El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-17
REALTORS VIEW
BRIGHT FUTURE
Optimism Pervades Annual
Banquet of Association
In Sheldon.

Optimism over the future OF FL Faso
was the keynote at the third annual
banquet OF the FL Paso Real Estate
board held Thursday night in the grill
room Of the Sheldon hotel That the
city of FL Paso has not been fed on
government contracts as have other
favored cities, and viii consequently
not feel the shock OF withdrawal Of
environments and the closing Of war
Industries. was the sentiment Of many
Of the speakers.
1t was pointed out that Fl Paso is
in fine condition TO make quick re-
I covery from the general depression
caused by the war. and that with the
opening Of the border. it would re-
sumo its position as the gateway TO
I Mexico. other cities are going TO try
10 take this business away from us.
said the new president. James l. MARI.
: but that trade belongs to FL Paso and
il must go this way"
Election Of Officers.
The election of officers for the COM
+ ing year preceded the banquet and the
! following were named: James T. Mari.
president, George R. LeBarOn, first
. vice president; IT. B. Stevens. second
vice president, G.. J. Maple. third vice
presidents W X Ramsey, secretary
and treasurer. The spea king was in
I terspersed with songs by Mrs Helen
Cooper Williams and II. Wellington
{ Carricl1. accompanied on the plano by
: A. T. Sievers. A one act play STYLED
+ Making a sale" was staged by Nor
man Walker and Chas. Brann. in
which the members OF the association
{ were burlesuued-
What They said.
I selling real estate on the easy pay
ment plan is an easy proposition. But
I if we are going to make a success Of
I j., we must keep the property sold
: Keep IT from foreclosure We must
get away from the idea Of making
money by selling the property on a
& foreclosure" said W L. TOOley.
Il never felt as optimistic as I do
now about the general conditions OF
3 FL Paso- A good portion Of the United
T states has had good times from war
projects, and as these are now being
taken away, those communities viii
suffer. People have depended on them
( to considerable extent and their
Withdrawal VIII hurt We have not
had them FL Paso consequently has
not suffered from that cause. Values
. have not suffered. ] think We have
suffered less than anywhere else I
know Of. and especially less than those
places which have been fed as the Ia
v0red few"
VIII Go Ahead.
I'VE are ready now TO make the
{ greatest strides that Ell PasO has ever
made All we need is just a little en-
couragemenL The opening OF the
Mexican border is going 20 start
3 things here. and when it does start,
8 they can't stop US"
. IF the realty exchange Will get be-
hind a proposition. we can get a ten
story building" said AIr. MARI. May
he not this year If members VIII
pledge themselves a thousand dollses
or two we can get the building The
building would cost about 100000 I
F can guarantee and Will raise half that
sum- can arrange TO borrow so per-
cent We could call the building the
Consolidated Realty building or Con-
sOlidared Exchange building. That is
a little food for thought"
Chas- B. Stevens. the next speaker.
said i want TO call your attention
TO the canning factory in the valley,
and the need Of several others. The
cham Der OF commerce has been max
ing considerable effort lately towards
bringing factories here They say that
the great handicap is the lack OF
cheap fuel
Cheap Fuel Coming.
Cheap fuel Is coming At Columbus
where they have been roring for oil
they went down 2000 feet and struck
black cap rock The geologist saws
that at 200 feet they Will strike oils
he says that oil viii be pumped into
= Paso within p months 7 predict
that within less than a year. people
viii be boring for oil in the Rio
Grande vauey-maybe within the lin
its OF the city of Ell Paso- 7 know
there is a movement on foot for that
purpose.
"A canning factory does not need
much oil The canning factory at
1sleta has not asked for financial aid. 4
but IL has asked the people 10 raise Z
products Last year they needed to- /
matoes. they need sweet potatoes and I
chile I think that more Of these can /
ming factories should be established Z
Hard to Sell.
w h Ramsey spoke on The diff !
Culties Of selling real estate" He said: !
II Mess you have confidence in the
property you are selling. YOU are at a /
handicap right at the start The per-
sonal element enters more into a sale 7
than il does in any class Of merchan-
disc"
C. II. Leavel reviewed the part taken J
by the real estate men in the various I
campaigns carried on for war pur-
poses. and said that the members had I
done their full part
Attention was called BY A. II. An
dersou to the articles manufactured in I
FL Paso. He asked the members OF I
the association to boost for the con-
sumption OF home products.
o g. Coles. president OF the cham
Der OF commerce, said We should Z
encourage real farmers 10 come in and .
locate here. and we should see to il
that land is not listed too high"
The building OF more houses was
advocated by $. D. Mayfield Recently
we have made quite a few estimates Z
on building" he said. and find that
the cost has not increased IS or so
percent as is generally supposed.
There has been only an increase Of
about Is percent in the last year and
a half. We feel that we are going TO
be able to sell the houses we are now
building and expect our business to
be hack in its normal condition within
q few months"
Ethics Of Realtors.
C.. Y. Nafe spoke on the ethics Of the
real estate business. We ought not to
sell a man a bigger house than he
ought TO buy" he said. "in order TO
make a bigger commission Sell a man
what he really wants after we find out
what he wants. And do not initiate the
prices so as TO be able to sell his
note
The retiring secretary. George r
LeBarou. read his report Of the work
of the association during the preced-
ing year.
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