El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-21
CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE
DIRECTORS MET LAST NIGHT AND
DISCUSSED MANY MATTEitS
OF INTEREST.
OF INTEREST

The Board Gets to Work in Good Shape
and is Showing a Much More Pro-
gressive Spirit than Last Year.
The board of directors of the CRAM
her of commerce held a good na-Lred
Qualification meeting last night anu dis
cussed everything.
The meeting seemed imprOmptu but
was called by Acting President Mar
tinez for the purpose of receiving and
considering the recommendations OF
the convention committee on the mat
ter of bringing the Texas Cattle Rails
ers' convention hele next year. Inc
committee had recommended that the
chamber of commerce spend several
hundred dollars in jollying up the
crowds at San Antonio but the direct
ors did not think that that was the
way to get it. After long discussion
the board passed the matter over until
another meeting to give the committee
time to consult with the carnival COM
mittee on the question of holding the
carnival and convention together.
No Law Covering Mining Exchange.
Just after the meeting was called to
order Jay Good was introduced and
stated to the board that company OF
eastern capitalists wanted to estab-
lish a mining exchange in Ell Paso but
were afraid of the Texas corporation
law. Mr.. Good recommended that the
chamber of commerce ask the Texas
legislature to SO amend the corpora
ton law so as to permit mining eX-
changes to do business in Texas. The
present law permits the incorporation
of cotton and grain exchanges put
does not refer to mining exchanges.
The board agreed to Mr.. Goods prop
osition and instructed the secretary to
draft resolutions on the subject and
forward them to Senator Turney and
Representative Bridgers.
The Mining Laws.
Judge Lew Davis was asked to ex-
plain his petition to the legislature
for a revision of the mining laws of |
Texas He had prepared lengthy doc
ument setting forth the difficulties with |
the present law and making sugges- |
tions for changes. The board thought |
that something should be done and |
referred the matter to the mining COM
mittee with power to act.
Not For Publication.
Different members expressed their
opinions freely on the matter of con-
yentions and carnivals and the best
Methods of raising funds for such
hings The opinions were varied ex-
.ept in one matter. that OF raising
unds. The speakers were opposed to
heir opinions being aired in the press
md asked that the conversations be
Eliminated from the reports.
Many of the members said that those
Who reaped the greatest benefit from
arrivals and other gatherings paid
east toward securing them and enter
aiming the people after they get here.
some thought that one big gathering
.ach year was sufficient while others
bought that one every month would
,e better.
No action was taken on these mat
ers as it was all brought up in CONVEX
;ation instead of motions. After re-
erring everything TO committees the
BOARD adjourned l.
AS to the Carnival.
Il left the meeting at the chamber
II commerce last night before the
question of changing the date for hold
ng the carnival came up" said Mr..
Vingo. this afternoon. 1.-The commit
e ehas not called upon me so far, but
'ersonally speaking, 1 am opposed to
the date. In my opinion s
farch is the worst month of the year. r
nd it would be a great mistake to
old the carnival then. We are going
o do all we can to bring the. Cattle e
mems convention here, and il they de-
ide to come to Ell Paso. it seems to T
lie that We could set forth the attrac-
ion of carnival time, and perhaps in
uce them to hold their meeting dur
lg the festival. If not, we can enter
ain them at any other time they may
ecide to come"
DIR. Stark, as chairman of the carni- l
al committee. was also seen about the v
latter, and said: n
March is an impossible month. We
ave canvaSsed the situation thor
1ghly and have come to the conclus- r
N that January is by far the best %
onth in which to hold the carnival. e,
t that time the business of the pre-
,ding year has been settled up, the n
'tton crop of eastern Texas has been
Uttered, and we are able to get the
st rates from the railroad companies
that time because we have no COM
.titors in the field. I certainly am
'rsonally opposed to changing the
ne of the carnival. We can entertain III
e cattlemen. should they select this nj
~. IN thoroughly satisfactory man
II whenever they choose to come"
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