El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-02-17
Fl PAsO MUST Be
FAIR WITH THE
CAPITALISTS
Attorney Says Treat Capital
Right and All Pull To
gether to Make Ell
PaSO.

Cooperation of the varied interests
Of FL Paso and the broad application Of
the narrow laws regarding investment
and development was attorney W. H
Scotts recommendation for a greater
FL Paso at the weekly chamber of
commerce luncheon today, when he
spoke on ''The Relation OF the Profess
ional Man to the Chamber Of Com
merce,"
Settles do not grow spontaneously
Mr.. Scott said. lei Paso is destined by
nature TO be a great city only in part.
When FL Paso gets the great growth
OF the future II viii not be the result
OF the geographical location alone,
These valleys and this site have been
here for centuries. Growth Will be due
10 the natural resources plus the CO.
operation Of the business men. The
lawyer is in this class in spite of some
belief TO the contrary. The more init
mate he is with the business life Of the
city the more potent he is as an agent
for progress in the community.
IAN example of this was in the
speech made by NJ. B. Parker on the I'M
fortunate condition of the mining laws
of Texas and their effect on FL Paso.
These laws are a monument to the stu
pidity of the people IN power in Texas
They are indefensible. as the state has
vast areas of barren. waste land which
might be utilized for mining develop
ment Here is where the lawyer might
cooperate with the chamber of COM
merce in working for betterment or
these conditions We are all soldiers
of the common cause and should work
together.
THE state has in the past shown
disposition to play the part of a bunco
man TO foreign capital We cannot
change these laws but we can be broad
and liberal in our Interpretation or
them l do not mean to give away
valuable franchises. But it Is a fact
that there is an apprehension that
vested rights In Texas are unsafe. This
is in part unfounded. What we must
do is TO establish the fact at home firsl
and then abroad that financial invest
ments are safe when they are lawfully
made When foreign capital comes
here, do not place fanciful and fictitious
values on property. / do not say that
this is ever done in FL Paso. but it has
been done elsewhere.
Advertise the resources of our city.
But advertising only calls attention TO
the opportunities offered here. When
the investigation which follows is
made. meet the investors with liberia.
terms. Investment will then follow.
Here are the resources for a great city
The problem is half solved when il is
demonstrated to the satisfaction OF i'm
migrant capital that FL Paso is a field
for the money. enterprise and integrity
of the country
D. NJ. Payne, who acted as chairman
of the luncheon meeting outlined the
plan for a modern hotel as adopted by
the chamber of commerce. He also
spoke of the necessity of having the
census of FL aso taken correctly in or
der that there might not be a repeti-
ton of the census reports of 1900 when
Ell Paso was given 10000 less popula
ton than it actually had.
W. P. Bowman, of the John A Roeb
ling Sons company, OF New York, was
introduced at the luncheon.
The out of the city visitors at the
luncheon were: f. H Fearans. super
intendent of the American District
Telegraph service. for Texas; A Jan
ney, Marshaaltown, Iowa; T. Burt,
Mexico; judge H. Leonard. Denver: r.
v Roebling. of New York: w. p. Bow
man. New York; F. T. Frickleton, Jop-
lin. Mo-: w ]. Spencer, New York.