Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-08-31
Meet TONIGHT
T0MAKE PLANS
FOR TRADEDAY
Every Business Man in City
Expected to be Present to
Assist Formulating Plans
~ Dsond Event

brownsville is to have second Trades
Day on Thursday. October 3. according
tu announcement made yesterday by the
Merchants Association. and meeting
is to be held at the city hall at o'clock
tonight for the purpose of formulating
plans and completing all arrangements
for the event. A request has been
issued to every business man in the
city TO be present. and the association
places stress upon the fact that unless
they are present to take an active part
in the work prior to Trades Day IT will
be impossible to make the event "A com
plote success. Every business man IN
brownsville is expected to be present
tcn.ght. and to come prepared to assist
in carrying out the plans decided upon.
The experience gained through the
medium of the first Trades Day will
prove Invaluable in arranging for the
second event. Many additional amuse-
mcnts will be added. and a good pro-
gram Of attractions other than the bar
gain prices made by the stores vii! be
arranged. If every business interest IN
the city will get behind the committees
there is no reason why the second
Trades Day should not be complete
success. according To the Association.
In commenting upon the decision 10
hold second Trades Day on October >.
> member of the committee stated:
"Thc first Trades Day was in the nature
q. an expcriment-and IL was a success.
fuI experiment II brought hundreds Of
people to Brownsville who have hereto
fore done very little purchasing in this
city end the merchants made many
friends who are going to throw a large
oiumc of business To the Brownsville
mercantilc establishments. The buyers
-scr- well satisfied. and they are going
TO come again and bring their friends.
The work of putting Oh the first
Trades Day was left to less than a dozen
men, and they deserve commendation for
what they accomplished. lcrc wa
very little cooperation among the mcr-
chants W 10 the last few days preceding
Trades Day. and we were also little
late IN getting the plans started For
the next Trades Day we must have com
plctc cooperation on the part of every
business interest in the city. The mcr-
chants and other business men must get
into The campaign TO make i, success
and il they will do this we can have
thousands Of people from Valley points
in Brownsville on October >.
"Thc meeting tonight is for the pur-
pose Of completing arrangements for the
second Trades Day. and there should bc
at least y hundred business men present;
and every ore Of them should hc pre-
pared 70 do his part. This is too big
n proposition for half dozen men TO
put over; every business man ~ the
city must get onto the active list. and
get into the game with the enthusiasm
'nch n project deserves. We want no
half-hcar'rd support for the second
Trades Day. We want every man in
Brownsville out early and boosting. and
il they will DO that We can make the
plan a complete success in this city.
II will mean that the buyers Of the Val
iev viii come in greater numbers. learn
for themselves tho biC stocks thcv have
4" select from in Brownsville. and when
ihev see the prices Brownsville stores
offer they will need nothing further
10 convince Them that Brownsville il the
plac" 20 do their buying.
"Wc want the business men n that
meeting tonight. We wart all Of them
not merely n half dozen. The time il
here for Us TO get out and 90 after busi-
ness. and we can not expect half doz-
en- progressive business men to do all
the work for Us.