The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-26
SOUTHERN PACIFIC EXHIBIT
SOME THINGS WHICH ATTRACTED
ATTENTION OF NEW WORKERS.
People Of Houston VIII Be Given an On
portun'sy to See the Collection
During the Next Two Weeks.

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'he southern Paclnc industrial exbibi,
Wn'ch was arranged IN The Mason bnlld.
4 'ns iof tue visit Of the New YORK yysito,s,
p'ItE ny Prof II. r. Attwatcr. at fhe
'1pehse 81 some OF the enierprIsIng rIt,
~ % Houston, VIII he kept on exhibit
'''n Tor Two weeks. limited number or
lmentary tickets have brcn prlntet
~ paced IN the hands Of tho proper par
ior distribution to citizens deslrous
~ seeing this interesting collection or
~ Pronucts OF Texas. Tlckefs can be oh.
s"i"eu from Mr. ii n. MacGregor. prpsi.
te". oi the business Mems League. at the
qu"riers OF that organization; from
y, Gray, secretary of the uops
, manufacturers association, ut No
80 frahklln avenue. and at the Houston
hNehange, from the president. Mfr
Il Warner. "'' ~
,., Hne OF the textures Of the exhIh,t
The NJ, aiiryacted especial attention frG.n
r ,n,tle sy The rnxas Star -Four and Ill.,
me- ' ~ naiNeston, consisting Of nnc sam
pro5lr,,, ~ rice III ne natrlal star and lie
I,o or, VI tue mills. Mr. Charles npytpers-
noner. secretary of the companv ,nIn,.
gl,,o IN ~ G1iNeston and WAS on hand TO
dr Wl me visitors all the information they
nsScu more questions than anybody else
some Of the other TEXTURES Of ~, .v
, v,n, W., Mhi en- atiracted special attention
were Ihe following:
train and agricultural products: Wheat
Outs rye, barley, field corn, non corn
SWEET corn, kafir corn, milo maize. Donra
corn, buckwhe1t. millet, beans IN dogan
yarlcties) peas, castor beams ali kinr.,
OF vegetables and fruit; broom corn. nay
and hemp seed ""A
rccans; FIFTY different varieties
Hickory nuts wplnuts pranufs cncs,
nuts hcorns ana number Of edible seeds
nuts and berries.
Rice; Imported Japan and Honduras
rice domestic Japan ana Honduras r,r,.
straw, rice fodder. rice huls rico bran.
rice polish ana dozen grades of rice
from fancy 10 brewers ana screenings
Iohacco White, Bnresh, Orlnoco Cuba
and Havana
Hay and fodder; Timothy ana red clover.
alfalfa three crops In onc season. so,'
ghum vctchcs. blue stem Concho. burfgio
grass and other varieties
cotton and cotton products; Long ana
IN South Texas. including storm PROOF. hi.
non Atrlcan' Sea Island, Japan silk cotton,
Naukin yellow cotton and prize cuttonS OF
the great cXposltions of recent wears: cor
ton seed. cotton seed huls before ami
after The OH Is extracted. cotton seed cake.
cntton seed oil, crude and refined: paper
made from cotton seed hulls, cotton stalk
Ftbges; Hemp. nax, lutte ramic okra
and q large assortment of wild weeds
showing yalnahle commercial fimes
with The raw silk; also silk spun from the
Wild sllkworm of Tcxns
woods Specimens Of valuable furniture
and cabinet woods now used fhr fuel
fencing and making charcoal In southern
and Western Texas
Gums. dyes, etc; Gums from several
species of gum producing trees. DYES
tanning material md medicinal plants
growing In Wild state in Texas.
Minerals: Gold. silver and copper from
Ilano county aud West Texas. iron ore
from Limo and East Texas; Cinnahar ore
from Tho wonderful quicksilver mines In
Preside county. and also garnet, graphite,
other valuable minerals from Llnna coun
ty: marble from Llano and granite ana
gnlcna from Mason county; red white, grnv
aud blue marble from the celebrated Inrdag
quarry. near Maria; Bcaumout oil and as
phaltum from the gulf gusherS; Qsphaltum
rock from T'valde county; charcoal, pnns
photc lime. mari a-d pumce stone. Int
ochre hre brick mud pottery CLAY. bricks,
pavement stone and sewer piping made in
Texas
Also sugar and Texas Manila paper from
Cunningham mills: Wild honey, heeswaN, |
honey vinegar etc. dsh, game, oysters etc. /
Nr Of the numerous miscellaneous nc. !
ticlcs embraced Lu the collection attrnctcd !
more or less attention from the visitors |
And IN the aggregate Impressed ihem WIN |
tho extent OF the resources cf Texas. II |
was said. among other things. that there
is no such collection as this on The grounds |
at tho Pan-Amcrican exposition, which Is |
about 10 be- npCned at Bnnalo
boro where he viii deliver an address |
before tho TcVas Rcal Estate and Indus |
tirnl ossocia tlon During his absence Mrs, |
Attwatcr will have charge Of the exhibit