The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-08-11
TEXAS WELCOMING CAPITAL.
Significance Of Planks OF the State Dem
ooratic Party's Platform.

Significance Of Planks OF the State DEM
oeratic Party's Platform.
Manufacturers Record
Houston, Texas. August L. Because Of
the democratic party In Texas, and Of It's
relations 10 the interests OF tue State.
the declarations through that party's con.
vendon which names the next governor sBd
state officials is Of more than passing i'm
portance. The tenor of the platform as
adopted at the State convention, which met
in Galveston In July. is OK such an enc3uT-
aging nature TO the spirit Of Industrial de-
veiopment as to call forth comment
IN Idct, IL Is clearly recognized that an
lhdustrlul wave OF rare cnergy Is being
tlon led TO the planks Of the platform,
which specifically Offers support 10 those
VINO WIZ alq the progress Oh mdnufactur-
lDB ana developments OF tue resources which
nave lately come. TO llgbt. The spirit OF
ms instrument Of party law Is told in the
following quoted from the tenth plauK;
We favor a broad and enlightened policy
toward capital aud corporations doing bus.-
ness within our State, and toward those
desiring to enter our State for the purpose
" developing Its great natural resources. %
SUCH declaration Is binding upon the leg-
lslators who frame the laws of the state,
and backed by public sentiment that
VIII hasten any enaCtments or any grants
not IL CONFLICT with the higher rights OF
the people. can not fall to be productive
Il more
liberal scale. The advantages furnished
by the large supply OF fuel oil, rendering
the cost Of power fully % per cent cheap,
err as well as improved facilities for trans
portation. as shown by the heavy increase
OF railroad mileage recently, and the great.
er attention given to Texas rivers and har.
FACTORS that Induced this Invitation to cnpi-
tai At the same time attention WINS rnllf d
10 me agricultural interests Of the State,
that the encouragement toward nroducln o
he
inducement TO the manufacturer.
IN TINS connection II was declared: 1--WE
IaYos me phssage Of II well-copsidercd ripa-
ran law in order that the rice and other
great Industries of our State may be fos-
tered and the rights Of thc people along
such crnals and waterways may be prop.
cry safeguarded.' Rice raising 81 In lis
infancy In bhis state hut for the last two
Or three seasons has cunsecutiyelY doubled
Ia Importance. IL ls estimated BY reliable
authorities TINT the area planted this year
VIII cover 10000 acres, md with It Yield
Of ten sacks per acre, which Is a cgnscrya.
tive average, the value II the croD viii
easily reach 100000 Three rice mills
since last year vii be added TO the wealth
OF Houston us Il result Of the new indus
try, aud the promise OF legislative aid to
promote its welfare must rebound 10 the
beuent OF farming and manufacturing in
Ncstlnents. The matter OF irrigation mt
once presents Itself when the development
OF rice lands is involved, and, indeed lt
has become 50 prominent as an issue IN mp.
building the agricultural resources of Inc
state that 1t was given much confederation
by the Inauguration of an adequate Hystrrn
Of irrigation the future of me millions Of
Ncrc5 IN the urid plains Of the Lone Star
state IL assured. and n failure of the crops
even in the moro favored sections by the
disobliglng or cnpricions elements IL prar.
tcally rclcgatcd 10 things that belong to
the past On this subject the platform. re-
cognlzlng that the lakes. rivers and other
streams OF Tcyaa are sn distributed aud 10
Gated that tn, sut,ressf,l irrirgtion OF the
greater port on OF the agricultural sections
OF our State can easily be accommodated nv
storing the surplus water that falls ana
distributing same through n qystom Of ra.
nails and latefgiIs when neces,itated Nv
| drouth. thereby returning untoII bonoats
10 the State at large. and that the cnmlner-
| cial. agricultural md Industrial interests
! Of Inc state demand thof ~..Inr yrnci,oI
| system ~ irrigation he fogtered ana Durt,tr.
cd, Endorsed inc appointment of an lrri.
,ot tor, cor,,tntssi,r ~, tu,.nsf,,,,, tbc foasi
| bilitv and nrobnble cost Of II General irri-
CATION systcm FOR the STATE 10 present n
feaslble plan for notion by fllc next Iegisla.
ture
The determination 10 omen tho ,yav IN
| nrogresa was Curthrr rorrisd out In a do.
mana for s+nte hanks Of deoosit and dts
| connt n 81 natural NM a,igh an ora Of
| commercial ortivity ns wnst follow me
| exnnnsinn NJ tbc ,nrled int.rcsta ron
| tempIotcl viii reouire n broader channel