Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-01-02

pfOclnlnlng ITS Virtues before the
public. IN measure Tor the reason
that there are 80 many articles II.
fcrcd for publication hy similar
bodies That contain no information.
and In fact are a. take the eye If
TIE public of the real questions al
iEuc. while funds arr acquired and
something Slipped over while the
people are looking IN the other Ill.
rcction. II this organization has
20 exist by such tactics an Indicated
la the foregoing II were far better
that Il be- dissolved.
The Panhandle Plr.ns Chamber oi
Commerce was conceived In the minds
Of the people ami By them assigned ,
task and set b. work. u was not or.
Kanlzcd for the purpose ~ giving some
person OF persons occupation. bat b.
cause there WAS thought e. be great
need for its offices
Accordingly the idea first IN tho
minds Of the officers was to sell tn
Panhandle and Plains To IA. people
who reside In the Plains areas and a.
set NJ In their minds the fact that tho
Panhandlc.Plains ~ a specific portion
of Texas and not section that Il at.
tached 20 some other part Of the com.
nonwcalth merely for executive pu~,
poses.
This organ izatlun stands fint.fooi II
on the proposition ~ specific dcsignn.
tlon 81 service Tor the Panhandle.
Plains country. IN the state II Texas.
We are n part Of the great state o.
Texas. and We are proud 81 II. but wg
are not n part 81 any sectional region
known as Fast Tyras." North Texas. g
Central Texas" South Texas" or
west Tcsas." hut our sccti1H O. Known
and recognized as the panhandlc.plains.
having interests that ere common tu All
this territory. and problems Tor solu.
ton that ar pc ilinr 10 u lon
II has never been charged by this
organization that Il held the rcins ot
government IN ila hand. II has been
the office and purpose ~ the orgarlzi-
ton To- become the avenue through
wNtL pI'nt - contact nav h' -
tablishcd touching the people aud In.
tcrcsis 81 this section.
We can. therefore. Justly lay cla,n
To having assisted In IN" movement 81,
the 1919 grain crop thruugh the hca".
ing that was held before y. y. nalan.
tine. - the ear service section az Wash.
invton. In Amarillo on January 2Oth.
1920. At that time we made applica'
tion for 10000 ears Tor grain. that d.
Ing n time when ears were not nh.fin.
able even hy railroad officials. This
hearing brought o. the attention ~ the
car service section. an understanding
which could not have been had exec y
by personal contact. Dr. l'alnntnr
examined some twenty men from ali
sections of this country. and the rDc'
ord bears ont the fact that hciwccn
January Goth ana May Lih q; 1920,
there were moved from this territory
is.SsS cars Of grain.
The facts .gut ht.op. Mr. Bahntine.
the tabulati0n v'hith he carried homo
with him and which filtered Into thr
minds II those unschoolcd in she rl.
fairs of this country. constituted thc
hes, advertising that this country
t,,uh receive. b." matter SIT wH, {
publication yuu might desire To- ,ntcr.
And u was ahuu; thu pauhan 'l,.phins
country. where you live and where YOU
havs undctiakcn Ia build a home and e
fortune. This movement represents y
wealth. 81 more than $50 100000, not
stuff that WAS raised IN East, Central
az West Texas hut In the Panhandle.
Plains country. aud say. old fellow,
are you ashamed e. stand four'squart
on the question ct yoar location In
Texas?
The Panhandle Plains ~ Texas has
been and YET la. mlsund rNood hy other
sections of Texas. and u Is up Ia the
people who reside here and the ins's
iuuon- I-ospcri. z icrc. m tn'' urN'
papers published here. To- come ont
from their ostrich .systcm.oi hiding. and
defend the interests Of. this the Pan.
ksndle.plains 81 Texas
VtTLi. u 20 a pori'.t ~ H'rv. p-''f
was and never viii bc. but the pcop'"
residing elsewhere have right Ia know
tho truth about II and until we stand
united In our own minds and hearts,
uthct sections arc,going to continue io
take from us much 81 that fame and
wealth to which We arc ~ Justly vr'
titled. This ~ not condemnation 81
other sections Il the state, because it
We are not going to avail Ourselves ~
the opportunities here afforded, Il will
he n Kindness oven tu M. for SOME
other section &C. step In ana take care
of ms
The argument TINT We use is TINT We
nrc capable of taking care of ourselves,
and that sclf.prcsrryntion being TIE
first law of uaturc. We can render q
greater service o. the state and o.
every individual section Il the State ny
~ DUNG,
Reduced to It's final analysis the
rain AFTER .a affairs cuHmerlal I,
the question 81 transportation, ara IA"
charge required therefore. We have
In most OF this section ~ the State
what II known AZ common point tor
ritorg an Texas business. giving rs a
disirir, IN the Panhandle.
Plains. an equal chance with For;
worth and other points ia Texas. and
saves a. this country over what Is
known as dincrcntlal territory. al
amount thnt reaches th" staggering as.
grcgate gum - more than two million
dollars annually.
Through It's efficient traffic manager.
ia v. Byars. the Fort Worth Chamber
~ Commerce and tire West TcX1s
Chamber of Commerce. has hccn seek.
ing % disturb our common point rate.
Tho question comes. why The answer
IL. 80 that through the removal Of this
blanket rate. Fort Worth would be- g,v.
IN a greater trade territory, and ~
long as a sectional chamber ~ com.
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