The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-09-08
MERCHANTS IN
REGULAR MONTHLY MEET
Discuss WAYS And MEANS ol
STIMULATING TRADE
AMONG RETAILERS.
Relieve NaNahachie Devotes o
Much Time To Entertaining
When Fact 5rics Are Seek
ing Locations.

The Retail Merchants in their
regular monthly luncheon at Hotel
Rogers on Thursday got away from
he trade at home talk long enough
10 make a determined plea for more
factories IN Waxahecnie. II was
pointed out that Ellis county as the
banner cotton county OF the world
ought 10 have more cotton factories,
end that with the proper urging
one or two more such mills as we
now have could be built. 1t was
proposed that a real effort be made
tc bring TO Waxahaehie several adj
ditional factories as a means OF
stimulating retail trade. One en-
husiast proposed that WaX3hachle
could not q q better work during
the coming ear than 20 pave the
way for the coming of another cot
ton mill. He declared that the
Chamber OF Commerce or Retail
Merchants association might 90 on
W tuulHS uiDucs ioi lhS
raent of visitors for a dozen years
and the town would be but a very
little better off for the trouble,
whereas If this surplus energy was
worked off in an effort To bring al
ditional factories to the town a re-
tail trade might be created That
| WOULD fill up the vacant houses about
he square and give the town q
bird more population frcm wh6sia
to draw trade.
This announcement brought the
oanqueters back to that ever present
subject of trade al home, whereupon
some one proposed that the tenden-
ey to go away from home to do
trading was largely responsible for
the vacant houses. II was also
stated that the wage Garner was not
the fellow who goes away from home
to do his trading.
A talk from Mr.. Curtin, who re-
Gently visited Boston and Detroit,
was inspiring to the merchants be-
cs use it bore directly upon the sub
iect up for discussion. Mr.. Curtin
said he had the pleasure OF hearing
The mayor of Boston deliver IN adj
lress while in that city and it struck
home when he said Boston was lily
situated SO far as natural advant-
ages were concerned. but the people
of that city were quick to. realize
that something must be done If she
would continue 10 grow and develop,
SO il was decided to make it a faeto-
ry town and manufacture the raw
products grown in other climates.
Following this plan Boston has
grown into one of the biggest facto-
nv cities in the whole United States.
Her factories reach out to the ex-
IRENE II of the nation Tor their
raw material, snip it to Boston
where it is manufactured and ship
ped back in the finished stage. Mr..
curtin eSFFesSt4 the hSttSi tH"' y
Boston could do this under the dis
advantages of a lack of natural re-
sources. it ought to be comparative
~ easy to do as much in Waxahachie
where natural advantages lend a
helping hand.
Announcement was made that the
beard of directors of the local sani-
t?rium would hold a meeting on the
roof garden at Hotel Rogers on
Monday evening, and request was
lSade that the Merchants associa-
ton appoint a committee of two to
represent that association at this
meeting. whereupon President Moore
named ". A, Roberts and l.. c. Cur
lin as such committee.
The session of the retailers was a
very intefes ag N and kept them
over time almost a half hour. The
merchants have reached that stage
where they are going to bend every
effort to build a greater and better
Waxahachie and the fellow who gets
in their way will be trampled under
foot.