The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-08

ment mostly poor but worthy women and
girls The work Of preparing the raw
material ready for the cans. such as skin.
ming tomatoes, peeling fruit, stringlng
beans, dressing strawberries, etc. Is done
by this class Of labor. IL Is piece work
and a woman can earn 10 cents TO 81 per
day, and women and girls Will always do
such work neater and quicker than man.
Another thing, money paid out to this class
of our citizens goes right into circulation
again. IL goes to pay rent, TO buy dry
the hoe Is enabled TO hire more help. Inc
owner OF the plant receives handsome
finished product goes out to the markets
OF the world Il brings new money into
the community and all classes and thereby
Now, / would like to ask II any one can
give a good reason why we should send
our money TO Baltimore for our supply
OF tomatoes, or TO California for our pears
or to New England, whore their soil Is too
poor to hold up n fence post, for canned
ccrn7 Or TO New Jersey or Michigan for
peaches, when all Of these articles and
many others can be grown In Texas as
rhearly and In as great profuson as any
place upon this this mundane sphere. As
well might the English engage In shipping
Goals 10 Newcastle as for Texans to go out
side Of their own state for anything that
ministers to the wants or happiness OF
either man or beast.
which taken at It's food will lead on to
wealth and prosperity" or words to that
cnect, nnd TINS is just as true OF cities as
1t 10 Of individuals,
great tidal wave OF opportunities are
now looming up IN front Of Houston, 1t be-
hocves us TO grasp them at the Hood or
they recedc and are forever lost. Let me
relate an instance OF this Kind Away
back in the Gfties, when the railroads com.
menced TO pull west from the Mississippi
river, the town Of Leavenworth, In Ran
sas, thought they were located at the only
Icint Mt which the Missouri river could he
Sridged. They refused to offer any induce
ments for the loads to come there think.
Ing that they would be Obliged 10 come, but
civil engineers quickly demonstrated that
they could cross at the mouth OF the Kaw.
Everybody knows the result. Kansas City
sprnng Zip as by magic and today has n
population Of over 300 600 souls, while
Leayenworth is slmply nice old country
town, which might as well be fenced up
and whitewashed." because IL is finished
This il Il strenuous AEGEAN age OF steam
and electricity. Opportunities for rapid adj
ynncement rarely presen. themselves more
| than ohcc, either 10 individuals or cities
| VIII the capitalists and the progressive
! citizens Of Houston prove equal to the occa-
| sionl II so, In ten or fifteen years from
now we should see city of 100000 people
] here. with mighty ships ~ our docks load
| ing With canned goods, as well as with cot
| ton, With all manner of manufactured ar
| ticles rs well as with grain and sailing
| ont through an isthmlan canal, to all the
| markets OF the Orient We have balmy
! climate, millions Of acres OF as fertile soil
| nc tho sun shines upon; vi have chem
! fuel at our doors for manufactures and
| nothing but n Rip Van WinElc slumber can
| prevent Houston from becoming the great
manufacturing and commercial emporium OF
| the Southwest
| In conclusion I wish TO say that II any
Interested PARTY wishes Ia investigate the
! canning business | will take pleasure in
! giving .hem great deal of information
| S. S. Linn
1iO6 Chartres Street. Houston.