Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-09-20

The PARADISE OF The PRODUCER,
HON. l.. BRADFORD PRINCE

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Seven years ago it was my privilege to
address an audience in this place, at the
opening OF the territorial fair of 1888.
then drew your attention to the mani
fold resources OF New Mexico, so varied
and so abundant that it could be asserted
boldly that no other portion OF the United
States is so richly endowed by nature.
As this seem such strong language as to
SAVIOR OF exaggeration, | proceeded some
what in detail to make Il comparison, in
order to show that the picture was not
overdrawn. | showed that the states east
OF the Mississippi while well equipped in
most localities for agricultural and horti-
cultural success by excellence OF soil and
abundance OF humidity, yet as rule were
devoid of mineral resources. Along the
Appalachian range there we're great de-
posts of iron, and in certain sections
abundance Of coal, but OF the precious
metals the amount even in North Caro-
lima was so small as to be insignificant.
Michigan contained magnificent mines OF
copper, but had no other mineral wealth.
Crossing the father OF waters, We found IN
Missouri great masses OF lead ana zinc,
but OF more valuable metals she had none
Proceeding westward to the Rocky Noun
tain region, it is true that Colorado, by
her early development eXceIled US IN
mineral product, but when we turned to
other resources, she had nothing to COM
pare with the fertile valleys OF our rivers
and in the productions OF the field, the
market garden, the orchard and the vine
ward. New Mexico was immensely super
ior The gainsayer, ballled thus far IN
finding land so favored as our own,
might then turn to California, and por-
traving her wonderful advantages insist
that at least that state was superior.
And at first sight it would almost seem
as ii this were true. For besides hel
marvellous record as the land OF gold, she
possessed the enormous wheat fields OF the
north and the centre, and the magnlti
cent fruit and grape regions OF the south
But in these latter respects
WE ARE ruGIN HER Equal,
and her mineral is nearly all OF one metal
She has not our silver, or lead, or copper
or iron. And beyond all this, the pos
session in vast and ineXhaustible guam
titles OF that great essential article
which is The motive power to set in opera
ton so many brancl es of business-coa
gives to MS the stamp OF superlort,
that can not fail TO be recognized.
then proceeded to enumerate som'
of the wonderful resources and oppor
tunities of production, existing within GU
borders for New Mexico is so large IL
extent, that few of our own people know
except from hearsay how much Of laten
wealth lies awaiting development within
our borders. There are the great pint
forests. from which in single county
over so COO 900 feet of lumber are ever
now being produced each year. Their
are the wonderful wheat lands OF thu
northern valleys, which though used I'm
interruptedly for over hundred years
without rotation, yet produce crops I'm
surpassed in India or Russia or our owl
northwest. There are the .Ong stretche
of valleys bordering all OF the great river
and their tributaries, which rival il the
do not excel the prairie soil of Illinois o
Kansas, in the luXurlance OF their field
of corn. There are the broad acres IL
alfalfa and other grasses, mere sample
of what may be a vastly multiplied reality
producing by their successive crops,
much larger weight of hay than can b
raised Oh the same area in any OF tn
most favored grass producing states. On
oats are greatly superior to those grow
, elsewhere. While those of Kansas aver
age but 81 pounds to the bushel and sci
dom exceed 80 at the highest, ours witt
their plump full kernels will average 8
and often exceed 40. The onions, turnip
and beets, the Cabbages, CaulitlOwers an
celery, exhibited in this hall, both i
size and quality tell their own story {
the superior
CHARACTER OF OUR VEGETABLES,
while the potato which fails to gro
we'll in or valleys, is produced OF wor
deriul excellence on the mountain side
and in all the higher attitudes. An
then the fruit That shall | say OF that
i but that which you all know, that tn
t seems to be the spot specially adapted b
the hand of the Creator for its perfection
9 whether apples or pears Peache
! apricots or neCtarines; pIums, cherries
! ounces all here exhibit their fine
t points Of size, color and taste, cOmblnir
o the weight ana beauty OF nose Oh OalIio o.
h with the rchest llaVor OF those OF Che r'as
All TINS aside from Ii'e goa ana u
=, silver; the copper ana the lead me ihli