El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-03-23
TELLS BUSINESS MEN TO QUIT SOFT
PEOAu|NG ABOUT THE REVOLUTION
Says the Newspaper Truths
Have Not Hurt Business
in Ell Paso-J. w. Carter
Talks to Lunchers.

"It has been said that the Ell Paso
| newspapers have done US damage in
Mexico I do not agree with this
..The prejudices against Ell Paso busl-
ness houses antedated the present rev
olution.
Il think the newspapers nave Oeen
loyal and true.
s.The time has come when we should
omit soft pedaling about the revolu-
ton.
Eel Paso is in a position to tell the
world of the futility of hoping for an
adjustment OF things under the present
conditions Tin Mexico).
Our government is responsible Tor
the peace and security of the countries
to the south and the time has come
when it does not shirk the RESPONSE
bility and is proving it.
These were some of J. w Carriers
epieramatic sentences in his talk TO
the business men at their luncheon
Thursday. on the true conditions IN
Mexico. In plain, business logic, MI.
Carter, who has spent many years IN
the republic, told the Ell Paso business
men the exact condition of trade at
fairs in Mexico as he saw them ana
how they could be remedied.
Ell PaxO should Control Trade.
Il have been met with the statement
in Mexico" he said, that Mexican mer-
chants did not want goods from ii
Paso because the prices were not right,
the deliveries were not made promptly,
OF orders were substituted Instead
of five percent of the Mexican trade
coming TO FL Paso, 95 percent should
go through our port We need sales
men in Mexico who understand cOnd1-
tions. 1t is the rarest thing to find sales
men in Mexico selling Ell Paso goods.
yet FL Paso is located to control the
most of this trade. Ell Paso is in better
position to control this trade because
the FL Paso houses do not have TO pay
the duty until the goods are sold. Yet
Mexican houses sell their goods in Ell
Paso's territory in spite of this handi-
cap.
Prices should BE Made Right.
IF our prices are nigh, we should
shave them We should look into these
complaints and see if they are just
We should see that the deliveries are
prompt and we should study trade con-
ditions and meet them. II has. been
said that the FL Paso newspapers have
done us damage in Mexico. It has
been said by some that the newspapers
have done the town more harm than
the revolution 1 do not agree with
this statement When business is bad
we should not look to the newspapers,
but to ourselves, to lay the blame
where it belongs The prejudice in
Mexico antedated the revolution. While
we are suffering from the revolution
in the retail trade, the railroads and
other lines, what we want is the big
trade that We have not had. There is
a reason for this prejudice and we
should find il out and correct il. 1
think that the newspapers have been
loyal even to the point of absurdity.
We have no complaint to make against
them. They are loyal and true.
Quit Soft Pedaling.
1.-The time has come when we should
quit soft pedaling about this revolu-
ton We do not want to hide any
thing Let the world know how bad
conditions are down there. Ell Paso
is in a position to tell the world of
the futility Of hoping for an ADJUST
ment of things under the present con-
ditions. The sooner the world under
stands that there is no chance Of a
settlement, the sooner conditions will
become normal and business will be re-
established. The end Of the present
revolution is not far off. because our
government is responsible for the |
peace and security OF the countries to |
the south and the time has come |
thank God-when our government !
does not shrink from the responsible |
ty and is proving it today" (Applause). !
John A. Miller of Pittsburg and |
Louis n. Raphael of Houston. both |
members of the firm of Miller & Sons, |
who are financing the new hotel, were |
present at the luncheon and were in /
troduced. c. J. Blanchard, statistician |
of the rec1ama ton service. was present |
and gave a brief talk. c. Alexander. |
of Paris. Mo-, fatherinlaw of L. A. |
Shedd, was also present.