El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-27

the Elephant Butte project 10 operate
beet farms under more favorable con
ditions than obtained in the colder
states TO the uOrthward- This agent
has succeeded in inducing a large col
onv of Japanese 70 take up a tract OF
/ 400 acres in the Mesilla valley and IN
addition has induced a number OF
American beet growers 10 take W
lands i'm the II PasO valley
Another colonization agent. sent TO
Chicago. VIII plant a colony OF -Ov
Polish families on the BrazitOs tract
i'm the Mesilla valley. short distance
south OF Mesilll Park
Factories Are Needed.
II Paso should have a tannery, Ia
which could DE converted INTO mer-
cbantabIe product the countless hides
and sheep and goat skins and the al
most inexhausti1le supply of fannie
acid which can De produced from the
live oak forests and canaigre fields
Of northern Mexico
II Paso should have a cotton mill.
in which would be carded, spun and
, woven into cloth. some Of the cotton
crown in the immediate vicinity.
II Paso should have automobile as
factor and great distributing ware
houses in which the manufacturers OF
the north and east could have their
wares and from which they could care
for the rapidly expanding tIaue OF ms
section Of the southwest and parucu-
larIv of MexicO-if peace should ever
come 10 that unhappy country
III Paso has the raw material Tor
many factories il has fuel In dound-
auce and a wealth Of the most adapt-
!. IL labor in the world for the opera
f;on OF looms, sewing machines. lathes.
etc
NAV Establish offices North and East.
To get these factories IL may De tnat
offices viii require 10 be opened by
the II Paso chamber of commerce IN
some Of the more populouS cenlsIs IN
tile north and east. At Whlch Wlus
awake agents viii De nallldlileu,
whose duty il viii be to keep IN close
touch with the situation ana Wheh
men Of means are found. with desire
To establish themselves in a new Ioc.t-
ton TO give to them such information
as VIII cause them 10 turn theif al-
teution TO II PasO-
Packing Houses Are Here.
During the year 1916. two ktliinS
plants. or packing houses, were eStab-
lished in Fl Paso. though they VIII nol
be completed and ready for operation
for two or three months These plants
were established after years OF aSl-
raffon Their establishment will re-
suit IL the conversion INTO merchant-
able product of thousands OF cattle
sheen and hogs. formerly shipped 70
me pastures and feed lots and TO the
slaughter houses Of the nortn anu east;
The feeding OF cattle ana sneep anu
the growing of hogs by the farmers
not onI.- of the irrigated valleys under
the Elephant Butt project out OF the
5rrigated valleys in the vicinity OF
Ieming and AlamOgordO and IN the
PecOs valley but by the farmers OF tne
maintain country as well will be made
profitable through the establishment
of these plants
Chamber of Commerce Responsible.
II is believed by directors and mem
, bers of the chamber OF commerce Wlo 1
have been active in the affairs OF that
organization. that they have, in a
measure. been responsible. even though
it took a long time TO do Il, for the
esta bIishment of two packing plants
now in process OF erection
These packing plants. together with
the sugar factory. which is 10 be buIll
nj Las Cruces this year and the fruit
and vegetable cannery- 10 De erectsu
AT Ysleta during the coming summer
viii have the effect TO give the farm
ers of all the valleys under the Ele-
phant Butte project. ready market lot
all that they may be able TO produce AZ
figures which viii make their farms
/ profitable
Much Yet to BE Done
The chamber Of commerce has played
an important part in the development
: Of II PasO and still has much to do
I'm the matter Of keeping the city IN
the Ifne-fght to the end that its prog
T, s. in the future may not DC lmpeasu.
/ That there IS a greater interest IN the
work of the organization by the Dusl-
ness men of the city now than there
has been in the past has been demon
strated by the alacrity with which they
: have subscribed to the budget fund for
1917 The Il Paso public is probably
beginning TO realize that there are
some things which must be done co..
I lectiveIy if they are done at all and
: that the best agency is a chamber OF
/ commerce supported and directed by
the public