El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-21
Manufacturers
TOOrganizeOn
F1idayEUening
w. F Gohlke Tells What
San Antonio Did By
Organization.

At a dinner 10 be held in Hotel
Sheldon Friday evening at 1880. an
organization Of EI Paso manufactur-
ers is to be formed.
The organization grows out OF the
advertisement Of Claiborne Adams. Of
the Globe mills. in the Weekend
Herald last week urging Ell Pasoans
I to patronize home industries. W. ).
/ McMath has issued the call for the
meeting. Mr.. Adams is sending let
I tiers to his interested friends urging
/ them to attend. Every manufacturer
! in FL PasO and those interested in
I the movement to push products made
at home will be welcome. II they
wish to attend the dinner. Mr.. Adams
should be notified by noon Friday.
What san Antonio Did.
". F Gohlke. general manager OF
the Walker Properties association. Of
Austin, the well known chill con carae
manufacturer, spinach grower. on his
return from a business trip TO Cali
fornia, spent a few hours Wednesday
in FL Paso and spoke of san Antonio
ganization. He said: Don't stop;
push it hard. You are on the right
road
san Antonio about Is years ago or
ganized a jobbers' and manufacturers
league to put on a 'patronize home
industry campaigns and, although we
had hard work in the beginning. ulti-l
mately we won out. and it is my be-
lief that. with the active wide awake
business men of FL Paso working to-
gether in harmony, you viii achieve
a great success.
Don't get discourag ed IL first re-
suits do not meet your expectations, /
but keep plugging; you viii win out I
The following representative jobbers
Of san Antonio were the active work /
ers in our early organization, many /
of them well known in FL Paso: Sam ,
Weller, Jesse Oppenheimer, Alex I
Halff, Dave Strauss. Jake Wolff. /
Finck, the cigar man: Alamo iron
works, Dreiss macaroni factory. and 4
myself The bankers of san Antonio T
also took membership, IN order to
assist the organization
Had Advertising Campaign.
Our first work was a full page
writeup monthly of the jobbing and
manufacturing interests OF san An
tonic in our local press, both morning
and evening issues.
our manufacturers also distributed
samples Of their products 10 city
homes and, while our early treasury
was low and not very strong in funds,
the press helped US all they could and.
as We grew in mem bership and funds,
we increased our advertising budget
and reaped splendid results from it.
Our membership grew and. from
the original manufacturers and JOB
bers' league, a small but determined
bunch Of hard workers, San Antonio
now has. all in flourishing condition.
the following organizations; The
largest and best manufacturers asso-
citation in Texas. the Jobber's league.
the Credit Mems association and ad-
justment bureau, all enersetically and
actively at work. cooperating closely
with one another and reaping splendid
results.
We did not confine ourselves TO
San Antonio. but to our entire trade
territory, and then went into the
other fellows, and today San Anto-
MOS prosperity and largely expanded I
trade territory is due to the organiza- {
tions mentioned above. Our chamber
Of commerce also was a large factor
and assisted our early organization
very materially
Ell PasO's Future.
"El PssO has a wonderful future.
l have been a consistent believer in
FL Paso's future and am personally
doing a large volume OF business
here, both in buying from and selling
TO your large interests here. and 1
know, with your progressive and wide
awake business men working in har-
nony and earnestness Of purpose. you
viii score 4 big success America is
Pm the threshold Of big things and
We must all be up, wide awake and
ready to grasp the wonderful oppor-
unity the next few years viii present
10 US and most especially FL PasO.
You can count on me II 1 can help
you any"