El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-03
CUTTING COST
Of TRADE TRIP
Band viii Not Be Taken
Country Is Reported to
Be Safe for Travellers.

By cutting out a tourist sleeper and
saving some $4,000 on the hiring Of a
band and paying Of the band mems
expenses, the per capita cost OF par
tcipation in the trade trip to the west
coast OF Mexico has been materially
reduced. As the schedule now stands,
the total will be s12.3s5-25 on the basis
Of so to 2 men, while the individual
cost on the basis Of 60 in the party is
s205.40 and for IS persons. sI72.O2 per
person.
Considering the fact that the trip
into Sonora and Sinaloa is the first
Of the character attempted for many
years By an American city on an ex-
tensive scale. and that the mileage to
aazatlan. the most attractive city on
the west Mexico coast. Is one thousand
miles the trip on the basis Of S172.O2
Tor Y persons is cheap. The Fl Paso
trade excursion in 1917 cost S125 pei
capita and the men then paid for their
own meals
The trade trip 10 the west coast
OF Mexico stated Eli O.. Krupp. the
chairman, Of the trade extension com
mittee, ais the outErowth OF insistent
suggestions since the first OF the year
from the business men Of FL Paso that
we get out and DO something 10 get
business In February The q Pas0
Herald Tor a number Of days sounded
put the business men on the trade trip,
and with few exceptions the REPLIES
and interFi eVTs- were emphatically for
trade trip and a willingness TO so
on whatever trade route was found 10
De the most favorable at this time
Why the Trip.
''Tue trade extension department"
continued NJ hrupp, decided that
three trips should be run out OF FL
Paso as the trade trip program-one
20 west Texas and eastern New NeXi-
co; q second to central and northern
New Mexico and Arizona and a third
TO the west coast Of Mexico and the
southern parts Of Arizona ana New
Mexico. Upon taking an inventory OF
the situation Fl was decided that be-
cause Of the shut down of mining IN
lustrv in Arizona and New Mexico. a !
trip az this time was not altogether
edvisab le- and that the west Texas
and eastern New Mexico trip would be /
better during the fan splendid re- I
ports OF prosperity i'm the western part 4
OF Mexico decided the trade extension I
department upon routing the party ta I
ihis section
Countrz Is Safe. !
There IS only one point which some ]
hold ont as a stumbling block anc mat I
Is a hesitancr to enter Mexico. All I
that can be said is that at the present Z
time from eight 20 ten OF the ia- & Il 4
business firms Of FL Paso have travel
Ing men in this territory and have had I
men there for some tine Iney report Z
that trade conditions are excellent and /
that the route from the border 10 Ma
zatlan is in good shape The FL Paso-
ans travelling I'm their own train ana \
olly stopping At the larger cities VIII
have during the trip as much comfort
as il travelling anywhere in the United
States"
The committees working up the per-
sonnet Of the trade trim are hard at
IT." julius EraEaUer has been added
TO the committee Of z W kayser- ana,
instead Of developing the lists b.
trades. free lancinE VIII be the pro-
gram The trip is open TO all Fl Paso
professional as well as business men