El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-12

can't do in this country. Everything
will have to stay white until the war
is over
The other day I met him again;
asked him how business was. Kun
ming to full capacity he said what
about those dyes? ! asked. Why we
better than we ever imported, he re-
piled jubilantly.
War Helps Americans.
still another: A wallpaper maker
told us when the war broke out that
it would be impossible to make COlOred
wallpaper-for the same reason the
knitting manufacturer had given me.
To make a long story short, we are
making in this country today better
wall paper, and faster colors than ever
before in the history Of the industry.
The point 1 want to emphasize Is
that we bought from Europe not be-
cause we could not make 1t here Just
as good and just as fcheaply, but be-
cause in certain things that formerly
were secret processes European makers
had become strongly entrenched and
America feared to invest the amount
and to build the plants necessary to
fight for a share Of the business. Now
the business is ours without even
fighting for 1.-THE demand must be
supplied, and we are now supplying our
own demands.
Cultivate American Loyalty
Just here I might call attention to
great Ql1IerenCe between <AllcIl-
cans and all other people. Your English
man, your German, your Frenchman
has a strong prejudice against Duylng
or using anything that is made in any
other country. We Americans nave
had q foolish prejudice in theaOppOslte
direction. Our loyalty has not reached
the commercial stage yet That is be
cause we have had no real cOmpeu-
tion-nOthing to stir up our CONNER
cial loyalty. We like to see
the word imported on the box and
we have actually paid more for an
inferior article just because II was
made in Scotland, France or some otner
European country
"Perhaps we are exceptional, but the
only Indication the REQ Motor Car Co.
has had that there is a disturbance on
the face Of the earth is increased or
ders for automobiles at n season when
in former years, we expected less or
ders.
The Demand For Cars.
Like most American automobile
manufacturers, our export trade has
been a very small percentage OF me
total, and inasmuch as we have for
several years past been making better
steels, caruretOrs, magnetos, lamps and
other essentials in this country than
we could import the war has not Of
course interfered in the slightest Win
our supply or raw materials.
I think we have taken too seriously
the admonition of the bankers and the
plight of the stock brokers' Eighty per
cent OF all the automobiles manufac-
tured in this country go into the great
and prosperous agricultural sections.
think that is true, not only Of autOmo-
biles but of most other commodities.
People Have Plenty.
These people have plenty of money
they are getting good prices for their
crops and for their live stock. And Wall
street long since ceased to affect them
in the slightest. AS for the caution
of the bankers, we need only recollect
that the banker makes his money by
high rates of interest. Optimistic talk
does not make for high interest rates.
Your banker can peddle pessimism to
greater profit than he can distribute
good cheer. Not that I would impugn
the motives of all bankers On the con-
trary. l think many of them mean well
in their efforts to keep the poor un-
scared horse from getting scared. Their