El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-02-06
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II see that number of cities iu the
state are organizing Home Industrial
Clubs, > said citizen TO Round About
last night. Now, why wouldn't it be
good idea for FL Paso to organize
one? The policy of those Home Indus
trial clubs is to support home industry
and encourage new Industries to locate
| in the section where they exist. One
of the great objects of those clubs is to
induce factories to come to those cities.
Factories of any kind are the greatest
builders up of towns that there are;
they furnish employment to large
number of hands, and these in turn
spend all their wages in the town where
| they earn it. 1t is not the rich classes
| that keep up the towns or cities but the
laboring people. y laborer don't Or
der his shoes from st. Louis, his pants
in Philadelphia or his neck ties in
Paris. He goes right to the city deal
era person who pays rents, taxes and
employs labor in his town and there
makes his purchases. One great fault
with the people of Ell Paso is that they
never pull together. Another Is that
if anyone starts a new industry here
he receives no encourag ement until he
makes it a success. This is all wrong.
Every new business that is started in FL
Paso should receive the encouragement
OF every citizen, from its infancy. AT
first it might employ only one hand,
nut if it receives proper local encOur-
agement and support it might grow to
employ hundreds or thousands. Thus
the foundation for large city is laid.
The Home Industrial clubs are organic
ed for this spurpose::
81 would like to see that bill pass the
legislature that compells the state Of
ticers au1 the different departments of
the government to have all their print
inc done within the bounds of the
STATE" said an eX-cOunty official to
Round About, last night. Il would
so like to see the rule applied in local
affairs. 1t is not just and right that all
the amount Of money that is spent an
uually by the state, county and city
The state, while it can be done within
the states bounds and by men who
nave invested thousands OF dollars and
abored for b alf life time to build up
L business in this state. AS it Is in
state affairs SO IL is IN county and city
FL PasO printers can do just as good
work as the printers OF St. Louis
if they get chance BY encouraging
them they could soon build up bust
ness here that would enable them to do
work. Just as cheap as it could be done
in ST Louis and then this would draw
work sfrom the surrounding country,
causing them to employ more help and
pay better wages. This money would
oil be spent in E PasO, whereas by the
plan now pursued the money is all
sent away and no benefit is derived
from it here-neither by taxation to
the state or otherwise. The truth of
tn matter is that some of the county |
off .ers are allowed percentage for or |
dering the :printng from certain St. |
Louis house and this is the great secret |
of their getting so much of the work. |
| DO not know whether there is any law |
covering the matter or not, but if there |
Is none, one should be passed to prevent !
county officers from receiving percent
age for work going through their |
hands for which the county has to pay.
This would soon stop so muc1 work |
going away from home and home peo-
pie would get the work that is now
printing house in Ell Paso gets the
work, just so it is kept at home. Ell
PasOans will derive the benefits, no
matter who does the work. because
printers have to eat, drink and wear
clothes just like anybody else"
81 must dIssgr with the ways and
means committe on some Of the prOpOs-
ed schedules of the tart IT, said re-
publican yesterday. Il see they pro-
pose to put an import duty on cattle
10 not really believe that ma jority of
,he western cattle men want the duty
placed at $40 per head as proposed b.
he committee. Last year about 200, 900
lead of cattle were imported from Mex
co! some of these cattle were no 0uubt