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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-12
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A PROPHET AND HIS PREDICTIONS.

AS remarked by another. Henry Clews apparently
feels some pride in the fact that he has lived see
his prophecies of last year fulfilled or in the process
of ulfllment That he may lose of the credit to
which he thinks himself entitled as a forecaster of
events, he recalls in a issue of his Financial
Review some of the predictions he made last fall.
Here is Mr. Clews' "Itoldyou-so:"
The following statement published under date of Oc-
tober 70 and as it has been thoroughly verified since
The present strong market only represents the general
confidence IN NJ Meknleys reelection but when his cleo
ton SHAH have been announced four prospective years of the
greatest prosperity Tor this country that nation has
and expect prolonged period the most active
markets Wall street has enjoyed The eyes the world
Siberian aisy Jaw" aJ Fi edSs as nfds Ksa ras
force Of our ncopic vii rnr,Ta,d tbe rlt % t id
and when the seal set upon confidence the stability
our finances what better investment be found than
our great railway and industrial enterprises"
The main point of interest in this prediction" is
the correct characterization of the then impending
movement as boom, consequent upon political re-
suits.
Those of us in the West know something of the
meaning of boom" We have seen spectators and
promoters swoop down on some quiet and innocent
town and begin the work of turning it's citizens and
the inhabitants of the surrounding country stark raw.
ing mad corner lots and cornheld additions to
the city" We have seen property change hands at
New York or Chicago prices in outofthe-way wooden
towns. We have seen in whose names deeds
were made out, where hardly dollar passed. posing
as millionaires and pointing to boom inflated values
as confirmation of their claim. Then we have seen
this utterly haseless speculation and imitation collapse
and prices shrink again to wooden town and remote
cornfeld basis-wth thousands of sad but wiser men
wondering how on earth they could ever have been
such fools! And to cap the climax have seen the
doomed" town dead for years thereafter
1t is just such boom that the stock market has
been having with many vaueless stocks the play
things rather than lots. The -four years
of Mckinley" have been utilized the basis of the
boom Just the future greatness" or the las
sured greatness of the Western town was utilized to
induce the gulible public to pay fabulous prices
put fabulous valuation their town lots
The banks, supplied with plenty of money NAV
come TO the rescue for time and hold the boom up
as long as possible but the inevitable collapse of all
simple booms must oyertake this one at last The
country viii be fortunate If stagnation as in the other
cases does not ensue when this latest bubble bursts
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Europe Against America.

From the London Saturday Review.
The feeling of apprehension with regard b
competition, which has been growing on the e0nns
several years, found expression again IN the mesA.
trian manufacturers held at Vienna last week II
little doubt that it is likely to lead to action q =.
when the renewal of the commercial treaties guns \
consideration If this should be the case we may 81
a commercial war of the same nature when api,s'
opening between the United States and Risss' z
action of the senate with regard TO reclprocV ~,
not open up hopeful view OF possible eone .s
other side of the Atlantic. In Germany the k'ha !.
Agrarians are at one in their dread OF Amei'ssA q
in the future, and to this the former does ~ \
give open expression. As we have already ihu'sss
opinion is beginning to be agitated as TO tne '-.
and advocates an international comonae'on n
growing aggressiveness of American foreign polA,
should strengthen our own hands in dealing "a.
for it puts in the position OF being aple Il.
cisive weight into either scale in not remo'e '''-
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them, at any time under any circumstances ought
not to be entertained by the city for moment. 1t
be that the original contract does not in terms
prohibit such contamination OF the mains but certainly
the city not directly that the bayou water
may be used whatever the apparent necessity con
yenience for the time being
AS a matter of fact, the original contract has so
little time left to runabout two yearsthat there is
scant necessity apparent for this supplementary
or new contract at all.
The city of Houston should own its own water
works That's the solution of the problem at the ex-
pration of the existing with the com
pany in 1908.
There has been a noisy clamor from large numbers
OF people here for municipal light plant. Such a
plant sinks into insignihcance from standpoint of
Importance when compared with municipal water
company Water, pure, healthful clean water in
greater abundance and at cheaper rates than pre-
emergency go back to oil lamps the candle, even,
but water the best and plenty of it, must always
have
An agent vitality associated with very life
and health to say nothing of comfort, next in import
to the air breathe, ought not to be under the
control of private company for money making pur-
poses The public should control the supply and it
the city The present waterworks ought to be bought
in 903 under the ctys option, if they be had at
a fair and reasonable figure. If held high, then
the city should put in plant and place it under
a merit system of management.
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SPEAKING OF HoeG.

Waco Telephone Hogg is off for New York where he
will organize company to develop the iron and oil fields of
Texas with capital stock of $Isoooooo This will fix him
in Smith county.
Limestone New Era: Ex-Governor Hogg is now said to
be worth $3ooocoo the result OF lucky oil timber
deals and it worthy OF note that he hasn't been octopus
hunting since
Terrell Times-Star: Hogs has gone East with a big
charter in his pocket will seek to raise capital develop
the East Texas field.
Sherman Democrat: The New York Herald says ex-
Governor Hogg has made three millions the Texas oil
fields and that he has invested the money iron lands
around New Birmingham, together with foundry two,
smelters and buildings,
Gainesville Messenger; Governor hogg is said to be
doing business at the old Beaumont stand.
Cuero Star: Ex- Governor Hogp has gone to New York
for the purpose of perecting the organization big cor
poraon build and oil pipe lines develop ore
fields oil wells etc The corporation is to be capitalized for
$I2,ooo,ooo or $4,000 ooo
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The Case of Mr.. Dill.
Waco Times Herald.

"
Dill is "amoosin cuss" Evidently the New York
delegation brought him along break the monotonyhey
did not anticipate the badger fight and similar episodes
Dill sought convey the impression that Texas is re-
oedine--losng in wealth and populatonbecause of her
antitrust laws And this too after he had been large
section OF the State.
Now the truth is wealth is pouring into Texas There
general recognition OF the fact that here is field for
profitable investment Railroads building in all direc
tons Mineral development is active Big ranch deals are
common. Pine lands eagerly sought after. And our
Texas banks have the largest deposits in their history with
new banks constantly organizing.
And as or population some OF us are fearful that John
going be realized in day and generation While The
average growth Of the entire country little than
81 per cent in the past decade 80 per cent in exas
In the face OF these facts. Dill had the efronery TO tell
us we would to the demnton bow-wows unless we went
out with banners TO the truststhose nefarios
Germs that destroy all competition.
pi may be all right in New York but he was certainly
all in Texas - snI'l
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THE CITY AND THE wArEswoRks.

With Its usual malicious purpose to misrepresent
The Post, the newspaper mouthplece of the faction
in power in the city said the other day that The Post
seeking to have the proposed supplementary con
tract with the Houston Water company adopted
This is absolutely teetotally and unquaihedly
false, of course, in every particular The Post has
heretofore said little nothing either one way or the
other on the matter.
There Is only one business view take Of the set
Element of the Indebtedness which the water coupany
claims to be due ii from the city The claim shouId be
properly adiudicated and whatever justly due from
the city should be paid II nothing is due nothing
should be paid. The water company ought not to re-
ceiye dollar for service that has not performed ac
cording to contract.
This is the plain business way to handle that feat
ure of the differences between the city and the water
company.
The proposition to specifically egalize the contarni
nation 81 the mains by introducing The bayou water in
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The Texas Oil Boom.
Philadelphia Times


While values soaring in the stock exchanges of the
East and the grain pit of Chicago or less nAatcd
ueS OF the enduring quality of the prosperity epoch things
have taken hacyon and vociferous hue in the pev,
discovered oil fields of Texas Stories fortunes made in
'winking are coming from the Southland where pusb
ers are declared be gushing and companies FORMING
capital ranging from $4,000 to Ss,oooooo Investors are
offered the most aurng rewards for their aid in
this unexpected of wealth,
Senator Bailey has added his testimony TO the ,.,o
pfocamaon of good times coming in the great Sotb,t
6y declaring the Texas oil supply be prarticaII ~;
naustbe and predicting that the discoveries will a.
% me conmonweath what coal has done for Pennsvivan
hio and illinois But what the country is await;, ;.t
PTeahless Impotence an announcement from Senator
gracious gift Of nature is merely another a9
me boundess Blooms vouchsafed TO all the people h h o
election Of Mckinley just he did the other da h re
planning the rising markets that have electrified Wall S
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Texas Gypsum Fields.

Fort Worth Mail-Telegram. ,dt
One thing in Texas has been largely ove'' 'S.cur
talthe gypsum fields Probably the lack o. ss,.a
portation has had something to do with TINS ..,,s
beds the most extensive in the United "a il
to supply annually all of the 100000 tons q 'fni
sso,ooo tons OF plaster Of paris used ~ tnsb d
Millions OF dollars might be added to the vess -
by proper development of the Texas gypsum
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TAMPERING WITH Tpm,'
EACH TO HIS EAnc,r

EASh ~ HIS FANCY ~
Some enwrapped in the woo;r,
OF maidens they wooed of yore
Forever thinking and doing
The things they have done b.so..
They wander where buds are BLOWN,
Brocading sunlit lea
And the voice of the cattle Iow;n.
Recalleth the murmuring sea.
Hand in hand in their incoming
They walk where shadows fal,
Where birds to their mates are c,o...
Where plover and curlew cali.
Recall what the waves were sav;nr
In the days now dead and eon.
When the hollyhocks were swayins
And they two walked alone.
IT'S sweet to be walking ever
In the fields that once YOU kn.~
Forgetting old pleasures never.
Remembering not the rue
'Tis sweet when the years are laden
With hustle, and toll and woe
To remember bright-cyed maiden
And days of the long ago.
Yea, sweet are thy thoughts, o Brother
Sweet, sweet, the things We kn..
But ah, may no ages smother
ne tninSS tndt my thoughts turn to-i.i
The thoughts of the bygone eating
The drinking of brandy pegs,
And stead of loves JOY so fleeing
Thought me biscuits and scrambled 49,.
& s. + Is
When the girl meets the rejected sutton u, 4.
would die without her and finds him looking sl..l u
Portable she never forgives him.
arms around the figure in the dark hallway afor H.
ment after grabbed you thought you were nv n.
Il am" replied she, simply.
Jimmy" said Mr.. Loveorn, IF you will sam. /.
the scissors and steal me of your sisters eov,
I'll give you dime"
Make it two-bits,' replied the graceless lanes /,
swipe de whole blamed wig
/ ne'er sleep when morn's first beam,
Awake the birds and gid the wood
They from the land OF dreams.
Confound it, though wish could.
II * II
Seven colored boys who were arrested in NcrA-
for stealing ice cream were for punishment locke, n
Saturday until Monday on diet of ice cream mi
Thus do the courts OF the land encourage crime
BY the way he comes back, Dreyfus seems to I'll
fort in the beams of notoriety.
= 4 X
Gomez says Cuba needs stable" government N
she has been gold-brcked is horse on her, all
mighty near a stable.
The canvas on Lipton's yacht weighs four n
heart will weigh more after the match is over.
s. = Il
But underneath whateer seems sad and is not uHsd
know there lies hid from sight mighty germ q
And this belief stands firm by me, my sermon, mona
The sorriest things in this hfc will grandestnka
That's right the redhot summer days that almost 4
swear
VIII by comparison seem cool when we are over has
81 s. 4 81
Advices from Rome say that 10000 Italians vii 4
the United States this month. With the fasting gsE
nered by the peanut trust they will probably drH 4
charitable institutions.
IS - s.
An exchange says that an Akron (Ohiol man 4
dug up $4,000. The article doesn't say whether be Fl
to buy oil stock to pay alimony with.
* II
The womans rights woman sat up in her ed
And loud rang her shrieks through the h'rs
And when they came running she sobbinsE y
ooh, dear I've just dreamed of nou'
IMM1
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Women Read Advertisements.

II Paso News. I'D
An observing advertiser says that when ...,ss
up newspaper she first turns TO the ~
will not be disputed by persons who have n, n
crowd the stores. A part of their business Z ;.,s
things, and it is as natural that they Should = ID
advertisements as it is that the stock shsh
interested in the ticker. Any advertisement. ;Sy n
news about desirable commodities will DC W.
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Both Need Proddins.


hope is expressed by the Express that N. .rs,,.
laying the corner stone OF the Carnegie library n s
tonic may come off in tie distant future Both San Aes:
Houston act a. s was money they ought not 10 nc
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.SnindIes
North.

NUItH' south.
1905 '''''''..'..''',.'.s... 100000 743Sooo
1900 Observation-Disclosures. i4,oSo,ooo AGO ooo
per cent.
The record regard rairods is equally interesting
In 1860 the South had os5s miles of railroads in 1900 il
had 1880 miles In the South had as per cent of
per II consider the very great of entirely
territory which the railroads OF the country ot
side OF the South have been spread territory OF which
almost unexpored wilderness in 1900 this comp,r
is very striking We might give similar illustrations
OF progress in industries in the Souththe iron and
coal fruits vegetables and miscellaneous manufacturer
which have been created since the They would only
confirm the inference from the facts already given nane
that the South in view of ali the conditions has afor1
ample evidence of remarkable energy persistence and W
sourcefuness which may well be OF patriotic nrd
with all Americans" P''uV
In addition 10 the details summarized by the Times M
might mention the fact that section countr
made such wonderful ADVANCE in literature as the South
since the The creation of the best American
today be credited the South and West Souri,
"shiftiessness" is simply myth As'n
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UPow the home of the New Workers Mr. Trow-
bridge said 1T is the unanimous opinion the delegation
that the trip necessarily bring forth beneficial results
only Texas hut to the merchants of New York" OF
course; it could do one without doing the other
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The "shlftlessD South.

From the Memphis Commcrcial-Appea
When the Rev Or. PaShurst returned from his South
trip undertook give his impressions OF the South
people He mared his appreciation however by allud
ing Southern shiftlessness."
No reproach seems to us, could be little deserved
this Dr. Parkhurs has made the mistake of supposing
that the deliberate of the Southernerdue
the halmier climates indication of aziness 1t is
proper say that the climate of the South such that the
and nottingham labor nearly all the year
Out in the Dakota there nothing do for six months
at time In the South the who has toll has double
the time for it.
But leisurey is sign of shftlessness
and facts speak louder than appearances In 1860 the South
had population of Soooooo 1t has 100000 an
OF IFS per This increase assisted by
immigration any appreciabe extent The of the
Union has increased from 100000 to 5Soooooo but in
this increase be included 100000 immigrants who
have the United States and settled in North
and West 1860 The North distinguished from the
South has increased its native stock only 900
about IS against cent for the hiftess
South
The New York Times, speaking to the point raised by
Dr. Parkhurst calls attention to the fact that in the
before the civil the crop the United States was
the highest had been The crop the each
of the last five decades is shown in the following table,
Year. Cotton
1850 23o7A3S4o
1869 I32sazSs 1o
1890 46zs sos 900
TT will be that from the lowest point IS6o-hat
is in thirty years the output has been increased three and
half times There is perfectly simple and conclusive test
OF industrial and business ability and the result test
OF which any people may be proud At the close OF
the there cotton milling in the South We have
hand the the record of the earlier stages
of that industry the South but here the figures of the
number of pnde in the North and In the South present
and
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An IRISH paper has been suppressed because of an attack
upon the character of King Edward We thought he lost
that when he prince Of Wales Some one will oust at
the character of the Jersey Lily next.
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THE that twenty foot boa constructor
had escaped in the vicinity of the PanAmerican exposition
grounds has made the curiew law entirely useless in that
part OF the city Of Buffalo.
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DEwEYs remarks about the embarrassment our island
possessions would in time OF can not he over
looked. But then the octopus have its tentaces
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-12

SAYS the Boston Herald Now that the weather is such
that the flowers have further reasonable Tor lying
ahe may expect the johnny jump up This para
graph sounds strange down here Johnny lies
ahed in South Texas. He up and smiling December
to December Moral: Come South
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-12

THERE little doubt the days roll by that either
Mckinley Hanna will get the nomination for the
presidency. Where's Ted?
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-12

THE late George O. Cannon of Utah will go down in his
tory wonderful hnancer. With four wives and thirty
two children, he accumulated fortune of than mil
lion Now who will have the eirontery claim that mar
riage is a failure?
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AFTER it IS perhaps just well that Tolsoi rather
than the car hansed for ii the latter had TO travel
he would be compelled travel like turtle with his arnor
plate she'll about him and looking such spectacle the
nations would be give him the ha ha where thew
give Tolstoi their love and admiration
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-12

FLOWER being made a feature of McKinleys
California trip Texas oil and vegetable show however
knocks them out
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SrRRAToR III is well organized that young wife can
not build her first biscuit without first joining the cooks
union
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-12

THgRE to be considerable doing in South Africa
these days, and this without the aid
old nation known Great Britain
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THFRE have been applications for pensions filed h
soldiers who served in the Spanish war as the total
Der of Americans in that a747I7 there are few
yet hear from.
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MINISTER CoNGER may be expert diplomat, but he
seems to be unable to overcome the American habit of
talking back"
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CARTER HARsrsoNs championship of the smoke nuisance
is reminder that election is over
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would that Mr. Hanna has tired of merely pull
ing the string and has decided play Jumping Jack while
himself.
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CONGRESS AVENUE is the most agitated the city
and the durnal unheaval of dirt and of smells continues
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Man in Pennsylvania recently astonished the world by
eating seven dozen fried and raw oysters he
sides the bread and butter to with them is safe TO
say that he learned such meal in the anth
cite regions for they controlled by the trust
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The Birmingham Age Herald asks: as it Houston or
Howston, Hooson? The Of the Texas seems
be beyond the of the geographical pronunciation
Howston Hooston but H-youston Hughston New
York however, has barbarous Of calling of its
streets with a similarly spelled name Howston.
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NEW YoRK had both high and low in the game of Thur.
day last.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-12

In IS WELL TO paddle canoe and it is also wei,
paddle the gable end your boys trousers occasionally
YOU wouu make Of him
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-12

HousroY has brought in National bank, rice mil
biscuit factory the last few weeks and is drilling
for other enterprises that likely prove gushers
both the city and their promoters.
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WHERE's that Kelly well2