El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-02

4 announcement that arrangements have been made
"A between the St. Louis chamber of commerce and a
= = delegation Of business from Monterey Mexico
give St Louis firms virtual monopoly the hardware
trade IN Mexico very interesting to FL Paso It is
that ST. Louis is hardware CENTER with some Of
largest firms Of the country located there but this
choice business just dropped into ST. Louss lap The
Mexico merchants looking for dependable and ade-
quae Of supply and went to St. Louis to get it.
They went first to chamber Of commerce and BY that
organization brought IN contact with the hardware
jobbers The Monterey merchants have returned home
organize corporation handle the Mexican end Of
the business It has not been explained brief advices
hand but the presumption is that the Mexico corpora
ton win act distributing agent throughout the republic
sending out shipments checking their arrival looking
after collections and performing services of that kind
This hardware business formerly was monopolized BY
Germans it is explained Now German agents unable
deliver They cannot get goods from Germany. Neither
they buy from the United States The trading with
the enemy act has taken Of that South America
no source Of supply This IS the golden opportunity Of
American jobbeTs in the hardware business and they
taking advantage Of IT, When the ends Germany will
find American competitors firmly intrenched in the hard
field in Mexico.
These negotiations have enthused other St. Louis bust
They chance to do great deal with the
Mexican trade and they going after it trade
curon into Mexico is being arranged in which to
St Louisans to participate. The excursion viii be
under the protection Of the Mexican government The
that is IN prospect VIII remind FL Pasoans of the time
when they, too, went into Mexico on Matchmaking and
getting auntS Tucson people used make trips
of the sams kind along the west coast of Mexico
It looks rather though ST. Louis is getting the jump
We the border with everything but one in
favor. That thing in favor of st. Louis is the
railroad line to Monterey and beyond to Mexico City
through country almost cleared Of bandits But about
the only part of the Mexican Central where bandits in
terere with train service from FL Paso south IS between
Laguna station and Chihuahua City, in that
vicinity there train attacks only in several months
Otherwise trains Tun regularly.
It is early to talk trade excursion Travel cannot
made safe enough for trainload Of American passen
gers IN bandit infested territory the district between
Chihuahua City and AguascaIientes where some
tainty regarding conditions still exists But it is not too
early to profit bv the example of the ST. Louis merchants
and work along lines already laid down to get very much
broader foothed in Mexico This is exactly what the
United States department of desires Americans
70 do 70 get into the game IN Mexico and help trade in
that country take business away from the Germans
The establishment Of business relationships VIII do more
10 promote friendly feeling between the two republics than
any number Of set speeches newspaper interviews e
Pasoans who have lost important business connections N
Mexico through the operation Of the trading with me
enemy act now have their opportunity, while the hands