El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-09
r 1OMENs shoes would no

~ selling at SO and SIS " a pail ii
If the manufacturers would
axe them Of cowhides as formerly in
lead Of goat hides. the present ma
leriaL according to r S. Gray, manager
II A Brownstein & Co. local hide
dealers In this particular instance
AR Gray asserts. the high cost of
footwear is due to the desire of the
women for something finer than the
cowhide shoes our mothers were con-
6 tent to wear
There are many little known indus
tries in FL Paso that add much to the
prosperity of the city. As an example
the hide buyers of the city are never
rated as big assets to the commercial
interests of Ell Paso when we speak
of the things that go to make FL Paso
greater, yet they contribute many dol
lars TO the prosperity of the COM
munity- I had my attention called TO
this also. in conversation with MI
Gray Mr.. Gray says the business is
growing in FL Paso and that. while the
headquarters of his firm are in Los
Angeles. he expects to see the FL Paso
branch doing a bigger business before
long than the parent concern. Discuss
ing the matter. he said: This com
pany every thirty days pays TO sellers
Of hides. most of them being Mexicans.
about 5000. all Of which is Maid in
cash or left TO their credit to purchase
goods in FL Paso. All of this money
remains in our city, and we derive the
benefit
The reason your wife is paying SO
TO SIS for shoes is because the factories
are using goat hides for ladies' shoes
did -O' nix y
Hides form one of the few remain
ing commodities in Mexico which can
be converted Immediately into gold
Villa can feed his men beef, but thew
won't eat the hides II We did no+
have a hide market, most of the money
derived from their sale would be spent
elsewhere. Dry Mexican beef hides are
worth about IS each The import dutv
is nine cents per pound gold"
James A French, state engineer Of
New Mexico. calls the new concrete
paving north of FL Paso on the countv
highway "a dandy" and saws he he
leves IL will be in good condition
twenty years from now 7 nut some
Of It down at Santa Fe," he said. ~and
] like II very much. 7 stopped vesfar
day and watched them mixing tbe
crushed stone and cement on the road
north or here and il looked 20 me- to
he excellent. The rock is apparently
the right sort. Much depends upor the
EoCh- Inc concrete, II mixed right
will hold; if the rock is hard enough
and the cement mixed right. there is
no question of the lasting quality of
the pavement"
Nj French says his men are WORKING
on A little piece of road in Socorro
county, just over the line north Of
Derry. N NJ. and that when this is
completed. the automobile road be-
tween Albuquerque and FL Paso will
be in excellent condition and good for
a days drive any time TT will not
be a boulevard" he said, but it will
be a good automobile road and should
result in increasing travel between FL
Paso and Albuquerque to large pro-
portions"
Mai William H Elliott L s army
depot euartermaster at FL Paso. holds
one OF the biggest jobs in the United
States. Never before in the history OF
the nation has a man of his rank fed
and clothed so many troops in active
service. The major feeds men from
una 10 Del Rio and clothes them for
the same distance along the border
The expenditures are larger per day.
week and month than ever made be-
fore in the history of the military arm
of the United States by one man of the
rank Of major But this great conf
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