El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-28

eeOUR committee from the Central
/ " Labor union finds a general
apathy among the foreign Iaboring
class in FL Paso toward becoming cit
izens," said ". r Welch- This COM
mittee was appointed BY our union at
the request of the United States de-
partment Of labor and is to work IN
der the latter We have been seeking
out such foreigners among the work
ing men here and so Tar we have found
little or no interest in becoming citi-
zens and the Mexicans do not TO he
come such As have stated before
this WORK our committee Is undertake
ing IS part OF 'Americanization' plans
OF the government We have been
working along the best we could, the
department neglecting TO send US fur
long delayed"
have nothing to say against the
excitement about oil for il is a great
thing, said John II. aIoffit. a mining
man OF kingston. y NJ. but gold
ana silver are more needed right now
than ever. We need them to back M
the Hood OF currency or promises TO
pay that the government has out. The
gold and silver that have been mined
during many decades back are still do
--.- SCI ANH dH a MtAlum exchange
Iney are not destroyed except by the
slow wear of handling Many indus
tries need oil, many mines need il to
Keep going, but the oil and other in
custries and business will need metal
money which has been decreasing. The
output Of gold has been decreasing
quite rapidly and so has silver Nat
urally the demand will encourage
greater production in time but l.
looks to me that If something is not
done by the government or otherwise
TO get more gold and silver produced
there may come a time Of danger to
our financial system. The metal
money has TO back the paper and no
mistake and We need newproduction
to keep pace with the volume Of bus
mess mess. not because those metals. are
burned uD or used up. like oil is"
FL Pasoans must take more care in
operating their gasoline stoves or the
city viii some day have a terrible
IRE, said John ". Wray, chief OF the
al calls lately OF small blazes which
nave been caused by gasoline stove I
explosions when proper care was not
taken in operating the stove We must
guard against this and protect our
such a fire.
~EI Pasoans should not forget that
mere is an excellent prospect for a I
Junior college at the high school !
building to be opened perhaps a year
rom the coming September" said A :
II. Hughey, superintendent of schools. /.
itl PasO has always been one Of the +
leading educational centers Of the I
state and in establishing A college Of
This nature. giving the first two years
OF college academic work. would be
adding 70 ITS honors greatly. The col
lege would draw students to this city
rom radius of many miles and
would be one OF the biggest advertise
ments that the city could have As
stated at the school board meeting
a bout ten days ago. the cost would {
not be too great as there is plenty of /
space in the high schol building for /
the college II the junior grades were I
moved into the grammar school build 4
.ng. That would be the ideal situation.
~ course we would not desire the /
Junior college at the high school to ]
10 conflict with the College of the City
Of Fl Paso. located at the state Schol
~ Mines. in any way but I believe
there is room in this city. and need,
Tor both institutions
The Moffitt Consolidated Mines
company, Of which I am manager"
said John II. Moffitt. "is planning to
build a saw mill at our mines on
North Percha creek. eight miles from
Kingston. We will do this so as to
supply our company with lumber and
nine timbers. We will build a num-
Der of houses for our men and wiH
nave them ready before winter We
rave considerable pine timber on our I
,wn property" II
1T is a curious thing TO a lawyer !
raveling about the country to notice
he difference in pronunciation Of the
~ onr'~7o1 low terms. and especially
hose OF latin origin" said attorney