El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-17

O LnaL the DELL VIII ever make across the
l continent, and while the reception has
/ been one to make thoughtful men rec
: Ognize elements in the public they did
not dream Of before, 7 do not think that
I Philadelphia would be willing to send
II forth on so long mission again We
are due back in Philadelphia at o'clock
November % and while we are two
Z hours behind time now, we expect to
/ allotted IN New Orleans viii be re-
duced-WhateVer the change in pro-
gram along the route. it is essential
| that We be back in the Quaker capital
I by o'clock on the day named"
7 am convinced that this country is
! on the verge Of the greatest era OF
I prosperity in its history" said A J.
Strayer. local agent for the National
{ Cash Register company. on his return
10 FL Paso from Dayton. o.. where he
has been attending a three day con-
ventiOn Of the cOmpanyis 500 statesmen
in the United States and Canada -While
IN Dayton ] made Il 4 special point 10
talk 10 men from every section Of
North America Without a single ex-
cepuon every one expressed himself as
convinced that business conditions are
rapidly improving John r. Patterson,
the president Of the company, who met
with US in convention. daily. told US
that a wave Of unprecedented pros
perity is moving across the country It
mas not struck all lines yet, but the
basic Industries have felt it. The steel
/ industry is an Illustration Of this point.
In the steel districts 7 was told that
the mills are flooded with orders which
they cannot accept Our statesmen reg
ularly visit every retail merchant in
the country. From interviews with
these thousands Of merchants, our mel
concluded that today the country is 100
percent better off than II was a year
ago. The convention was one Of the
most unusual gatherings Of commercial
men ever held in this country. Daily
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house a monumental building which
seats 1900. The problems OF the mer-
chant were discussed. and talks were
made on such subjects as training
clerks. window displays, store systems.
etc The last night Of the convention
the statesmen were escorted to their
trains by 5000 Dayton employees Of the
National Cash Register company. Red
torches and banners announcing that
Business is booming were carried BY
the marchers-"
i saw that Tuesday was the ami
versary Of bloody sunday in Juarez,-
said P h Marcum- 7 was q witness
TO a number Of those bloody execu-
tons in JuareZ following Villas cap
ture OF the garrison. ] had recently
arrived here from the east and 70 see
100 dead men piled about in the old
cemetery was new and not entirely
pleasing sight saw others being
made into dead men as fast as the fir
ing squad could work and for weeks
saw dead men in my dreams One brave
fellow rolled cigaret. took a deep
puff and nodded for the firing squad
10 shoot. Men who can die like that
are too badly needed in this world 20
be shot down for political reasons.
never want 10 see another such sight
as I witnessed that day and j will
never forget il the longest day live" /
:
They are raising the finest kind OF !
rice IN the upper por tion OF the Sacra-
mento valley" said c B Reardan. spe-
cial agent OF the Southern Pacific at {
Tucson -Four years ago the farmers I
began experimenting. and so successful /
have they been that they are abandon
ing alfalfa for rice one piece of land |
that was so fun of alkai that il would !
not raise much of anything was put i
into rice and Is now producing abund- ]
antly- The beauty about rice growing 4
is that as long as it is standing in the