El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-02-04
COTTON MILL
FOR EL PASO
POSSIBLE
Josephus Boggs Thinks Ell
Paso an Ideal Location for
a Large Factory.
RATES TO Ell
PASO ARE GOOD

A combination of cheap Mexican Ia
Dor, low rates on raw material and the
proximity to oriental and Mexican mar
kets makes Ell Paso an ideal location
for a million dollar cotton mill These
facts are undisputable and nave been
facts for years. But it took shrewd
South CaroIinian VINO had lived in FL
PasO less than five years 10 discover
this great economic principle and act
upon it. Although a native Of South
Carolina, his name sounds invltlngiy
Yankee. He is Josephus Boggs and
he is in the real estate, brokerage ana
promotion business in the Morgan
building.
Migration of Mills
Hearing of the migration of the New
England cotton mills TO the south
where the raw product would not nave
to be hauled half way across the con-
tinent, Boggs began study OF local
FL Paso conditions He has been col
lecting data for months relative TO the
operation of a cotton mill here. the sale
of the finished product, and the supply
of raw cotton. He now has this in
shape to present to eastern capitalists
who have large interests in the cotton
mills that are migrating southwark II
is his belief that million dollar mill,
employing 5000 hands, and with a
monthly payroll of 100000 could be
located in FL PasO and be made to pay a
big return on the original investment
He has the data to back up his state
ment
The Rates on Cotton
The rates on raw cotton from east
Texas common points to Ell Paso would
be no greater, he says, than from the
same east Texas common points 10 Gal
weston, from where it is reshipped TO
the New England states for milling
and manufacture into cotton goods at
profit. If that can be done, it can be
done in Ell PasO, is his belief Cotton
is also raised in quantities in west
Texas and also in New Mexico, especi-
ally around Tucumccari. This could be
miiIed in transit as the wheat of the
Globe mills is milled in transit. The
finished product, consisting of cotton
cloth. for which there is a great de-
mand in the southwest and Mexicco,
cloth goods, yarns and cotton hosiery
could be sold in this district, shipped
TO Mexico and sent 10 the orient on
long haul rate from here to San Fran
cisco and thence by water
Could Get Mexican Labor.
Because of the fact that Mexican
labor, mostly women and children,
would be largely used in the big mill.
Boggs says that ar equitable reduction
on the tariff could be arranged with
Mexico in order to furnish employment
TO a large number of MexicanS who
would come to FL Paso and also 10 have
a constant source OF supply for the
cotton cloth which is consumed in such
quantities in the republic. The Ami
stad cotton mills at Gomez PalaciO are
preparing to start on March first in
order to supply part Of this demand
for cloth and cotton goods. This mill
is being financed by the BancO MI
nero. of Chihuahua, which was a large
creditor of the former owners of the
mills and governor Enrique CreeI is
at the head of the company which has
taken over the Amistad mills AMI will
operate them.
Corresponding With Big Concerns.
Mr.. Boggs is in correspondence with
a number of the large concerns Operat-
ing cotton mills IN the New England
states. He says a $1,000. 600 plant, en-
ploying 5000 hands, with a payroll of
100000. could be obtained without great