The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-18
LAND OWNER AND AGENT.
Importance OF Subjects to Be Discussed
at the Galveston Conference,

Importance OF Subjects to Be Discussed
at the Galveston Conference,
To the Editor of The Post
Houston. Texas, June 1.-THE very lib
eral and cpterprislng spirit that Is so mani
fest on the part OF the passenger and i'm
migration department of the Southern Pa
cine Railroad company of late with the
we'll advertised convention calling for the
hest men known In such work to be held at
Galveston June 20 to ~, makes any thought
In that direction Of interest just now 1t
is noted In the program for the occasion
as published that two of the subjects for
discussion will be Responsibility OF Large
Land owners of Texas" also duties and
Responsibilities OF Land aud Immigration
Agents. To one who for many years has
been Interested as an observer of the states
development these two questions arc of
incaIculable interest aud Ii properly solved
and started into execution at tails conNen,
ton will do more good Ion all business NJ
terosts of Texas, beginning With the pro
Queer and ending with the consumer, tnan
all else affecting business.
The land owner, the agent, the mechanic.
the merchant. professional men and the
business of transportation Of freight aud
passengers neither can escape, and have
not, the bad result of tho mismanage cement
of the two classes uamed TO DC discussed
at Galyeston In iSs thSqgnt there are ARE
down. Why Is 1t that there mas never
been more concentration OF thought and &C,
tion on these two points, Why is II that
men with the capacity necessarily belong
ing to those who direct, not only the pas
senger traffic hut also the freight traffic
of our great system Of railroads, who make
conditions for neighborly visiting between
citizens hundreds OF miles apart, have be
gun their work by placing the cart before
the horse IN tneir vast SNp ZEN 81
can not be had without, urst, the means
OF transportation; hut then can II, or
rather has it come With such means alone
Surely these great minds have been, tC
say the least careless In their origina
planning But Ii is not too late yet 10 &C
tompnsh much In the subjects mentioned.
Al the risk of criticism il may reasonably
hc predicted that II the questions to ~
discussed are not soon lntclltgtntly dispose
Of patience will cease To he virtue
and those who direct the ahalS Of lall
road transportation viii close the purS(
strings now SO lavishly loose, prices MI
go down, opportunities lost and every clti
ZEN feel its effect. There arc many WhC
thoughts advanced by the respective speak
ers There certainly must be a unity OF
action between the land owner and those
who do the advertising ia assist aim g
1 change his land from taN-eatihg clam e
| a paying investment There are thousanu'
OF industrious working peopic who 're VIII
| ing Ia do their part with their LABOR e
| make the vast unsettled and unimproye'
! lands of the coast country worth iu rae
what they are now held AT On Imaginary re
| turns that never will come under the pres
| ent unhusuesslike conditions
The merchant has TO pay for his adyer
| Using and must sell to meet expenses: 90
| so with the Texas lana owner; 50 ne Jump
| his prices until history repeats Itself IN
| bottom drops out and he again hnds hit
| chances gone; he land poor with no lcvelop
mcnt to the country and everybody NOR
! The subjects are indeed important to Al
4 the peonie, ~ \. turner