El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-25

- ROHIBITION is worth $5,00o,OO0
- a year to Kansas as an eco
i nonnic proposition" ex-governor
walter R Stubs. of Kansas. told the
livestock men at the banquet rendered
the officers Of the American National
Livestock association at the Paso gel
Norte Monday night
In introducing ex-governor Stubs, W
W Turney. POSTMASTER, announced thstt
the speaker was fearless and would
speak from his heart At the conclusion
Of the Kansas mans talk Mr. Turney
reminded the guests OF what he had
prophesied: for the banquet was a
wet" one and previous references had
bsen made to the 'dryness" Of Arizona
and Colorado. conditions which had
brought the convention TO FL Paso.
Cowboys Vote Dry.
Il lived 46 years away from IeAas
and then. two years ago. ! came to Mid
land, the finest little town IN Texas,
where the cowboys came to town ana
voted out the liquor said the eXgoN-
ernor. prohibition in Kansas has CIV
en- the children more shoes more clotn-
ing. better living conditions IN every
way. 1 desire here 10 congratulate Arr
IONA and to congratulate Colorado
The speaker. referring 10 the I'VE
stock association, declared that IN near
IL all lines men are organized ana thaI
if there is anything wrong win Inc tae
cattle industry today. there Is power
enough and nerve enough among me
catIlemen to right them
Packers Done Some Good.
we must admit ne continued, lndt
the packers have done some good 4heg
have created a world wide market. and
none Of US growers has any complaint
TO make about prices that nave pre-
vailed for some time. There are some
wrongs in the business. however. ana
these viii be righted- II IS not mucn
trouble to raise calves. but the great
r,robIen1. as in an other business, is that
Of marketing. That is the problem that
confronts the cattle industry. but II can
be solved by organized effort on the
part Of the cattlemen.
FL PasO Cattle Center
postmaster -Turney, at the beginning
OF the speech making. told how the ma
tional association. for 20 years, mas
been flirting around the outskirts OF
the center Of the cattle industry y gu
have met in Denver and in Phoenix" he
said. but now Colorado has SAID thaS
she does not want You any more, and
Phoenix has said the same thing We
welcome you, and when the time comes
that We can only offer YOU water, II
will be as pure as the water Colorado
and Arizona offers"
Warm Welcome.
Mayor Tom Lea welcomed the guests
on behalf Of the city From the bot
ION OF our hearts we welcome you TO
Fl Paso. We love FL Paso. and We be
Iieve IN her present and in her future.
We have in FL Paso men who do things,
and we declare to you that We nave the
hest CITY on earth We know that you
know that il is the best town. and you
don't have 10 submit any proof We ad-
nit il. We are geing on growing and
developing IN spite Of the scarehead
announcements elsewhere that riotins
GOES on in our streets and that we have
an epidemic Of typhus- Again let me
saw that YOU are welcome 10 our city
EI Paso Keeping Promise
r. 3. Orndorff president OF the cham
ber. of commerce. extended the welcome
on behalf Of his organization we have
wanted you in Ell Paso for several
years. Al the Denver convention you
promised that If We would give way 70
san Francisco for 1915 you would come
70 US in 1916. You have kept your prom
ise. And now we welcome you, believ-
inE that FL Paso will fulfill all her
promises TO you"
Heard Praises FL PasO. 4
Dwight B. Heard. Of Phoenix, presi-