El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-13
MEXICO WILL
MAKE FL PA5O
Courtney DeKalb, Rotary
Speaker, Says New Era
Being Entered Upon.

make FL PasO one Of the greatest
= cities Of America Courtney De Kalb,
J magazine writer and authority on
. Latin-American countries, stated dur
ing an address at the Rotary lunch
con Thursday noon at Hotel Sheldon.
: you are her gateway for the
. products Of the United States he
continued, and she needs you as you
. need her. The spirit with which FL
i Pasoans embrace this opportunity will
set the example for the rest Of our
4 people"
Mr.. De Kalb, who IS a resident OF
san Francisco, was a luncheon guest
of Edgar W. Rayser. When intro
duced by H. r AIcClintock. who pre-
sided at the luncheon. Mr.. DeKalb
said that l. years of his life had Deen
II spent in Mexico and in studying Mex
leo.
Exploiting Mexico.
Whether the Mexicans themselves
have learned a sober lesson from the
events Of the past seven years re-
mains to be seen We are receiving
evidence that they have learned their
need Of our goodwill and help.
"On our part il is 10 be hoped that
our people have learned a lesson Of
international amity and wise CONNER
cial rela iOnship. We may as well ad-
nit that all the wrong was not on the
side of the MeXicens- We were doing
I something in Mexico that we should
not have done; We were engaged in
the game Of exploiting another people
and their country That is a game
that never engenders cordially. il
leads inevitably to hatred and rep
\ risaL An enormous proportion OF
7 our business in Mexico under the old
.Ha.H
principle Of concessions. We may
grant that concessions stimulate in
\ VesJment in foreign country, but it
must also be clear TO thinking men
that special privileges through
monopoly guaranteed by a govern
rich quick
Getting Future business.
i II we wish TO develop permanent
commercial relations with Mexico. We
must enter the field on the basis of
Tree competition; we must even dis
] courage any attempt on the part Of
Mexico herself TO revive the old sys-
TEN OF mOnopOlies. We have had a
narrow escape from the evils of the
system our government denied pro-
lection to American interests. and in
justice was done TO thousands who
I were guiltless Of graft and Of crugl.-
J ing monopoly The attempt to dis
Z crlnlnate would have been hopeless.
but wiser diplomacy might have
sustained the dignity Of the nation
and the Just rights Of our people, 10
I the benefit Of both countries
What Might Have Been.
{ 1T is easy to see that annexation
would have led 70 an epoch Of graft
ana SubVersiOn Of the rights Of prop
{ erty owners in Mexico that would
I nave deDauched our people. The law
/ lessness and the prostitution OF the
Z courts that followed our ABSORPTION
7 OF The great west after the war Of
/ 1855 would have been as nothing TO
what would have occurred If We had
+ become involved in q war OF con
quest for the whole Of Mexico We
may De thankful that intervention
never came
You do not need me to remind You
OF the marvellous resources Of Mex
leo It is one Of the richest portions
OF the globe Rightly developed il
{ VIII make Of FL PasO. through peace
rul commerce, one of the greatest
I help stamp out the unfortunate race
prejudice that does so much 10 en-
/ bitter the relations between them and
: US No nation can develop a healthy
/ in contempt.
This is equally true Of a whole
I people Just now we affirm that we
are fighting Tor democracy, ana
! democracy IS founded on personal es-
4 TEEN as between man and man We
must De superior to race prejudice, or
/ We deny our own democracy Your
1 ability 10 cooperate with the Mexican
/ people depends on the existence Of
/ cordial relations, which is the first
/ requisite for an expanding trade"
Dallas ROtarian Talks.
Carl NJ Hunt member of the fire
! insurance committee to speak tonight
on the subject of conservation at the
mass meeting at the chamber Of com
I nerce, was introduced by Mr.. Nc
] ClintOck. He said he was a member
/ Of the Dallas Rotary and thought il
/ the finest organization he was ever a
member of.
There are $500 fire insurance en-
ployes in this country who are doing
conservation work he said. These I
mems salaries and expenses are being
paid by their corporations. who have
donated their service without com
/ pensatiOn to the government We not
only owe a duty to ourselves in the
{ conservation Of food stuff and ma
terlals, but also to our allies. Some
7 Of the most common sense purposes
T Of our work are to induce manufac-I
turers and warehouse men to put on
plenty of night watchmen, plenty of
lights around their plants, sufficient
7 supply Of water and board fences
around the industries"
Another aim OF this committee is I
TO get the people of FL Paso TO real
l ize their responsibility and to prop
erly safeguard their property They
too, must feel this esponsibility.~
Says Must SignpOst Roads.
Judge Adrian Pool, Chairman OF the
good roads commit Of the chamber I
of commerce made a brief talk on
good roads and the necessity of prop
erly signpOstin-- them. It viii cost D
about $4,000 to have these roads
property signed, he said 1T is the
purpose Of these signs he said TO I
attract tourists to Il PasO and I am I
glad to see the Rotary get behind the
movement We have a number Of 4
rranscontinental roads near FL PasO Z
but with the exception Of the Border /
land we are not on a single trans I
continental highway yet. The Colo I
rado-Gulf, the Ozark Trails and the /
santa Fe Trail passing through New I
Mexico are three transcontinentaI Z
highways that FL Paso can attract Z
tourists from"
The Juarez chamber Of commerce |
has become interested in the good 4
roads movement and has asked me 4
10 attend the meeting Friday even /
ing to be held at Juarez for the pur-
pose OF discussing the possibilities /
OF building a road from Juarez to {
Mexico City" said judge Pool. This /
road viii be completed, they believe, /
within four years The JuareZ cham I
Der Of commerce intends sending a I
man over the route soon to map It /
Judge Pool displayed a tentative |
sign which he said he thought, If 4
placed on transcOntinental highways, ]
would attract tourists to FL Paso. ]
These signs would outline briefly the I
interesting points and picturesque /
scenery to be seen from highway 4
points to FL PasO as well as the con- ]
dition Of the roads he said.
MI. McCtliut0CE said he Thought he I