El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-09
The Subject Of a Conference
Between Citizens and
Mr.. Sheppard.
HE Will INVESTIGATE
But 81 Paso Will Have 10
Look To Factories For
Permanent Pros.
perity.

! Yesterday at four O'Clock numbe
OF citizens had the PIE asure of meeting
at the chamber Of commerce A D
Shephard, general freigh ght agent of the
| Pacific system o: the Southern PEctfic.
| Matters of freight rates were Informal.
| ly discussed aad Mr. Sheppard promis-
| ed to look into the various alleeatlors
OF discrimination ss soon as he got
! back to San Francisco.
The merchants present showed Mr..
Sheppard that what they mos. desi-cd
was favorable jobbipg rate to noints
west, especially in Ariz1pa. Il ~as
brought out that Albuquerque rate
to Demipg is lower than e. Paso's rate,
thss 1t is chesper to ship TO LORDS burg
via Albuque, than via e. Psso
(tbas is, reshipptng), that Tucson has
advantages by REASON OF the j. ut rate
to Guaymas, and that it is cheaper in
some instance to ship from Chicago TO
chihuahua. by thirty percsrt, than
from Chicago TO Ell Paso.
All these statements were carefully
noted down by MIR. Sheppard, a,d
while he would not promise any batter
ing o: conditions he admitted that the
matter had never been brought before
him, and that he would give it his
Immediate attention.
The merchants and johbers
naturally wanted 10 get come as.
surance that Ell Paso would
in the near future be inside
distributing point with we'll daft ed
territory, in which our outgoing rates
would enable our merchants TO compete
with outside concerns, especially these
in the big eastern cities. Mr. Sheppard
could give no such assurance. In fact
the trend OF his remarks was ra sher in-
clined to discourage those who are
hoping 'nr Great increase in Ei paso's
jnobjng trhde T. the west.
Mr.. Sheppard st>ssd distinctly that
when Ell Paso became a manufacturing
city the Southern Pacific would give
her every opportun ty to at her own
products OFT of the city into the sur
rounding markets. But he remarked
that jobbing business would never
make great city or permanent pros.
PCAAoyS oHo hO SOulu uOb give
encouragement 10 that direction
Mr. Sheppard hSJ considerable TO
say abous the possibilities of e. :'aso
"a manufacturing oenter. He could
see no reason, be said. why FL Paso
shout not within q few years become
great producing point. he could
rem en- ber when 90 le of our aiding
N manufacturing concerns were -;arsed,
aud there were those then who scoffsd
at the Idea of mauuf securing auythine
In Ri Paso. But time had denonstrat-
ed tha. ce- tsin things could be man
ufactured here successfully, and there
is no reason why with ali our resources
We should not Ia time be able 9, oom-
pete with Denver, New O-lesna. Kan
sas City, and ST. Louis, We h.ving the
advantage Of the shorter d stance and
the cheaper labor.
About Us lie iron, coal, lime. timber,
and every mineral on Gods earth.
Hides and cotton, wool aud mohair,
soft woods and hard woods-we have
all in the way of natural resources
hat goes to make up gress CITY.
great problems of the cham Der of
build up the mauuiac-
turing Industries. This is Of ss much
Importance to the meroha.t and the
j jobber as 1t is to the low who has
his money IN the factory. L. is what
makes the city out of the town. 1t is
what will force the railroads to make
favorable freighs rates.
Mr.. Sheppard was particularly era-
tilted that Ell Paso In planning her
mineral exhibit bss gore ouside of her
owo immediate vicinity sod had real
re that the interesss Of bha whole
southwest fGr five hundred mics
T. nd L.