El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-30
TRADE TRIP IS
N0WCERTAINTY
Commerce Chamber Mem
bers sect Busy" Ex-
cursion "Goes Over"

At 9 o'clock Tuesday morning a
requiem was almost in order over the
trade trip TO the west coast Of Mex
leo. but at 9:15. with the advent of Eli
G. .Krupp. chairman Of the trade ex-
/ tension committee. on the scene. there
was an immediate resurrection and
revival OF interest and. by o'clock
the list OF those TO go on the exucr-
sion had been swelled TO SO without
any direct solicitation. At $3.50 o'clock
Wednesday morning six committees,
appointed by Mr.. Krupp on Tuesday
afternoon began a canvass Of the city
to line up at least 100 trade trippers.
and by May I the number Of the party
can be determined
When the report got abroad that
the trip might not be conducted. not
q man invited to attend the meeting
at 9 o'clock failed OF attendance
We can't thing OF such thing
said F. ". Kayser.
1T would mean throwing up our
hands and becoming a suburb OF Los
Angeles" said W c. walk.
IF the Jobbers won't stand to-
gether on this vital point, I'm work
ing on my own hook hereafter said
Eli c. Krupp
heard that there was a chance Of the
excursion not going through. IL made
me sore all over OF course we ought
10 run il and It ought 10 be the most
enterprisinE excursion ever sent out
a few minutes later Mr.. Wise
'phoned in the names OF the South
western Fuel < Feed company ana
the Western Fuel and Feed company
as also wishing to participate
There IS no lack OF interest In
the excursion" said Mr.. Kayser. I'VE
have simply been worked 10 death re-
Gently with the Victory loan and with
other meetings When IL comes 10 a
show down we viii have the crowd,
because no thinking business man can
or viii sit back and let this oppOrtun-
ity 70 line up the west coast OF Mex
icO slip from US. As a matter OF city
pride alone. even II a firm cannot be
represented by its head IL should
have a representative"
Those Already Signed
The firms lined up at noon on we'd
nesdav were Krakauer. FORK & Move,
two; Welch Bedding company. one
Western WoodenWare company. one;
FL PasO Tent and Awning company,
one; Empire Boiling works, one;
Haymon Krupp company. one: Norris
& company. one; SOuthw estern Cen
eral Electric company. one; l. Cher
mis-, one. BoretZ Mercantile company,
one RuQuor Motor com pany. one
Globe Mills, one; EI Paso Times. two;
Fl Paso Herald, two; Peyton Packing
company. one: +. w Kayser, Max
Move. China Palace. one; ". G. Walk,
Santa Fe Fuel & Feed company. one;
Henry s Beach. Laskin s. Swat COM
pany, one J. F. Primm, Held brothers,
one. Kelly & Pollard, one; Southwest
ern Fuel & Feed company. one; West
Texas Fuel company. one
Mr.. Beach and M WalZ stated that
while they might not be able 10 go in
person. they would pay their pro
rata as evidence OF their interest in
lining up business for FL Paso in
western Mexico.
In lining up the business men OF
Fl Paso for the trip. the following
chairmen OF committees were named
by Mr.. Krupp. each chairman 10 have
a committee as big or as small as
he cares to name;
Banks z. W kayser; feed and fuel,
T. C. Held: hardware. furniture. mat
tresses. dry goods and specialties FL
G. Krupp. L Chernis and Louis Hor-
witt; automobile trades. john Buquir;
saddlery. leather goods and manufac-
turers. ". G. Walz; produce, coffee
jobbers and grocers. Henry s Beach
and Henry h FRS: bOttlers, L Card
ner; candy and cigar manufacturers
a. L Nicholson