The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-14
TO ADVERTISE HOUSTON
SOUTHERN PACIFIC BUREAU WILL
DISTRIBUTE READING MATTER,
There Is a Stsat Demand in the North
west for Information About Towns
and Localities in Texas.

Mr.. George 81. Mckinney came in yes
terday with the Southern Pacific land and
immigration agents excursion under the
direction of Messrs. Shoudy & Melville,
Rockford, Ill. Mr.. AicKinney's unabbre-
Waited title is general Western immigration
agent, Southern Pacific railway, and his
headquarters are In Chicago. in the Grand
Pacific hotel building. The writer had oc-
casion TO visit Mir. Mckinneys offices dur
ing the holidays, The plate glass front
gave the impression that the place had
been fired on by u large bore cannon loaded
with all kinds of gold letters. from plea to
poster size, Tho word "reAss," however,
was so large lpa~conspIcuou as to over.
fhadow aJs~contuse the Test. The passer-
by on this street can not overlook Texas.
Inside the place looks very much like PROT.
/ Attwat<S< exhibit here In Houston only
| tbeEe>>>sfere more desks, people working
more literature and advertising matter. In
/ a prominent place stood case filed with
Handsome folders, gotten up by various or
ganizatlous IN oregon and other North.
/ western States, usually the board of trade
or the county commissioners, setting forth
1 In clear, convincing reading matter, ana
/ tAstelully arranged and beautifully eXecut-
] eu CUTS lue puIlICuldE ClSiuS Oh llht par
Llcular section, city, town or county. In
I other words, these States have furnished
n Mr.. Mckinney, for distribution, special ad.
4 vertlsing matter, dependable statistics,
facts and figures and pictures coming direct
from the people OF these localities and adj
dressed TO other people in other localities
who might intend change Of residence OF
business,
The Southern Pacific railroad is anxious
ana willing to place this kind Of advertis
ING matter In the bands of prospective
humeseekers The railroad company feels
that the matter will be reliable, that tn,
community getting up the pamphlet has II,
lNud Of its own to sell, nor any other kline
of an Ak TO grind,
In Il general way, the railroads have ad
vertised Texas and the coast country, ant
. Louisiantans until there Is now almost
landslide OF people coming South. From
the standpoint of an observer, 1t Appeare,
that the railroad people are seeking to heat
on, II possible, what looks like a boom Ii
\ Texas. Too much interest or excitement
= If you WILL makes boom and Dooms ar
bad for any country.
MIR. Mckinney spent the day In Hous
g ton. This Is what he had to say to Pos
+ reporter;
!. Whit we wnnt is special advertiser
T. matter, gotten up by the city, or the coul
|, ~, or any other organization, shown
q just what each section claims, in clmat,
In products, In residence advantages, /
business, 10 everything. We are thorough
convinced that Texas is well advertise
I'm n general way. The prospective new
" conner TO Texas Is at sea when ii comes t
= deciding which particular place to vis
~ He has SO cOnglomerated an idea OF I'll
Is greatness and yastness Of Texas that b
T. is likely TO have a headache lie usual
Il wants TO know Just what this town,
Y this county, or this section offers I'm IN
p various lines that make life worth livinj
!. or money worth getting, a city Ike Hou
~ ton for Instance, ought to have Il yer
u attractive folder, showing population
manufactures, railroads, transportation Il
elites to the sea and inland advautag,
IN education and other lines, some Of ht
Q residences should be shown, her street
i, and both exterlors and interiors of repr
sentative stores, to show the prospecti'
s. visitor Ia Chicago or Kalamazoo that Tcxi
a. is on par with other States and thu
le Houston homes and residences are not
Is far behind what he is accustomed to. Yc
* would hardly believe II, but the long hoI
e. idea--the cowboy and the Wild and wool
re West Idea about Texas Is not entirely eit
mated. Now the railroads have furnisht
and distributed hundreds Of thousands
pieces Of literature about Texas The re
estate men, who by the way, are doing
% wholesoupd and IN many eases, IN II
@. selfish work, are working wonders, bl
- they can not do Il all. IL has now con
down to this proposition with the vlsto
y What part Of Texas, and why?'
~ Mr.. Mckinney left last night for Ne
- Orleans, He will return Friday.