The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-13
With Prominent Visitors
to and Citizens of Houston
Who Have Something In"
terestlng to Say.


ness in hard woods put back on the old
footing.
There Is a great deal Of building going
on in all parts OF this country continued
Mr.. Defebaugh. Every city or town has
a building boom of greater or less magnl-
tude In short the whole country IS pros
porous. This is as 1t should. be. II Is
bad sign when one section Of the country
is prosperous at the expense OF another
Mr.. Defebaugh will leave today for MS
home In Chicago.
Mr.. f. Barns. editor Of the ST Louis
Lumberman, was among the prominent PEG.
pie from out Of the State who were in
Houston yesterday for the purpose of at
tending the Kirby banquet. Mr.. Barns is
we'll known in Houston, as he makes tue
quent visits 70 this section.
To a representative Of The Post who
saw him In the lobby Ct the Rice hotci
yesterday afternoon Mr.. Barns said that
the lumber business was booming. This
applies to both yellow pine and cypress,
III which this Part of the South Is par
Ticularly Interested" he said. The de-
mand Is heavy, prices are good and tn,
minis are busy, some OF them even belne
compelled TO work at night in orde. t.
keep up with their orders And everytnu5
is being done on SOLID basis, TOO. Price
on timber lands are STIFF and an Enusua.
activity prevails in the market for tn.s
sort OF real estate. Up la the short lea
district Of Arkansas not long ago traS
of $1,000 acres, which cost It's owners onI.
1896 per acre was sold for $l3.6G pc.
7 acre making a clear proht OF $40 per acre
Another big deal Is on now and VIII prob
ably be closed up today, which serves 10
give an excellent IDEA Of the manner IA
which timber lands are being handled. a
large tract Of long .eaf pine land IN north
ern Louisiana. belonging 10 the Dodge es
tate Of New NOsk, Will be, or PROBABLY
has been by ;hls time, transferred to tn,
syndicate. the head of which Is the fan
We erhIeuser, the man who not long az
calmly gobbled up all OF the white pine
lands belonging 10 one Of rhe bigges
railroad systems on the Northern PaclA
coast. Incidentally, he paid cash. amount
ing TO something liz S2OVO0OOQ, | SUI
pose, FOR his purchase. The land IN Louis.
ana which Is now being transferred wi.
bring $3.50 per acre. This, OF course, Is
a good price, out not so good as that pale
Tor the Arkansas land nave referred e..
for the latter will cut only about COCO fee
to the acre while the former will cut abou.
10, 600
Mr. Barns was one Of the promlnen
speakers at the banquet last night. He wi
probably leave the city for his home some
time today.
Mr.. Oswald Wilson, special field agent.
division Of statistics, United States depart
ment OF agriculture, was in the city yes
terday after an absence Of several weeks.
Mr.. Wilson came from Fort Worth to al
tend the Kirby banquet and to attend to
some business matters as well. He is sec
rotary OF the Rice Growers association o.
America and while here he made seme ar
lsngements for the annual meeting of the
ASSOCIATION to te he d at Crowley, La"
en- THURSDAY, December ~. Tins viii be
very important meeting Tor me rice III
tercsts of Texas and Louisiana, said M,
Wilson 10 4 representative OF Ihe fus'
yesterday. "Au org the important matters
that wiz be discussed will be The report
OF the executive committee on the rec
kitchen which was maintained at BuCa4o
. during the Pan-Anerican exposition. rms
kitchen has Oren a success In every sens
| of tie word. Ii has paid all expenses an I
We have over 5000 in the l. e1surg, About
the consumption OF rice? Well, statistics
show that with the lirCral aid Of adyertis-
Ing by the southern Pacific road, our PFC
duction Will he about 100,OOOoQo POUNDS
heavier this ye7r than last aud the I'm
ports about 100000 pounds more than
those Of a year ago. This demonstrates
clearly the necessity Of keeping up Jhis
sumption may keep pace with the increased
production Texas, with her 100000 acres
OF available rice lands, Is being rapidly
planted with this cereal Which las become
such an important factor In the industrial
world of the South here Of late.
zone Of the things to be discussed al
the forthcoming meeting VIII be the quoS-
ton OF foreign markets, The election or
officers aud the selection Of place for
the next meeting will, OF course, be taken
up also. Papers VIII be read by repre-
sentative men from both Texas and Lou
islana and, on the whole, very attractive
program will be arranged. The railroads
will give low rates and Texas should SEND
an immense delegation, as she doubtless
will Crowley has the reputation OF being
very hospitabie little city and / have
no doubt that she will do her full duty on
this occasion. Everybody who goes may
be sure Of being well treated"
A gentleman who was present during
the conversation Endorsed Mr.. Wilson'S
views as to the Importance Of Texas send
ing a large delegation to Crowley. 1--WE
want to be we'll represented 10 every way,
be said, ''and a large number of Texans
will be an advantage, too, because they
will be able 20 see and talk TO the North
ern investors who will probably be in
Crowley at the same time. 1t Is always
important that the advantages OF the rice
belt of Texas be kept prominently before
the public"