San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-11
MEXICAN TRADE
DISCUSSED At
CUNTERDINNER
Chamber of Commerce
Welcomes Consul Gener-
al Alexandra Lubbert.
PLAN NEW BUSINESS
Reagan Houston Says
Tariff of Both Countries
Hold Down Commerce.

Relationship between this country
and Mexico was discussed at the din
ner Tuesday night at the Gunter Ho-
tel given by the Mexican Bureau aud
trade extension department of tlg
Chamber of Commerce in honor n
Alexandra Lubbert, recently appoint
ed Mexican consul general here.
The dinner was presided over by
William Ochse. chairman of the Mex
lean bureau and and trade extension
department and attended by between
20 and 80 of the leading business men
and exporters of the city. Mr.. Ochse
told of the social relationship that
had always existed between Mexico
and San Antonio. San Antonio, he
said. is the one city in this country
where the Mexican people will always
feel that they are better understood
and appreciated.
Reagan Houston of the A. B.
Frank Co., who perhaps has an ex-
haustive knowledge of Mexican trade
was called on as the first speaker to
tell of the stability and desirabilit,
of trade with Mexico. He told of the
detrimental effect that the present tar
on trade between the two countries,
saying that if the tariff levying au-
thOrity of the Congress of the United
States and the president of Mexico
was taken away the countries could
arrive at a business relationship such
as should exist between them. He told
of the weak points in both the ad
valorem tariff of this country and the
specific tariff of Mexico and said that
by cooperation between the business
men of the two countries a preferen-
tial tariff system should be instituted.
Never Lost a Cent.
He told of the good will and COR
fidence that had been built up be-
tween his company and its Mexican
customers by square dealing and an
appreciation of the Mexican point of
view, and said that even through The
troubled times during the revolution
his company had continued giving
credit in Mexico and had not lost one
cent in bad accounts.
Mr.. Lubbert in a brief talk thanked
the Mexican bureau and trade extern
sion department for the courtesy
shown him and offered TO cooperate
Win gan -AHlOulO iltICudHlS III any
of their dealings with his country.
A number of representatives of
other San Antonio firms doing bust
ness in Mexico were called on for a
few words and all expressed them
| selves as being certain as TO its stabil-
ity, and saying that they intended go-
ing into the exporting business with
Mexico on a bigger scale at once.
Tells of Plans.
c. c. Wolfe, who recently took
charge of the merged departments of
the Chamber of Commerce. gave brief
ly an outline of the activities that he
is planning. He said that reciprocity
should be practiced in dealing with
Mexico. and that if the merchants of
San Antonio wished to export their
goods there they should also help the
Mexican producer to dispose of his
goods. He is going 10 make a survey
of Mexico in the near future, he said,
with the view of determining the
things that they have there that can
not be supplied locally and bringing
them to San Antonio for distribution.
San Antonio. by right of its location,
he said. should be the clearing house
of all goods going into and coming out
of Mexico. and it is toward this end
that his department Of the chamber is
working.