San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-11-11
WAKING UP.
1T PAYS TO
This Conclusion Arrived At In Yes
terday's Citizen Meeting.

Pursuant to a call issued and
signed by a number of business men
of this city, a meeting was held at
the Office of Mr.. J. w. Magill, at 407
East Houston street, where some
thirty-five or forty business men had
a ssembled, Mr.. L. A. He'll called the
meeting to order. Judge Sweezy was
elected chairman and Mr.. Lorraine,
secretary. The chairman stated that
the meeting was called for the pur-
pose of advertising San Antonio
during the Galveston jubilee,
He recalled the history and
progress of Denver. saying
three and n half years ago when
he saw that city, it had not as PROM
Using prospects as San Antonio has
today. He urged upon the people the
necessity of showing the name of San
Antonio to the fore, suggesting that
a committee of good citizens meet
every northern man who is likely to
invest, as he enters or leaves the
state.
Captaid Schramm was called upon
for his views on the matter. He was
in accord with the advertising of the
city, but wanted to know upon what
basis to do the wosk. The question
presented itself to him, should San
Antonio be advertised a health resort,
the Italy Of America, or as q manu-
featuring city, and he gave as his
opinion, that we could not as truth
fully and advantageously advertise
the city as a manufacturing town, as
we could as q health resort. The
Captain argued that San Antonio
could not be made q successful man.
ufacturing town until it had q mar
ket for its goods in Mexico and Cen
trail America, for he held that we
would be unable to compete with
northern manufacturers In the coun-
try to the east of us. He then spoke
as to the great benefit that the city
would derive from the strangers who
come here to spend the winter, the
large amount of money that each one
must leave behind him.
Mr.. Chas. D~ignOwity replied to
Capt. Schramm, declaring that San
Antonio was the best point in the
South at which to build up large
manufacturing interests.
The only obstacle MI. Dignowity
saw in the way of making this q sue
cessful manufacturing centre, was
that money is a little higher in Texas
than In the north and east. He sug-
gested that a committee of seven or
eight be appointed who are to issue a
pamphlet setting forth San Antonio's
advantages.
Capt. Schramm again took the floor,
stating that neither Mr.. Dignowity
nor himself could prove or demon
strate what they had said concerning
manufactures here, He merely spoke
from what he had seer of those that
had been established In Texas, and
from what he had learned at the re-
cent convention of manufacturers
held In Atlanta, Ga. He then re-
ferred them to the latest manufacture
ing venture in the state, the bagging |
mills of Galveston, which he claimed |
had incurred a shortage of $l1 700 in
less than ten months run. "If we
make San Antonio q manufacturing |
town, we shall draw a class of people |
who will come here to earn some
money, while, If we succeed in max
ing it noted as q health resort, we
draw a class of people who come here
to spend their money literally"
Mr.. F. +. Collins stated that from
bis own experience that manufacto-
ries can be made financial successes
in this region of country. He told
how he bad started from q small shed
under q tree and now was running q
plant estimated at $3.50, 600, every
cent of which was earned out of the
business. He considered San Antonio
the best point south of the old Mason
and Dixon line to establish manufac-
There is no need of sending
our raw material to Boston and having
1t reshipped down here-whyn not con-
vert 1t into manufactured articles
here? 81 have always found that 1t
pays to advertise, and 1t pays best
advertise the very best things
we've got, which in this a are the
advantages for q manufacturing GEN.
,re."
Capt. Schramm once more replied,
that he was wholly in accord
With advertising the city as
manufacturing town, but due
should be given to
is qualities as q health resort.
he would not deny that manutsc-
ories where they grew up with q
and undertook TO supply
the immediate needs, would be
) success, but he could not truthfully
tate that San Antonio and the sur
opnding country, could make a ,
lumber oflarge manufacturing plants
n which several hundred hands
we're to be employed, financial sue