El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-11
Industrial and
Commercial.

| The citizens of Rusk, Tex, are NOV
ing to secure q cotton mill for that cit
! and are Offering liberal inducement
| to capitalists who will agree to bull'
one in one years time.-DenisOn Her
aid.
1t is estimated that the truck gar
| deners of the state lost in the neigh
borhood of million dollars by th'
blizzard last month. Most Of it fel
some it meant loss of their all
Denison Herald.
Fort Worth is to have one of the
finest union depots in the state. The
contract for lis erection has beer
That city and the travelling public arc
to be congratulated upon this good
fortune. No city in the state is more
sadly in need of g structure of this sort
than Fort Worth.-Weatherfo Re
public.
Stock was subscribed to the amour,
of $15 900 for the erection and opera
ton of an iron foundry at Rusk, Tex,
Mr.. Kavanaugh, late general manager
of the state foundry, and Capt. Nat M.
Harrison, late assistant financial agent,
are the promoters, andsthey are aided by
five or six of the leading citizens With
iron and fuel on the ground, SIS ZOO is
equal to $40, 900 at more distant points
supplies. Rusk is on q rise, and that
no error.-Dallas News,
During this week there has been
more corn planted in Washington
county than was ever before put in the
ground in one week. Mr.. A. w. Wat
hI,r Of h
stated to the reporter that the planting
of corn has been progressing in his
vicinity, and that there will be very
little cotton grown in his neig hbOrhOod
this year. He has put in corn, and so
have his tenants. A great deal of corn
was raised 10 this county last year, and
it was found more profitable than the s.
cent cotton which was raised.-Bren-
ham Banner.
There is every probably that Eddy
will soon have another factory on its
list. The tannic extract factory peo-
pie of Deming have been corresponding
with Eddy parties with view to re-
moving that plant to this city. It has
been conclusively shown that canaigre
can be successfully cultivated here
ample amount of the wild tuber il
this vicinity to keep the factory run
ming until q crop can be planted and
harvested. The factory has used up
all the wild products about Deming
and owing to scarcity of irrigation
water it cannot be cultivated to ad-
in that neighborhoo The
Pecos valley offers every advantage to
such plant and will doubtless
secure it.-Eddy Argus.
Charles Freder Barclay and
James Orlando Brook bank. of the state
IF Pennsylvania, and John Washington
Brooks, of the territory of New Mex
co. have organized the Sinnsmaboning
iold q Copper Mining company and
lied articles of incorporation in the of.
ice of the territorial secretary. The
objects for which the corporation is
Ormed are TO engage in and carry on |
he business of mining, milling and |
capital stock 81, 900, O0O;principal place |
# business located at the town of |
iillsbOrO, n. NJ, and John Washing |
On Brooks is appointed the legal re- |
resentative of com pany in the terrific
y.-Santa Fe New Mexican.
Major 5. F. Kirksey, of Waco. who
essful manufacturer of wool=n text
es, says the growth of the sheep iu-
ere5ts in central Texas Is slow, Ask
4 to state the cause, he said the hook |
got by the removal of the tariff IN
er the democrat administration has
ut yet been overcome. The protect
IA given wool under the act now 60
erning is slowly working out the pro-
EN- and Major kirksey expects to see
'eep plentiful in the distant flu
re as was the case in 1888.
no pn 70 i !
l mills. In order to still fur her
ster the industry Major Kirksey fay ,
. the enactment of a law mpelling
othmekers mixing cotton with wool
state on the label attached to the bolt
goods the exact proportion of cotton
I'd wool. Processes are now employ
!, Major kirksey says, by which pur-
asers, other than the very best ,
dyes, get considerable percentage
cotton when they bargain and pay
r all-wool cloth Selling cotton for
Dol, Major kirksey argues, rOb5 wool :
its market and depresses the price
that staple. This is one cause, he
ys, of the slow progress made in re-
'cking the sheep RESPONSIBILITIES
swS.
The bill introduced in the senate by
On. 81. G. Bursum on February 8,
own as =. Is. No. 81, passed by both
uses and received.the approval of the
vernon February 16, reads as follows:
it enacted by the legislative as
n bly, of the territory of New Mexico.
ction l. That all tanning extract
;tories and tanning factories here
er constructed in the territory
New Mexico. together
tn all machinery and fix
'es appertaining thereto and used
erein, including real estate not ex-
eding 20 acres for each factory and
on'which such factory is constructed,