El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-23
Things Needed To Help Make
Ell Paso a Greater Metropolis
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} factories. Make Fl Paso a manufae-
turing town"
Fewer Juntas In Ell PasO.
Lamar Davis said: Eve ought to
have fewer juntas in FL PasO and more
scrapping across the river and. then,
maybe the situation in Mexico would
be cleared and some business could be
done in the republic"
Park all the Streets.
J. R. Fisk, real estate: I'VE ought
to park all the residence streets in the
city that we can during the next year
so there will be less dust and more
vegetation. This will make FL PasO
a more pleasant place in which to
should Look for the Other Fellow.
D. T. White said: During the next
year we ought to look out for the
other fellow as well as ourselves. The
land speculatOr and the cattle specu-
latOr ought to be eliminated. Real
farmers ought to be brought into the
valley. We ought to encourage the
upbuilding Of this place as a stock
stockyards and make a name for this
city for straight dealing. This is
bound to be the greatest stock raising
country when the Elephant Butte dam
is completed. We can feed cattle here
Is percent cheaper than anywhere eIsO
in the country. We will get them If we
go after them. but the man who sits
and waits is liable to be found asleep
when the other fellow is out raking
in the sheckelS'
Should Get the School of Mines.
A H Anderson said; Eel Paso ought
to get busy and get the school of
mines It would be a great mistake
to let that get away. What Ell Paso
needs more than anything else is more
settlers in the valley to build it up,
and we ought to get them"
Bring in Industries.
2. NJ Filler said: I'VE ought to go
after some industries and bring them
here. They would come if we en-
couraged them, and in order to en-
courage them we will have to offer
them some inducement to come. We,
can do that If we only will
Should Go After Trade.
E. z. Neff said: 1--WE ought to go af-
ter trade in our territory in Arizona
and New Mexico and especially in
west Texas and along the Santa Fe
cutoff. In addition to this, We ought to
eliminate the speculatOr in valley
lands It is a farming community that
puts its money in the bank and leaves
it there for the business man to Dor
needs money only once a year and
the business man needs it all the year
round"
J. L Mari, real estate dealer, said:
The most beneficial thing we can do
for FL PasO during the ensuing year is in
concentrating our efforts toward ad-
vertising abroad and getting farmers
u COME 70 ln4S NdtIey- II VIII re-
quire a year or two for us to get them
here and we had better start now"
Need Six Percent Money.
J. P. O'COnnor said: What Ell Paso
needs most for the next year is some
six percent money. There are lot Of
fellows who would like to borrow it at
that figure instead of paying s or 10
percent
Encourage Home Industry.
VIII r. Brown, division freight and
passenger agent of the Santa Fe rail-
road: I'VE ought to patrOniZe home
merchants and not worry about split
skirts or turkey trots but devote more
time to scientific farming and encour-
age the farmers already here by pur-
chasing their products"
Stop Mexican Revolution.
v E. Ware. contractor: Il think the
best thing that could be done for Ell
Paso during the next year would be to
put a stop to the Mexican revolution.
Conditions here depend to a great ex-
tent upon conditions in Mexico and a
clearing of the situation there would
nave an immediate good effect"
Finish Street Paving,
Henry NJ. Walker, secretary Of the
Central Labor union: 7 think FL Paso
ought to have more and better paved |
streets during the coming year. Several |
Of the connecting links between good
paVements ought to be paved so that |
we can take people all over the city |
without getting a bump. It would be /
the biggest advertisement we could |
get"
Help Boost Things.
Harry S. Burwen, assistant secretary
# the chamber Of commerce.: Tel pa
scans ought to manifest a greater in
crest in affairs Of public benefit and |
lelp to boost the city along. We ase5