El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-04-20
TURNEY GIVES TALK
On THE CATTLE
INDUSTRY
Says Business is on a Firm
Basis-Cattlemen Are
Land Owners.

The chamber Of commerce dinnex
brought out crowd that filed the
dining room to the doors. W. W. Tur-
ney made a Is minute talk on the
cattle business as it affects Ell Paso.
He said in part:
Ten years ago the cattle business,
cattlemen and cattle paper were all
looked upon with more or less suspI-
ciOn by business men and bankers.
This is no longer true The cattle
man has become a land owner and has
his business on a sound and conserva-
tive basis. This change in his status
has changed his methods correspond
ingly. It has also changed the public's
opinion Of cattle paper Banks recog-
nize it today as A No. I security. This
being the case why does not Ell Paso
make more OF an effort to get the ad-
vantage of the vast cattle business
transacted in her territory? Why does
she allow Fort Worth, San Antonio,
Los Angeles and Kansas City 20 mo-
nOpolize the profits on this great in
dustry? In the territory that FL Paso
merchants dominate there are 100000
of cattle of an average value OF $50
a head. One-third Of these cattle are
turned into cash each year Why does
not FL Paso get the big share OF the
spending Of this yearly total OF s10.-
600. 0002 It is one OF the most import
ant questions before Ell Paso today and
a question that rests with the cham
Der Of commerce and the banks OF e
Paso for solution. Too many cattle
men. even in FL Paso county, know FL
Paso only as z good show town and
travel all the way to Fort Worth and
San Antonio to do their banking bust
.f,7 - Inv hat SIM
plies. It is Ell Paso-s fault that this
is true And It need not be true Il
Ell Paso will take steps to correct It
Compares Two Cities.
Mr. Turney compared the growth OF
FL Paso with that Of Fort Worth, the
only city in the state that grew faster
than FL PasO during the last 10 years
He attributed Fort Worth's rapid
growth to the liberal policy as to pack
ing houses and reminded his hearers
that whenever a packing house pro-
ect was discussed in FL Paso the town
boiled over in protests and petitions
to the council demanding that no pack
ing house be allowed inside the city
limits Fort Worth made no such re-
strietions and today property right
alongside the cattle pens in Fort Worth
sells for as much as per front foot as
property in the Fort Worth business
section
Emphasizes Ell Paso Advantages.
Mr.. Turney emphasized FL Paso's adj
vantages for leather and wool manu-
featuring, there being offered in each
line cheap raw material cheap fuel. ana
an abundant supply OF cheap labor
well adapted to the industry. He urged
that the chamber Of commerce make
special inquiry as TO leather working
plants, wool securing mills, and WOODEN
mills He defined his position on the
tariff question, and said this was no
longer a political question but bust
ness matter that should be settled by
a nonpartisan tariff commission He
declared the free raw material defini-
ton of congressman ". R Smith TO be
illogical and called attention % senator
Hudspeth's attitude In favor OF pro-
lection for the raw material produced
in the FL Paso congressional district
President McNary expressed the
thanks of the chamber Of commerce TO
Mr. Turney for his review OF the cat
tie situation and warned him that he
might expect TO be made chairman OF
a committee to secure packing house
for FL Paso.