El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-06
.ROTARIANS HEAR
Of BREiDMAKING
New York Visitors Also Talk
to Local Rotary Club; to
Entertain Texans.

3. n G. Williams was the principal
speaker before the Rotary club at the
MONDAY luncheon Thursday at Hotel
Sheldon.
Mr.. Williams talked upon the baking
and breadmakinE industry and said
that according to the census figures Of
1909 over 100000 people were employed
i'm the United States in this industry;
the payroll was over S5g.0OO000 and the
total value of the products was S326-
100000. He said this would PROBABLY
be doubled when the figures for 1914
are made public. He told of the his
tory of breadmaking and the modern
machinery now used in its manufac-
Iure. The address, will be printed in
the Weekend Herald.
VIM F. Schneider clerk Of the coun-
ty of New York, said times were get
ting muhc better back there but they
had been very hard since the outbreak
OF the war Many manufacturers laid
off their forces" said he, but my part
ner and ], who make up cotton dresses.
kept our forces going and we profited
by it. Buyers came to New York in
December, 1914, when they usually do
not come until January.
The Psychology of Pessimism-
They came prepared to buy big or
ders, but they found so much pessim-
ism in New York that they bought but
a few garments. Returning home. they
failed TO find so much Of il, soon sold
out and ordered more The manufac-
turers who had laid off their forces
could not fill the orders We had a
supply on hand and sold them all We
had not laid off any of our employees
and We did not lose a cent. in fact,
made money by keeping them en-
ployed during the sOcalled hard times.
In the building occupied by my
firm. a i story structure there are or
dinarily 1900 persons employed The
war caused so many people to be laid
or that scarcely 800 were employed
last fall"
Mr.. Schneider first entered politics
as a Tammany alderman with the Van
Wyck administration. but said Il soon
found that the things required Of the I
average Tammany alderman made me .
desire not TO continue LONGER than one
term Since that time. 1 have been
fighting Tammany.'
New TOrk's Greatness
Geo. ". Wanamaker, Of the finance I
department of the city of New York. |
told the ROtarians that New York city I
spends S192,000.0 900 year for its gov
eminent. FOrty-seven millions Of this 3
goes for education, 10 millions for pO- !
lice and nine millions for fire protec- /
ton.
Herman G. Boyer deputy county /
clerk of New YOrk-Messrs Schneider /
Boyer and Wanamaker are en- route TO I
California and stopped over to see FL 4
J dEO d. lE1AE UL - LLAG4AL H. ID A4A--
dorff, Of the chamber OF commerce
said he was a Republican. had also
served term as alderman OF New
York and that he was in Mr. Schneider's
office as a result of the election Of a
fusion ticket in New York, Mr.. Schnei-
der still being a Democrat, but an anti
Murphy one
Many Marriages
Mr.. Boyer said while alderman, ne
had performed as many as 2SuJ mar
RACES in a year, and there are -
lther aldermen in New York who are
ilsO empowered TO perform marriages.
le asserted. There are 1S6 clerks in
he office of the county clerk OF New
York, and three deputies OF which 1 am
)nes Our payroll, including that of ]
he judges, is S2SO.O00 q month. Last
year there were filed in our office,
81. 900 actions and a total OF 100000
papers. Applications for citizenship
Tor S. 900 people were filed and We
actually made $4,000 American citizens
hat year"
FL Paso's Street Car Growth
ThOs. L. HackeI6 former president !
# the Montgomery, Ala, Rotary ciuDs
,aid he was delighted at the growth
# IL Paso. Ten years ago, ne said,
/ stood al the transfer station in Ii !
9aso and punched transfers Tor every /
person riding on the Il PaSO Electric
system You then mad nine cars III III |
'asO. came here Tor my wites health I
md manager Edgar told me when L ap- /
a .
peak Spanish. / learned enough in !
week 10 get the job. Necessity IS
surely the mother OF invention he
old Of how the Montgomery ROJarians
lad started a number OF boys off with I
.ank accounts and Of their RoJaryeJJe
neeuings-meeUugs where they had
neir wives present
To Entertain Texas Visitors
: c. AwDrey named a committee to
meet and entertain the Texas Rotary
hub members when they pass through
Il PasO in July en- route To the ma
iOnal convention in san Francisco, and
IN his motion, the Ii Paso cluD aDprO-
'riated q dollar for each Of It's mem !
'ers, 10 be used by the Texas clubs at
san Francisco Tor advertising the
tate. Mr.. Awbrey's committee viii
meet in his office next Tuesday al 4
clock 10 take up plans FOR entertain
ne the visiting Texans Those named
IN the committee are NJ L. CariOck, |
,. c CrOweu, Dean u. Clark j. g CnII-
on, T. c. Davis, j. ~ Dudley, Robert
Arakauer, q. A Martin, r b. OrndOrff,
/. r. AIcCliutOck, A + EOwlands, ~ ,
a. Simmons, ". r. Schutz, D. L. Segall, !
: c. Searle, JOS Wright and j. J.. Iyn-
alL President Claiborne Adams and J :
ecretary r. l. Sherman are eX-officiO
MEMBERS Of the committee
President Adams presided at the
luncheon