El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-01

! have been the means Of bringing hum
dreds OF cattlemen here 10 live ana
added hundreds Of thousands Of dollars
10 the wealth of the city "a means
: the esta blishment of packing houses
and other industries
Fl PasO Always Gets Conventions
The holding il this city Of the state
Democratic convention. the Texas Press
o association. and the Bankers cOnVen-
: zion has given FL PasO pages OF space
IN the papers of the state that could
not be bought for ten times the amount
F, of money spent on entertaining these
. conventions. The American National
livestock meeting. the International
Farm congress and exposition and the
International Irrigation congress gave
US national advertising which cannot
be estimated in dollars Before leaving
the subject OF conventions. let me add
that II IS our proud boast that during
The past six years that / have been on
the board that the FL Paso chamber OF
commerce has never gone after con-
was state, national or International
should Go After More Members.
Ihe report Of the treasurer OF the
chamber Of commerce leads me to ma k
the observation that steps should be
taken to inaugurate a membership cam
paign. which Will not only give the
chamber the larger number Of members
il should have in a city of this size,
but give IL a revenue which would re-
lieVe the budget fund from many ex-
penses which are now forced upon IT,
The population of the city of FL
aSo and its Immediate surroundings
should warrant a membership Of, at
least 1000 1 would suggest. therefore,
20 the incoming board thar some OF
the suggestions for increased member
snip campaign, now on file in the Of
flee OF the secretary, be looked into
carefully with view toward adopting
some Of them entirely or in part
FaVOrs More Departments
I hope the day IS not far distant
when this building viii have TO be used
exclusively for chamber of commerce
purposes I would like to see a min
ing bureau established with paid sec
rotary in charge with information and
data at hand relative 10 any mining
proposition in the southwest ] would
ike 10 see manufacturer bureau
with enough work to keen large force
employed and branch offices in other
cities along the lines OF that OF Nash
Vile Another need is a good high
way and automobile department
modelled along the lines OF the Califor-
MIA automobile association. In fact tire
chamber Of commerce should be A clear
ing house for all activities for the vel
fare growth and prosperity Of the
Budget Trustees Report.
The budget fund trustees. Robert
X rakauer, chairman. and James G Nc
Nary treasurer reported that during
the year there was collected from sub
Scribers 10 the budget fund, So .305.55,
and from other sources, S24.0OS.54. OF
q total OF S5l.514.12-
Disbursements during the year
amounted to S5S.334.40. leaving bal
ance in the bank on January 20. the
date Of the last item on the itemized
report. s297e.72
There yet remain several hundred
dollars collectible on account OF sub
scriptions to the budget fund of last
year. but these cannot be taken into
account at this time.
Finance Chairman Reports.
H NJ AndreaS, chairman Of the fl
nance committee, reported that during
the year S32.5St-14 passed through the
han1s OF the committee. including
Ss54.4s, the cash on hand at the be-
ginning Of the year. During the year
the disbursements amounted TO S22.-
133-34. leaving a balance OF cash on
hand OF s552.43. to be turned over to
All reports. with the exception OF |
that of the president. were accepted I
without being read and ordered filed !
These included the reports OF The fol-
lowing committees Land and irriga-
ton. conventions publicity, ". g Roe,
chairman the secretary, George II. /
Clements mining committee, 3. /.
Farrar. chairman. FL PasO advisory
beard OF the International Farm con-
gress and Soil Products exposition,
George r LeBaron. cha irmau- mill
tary affairs, a. Z. Coles. chairman:
ways and means. Walter Kohlberg.
chairman. cattle industry. 9. N New
man. chairman; transportation, w II. |
chairman.