The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-18

hides is satisfactory. The prices remain
the same, There can be no speculation In
this business The price seldom fluctuates;
pound or two. Most OF the hides brought
70 this market are shipped TO Eastern tam
ncr'es and cane back as boots. shoes, sad
dies, etc" When asked II Texas tanneries
cut any figure ia the market, Mr.. Siewers-
sen said. VERY little. Several enterpr.s-
ing men have tried the business aud 1t
did not pay 1t requires large capital and
vide experience TO make II success. No
doubt In the future tanuerles Will be estab-
ilshed IN Texas on substantial ana pay
lug basis"
Mr. j. Rothstein, live stock dealer Of
Washington street, has Just returned from
an extended tour through half dozen
States and Territories in search OF mules
ana horses. He said that good salahie
animals were very scarce; that the South
African purchases for war purposes had
raked the country as II with fne comb.
Common stock, however, Is plentiful Mr..
kothsteln was gone u fortnight, spent a
considerable sum travelling around. and had
to come home empty handed. He searched
Teas, Indian Territory, oklahoma. Mis-
souri, and Kansas and ascertained that the
farmers had just enough mules and horses
TO do their own work and that they would
not unhitch them from the plow to sell
fos any price.
Regarding crop prospects, Mr.. Rothste n
said; From the Territory 10 Kansas city
the crop prospects are the finest l ever
saw IN my life. Corn never has been bet
ter In travelling around" he continued,
1 have observed that the German and
Bohemian farmers are more prosperous than
their American neighhors. You viii meet
nice wagon and team In the public road
aud upon aceostlng the driver lie will an
swer You In Deutsche. His wagon is paint,
ed and neat and his team is sleek aud
well groomed. Further ON you may meet
rickety old wagon with scraggy team
and seedy hooking Individual driving, He
Is likely TO be native, aud 1t is ineredi-
BILE TO note that he has not adopted the
modern tactics of his Bohemian neighbor.
| have watched with Interest the coutro.
Versy going on about the teaching OF Ger
man Ia the punlic schools. 1t is a valuable
training aud those pupils who expect to
become stockmen or traders or drumners
should acquire q thorough knowledge Of
the langnage. This country is hlling mp
with German farmers. You meet them
everywhere and they all prefer to speak
their own language. Ny partner and
were on purchasing tour recently. One
evening we applied to German farmer
FOR nights lodging and were emphatical.
~ refused. IL was the same reception at
the next house and the next, ! asked my
partner what language he had employed
Ia greeting the farmers He said he had
used English. at once returned and
greeted the drst German met In his own
language and forthwith we were welcomed
and treated with every consideration.
fancy that commercial travellers could re-
late many experiences of this kind"
~
A Commerce street merchant said to n
representative Of The Post yesterday: al
vote to give Alderman Archer three hearty
cheers for suggesting the cleaning out OF
the bayou. II is a shame and disgrace
to permit the stagpant slough TO longer
endanger the lives of our people. l should
like to suggest Ia passing, that the brew
cry people and all others be prohibited
from turning refuse water and waste mat
ter into the bayou. Something WAS dumped
into the stream recently which sAllvated
the fish. IL was horrble sight. There
were thousands OF dead fish OF all kinds
and sizes on the surface Of the water. II
we had reservoir erected at the water
works with a tioodgate III the bayou, 80
that the channel could be washed out
every day II would solve the problem and
be a boon to every citizen In Houston
Present conditions are simply horrible"
Another citizen suggested that q barge
hitched TO plow should be sent down the
channel every week 10 keep the water
towing freely.