The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-30
TEXAS is PROSPEROUS.

There Is now some complaint of lack of rain and Of
in the wheat crop in North Texas but barring that
Texas crops doing mighty we'll Cotton planting is pro-
crossing finish the is large and the conditions
good for big crop The big and there
have been finer prospects, taking the State whole
Rice planting is under way and there reports that
tend discourage the farmers The wheat is small
than was the time last year, but when 1t is
membeed that there have been few reports of the
of the phis the bug which did such damage last
and that the reports of lack of rain and Of rust from
comparatively small portion OF the wheat crop the outlook
is good. So it is with oats.
The berry crop has been and the shipments OF
the largest known in the history of South Texas
with very fair prospects for bigger shipments from East
Texas than before known.
The cattlemen have had light losses through the winter
have marketed all of their saable stuff good prices and
the demand for the stuff which is yet saable good
There scarcity of hogs and sheep in most of the markets
and the outlook is that this will continue for time
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Eastern capital has undertaken the development of por-
ton of the States mineral and oil gushers
ing in regularly Beaumont with strikes other places
which do not amount gushers
There is need for all the the banks have hand
carry the industrial development that has struck the
State, and day passes that some deal is not an
nounced either in the way OF exploiting field OF
industry or in the formation of business enterprise to
push an old industry in section of the State.
More railroads being built than in any other two
States in the Union and the paper without
Nearly every in the State has healthy real estate
market and the manufacturers and retailers OF lumber are
pushed to fill their orders the prices which being
asked
The State has sold all of the public domain which can
sell and there is demand for more that nsures every foot
of being taken the big pastures be put on
the market.
Texas is prosperous 1t prosperous in the big way that
is thoroughly characteristic of Texas year the wheat
crop cut off the cotton crop smaller than should
have been for the cattle bringing anywhere
the price the thought they should get the u
herman was complaining that he making little and the
banker rather close about his purse year of close
ness had succeeded OF plenty and the farmer with the
buggy and the piano the house growing and ours
his foolishnes But the outlook this year is that the
farmer buy buggies and build new house for the
piano to go in If he desires The whole built on
the farmer he is prosperous everybody has money if he
is broke. the same tale applies to everybody.
with cotton crop larger than any other two States
rice crop second only TO that Of louisiana second only TO
that State IN next Kansas ranking high up
among the wheat producers with the prospect of turning the
unlimited fields of iron copper marble and granite into
cash. with the Eastern capitalists building roads with the
bankers prosperous enough inquire too closely into
the collateral presented the ndorsee known to own bp
blocks OF oil stock in companies which haven't too much
capital with the lawyers having enough business on hand
not to be hunting around for fact with the cond
tons as they prevail the prospects are that the State
VIII he decidedly prosperous the year is wound
up than it has ever heen in its large sixhgured man
ner The realization of the dreams wealth of MANY peon
VIII come to them this year in Texas