The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-14
LETTERS FROMTHE PEOPLE
A Textile School.

To the Editor OF The Post.
Waxahachle Texas, July 4,-Ihe es'
tablishing and maintaining Of hien class
textile school in Texas Is, in my opinion
one Of the most important subjects Tor
the consideration OF our next Legislature.
IL IS Of sufficient Importance, believe, 20
be made one Of the platform demands AZ
the approaching State convention, ana
should be much gratihed IL some OF the
readers OF The Post, who have IN hand
the making VI the platform, would see TO
It that this subject Is made one Of tht
pinnks In that structure. There was
bill introduced at tie last session oI the
legislature to establish such schooi III I
Texas. but 1t never got further than the
deadly committee room. lhc question hau
not been sufficiently agitatel anu inc
committee that buried tae bill eHIuthHS |
/ did not give 1t nlueh thought, FOR every |
man who VIII give the matter niue
! thought win certainly conclude that great
er possibilities for our state lie Ia inc
/ manufacture OF her raw cotton thah III
amy other Industry. We have Few eou
| ugeons men in the state VINO are Wnhhs |
/ to become the pioneers ~ the cotton lu uu
| uiacturlng industry, ana, IKE dl OsuSi
| new BEGINNERS tneyt, nave al commenced
TO make Course goods. lne! 40 ms Nv
cause they are ignorant OF lhe pu' . heSs
anu IL Is mutu custer ~ VAN
coarse goods. they are All NC" suues"ne
Tor existence, hoping tDat theS N'h uu
able to weather the sturhl untll soihc III >
changes somehow or somewhere, lot tle
better, or tndt they mas De dple 20 .S''n
| enough about the business 10 tudule lliStn
to keep the balance on the Nsht slat %
/ the leuger. -, ,,,
It mas been the boast of the New Eng
land states that the South codlu never
compete with them On nue. svuls' Dut
they "reckoned without their host. me
tsnrptiuHE (,enpgtu and AilsSlkslill udNt
each established 5nd are mathtoiHln- -
tile schools ana the result ~ tulI tuVac
states are now making quite u ~. o. III, ~
nner fabrics, and are equlpphs huhipSl i
OF new mills for the lpanuacture Oh van,
I GUS kinds of me goods, ana many oI
these mills are managed ana operated ~
experts who have been taught IN tue9e
schools. II has been urged thdt lhe az
luosphUc IN the South is too ul 10 splh
Hue thread. but this objection mas ueen
overcome by the systems az hdhlllle's nov
Ia use ia nearly all OF the southern mis-
b I 1t is also argued that the water ~ lhe
, South is not suitable for bte3rnlhE, uSt-
iup. etc. but when the operatives learn
, how to do the work the wafer seems to ne
all right The greut meet rs 10 ktoH uoW
r To do the work. ana in those states that
are educating their people 10 peeome IN
perts in all kinds Of cotton MISUNDERSTANDING,
l they are beginning 10 compete successfully
A with the New England mills
= 4 But as long as the Texas mlus are CON-
PEELED to import their skilled lanOi t4eE
win never be able to compete elmer WIN
the New England OF southeastern nuns
e for the reason that the best suDerintehu
cnts and overseers will not come TO leNas
unless they are offered Inducements IN
70 the way OF better wages. And II "A hlSue'
y scale of wages is established In IeNna
e than prevails In other states 1t WIN ph'
the Texas mills at serious dlsadNAhtHst
Then the remedy is 10 educate our owl
e pcople to become expert managers. super
q intendcnts and operatives. have gwen
g the subject of cotton manulacturlns III
5 Texas considerable thought, and ! am un
; ] al, n that the southeastern EtdItc