The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-24
[Is1pIAL TALK IN TEXAS
.,eclNs OF WACO TELLS OF
,rxT STATE CONVENTION.
81 ,u.d Have a Bio Industrial
~ Next May and Then On
10 PHILADELPHIA.

- p,oeins, mayor OF Waco, was
I. Az yesterday, held a conference at
m ..h,os house last night with sever
q, l.,.,lves OF Houstons commercial
IL ..,ors regarding the proposed state
\. M, r,eetIng TO be called within the
w ,,eeks. The midsummer session
southern Industrial association to
a. Philadelphia next June was
a,russed.
81 J, me conference Mayor higgins, who
..aept Of the Texas Real Estate and
fsl sp, association, was asked for an
IN dnsl about these matters and said :
" tss Ns srnInently important that. Texas
Sa amnhaslze In every possible way
p-,.se ground gained In emphasizing
NJ s..",fces before the world. me spirit
" l1ssNv.,rIsI pursuits was never so pop
uay us. onr people. They are rapidly
i sms"f 10 learn the vast difference be-
q Dnsassl,ng cotton mt cents pound and
s.,t hack at from 80 cents TO so y
Y " one who was there or who read
e..aodiurs Of the Southern Industrial
rN,ten which met at New Orleans De-
~ ia can doubt the fruitful results.
~ sars several hundred men of broad
\ s,snre and the discussions there took
W srone which revealed In themselves
spendd opportunities now nc,hg
xa.tb
IN PEOPLE realizing the value. OF this
1 ~ men and catching the spirit and
'.sss manifested invited the southern
ystrIal association to meet in that city.
\ conferrlng with the Memphis people
~ decided by the executive commit
I. bnld n Southern Industrial conven-
n Philadelphia the first week in June,
,bsn hold our regular annual meeting
Memphis In the fall.
M purposes Of the soNhern Industrial
" f..lI a. n
nubllc sentiment in the South along
Tstrlal lines and the other is to adver-
tbe value of the Southern field as the
III and most productive field for the
sstment of capital in factories. The
ss,nc in Philadelphia will forcefully
NV Sssfore the public these two thoughts,
IN account OF the large representation
The Middle and New England States
"a good seed can be sown ut the Phlla-
phh meeting.
H Is expected that every Southern State
b. given an opportunity through SOME
selected for that purpose 10 place be-
that convention the merltorious enter.
ses the climatic and other advantages.
Ehen asked about the Texas State in
dial meeting Mr.. Higgins replied; II
eleye meeting Of that kind would be
h valuable indeed. for at this meeting
fye points which make manufacturing
erests desirable and possible are: First
raw material OH the ground; second,
bor third, market; fourth, trausporta-
10: fifth, fuel.
'Thls convention should appoint or Sc
n q man TO go to Philadelphia TO get
ese facts clearly before the people of
b. country, and this Texas State CON
ntlcn should select from ten to twenty
men to follow this speech with n Eve
mute talk. and all these things would
into public print and become living
guments before n large crowd of the
Fry men who ought and would seek
sMs
Fl am willing as vice president for Texas
call our people together and l believe
would be Of great Importance to the
ate. as outlined above. as we'll as our.
Ives, catching the spirit of Industrial
Frsults and enterprise. If you will say
the people these things, | believe that
thousand people could be called together
bat would produce an awakening along
dustrial lines and accomplish a great
ball.
with such a concerted movement and
III 1000 active men pushing these prob
ms Texas In few wears can become the
chest State in the Union. I will be glad
have suggestions from any one as to
be time and place of meeting. Let the
logan be "A Texas Industrial Association
pd then ON to Philadelphia