredy exist 1t fact which not be escaped
and which must be reckoned with Accordingly in under
taking at immense itself and the public peace and
prosperity drive OF its mills the steel trust
seems to be acting unwise Its temporary success in
the matter assured it ready to place no limit on the
financial sacrifice involved but the ultimate end will he the