El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-06-16
To
CD AF TER TRADE
R. H. Rinehart Says West
Texas Wants to Buy Here,
if We Ask Her.

1.-THE trade Of ali the cities and towns
east of here is Ell Pasos for the ask
ing" said Robert H RInehart, who
with Harry Locke. has been on an
automobile tour as far east as Mid
wherever we went, and we visited
Hope. Artesia, BrOncho, Livingston,
Pecos Carlsbad Fort Stockton, Mid
land, Alpine, Maria and Sierra Blanca,
said Mr. Rinehart, the people all were
delighted at the prospects of getting on
a road map that would put them IN
touch with FL Paso. They all wanted
to be closer to FL PasO in every way,
but the universal complaint was that
FL PasO did not pay any attention 10
them-did not appear to want their
trade
a Carlsbad hotel man told me he
wanted to buy his meats in FL Paso and
that he asked an FL PasO house about
prices. The house told him it sent a
travelling man to Carlsbad once
month. He said he could not buy
enough meat TO last him a month
There is a big field for Ell Paso
all through western Texas II the peo-
pie Of FL Paso would only go after it.
Midland has an automobile supply
house that is not as large as several
that we have here and it is doing a
big business. supplying all of western
Texas Many western Texas garage
owners told me they would like TO be
able to get their stuff from Ell PasO.
where the stock is bigger, but they
said FL PasO did not seem to want
their trade They often have calls for
tires not carried in stock and wouIu
like TO be able to wire into Fl PasO
and get the tire that night, but they
don't had 10 wire for a tire after
trying Pecos. Stockton and Alpine to
supply my needs
"All over western Tevas and the
plains country OF New Mexico. the
cattle are tat and fine. but the cattle
men are shipping TO Fort Worth, be-
them FL Paso could get all this bust
ness il il went after it The people
all want to be closer to FL PasO if the
FL Pasoans will make the move TO
show that il wants them.
"One stockmau. talking to me, said
that cattle loans that should be made
in FL Paso are now being made IN
Kansas City and St Louis Where cat
tlemen do their borrowing. they also
do their selling and buying. I am told
This cattleman said II the banks Of El
PaSO would put out their money to
west Texas catuemen, it would mean
me marketing OF these cattle in Fl
Faso and that the cattemen would
buy all their Supplies here.
several Of them talking with me
said that FL PasO was always talking
about the southwest but seemed TO
consider only New Mexico and Ari-
IONA They realize the isolation OF
western Texas from the rest OF Texas
the same as we do and they want TO
be closer to FL Paso-"
Mr.. Rinehart and Mr.. Locke report
the roads generally good wherever they
went They praise the roads in Pecos
county as the finest in the southwest
In all directions from Fort Stockton,
they say, fine graded road has been
built, with cattle guards through all
fences so that it Is not necessary to
open gates.
Mr. Rinehart and Mr.. Locke are COM
pleting their map work for their forth
coming log book, which viii be much
more pretentious than when they first
started it The book, besides fnclud-
ing one-day trips out of FL Paso. will
carry logs af thu road northe st OF
here Gy lay - Hope aid Artesia to
Livingston and BrOncho, and southeast
10 Alpine. thence TO Stockton and Mid
land II VIII also show log Of the
road between Carlsbad and Fort Stock
ton, through PecOs