The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-01

extension Of your railroad systems. and
70 the establishment OF adequate Texan
manufactures. Nor would the effect OF
abundant fuel oil production In this state
daries. Interstate and foreign exports Of
cll would grow as fast as the problems
connected With Its transportation and use
coult be mastered; and from this outward
commerce would come new wealth for this
State and new benefits to her customers.
ihdeed, as glanced Into the. binding white
mont and those OF the big brewery at Hous-
ton, where oil Is burned, found IL easy
e picture q not too-distant future when a
thousand mills and factories on both sides
or the Atlantic, q thousand locomotives
Thousand merchant steamers, yes and
those white and mighty ,battlcsnips which
may all owe their motive power to the
generous stun which now, gushes In sucn
great heart Of Texas. Let US hope then
that there Is more behind IT,
But In my new. found enthusiasm foe
Texas am straying from the line lndi
10 return thanks for this gracious welcome
] beg You not to forget whose thanks they
represent merely my own delegation.
stand here for few Proud moments The
tion of New. YORK city. to voice Its acknowl.
edgment OF this hospitable greeting AMI
II Its behalf to extend to you. and to
Texas. the right hand OF fellowship. Prob
ably you all know more or less about cur
II stitution; but at the risk of telling you
soDiething ycs know already, J will vent.
TIRE TO state that the Merchants assocal
ton, while the youngest, is the most. VITAL
most active aud most practic;aly efficient
organization formed to take up the sub.
jccte OF trade, commerce and public vel
fare In the metropolis for a hundred years
past what this institution did for Gal
weston last year, you men Of Texas know
~ acknowledged. What 1t has accomplish.
81 in the way OF securing special rates for
distant buyers of merchandise. who wish
70 make their selections in the greatest
distributing market of the world. some or
your merchants, at leDst, Know also. But
Of the many other achieyements which
which cost far more money and work sof
head and hand than either Of those whicn
now. Suffice ii to say that the Merchants
association of New York Is just such
watcn dog of the public welfare, such
steadfast protector of commercial inter
csts, and such a terror TO would-bc depre-
dators thereon. as one would expect who
+. King DO any of you know Mr. King:
only wish we had him here. Indeed, 1t Is
Almost the only drawback to our pleasure
accompany us. | wish he might speak to
you face to face; Then you would all
ki.ow him as we. know him; for his mind
and every one can always see exactly
what he is aiming at, whether he speaks
able and utterly without fear. When he
makes mp his mind to go In to achieve a
right or to destroy, wrong, he attacks
gang of political buzzsaws as readily as
he would pink tea and this he does the
more effectively for the reason that there
Is In his tncthods no trace of politics or
good citizenship He is untrammeicd by
that fear of being misunderstood, which
nips n the bud so many a good Impulse
Integrity with him Is not precious posses
sion, to be watchfully guarded lest 1t get
away but Is the very itbre Of his his beng
therefore needs no care against thieves. 1t
IS this Characteristic which causes him to
act with Il freedom and unconstralnt which
while they sometimes alarm, his friends,
more frequently confound his opponents.
what. say the latter, can be done with q
man who, in the language OF the outraged
can be neither daunted nor bought. who
asks no more and will accept no less than
~ he is known to every friend and to
every foe.
/ have ventured this outline sketch of
OR chief In order to convey TO you some
idea of the character which has formed
and impressed this organization, and whicn
renders it the At coadjutor of its elder ana
more conversative brother, the solid and
respected chamber of commerce.
Gentlemen of Fort. Worth and of Texas.
IN honoring these deiegationms You nm, moncr
the commonwealth of New York itself we
of these delegations would return TO You
IN kind--honor for honor. We come from
the greatest State of the Union. to the
largest. We are ambassadors of the state
of greatest achievements to the State or
greatest possibilities. We bring the greet
lngs of the old Empire State to the new
one And when we go back to the respec,,
tive bodies whose credentials we hold. !
firmly believe that not only the PHI
but the personal part of our report OF
this journey will be of character which
ycu can fully approve. | believe we shall
say that Texans. as we have met them.
are not weddings. nor dreameIs, nor oilers,
but earnest and seasoned men, whose NJ
ness for wider business association with
the North has been tested by their conduct
through those hard and toilsome decades
which followed the civil war They nave
worthiy stood that severe test; they nave
brought themselves safely through, ana
have even managed, while making living
for themselves and their families nnder
circumstances of exceptional difficulty, 10
achieve most creditable progress In the mp
building of their vast and sparsely settlel
territory. Only people of the right stun
could have accomplished those results and
/ think you need have no fear that the
repute of Texas will suffer at our hands.
And II any one In the North shonld tnnk
PROPER to ask us What's the matter win
Fort WORTH ] believe ] shall nave the
support Of both of these Delegations when
I promise that We will all respond in thun-
,icrous unison, shes all right.