The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-07
Held Last Night by the
Commercial Club.
More Enthusiasm iOr the Cotton Palace
Which Will Be Built.

the representive business men OF
Waco at the T L. A. rooms when
President higgins called the Com
mercial club to order.
Mr.. higgins said the matter Of
building the Cotton Palace had al
ready been settled the club having
decided that it should be built, the
questions nov to be settled are how
shall it be done? how shall We raise
the money? He read extracts from
several letters written by gent emen
who are familiar with sach enter
prises as it is proposed the Cotton
Palace shall be.
MIR. higgins explained that Judge
Clark was 100 i'll 20 attend and
make the address expected of him
Col. John G. Winter, being
called upon, made a few remark
endorsing the palace idea az being
. good thing for Waco, though he
pleaded lack OF any very wide range
of knowledge upon the subject
Judge Winter said while he could
form no very adequate idea of how
particular stockholders would be
reimbursed by the business done by
the palace, buL he felt certain that
the city could be very largely bsne-
fitted, aud it could not be denied
that what swelled the general fund
of money in city helped each in.
diyidual business. He said Waco
needed advertising, and spoke of
the good the efforts of the natator-
ium managers had done. Other
toens-Houstop, Dallas, Galveston
and San Antonio--were well known
Of Waco large majority of the
people OF the country are ignorant.
Waco needs and should have the
Cotton Palace.
Mr.. James B Baker said he ex.
pected to spend the remainder of
his days in Waco, and was ready to
do anything in his power to adj
vance her interests. The patriotic
citizen was the man who was ready
to 90 down in his pocket and put up
his money TO help his community.
If all the business men in Waco
would act together the amount each
would have to do would be surpris
ingly small. The trouble ia there
are men who reap most of the re-
ward while others do all the work
and spend all the money. If we
are to make money we must spend |
money. If Waco people will stick
together and work together her 10.
cation will make her the best and
biggest city in Texas. Times are
hard and money is close; but we
propose to make money easier here
BY spending little money. If we
build this Cotton Palace all the
cereals and ali other products of
me state will be exhibited there.
and the exhibition will be beyond
what could be made in any other
state In the union. People in other
states still have an erroneous idea
II Texas we want such things as
he Cotton Palace to bring these
people here that they may learn
better.
DR.. j. b. Cranfill was called up,
md made very practical talk fall
If humorous illustrations. He SAID
most OF the information he bad upon
he Cotton Palace had been gained
1t this meeting. He thought the
'est way 10 succeed in business was
o get something good and then let
he people know it. Waco has the
merit, now We must proceed 10 let
he people of the world know ii
The 2 itficulty is that the people of
" AGO depend too much on the nat.
-ra. advantages of the city. He
poke OF Bob Burdette, Gen. Nor.
IAN and other distinguished men
'ho have been here recently and
'ho expressed great surprise at the
plendld city ana the great elements
success; they found here. Let us
dvertise Waco; let us build this
lotion Palace, and we will brine
eople here from AL over the coun'
~ 10 learn what We have here.
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