El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-10-11
PEARSON MILLS MOVEMENT
IS GIVEN 4 new IMPETUS

Jones & Jones OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ~
Waters Davis .-..-.------.....-'. 20
Total .824,725
Meeting Enthusiastic.
The meeting was an enthusiastic one
and plans were completed Tor Wnlrl-
wind campaign TO last during the ne4l
few days, and IL is expected that within
The week the amount necessary viii
have been raised
Suggestion was made at the meeting
that everybody be allowed 70 con
tribute, Zach Cobb making q plea Tor
Ihe working man who wants TO build
up the city.
The committees are all at work to-
day and owing to the Work at lne
tuesday night meeting are meeting
with much more success. The number
OF workers is larger ana much more
territory viii be covered.
Meeting Called to Order.
James G. McNary, president OF the
chamber of commerce, called the meet
ing to order and Z. NJ. Wingo chair
man Of the finance conln1ltuee, reported
that 55 persons had been seen and 4L
had subscribed. He then read list OF
The subscriptions to date, which showed
that S2A,725 had been subscribed.
1IcNary explained that 1t was de-
sired at the meeting 20 formulate plans
for the immediate raising Of the balance
Mayor KeIIy's Remarks.
Mayor c. +. Kelly was called upon as
the first speaker and, declining 70 &C
c51py position on the platform, spoke
from the floor, saving: IT want 70 say
that in the past whenever El Easo mas
wanted anything she got H. me IuSs
expressed by some that they WOulQ
g.ve as much as their nelghbor should
be got away from. within six months
every subscriber wiz have back Wnat
he donates thrlcefOld.
The Story Of the Pearl.
Felix Martinez was then called upon
and told a story of pearl fishers who
mad found a large pearl and instead
Of working for their mutual interest
killed each other in a quarrel over VINO
should present u TO the queen or spain
"The pearl was found later and the
whole city Of Granada donated some
Thing toward purchasing It and giving
it as a present to the queen, and she IN
appreciation beautnied the city OF era
NADIA
'EI Paso is a pearl. The trouble with
rs here Is that we do not get together
us we used TO. There is way OF
snaming a man into doing MS DUTY.
This town got together in 1893 and
10 1901 Ii began to show the effects
Of cooperation The greatest thing that |
was ever done was selling real estate
on the instalment plan, for thereby
many homes which otherwise would not
have been erected, were built
1T should not be hard to raise TINS
$4,000, for the property in the vicinity
gf the mills viii be increased in value /
100000. If the Pearson people should
quit us because we did not raise the I
bonus. we would suffer from reaction 10 /
a greater extent than $2,00O,000. We
are cutting our nose to spite our race
IF the bankers got together five /
years ago to raise 100000 they could I
have done IL much more easily than I
the committee has raised $4,000 this I
time. The Pearson inititutiOn IS worth I
100 times more than we give We I
should get to work at once and secure 4
the money"
w. W. Turney Talks,
y. ". Turney said: once ] headed /
a committee that raised $1,000 to en-
certain some c0Wmeu. They left quar- /
ter of million in Fl Paso. Everybody /
wants the mills, but many Of you want I
the other fellow 10 pay for them.
we have made the boast that since /
the census, El PasO has sWiped every |
thing in the southwest outside Of Dali I
las and Oklahoma City.
ut has gone all over the country |
that Dr.. Pearson has been invited to I
build his mills here, and IL has gone /
1rCm New York to San Francisco that I
we would subscribe SO 600 to get them. 1
row it looks as though It would go |
failed TO raise the money.
FL PasO Should show Them.
Little PecOs City, inhabited by people 4
such as We used TO be, last year during /
its worst drouth, raised 100000 to /
build a 80 mile railroad and even the I
school children went out into the /
streets and raised the last $1,000 or /
$4,000 in uickels. Del Rio did the same
thing and IL IS a city about the size /
of PecOs. FL PasO is many times larger |
and El PasO should show them.
since we spent a little sum to get /
the military post established out at /
Fort Bliss we have done nothing to
bring new Industries here. I say the I
money VIII be raised; the integrity Of /
Che city IS at stake and win be up
Tn. Tn4erpe+a1 O,.~
Richard Burgess was the next speak |
er and he said. There is q class of Z
men who are particularly interested I'm [
bringing the mills here. The property
owner Of business property who is in Z
interested IT. the Increase Of population,
Tor that is where the value OF property
begins and ends.
But these men have not done what
they should have. on san Antoine
street, between FL PasO and Oregon I
streets, there are 10 property owners
ard only five OF them have subscribed. I
Between Oregon street and Mesa ave-
tate and only two Of them have sub
scribed. Between Mesa avenue and
Stanton street there are eight property
owners and only one has so tar sub
Ecribed, though i may be mistaken in
this latter possibly there We're two I
This IS a fair illustration Of what has
been done.
Il cannot analyze the subscriptions !
un san Antonio street or any other I
street but the Pearson mills win in I
al human probability employ not less l
tran 500 men. Computed by the gen
orally accepted standard, that means Z
IN increase Of 25O0 persons in pOpula- /
ton Every merchant viii profit BY 4
this
Some have suggested that the Pear 4
son mills VIII come anyway. i am a ]
great respectOr Of public opinion and /
] believe that IL the committee would /
publish daily q list Of those who sub
scribe and those who refuse we would 4
get some good suggestions and some /
subscriptions
Slight GO Elsewhere.
II had some doubt in the beginning
n DR.. Pearson would come for $500 /
or $3.50 600. FL Paso is not an illogical /