Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1891-07-25

given number Of miles Tor n specific sum
~ money 10 an Rbstruss and complca,
cd problem which the ordinary mind
cannot bc expected 10 grasp, hu: not.
withetandinR our ignorance of the busi.
ness, when IN cropping around after facts,
Sc fud that one road charges about
tifty four per cent more 10 carry given
article thirty miles than another road
charges Tor carrying the same article
twelve hundred miles, We can't shake of
the apprehension that possibly the farm
cr's alliance has mission. after all.
But there are two propsitions which
are certainly true;
Flrst Exorbitant rates retatd the de.
velopmen, ot tho country.
Second The commouest kind of com.
mon business sense will teach any man
that whatever rctnrds the development
ot u country retatds the growth ~ busl
ncss for the roads running through that
country.
\ man doesn't have IT, To board ~
railroad directors or even brakeman,
to know that much about the business
TnE commissioners appointed by the
government tu investigate the cause ~
the last Indian war ARE in an amusing
prcdicAment. They have finished their
lNburs, hat the records have been stolen
from the carriage IN which they were rc.
turning Ia civilization. Considering
that the investigation doubtless implicRt
ed men who have stolen from the In
dams, there IL little wonder TINT the rec.
ords have not been pcrmltted to reach
Washington.
Mkt year will be the centennial ami
Ncrsafy ~ the tirEt NIslt ~ white men tu
what IN now tho state Of Washington. In
May, l1G2, Vancouver vlslted the coRst
ot that state In tho same year and
month CaplRlp Gray, IN the American
shIp Columbia, entered the great river
that nov bears that name. Steps brc al
ready berg taken to celebrate these
events next year aud the people OF the
nelghborlng states will be invited to par.
tlcpate.
PLRu IL getting ready Tor the rapidly
approaching period when the commerce
ot the western hemisphere will he under
the management ~ this country. Her
government has decreed that the OOscrv
ance ot the numerous religious feast
days must 10 longer interfere with the
republic.
Sourn DAKoIA has realized that the
Worlds Fair would not be I. success
without an exhibit from that state. Two.
thirds Of tho members ~ the Legislature
have pc,ltlunIi Governor MeIletle to
call an extra session for tue purpose OF
making al Appropriation OF 10000 for
an exhibit.
THE foreign trade ot Mcxlco and South
America amounts to twelve hundred
millions u year. The United States has
been getting but small part Of 1t, En-.
gland aud Germany having secured the
lions share But the policy Of rec,pro'
city IL likely to change the currents OF
this trade 10 n great extent.
nj Of aftN
muni,y is IN II great measure Judged ot
by the advertising display made in the
local papers Of the community. The im'
portancs OF this fact may he better un'
derstood when It IL known that II IL the
only general means the outside world
has Of learning these facts.
THE ceremony OF defeating the
Worlds Far building will be extended
through several days. 1t is expected
that 1900 militia and regular soldiers
will participate. The expenses are esti
mated at sij0,0O0. The date set Is Oclo
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highly ornamental gentleman known IA
the governor general" who represents
Queen Victoria and does about as much
OF the work OF governing the country n
that lady does at home,
Thar was an awful warning 10 ,h,
gamblers u Chicago when one OF the
fraternity fell dead recently with thre'
lacks aud two skies in his hand, H'
was cut of suddenly Just when he hs'
much to live for.
NEBRASKA has Il big hearted citizeI
who intends taking with him 5000
school children iiom Omaha and viclnlt.
when he visits the Worlds FAIR. Saut'
Claus must have distant connections II
Nebraska.
A WIsCoNsiS man has been put in jal
on complaint OF his wife because he hs
not done u stroke OF work for owe
twenty yeau. Some women seem 4
think that a nau should be on the jun
all the time
THE cost OF maintaining prisoners Il
Lancaster county, Pennsy lvania, IL onl
~ cents per day. The profits OF tn
sheriff are not large, nor il the living G
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