El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-02-06

sold and slaughtered, but most of them
are now on the western ranges where
II eY are growing and fattening and
may be sold this year The large i'm
portation of cattle last year was for the
purpose of restocking depleted range
and most OF the cattle came from Anne T.
lean rasers in Mexico who live in this
country, but range their cattle in Mex
leo. | am not only opposed to the com
mittees acts on the above sta ed grounds,
but [ am opposed to them Tor making
Mexico the first foreign country to put
up the barrier against"
"There is another act of the commit
tees on the same subject" said the same
party, land that is the proposed in
crease of duty on fruits This is in
tended to help out the California Or
ange growers and [ don't think it is
needed. Mexican oranges do not come
in direct competition with the CalifOr-
MIA orange, as the Mexican orange is
all marketed by the time the Callfor-
MIA orange comes on, while the Florida
orange is all marketed before the first
shipment of Mexican oranges The
Mex can orange does not keep long,
hence they are all consumed before the
California orange comes in. Last sea-
son an Ell Paso house kept a buyer in
and many carloads were shipped to Ell
Pdso and from here distributed
throughout the country
There is one point, however, that l
do agree with the committee on" said
the same party. land that is the pre-
posed increase in duty Oh chicOry. | do
not know what use chicorv is put to un-
less it is to adulterate coffee, and if we
are to have our coffee adulterated by
all means let it be done with an Amer
lean product. This will in a slight de-
gree Offset the export duty the Mexi-
can government places on coffee which
necessarily keeps the price of that pro-
duct up.
The same old story about Mike
Brannigan and the first hack, is re-
produced in the HERALD as coming
from the San Francisco Examiner III
the Examiner said it this wear then
1t simpy fills up on what it said two
years ago.-Times. Oh, come Off
If the Examiner does this only once in
two years, it is certainly an improve
ment over the tactics of the Times
which publishes dead plate matter
until you can't rest. 'EI PasO's beau
tiful climate" and what the doctors
say" are all right for one dose, but
when 1t is paraded like a thing of
beauty and JOY forever before the local
gaze. day in and day out. the same Old
plate matter does get just trifle stale
In the course of few months. People
who live in glass houses should not
let the Examiner alone,
"The city Office holders and their
G a % q
the effort Of the citizens to abolish Ger
tain offices for economies sake" said a
citizen this morning. Last night
the proposition was sprung in the city
council, but WAS laid away by motion !
to adjourn. However, the matter will |
not stop there as the people have u
right to petition the legislature for an |!
amendment to the charter and they |
will do it themselves if the council |
does not act on the matter. The resolu- |
ton as presented to the couucil last |
night was just what the people want |
aud what they Will have soon
er or later. [ believe that I'll
those who hold Office are opposed to the /
cutting off of the Office of recorder and
engineer. Why, | do not know, unless
t is because they have formed a trust
IF office holders and think thy have
full sway to act as they please in such
matters as affect the cutting down Of
the salaried Offices If the matter is
Investigated it will be found that those J.
who are in favor of cutting down the
offices and reducing the cities expenses
IRE men who are not cand dates for
my office and never expect to be. They
ire men who pay taxes to the city and
would not accept office, because they can
10 better in private business, | am
lot opposed to office holders and have
lothing against them. but [ am opposed
o them forming an Office holders trust
nd fighting every move of that the tax
ayers make towards economy in the
tiles affairs"
a reporter of the HERALD called on