The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-12-13
To Be Opened in Waco
Next Fall.
Report on the Trades Display and Other
Proceedings Of the commercial Club.

The Commercial Club met at thu
r. =. A. rooms last night, and thu
members, fresh from the magnlti
cent success of last week were
chock full Of enthusiasm and gin
ger.
President higgins opened the
meeting by reading an address, IL
which he called attention to the
fact that the next meeting would be
the time for the election Of Ulcers,
and made number of suggestions
as to the proper way to proceed IN
carrying out the aims and objects OF
the club.
The report of the executive COM
mittee on the Trades Display was
read and approved, the vote of APP
proval carrying with it the thanks
of the club for the committed
faithful, efficient and successful
work.
The report showed that sufficient
money had been raised to pay all
the expenses incident to the display,
and leave balance of S3I2.9S IN
the treasury.
Col. Parrot took the floor and
made speech OF Considerable
length, which was full CT compli
ment TO the workers Of the club for
what they have already done, and
of encouragement and suggestions
for the future. He could not call
himself a commercial man he SAID,
but he was glad he could call him
self member of the Commercial
Club, for it had accomplished a
great work for Waco in drawing to
the city and making its friends peo-
pie who knew little or nothing of it
before. What had been done
showed what could be done by a
few men who were fired with en-
thusiasm. He remembered the first
meeting at which the Trades Dis.
play was proposed. 1t was 30
small and SO cold that even Presi-
dent higgins seemed discouraged.
But those who wee there went to
work, and the whole state had be-
held the result-a display that ri
vailed the visits of the Yelled
Prophet in st. Louis, and the
Mardi Gras in New Orleans. He
paid high compliment to Presi.
dent Higgins for his untiring work,
and to the press for its help in push
ing the matter along. He said the
fact had been demonstrated that
people would come to Waco to
trade if the proper inducements
were offered, and he wanted to see
some scheme adopted which would
enable Waco to offer inducements
sufficient to Justify excursions from
the sure unding towns at least
twice month. He suggested that
an agreement be gotten up among
the merchants whereby each estab
lishment would arrange for the ex-
oursion day agreed upon special
drive, at low price of some par
ticular line of goods. These bar
gains could be extensively adver.
tised and would, with low rates
given on the railroads, be the means
of drawing many people to this
city. OF course, when they come
they will not contine their trading
to these special lines, but will deal
with every body, in all lines, and
all classes of people in Waco would
be benefited. Col. Parrott moved
that committee be appointed to
visit the merchants and get them
pledged to the plan.
President higgins endorsed the
motion. He said the most valuable
thing for Waco would be large
bundle trade-the patronage of peo-
pie who would come in from the
surrounding country and go home
at night, each laden with bundle
bought in Waco, and paid for. He
considered Indianapolis the model
city of the Union, and said it had
been built up by the bundle trade.
Mr.. Nigel favored Col. Parrott's
motion. He thought there would
be no trouble in getting the mer.
chants interested in the matter, aud
that tho advoptono ,you1J ho uraot