The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-03-30
IRON AND STEEL IN TEXAS.


scored 81 advance per within the past month And
millions upon millions OF dollars worth of the finest in
world is lying East Texas without disposition
the part of capital to work it up
How pertinent these few words in THE PosTs editorial
OF March And how pregnant with beneficial
suits could they but the usual fate OF all
modern ideas born with the rising and forgotten by the
setting thereof
The cursory reflection however upon the history of
the iron industry in State would convince us
reasoning from effect that for capital ito work
up this time would be almost the equivalent of water
running up hill"
In recent letter to your paper referred to the signal
of Texas IRON when produced with Texas capital
and under the sole of Texans But with the
of that period have died well all interest
of Texans in that potential field and for outside
capital it would be difficult indeed induce it to take
the only cast aside by the builders but treated
with such contempt
Even this late day after many years of what President
steinmann calls almost criminal neglect of minerals,
which ought make Texas blush for shame and for the
mitigation OF which he proposes mineral does Texas
realize her resourcehe opportunity which is Of
fering itself, and especially her purposes?
4
II absurdiey repeat the old expression that
this of concentration without which is
possible But what has the State actually accomplished since
the Inauguration of this industrial movement Day after
day the demand goes up from the smallest fer
factories but each acting for itself and rule, regard
less OF the requirements OF the situation Of the suitability
of all kinds Of factories for every locality strongly
minded Arkansas
Manufacturers Record
The mention OF such facts makes the supposition
reasonable that State blessed required offer
additional inducements capital and desirable immigration
to increase its material wealth and population Yet the
spirit of the timeshe hustle of the present agedoes
qure it, and all communities which possess proper ambition
to keep abreast of the times do So"
have already fairly well defined Texas disposition in
this regard but few illustrations of this od-time
sluggish pul-back sentiment may not appear amiss.
The Denison Herald recently remarked:
Texas needs capital develop her resources and
home capital is slow go into industrial enterprises and
draw large returns the investment is good thing that
we have something the attention of cheap money
And The Posi- itself in commenting the above frank
y accepted these conditions, saying
Iefas has great deal OF at home but her people
as rHie not il here even they are as
sTed OF drd'Ving large returns the investDlent'
What commentary upon great State whose de
light in calling her imperial and sufficient unto herself
If there thing which Texans have advertised abroad
is the educational system of their State Can they feel
proud OF that does nsti in the minds
each generation that primary necessity for seuppot?
we descended low that over the
begging the but lately reved capitalist open our
mines and to build factories and our railroads? And
this too in year of plenty which the people began
fully one hundred million dollars aoyking capt.
tall
No wonder the Dallas clubs president refers to making
Texans bushfo shame the very same column of THE
Posi- from which have just quoted the following:
The mineral resources Of Teras haze been shamemHy
treated No commonwealth in the Union has brighter pros
poets along these lines than has Texas"
The editorial then refers to coal oil iron, etc. needing
only and reasonable skill bring Texas to
the forefront 1t we'll be that the measure of individual
interest in the development of these great minerals is the
amount of money actually invested therein. Then indeed
could these and of Shameful neglect be ac
counted for according to this writer's information al
though the State spent large in the effort capt.
tai to its remarkable iron mines and three separate blast
built heavy expense and operated to greater
or less degree NOT dollar of Texas Prvae money aas
placed therein.
this basic industry and what extent Texas today might
De one OF me great manufacturing States had intelligent
eikths OF he commonwealth put their shoulders to the
At that period when with many adverse conditions facing
them these strangers confined almost entirely own
bones by larger interests cropping in the dark down
sangeristead OF the personal attention and
skill would Have resulted from the ownership or part
heard in e PgGi hi n nGs f INDUS
people Surely the latter moral d t least Should h D
appear Of S also fr G lieu
and especially the sefapponted committees to
Hr Posi- almost alone in It's able advocacy Of these great
sTas should have leas, large varied mineral eS.
hib at Buffalo and remarkable for an
from f"a stated cd h 1sft S"' Of display e.
III. rS nG o of our M What
in Mineral Sa stores 5d5; a; in asroutu ; possbtie
III 70 iacts apoVe related we consider
the States othcia action through its pentsntiary board in
denouneins Texas iron failure shall wonder that
40 100000 tons OF iron oref
How inspiring to progressive Texans such incidents
these Speaking in regard to the mineral survey bill in
the house member offered amendment TO strike out
the enaeting clause first the of economy pul
$4,000 in two second because the people gained
nothing by mineral discoveries and the outsider would reap
all the benefit of their exploitation This perfect history
OF the Texas iron industry Our people themselves in
vesng nothing denounced all outsiders who accepted the
States official invitation develop the great iron mines
and who in doing left hundreds OF thousands of dollars
in the State,
Again weekly paper, from which quote but few
words and surely words of such too many
said We notice the monoposts of Wall are casting
their optics toward Texas again Are such men forever TO