El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-16
CHAMBER Dr. COMMERCE HOLDS HOT
meeting; WILL ADOPT BUDGET SYSTEM
Robert sberberg Starts the Fireworks and Many Rock
cts Are Sent Up, J. A Smith, J. c. McNary and
Fred Weckerly Participating in the Dis
play of PyrOtechnics

,,,i+bout the consent of the other rail-
rooJs who are members of the South
western association, ne salu; nave
been fighting this thing and L know
T. one member of the association dareS
70 make a rate he IS fined heaVlly ana
is fired out of the ASSOCIATION, al
+bo1rb this is contrary to the Sher-
mn antitrust law and the state laws.
7 tonight to get FL PasO on this list as
d Texas common point me railroads
said that if the city would put US out
- business they would give FL Paso
Sfonover privileges. When we went
ont Of business-we were not driven
DTomise. What did they do? They
I've Won a lousy 10 day stOpover on
firstclass tickets only
Think Conventions Do Little Good.
But to get back 1 hope we employ
Mr. Rieaby, but I disagree on the OBJ
ieet of this fund. oppose conventions,
for the delegates who attend usually
come for pleasure and are the class OF
0eoDIe who do not locate here. I be-
iieve in raising, not $4,000 but $780,
600 and employing experts TO go east
ana study manufacturing conditions.
We manufacture almost every thing
ned here Let the experts come here,
sfudv the field and get little manu-
featuring enterprises here Ihe big
ones viii then come when Ihey mo
that they cannot compete with the
little fellow who is not paying freight
on his raw material We can even
manufacture the bullets Wnlcn the req
erals and rebels use in Mexico, for we
have copper for the jackets, saltpeter
for the powder and all of the other
ingredients
Praises McNary's Work.
Mr.. McNary did good work IN the
chamber of commerce and l am proud
of him. He complained Ihat ne ala
not have the cooperation OF the peo-
Here Mr.. McNary corrected him by
saving that he had said that the spirit
of cooperation had not been sufficiently
strong during the past few months.
'gThe people have refused 10 cooper
ate with the chamber of commerce be-
cause it is close eeoTpoFI:a 1aota, SAG .d
Mr. Silberberg- few directors are
have a chance a certain clique has
taken advantage Of these conditions
wear in and year out 20 elect directors
and hold meetings, ana the business
men are not asked to come and talk.
We read in the press what happens
and sometimes II is not all tnere even
once each year we meet and have a
little lunch and are told now mucn
money has been spent and what has
been done. If I was engaged IN a
business where my manager did NOT
make a clearer report than that
49, II am Opposed to the Interurban rail-
road which the directors endorsed as
a good thing.
the committee got stuck $500 each on
the inteTurban deal
yes, and I will show you how you
were stuck more than that" Mr. Sill
berberg replied 'They told me. how
it would increase the value of my
lands and that 1t would double them
in value I sold so acres to Mr.. To-
bin. There is a sign on the county
road which reads. Eight Acres for
$500 And those were the eight acres
he bought from me. If we place nc
titious values of $500 for eight acres,
notwithstanding that the reclamation
service says that $40 an acre gross is
the result. we are injuring the valley
we are paving out money to a cor
poration-I am speaking Of the Stone