El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-11
GETTING SMOKES
FOR ARMY Mel
Rotary Has Committee De
vising Ways to Send the
Tobacco to Fighters.

Tentative plans for FL Paso Rotary
to inauEurate a drive" to secure
cigars, cigarets and tobaccos for the
American soldiers at the war front
were begun at the weekly luncheon
at Hotel Sheldon Thursday.
Returning from an extended visit to
the large cities Of the east. Robert
Krakauer, Rotary president, who was
a delegate from the El Paso chamber
Of commerce to the annual convention
Of the national chamber Of commerce
in Atlantic City. offered the sugges-
ton that some method be adopted 10
secure the "smoKes" and other to-
baccos for the fighting men in the
trenches
A. E. Rowlands sanctioned the
movement and described the method
used in England to send smokes 10
the British -TOmmies.'
Goes To Kansas City.
Members of the club also discussed
at length the coming convention or
Rotary in Kansas City. An "On to
Kansas City" campaign will be con-
Quoted and it is expected that one.
and possibly two, Pullman cars viii De
chartered by the local Rotarians-
G. A. Martins motion carried tina {
the chair appoint committee with
full power to devise ways and means
OF securing the tooaccos LOT me SOL
diers Mr.. kralcauer appointed W x
Winch. chairman; A. =. Rowlands, A.
J. Fraser. Walter L Kohlbers and F.
B. Fletcher.
Visits n CantOnment.
Fl. R lIcClintOck suggested that Mr.
Krakauer address the club on his re-
cent trip east In responding the
president said that he went from El
Paso TO Battle Creek. Mich. where he
took Mrs Krakauer for the benefit
Of her health.
cantonment" he said. And those Of
YOU who have not visited canton
ment can hardly realize the difference
I between q cantOnment and an army
camp such as FL PasO has had
Tells of Land Purchase.
while I don't want to appear In
the attitude Of criticizing the gov
eminent / want to speak OF the pur-
/ chase Of the land. Rich farming lands
were purchased for the cantonment-
Many of the farmers who had lived
] on their farms for years had TO move
I The government took over some farm
/ ing lands that two and three genera
lions Of the same family had lived on
'The government had TO install
water plants and a heating system
at this cantonmenL Ninety miles OF
sewer we're installed and the govern
meut is going to cut down enous 2
I trees to shade all FL Paso-
Rainy Climate.
1T is difficult TO understand the
+ expenditure for this rich farm land
when plenty Of land could be obtained
BY the government without compeu-
/ sati0u. And I don't think weather
I conditions there are ideal Tor the
I training Of soldiers. II rained ior
I three days when 1 was there and the
I soldiers shoes looked like boots they
were so caked with mud
Attends Big Meeting.
while in Battle Creek 1 attended
/ two meetings Of Rotary. From Battle
I Creek ] went TO Atlantic city, where
: / attended the annual meeting OF the
/ National chamber Of commerce where
! I heard secretary Of labor Wilson anc
. food administrator Hoover SPEAK
Rather, I saw Hoover. lie read az
/ excellent paper, but his voice has not
/ carrying power and il was with much
difficulty that many OF Us heard MN,
even though We were sitting near MIN
But from what we heard and read the
next day in the newspapers II was
: certainly an interesting talk
4 was told thar Hoover gave 81
I minutes OF his time 10 committee
and although he had to confer VITA
many other persons during the Gay
and had worked until the earta
l hours OF the morning. he went inc
] that committee room with the ats
tude that impressed those present
7 with the idea that il was the only
committee he had 20 confer with dur
{ ing the day.
Fav0rs Daylight Saving.
! Lord NorIhcliffe Of England, ad-
I dressed the convention and urged CO.
I operation. He said that England had
: found in this war that the best re-
/ suits could be obtained by inaugur-
I ating a daylight saving working
I system Naturally. / favored that. as
I YOU know my attitude on the day
! light working system am in favor
[ OF turning the clock up an hour and
| starting the days work an hour
B earlier.
should COnscript Labor.
L was impressed with the attitude
I Of the business men at the cOnven-
I ton. They were willing TO do what
I ever the government desired in he =
! ing the world war. But many Of ta'
. business men and manufacturer
[ complained about the handicap they
were under by the attitude Of some
I Of the laboring organizations They
] thought that IL the government
/ should conscript their output theil
] business and money, then IL must
also conscript labor.
Labor Needs Speakers.
/ Secretary Wilson said that for a.
| years he had carried in his pocket
| union miners caro-. He said that
he often excused labor for some OF
] its mistakes. one reason being that
oftentimes it did not have the oppor-
! tunity Of having in its ranks the
l speakers that could lay remark;
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