El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-13
TURNKEY REPLIES
TO RIGABY'S TALK
Resents Having a Stranger
Tell FL PaSOanS How
to Do Things.

W W Turney replied TO Sanford b.
Ricaby's criticism Of FL Paso business
men Thursday at the chamber of com
merce luncheon. Last Thursday Ri
caby, who was under contract to raise
$4,000 for a budget fund, denounced
the business men as the "deadest
bunch of business men" he had ever
seen in his life. Mr.. Turney replied
by referring to Ricaby as the bank
ruptcy receiver OF the old board OF Gi-
rectors and said the anUagonism TO
the budget fund was not to the rails
ing of the fund. but to the fact that
the old board had allowed stranger
to say howgtO raise and spend its
The last chamber Of commerce board
had grown disheartened and discOur-
aged, so much so that il placed itself
in the hands of receiver IN voluntary
bankruptcy Mr. Iurney said Il am
glad to see that Mr.. Ricaby has re-
signed and gone where the picking
is easier than il was in FL Paso.
The people of FL PasO were not antaS-
Onistic to the plan for securing the
working out Of an advertising plan
for the city. Ny criticism is not Of
the plan, but goes back TO the idea
that a stranger should elect himself
to say how We manage our affairs
would not have given Ar. RlcaOy one
institution Of which / am member, q
81 to the Ricaby fund We don't need
receivers for the chamber of commerce
(applaUse)-
No Excuse For Refusing Now.
IF anyone refused to contribute to
the fund because Of Ricaby I have 10
criticism Of him If anyone refuses
now. ne is not that good citizen that
1 believe all here TO be Let's pre-
vide sufficient funds to take our place
second to no city in the southwest
The FL PasO chamber OF commerce.
cannot shift the responsibility. II II
fails. now it viii disappOint every man
who contributes to this fund The re-
spOnsibility cannot be shifted TO the
other organizations 1t cannot De
shifted to the medical society, tae
WOman's club the Young Mems Demo
cratic club. the FL PasO Morning Times,
not that the Times would not be VIII
ling, but it has its hands full trying
to keep MaderO in his place as preSi-
dent Of Mexico and to finish John
CamerOn's great packing plant llaJg-
teri. 1t cannot be shifted to The FL
PasO Herald, for 1t is too busy trying
to beat VIII Browns night passenger
train to Las Cruces with its automobile
Il saw the proposal for general tax
alton for the support OF the OrSanlza-
ton. The responsibility cannot De Snl1I-
ed in that way. The people who get the
greatest benefits from the expenditure
of this money are the people In the
business district who subscribe to It.
There is no risk in giving your money
/ would trust the directors with what
money I have for them 10 eXpend as
they saw fit. Let US have common
understanding not to oppose the raising
Of the money for this fund since EIcaDy
has left town, and we have got out of
the hands Of a foreign receiver 1t IS
the time TO depend upon ourselves We
are not torn into factions, as was San
Antonio We stand as a people with one
purpose and that is TO do what we can
to make FL PasO a better place by
bringing conventions and factories and
institutions here We got the Cattle
Raisers' association Of Texas to come
back here this year because we treated
them so fine nine years ago
i would not hesitate to say that the
men in this room can march on Mexico
City and liberate the Americans and
foreigners there who are lodging from
pillar TO post TO escape the bullets
without protection from either side If
this is true, why can't We do what FL
PasO wants done and raise a few thou
sands. Get together, make up our minds
not to allow FL PasO to lag behind, but
TO go in advance of any city in the
southwest We did il before the cham
Der of commerce was organized and
We have done il at all times, except in
this spell Of dependency. Let's get
together and not let FL PasO be a big
city after we are dead.
Directors Have Big Task.
Sixty days after peace has been re
stored in Mexico and we can get lum-
Der for our mills at the Pearson plant
there will be 1900 men at work in the
FL PasO plant with an average payroll
of S2.25 per man
The nine directors Of the chamber I
of commerce have a great responsibility Z
which you cant dodge IL il takes all I
of your time. Give il the time to know !
what is going on 1 never bother about |
elections of the chamber of commerce, |
but when you are elected ] look to you
to carry out the duties of that body. /
Consider the insurance plan to bring J
back the old line foreign companies to I
Texas and bring your mind to bear on i
other great business matters, ascertain i
what is the right side Of II, what your
peoples wishes are and then act In /
closing 1 want to appeal to you to !
assist the chamber OF commerce IN It's 4
good, responsible work. Let US have a |
greater city. a bigger city, a city for \
factories and a more attractive city for 4
visitors so that all viii be proud that
he is an FL PasOan-"
President V. p Styles announced at
he close Of the luncheon that the sail
ng was easy for the budget fund and !
hat $500 has been added to the fund
He announced that the next meeting
would be held at the Sheldon hotel The
luncheon was held this week in the
private dining room Of the PaSO del
VOrte, which was crowded with the 20
business men present
Budget Subscription Fund.
Secretary Rufe P. March read the
list of subscribers TO date.
There is a considerable increase in the
of the budget fund for