San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-11-26
THE TOWN MUST GROW.
A ROUSlNG MEETING AT THE
GRAND LAST NIGHT.
The Report of Committee Adopted
A Solid Start On to
LlanO

the Grand has never held q more
solid, earnest or business like crowd
than it contained last night in the
citizens mass meeting for the devel-
opment Of the town.
The meeting was promptly
called to order by Captain
Schramm at O'clock. He stated the
object of the meeting, to discuss the
ways and means of advertising San
Antonio to its best advantage, and to
act upon the report of the committee
that had been selected to that end
and called upon Mr.. Messmer, as the
chairman of the committee, to read its
report.
After the reading of the report the
chairman stated that before a vote
should be be taken upon this matter,
he thought it were we'll to hear a few
remarks upon the subject, and Mr..
Thomas Franklin was called upon for
speech.
Mr.. Franklin responded to the call
in a few well chosen remarks, saying
that he understood the purpose, of
this meeting to be for organizing to-
wards promoting the general inter-
ests of the city. To do this it is nee
essary to advertise the general re-
sources of the country. The first
question would be, what about your
health? We could show eli
mate that permits us to live with
open doors while the northern farmer
sits around his brisk fire. Our people
are baskiug in the sunshine of health
while the people of the icy northwest
are stricken with pneumonia.
What are our educational facilities
would be asked next? We could point
to our great local and state school sys-
TENS, to our princely school fund.
A third question would be, how are
your laws enforced? And we could
point with pride to the fact that our
laws today are as we'll enforced as
those of any state in the Union.
What are you doing in the way of
improvements? would be asked. We
can point to the streets we have
opened, to the bridges we have built,
and to the parks that have been
laid out. Then there are our special
inducements, our agricultural pro-
ducts.
We know of these things, and know
that an investment in manufactures
will bring return, but the outsiders,
those who are expected to do the In
vesting, are not aware of our resour-
ces, hence 1t Is that we should or
ganize for the advertisement of the
same. He urged upon the meeting
the advert Using of no single interest,
but to advertise the interests in gen.
eral. He suggested that the orgaui-
cation that it was proposed to organ
iZe, should not wrangle or bricker
with like organizations, but work IN
harmony with them aud the benefits
of the same would increase in conse-
quence. :,
Judge Sweezy was the next called
upon. He mounted the stage, making
some good suggestions and relating
his past experience with Denver and
other booming western towns.
The report of the committee, he
said, embodied o great amount OF
good common sense and business-like
suggestions. The question of how and
what to advertise would be left 70
the directors of the organization.
There were plenty of advantages to
advertise. "The people in the north
and east have some money stored
away that they would like to in
vest" he concluded, thence we should
do some advertising and do it through
board of live, wide-awake men who
should he given unlimited authority
then let Ter go Gallagher
Mr.. w. s. Messmer, of the LIGHT,
as chairman of the committee that
had presented its report, was called
upon to speak in behalf of the COM
mittee and represent its views as de-
veloped in its discussions.
In substance he said that 1t was not
the intention of the committee to
recommend booming the city. De-
velopment of resources and the ad-
vertising of natural advantages Of
climate, soil, production and CONNER
clal position were the things re-
quired. Advertising would only
excite inquiry and bring to
this city for the examination Of our
resources such persons as advertis.
ing. had stimulated to inquiry. If
such examination revealed, as we be.
lieved 1t would, that this city could
offer superior advantages to any of its
rivals, large investments and great
returns to this city would follow.
In the opinion of the committee,
the organization of an Exchange was
desirable. This Exchange should be
of q general character, in which ex-
changes of cotton, wool, grain, hides,
stock, real estate, merchandise, pro-
duce, etc., could be made. This Ex-
change should be self-supporting after
the first year, made so by small as
sessment upon it's transactions.
Referring to our natural advantages
and the necessity of making them
known at home and abroad, Mr..
Messmer said that it was the opinion