The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-08-24

T Itnit sxS,hhange q. dispose q Texas products.
| 80, auclltles or the California exchange
| 6s.Vi,. may De understood when II Is stated
n rnaS It banded 1850 cars last year Texas
pr9auets are nearly disposed Of When the
SaItotnia se1scn begins and Mr. Bushw way
aiOpossed 70 let the California exchange and
NJ Ng po tor te1as products In the interim
d nexas was big enough, had resources
va, sno1sa ana brains enough 70 attend TO the
,hha ~ ,s Of her own crops. He suggested
sa,S .uea or central organization He
aIayored sending a man OF experience and
equity, and, above all, honesty, 10 Kansas
lily OF 81 Louis, making one OF these
salesnan for Texas producers. Then when
ne producers can not sell their stuff al thc
sbip Il staten Isot for spot cash, they gould
VINO would divert II into the proper chan.
nels and safeguard the shipper against mis-.
management and freud. Mr.. Doherty adj
y, t1se co., tne shippers not to conslgn anything
Mr, McHenry and sill OF the other com.
WI 'eeuen heartily colncided with Mr. Doh.
cry views and In the general discussion
which followed Mr. Doherty's proposltlon
vas the Idea adhered to- Colonel Pickett
descrihed the methods Of the commission
men ana favored a central organization.
TEXAS CAN STAND ALONE.
Mr.. Hun believed that Texas is cspahie
OF taking care Of her own business. said
be; 1T is simply a matter Of perfect or
ganlzation. We must have a general agent
president or general manager. thor.
| oughly competent man capable OF handling
| an enormous traffic. whose integrity no one
sen suspect He should have thirty TO
lIty suoordlnates, In order to cover ali
ipurHetS- Everything should be sold and
tSin o ~ tns one man Their, the noun
ohrtaia Johnston favored Mr.. Doherty's
| tiea OF a central Office. He remarked:
ehuI we must have beginning first. The
south Texas association is not vet char.
/ tcIeu' we must remedy this, so that we
gan sue or be sued. Our manager should
De bonded officer, with authority to APP
ho'ut p6nued assistants, All business should
ne conducted through this central office
we could advise him by wire and he would
| know In advance OF the shipment of our
ProduetS aud have a market ready. That
nor tnr Soiutlon OF the problem. We must
Secretary Dick of the East Texas asso.
I cation called attention to the fact that
~ was not question Of men or section. in
ueNiMng ways and means no particular sec
lion was To be considered above another
/ re pan must embrace the interests OF
gu Texas. He said: NO local honors are
/ wanted. We have honors enough ! want
/ this organization perfected for IL will give
VS. market. 1t will enrich me. II will
tlllcu my noighbors, ana general pros.
PETTY VIII ,ensnc. II is matter Of in
iflilgent selnshueSs, the Selhshness that
/ develops farms and builds cities the spirit
Of progress ana enlightenment that has
already made Texas great. As TO the mat
I Ter OF East Texas absorbing South Texas
we must leave that to the future II is
"a community Of interest at present and In
union here Is strength. Divided we can
! accompINh nothing our growers may
slave their lives away aud see their re
ward CutChcd from their hands by the
rascal who produces nothing yet lives on
the fat of the land. by the man who re.
ports that produce Is received In bad order
is YDf SOL
same at a handsome profit giving the farm
err no return. We are now bringing the
fragments together and the diversity or
opportunity is sufficient to satisfy all"
MANY PERTINENT SUGGESTIONS.
Mr.. Huff suggested that If the organiza.
ton is perfected South Texas and East
Texas could maintain their marketing with
out separate management and expense.
Mr. Dick remarked that the representa-
tives OF East Texas had come here to help
tnlir South Texas brethren. and he extend
ed cordial invitation 10 South Texas
growers TO attend the convention at
Mr.. Nixon-Thls is a question we have
been discussing for long time. We reallze
that q centralized system is an abs Mute
necessity We must control the markh ng
Of our products In order to defeat rascalty
Note this example At Paxton one grower
shipped 100 crates of beans to an honest
"a commission merchant The latter re.
ported that the beans were worthless aud
had been rejected. An investigation proved
, tlat the express Company sold the beans
10 a representative of the honest merchant
who disposed of them al handsome profit
This sort Of rascality We must prevent
AS 10 tho California exchange proposition,
we expect to vie with California. We ex.
pect To rival and so far beyond California
We have better nelds soils and climatic
conditions. We shall 60 TO the convention
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