San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-14
WHAT SAN ANTONIO NEEDS

San Antonio is in want of many
things out of which a larger measure
of prosperity than she now enjoys
I'd flow into all the channels oi
her life. Among these wants, per-
haps underlying them all, is the need
of a live, progressive, aggressive
thoroughly organized board of trade,
chamber of commerce, improvement
committee, manufacturers guild, or
some agency, no matter by what
name called, to make potent her
forces Tor the development of all her
material resources. San Antonio has
as many live business men as any city
of her size in the country. She has
more natural advantages than any
CITY of her size in the south. She
offers more certain and
larger return for judicious invest
ments in industrial enterprises
than any city OF her class, and
vet none OF her advantages are
adequately placed before the country,
and enterprises that would return
generous remuneration for capital
and brains invested are permitted to
fipd encouragement elsewhere be-
cause no organized effort is made by
our citizens to consolidate their forces
and compel results.
This city should have some organ
ization including within It's member
ship at least one hundred of her best
citizens. Men of the most brains,
best and modern ideas of business,
men of some capital also, and every
one of them interested in bringing to
this city such industries as their COM
bined wisdom and business saga
city should deem best and most
likely to succeed. Some such organi-
cation is needed. Its first work would
be to constitute its commttees-on
advertising, correspondence, solicita-
ton, manufactures, etc. When
thoroughly organized it would ne
cessarily create a working fund out of
which aid in the way of stock sub
scriptiOns would be extended to all
manufacturing enterprises receiving
the endorsement of the association.
Out of such an organization would
come confidence. The confidence of
capital to invest III such enterprises
as the association should recommend;
the confidence of manufacturers to
respond to the openings made for
them by the efforts of this association,
and the confidence of the citizens OF
San Antonio to subscribe literally
towards a fund having for its purpose
the investment of a certain per cent
thereof in such manufacturing enter
prises as might desire it, the
same being approved by the associa-
| ton or its board OF control. Cores
pOndence would necessarily be opened
with the manufacturing districts; a
strict watch would be keptupOn man
ufacturing plants burned out or sus-
pended for any cause, and the atten-
| ton of manufacturers whose business
had been thus interrupted turned
toward this city a. place for pros
pective investment.
Such an association wisely conduct
ell would prevent all jealOusies among
the workers of schemes tor manuf2C
turing, give an equal chance for al t
interest themselves in manufacturing
Industries, and give standing anC
character to every enterprise tina
should secure its approval and en-
dOrsement. Only certain per cen
of the capital stock subscribed would
be called for as each industry wa
planted, and there would be all tn
difference between bonus from
which no direct returns would eve
, come, and a stock subscription upOl
: which dividends would surely b
paid if the enterprise proved a sue
, cess.
Such an association would adj
thousands of good laborers to GU
3 population within few years be
' yond what our present condition c
t increase is likely to supply. Fo
these homes would be sought, AN
our real estate market would fee
g the beneficial effects. These thouE
. ands would need food, clothing an