The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-23
The Cotton farmers Burden

yes, most sublime art gallery Jas It were)--
1 say TO myself "iiow utterly impossible
70 make all this IN six days" II goes
MIN, WITHOUT saying that unless there y some
we-evlh II VIII he. as Mr.. Hunter states,
g menace, IN time. TO the cotton painters
Az oyer the cotton belt, Just os sure as
the bugs Will destroy your cattle. your
horses aud all your other 1--we stock twhich
So 10 make y vel kept fsrm aud ranch
u you don't keep the bugs, 'doctored >
Yes, THAT'S the point when your horse
receives u wound that makes him bleed, 10
the warm, damp season, you know well
fuouEh TO keep close lookout for blows;
YOU don't walt until blows" become
Keep the flies away but summon Or. Elk.
terminate" without delay aud 60 ON, aud
20 on. Don't have the horse, hut the
bugs doctored that Is Just what we have
got TO get up aud do with these evils
dol weeNilsl on the cotton crop OF the
south, for cotton is to the South what corn
LEI us All Join hands or fall lpto line, as
the cnsc may be, do our beat, do our very
utmost battle for our countty's peace and
prosperity, as our fntheN. our grand fathers
ana ancient foreiathers have all done be-
fore. For remember, the All Wise Creator
made man In His own imngo stepped back
and seemed well pleased with Ills own
work. made oil the earth and all therein IN
sh days, How simple How subllmel And
iu the expressive words OF our last mar
tyred president, Gods will be done"
I
to insh the vast hordes Of troublesome
wasteful destroying enemies " both man
aud beast, Take tho nrst chapter OF Gen.
ale as the starting point and II every man,
every woman, in this great State of Texas
VIII take up the Cause, not as Mrs Nation,
however, but study the very laws Of ma
tlre, have tho interest OF your follow man
At heart. Your country's honor is at stake,
remember, md what you do do with q
VIII Have reason and observation the
gulde-poet and the interest Of your State
naHVN la In HAg tHaNs aVaA ~
word OF command, march, BE ready and
waiting aud at battle with the enemy,
and al the end OF six days you may say
What hath God wrought AID in the
who. with his dying comrades, fought and
ten, giving up their noble lives, as 1t wore,
fot Texas Independence, BE sure that
you arc right; then 80 ahead. Who knows
what can really be accomplished In the
short space of six days. It's got to be
done. and, as Mr. Hunter says, pillow the
stalks as early as October and burn them
yes that's Il exactly. Burn them! Burn
theml should he the watchword the battle
cry, and who knows but that your efforts
| may be crowned with success, Burn them
| Yes, you've got to burn the stalks TO get
! ut the enemy yes, and you must burn the
very leaves, the stalks the burrs and even
| the old dried up blooms RS well, In order
% route or check these heretofore seeming
| ~ invlnclhle robbers hut you muetn {
| XIII your horse" you know, IN order to
starve tho bugs" 90 after the cotton
] eNi dh you Woulu rue Owl tUhi lh trying
| to rob you Of your stock, not with the same
remedy, hut the theoretical remedy; It.
on the same principle, namely, 10 teach
mankind the hrKt Sunday "schule" lesson.
! Yes pass law making It a penalty to
| plow these Foreigners into American soil
! Who knows but what they hibernate on
| these last seasons cotton farms and like
II colony OF busy bees having a sllken-hued
| princess for Il queen, 20 forth IN search OF
! new conquest: or. Ike locust when
grub enters Mother Earth but al its anol.
/ ted time comes forth like solomon In all
! his glory" and ''hr lord Of all whom they
survey
sweep 'em up" sweep 'om M" and