The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-05
STONEPRODUCED BY TEXAS
AN OPEN LETTER TO A COMPILER
OF MINERAL STATISTICS.
This State Given Credit for Less Than
One-T Twelfth OF the Stone 1t
Has Produced.

Hon. David 6. Day, Chief Of Division of
Mining and Mineral Resources, Washing
ton, u. &.
Corscana Texas, April 2s.--Sir: Your
esteemed favor of recent date inclosnS
statistical report of the stone industry for
the year 1893 with tables showing by
comparison the value of stone produced in
the several States, Is before me. You also
luciose tables comparing the value OF stone
by states from 1880 to 1899, inclusive. GU
also invite criticism of your report. Be
lieving that the official acts OF every pub
lie servant should be open to criticism
without invitation or apology, ! shall at
tempt to point out the errors Of your re-
port Tor Texas, which seems to have been
manufactured and circulated at public eA-
pensc TO Suhscrye the political ends of the
dominant political party. We can nor
charge your department with lnefhclencN'
to do would be absurd especially so In
view of the fact that your department L.
In CLOSE touch With the war department az
Washington. You can not bR De aware
of the fact that the Federal congress APP
proprlated for the years 1880 to 1873 ln-
elusive approximately SlO,OO0,0OO for hlr-
Dor improvements ut Galveston and sabine
Pass, Texas; 10 per cent Of the entire ap,
preparations was expended for stone and
the stone was quarrled IN Texas. IL -
therefore not complex and difficult prob
lem for you 10 have ascertained mat Tor
the governmental projects NJ Galveston aud
sabine Pass Texas produced within the
period covered by your report not less than
81, 100000 worth OF granite aud SANDSTONE
Should you set mp the plea That you never
knew OF this government work, you must
admit that YOU are q guessing statisti
clan Should you admit that you we're
aware Of the government contracts and
made no mention of the stupcnduous quan
tlty of stone mined In Texas, then yon
must admit that yon are ''politieal' stu
Your report for the State of Texas is as
Value of granite output for Texas for the
years 1890 to 1899. inclusive:
1880, 1891, 1892, 1898 .....,.,.... .SlSb,Oll
1894 1926 1896 .............'...... -.
1891, 1898, 1899 .....,'.'''..'''''. 35'loo
Granite valne for ten years. ;. .S2T9,G71
Value of sandstone output OF Texas for
the years 1890 to 1890 Inclusive;
1890, 1891. 1872. lSN3. .-........s..-S lt9'ool
1894 1893, 1896, 1897 .............., 229,osG
1898, 1899 ...............''',.'. il-'o-s
Sandstone value for ten years. S4Si ~
Total value for ten years. SId3.,E,O
As a political statlstlclan you publish
to the world that the total output OF gran,
lite and sandstone In Texas during the past
ted years has been only SI63,93b when us
an incoutrOyerfible fact there was mincl
for government work S1JO0,OOO worth OF
granite and sandstone during the past ten
wears In the years 1890 10 1893, inclu-
sIve. priyate corporations expended not loss
construction Of jettles nj Nelaseo and Arqn-
sas Pass The stone WAS mined In Texas.
In the years 1890 TO 1890. inclusive large
number Of court houses we're constructed
of granite and sandstone In Texas and not
/ less than 100000 worth Of granite WIS
used 10 the construction of the dam across
the Colorado river at Austin. Texas. We