San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-23

VISIT URGED
BY SPEAKER
William Ochse Tells Sales
men That San Antonio
Should Be First There.
CITY'S BEST MARKET
Says Undeveloped Terri
tory Here Is Greater Than
Any Other Place.

San Antonio has more undevelOped
territory surrounding it than any
other city in the United States. and
therefore its possibilities as the great
est trade center of the Southwest are
unsurpassed, declared William Ochse,
in addressing the Craftsmanship Club
on SELLING San Antonio rs a Mar
ket Center" Everyone should know
their city first, then boost it, he said,
for personal success depends upon
the welfare of the city.
You people who live i'll San An
ronio know less about your own city
than the majority of visitors" Mr..
Ochse said. land this is easy to prove.
You can visit any city i'll the United
States and you will find that the res
i,lents know comparatively little about
their home town. Go TO St. Louis.
Chicago or any other city and just
see how many people there can tell
You what the city lives oil. why it Is
80 great and something of its re-
sources.
The reason fo- this in San An.
tonic is that the people are not suf-
ficiently interested in their own citys
welfare. They do not take the trou'
Bile TO investigate and learn what the
city is doing in manufacturing, real
estate activities. trade and expansion.
Gateway TO Mexico.
San Antonio has been the gate
way to Mexico for more than % years
aud the people here are just begin
ming to realize it. We must bring
more industries here. I wish there
were 80 more drug wholesale houses
in the city instead of only the pres
ent ones: then we would have a drug
center. Ne have the recognition of
Mexico cinched. San Antonio recog-
| nized it long ago. We are actually
waiting for the formal recognition to
be put on paper.
Citizens of San Antonio should
form a delegation to visit the Mexican
government as well as trade ccnters
Immediately after. the announcement
of the recognition and should be the
first city in the United States to vel
come Mexican trade. We should tel
] AltAl'O llldN san 4hilOnIo " III W NV
| first trade center it will see and alst
the last one. We should let the ma
ton know that our spirit is TO serv,
| Mexico.
Every salesman Of San Antonio
| should be Il booster for his city. H'
should 60 out and sell San Antonio
| Quit apolOgizing for having come from
this city, but stick out your chest ant
be proud of the fact. You apparently
do not realize that your success de
ponds upon that of the city.
Need More Money and Time.
Lack of interest in the city's wei
fare by its residents will end is do
ing more harm TO San Antonio thar
any other one thing. The recent eiec
ton with its exceedingly small mum
Der of votes east indicates the amoun
of interest citizens are taking in floot
| prevention. for instance, which will b.
one of the many tangible assets TO tn,
city,"
Preceding Mr.. Ochse's address. Sen
ator A. +. Wood was introduced BY
| Wallace Rogers. In commenting OF
the famous Hull Youngblood "Hillbil
lie" speech. Senator Wood said thai
Mr.. Youngblood was correct in ;
part of his speech. He said tina
the people of the state are going t.
hold the Legislature in contempt jus
as long as it continues to operate
in the present way. The men sen
to the Legislature are honest. he said
and are just as good as any peopl
in the world, but they are not pro
| vided with a large enough salary il