Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1894-05-05
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Eiitof Citissn.
I desire to congratulate you On the
splendid enterprise you are displaying
during these Cleveland ,imes, which are
marked by tileness, destiiution and beg
gary on every side. Outside ~ politics,
Tuw CirlIrs is easily the leading paper
~ New Mexico, and under hs able aud |
liberal management mus, continue 10 he |
~. I, mus, have been apparent 10 every |
visitor ~ well ~ r-e,den,, that tU many
81 our papers were lascd on very narrow
ideas having little ar no interest outside
81 their respective towns or COUNTESS, In
dulging In ei,ravagant praise 81 their
immediate localities and belittling every
other place which s-emed Ia rival .uch
localities. am glad IN see that Tue
CiriEKs has s,epl~i gu, II the narrow IN,
and ia now aiming IN r-p~sen, the whole
territory and extending its influence In
Arizona. Will. doing this II In no man
ner fails TO serve with grca, efficiency ,h.
lively IL will" Spiri, Il Albuquerque.
On the contrary the more ent.rpris. u
displays, tha larger ita subscription lis,
becomes and III. wider advertisement II
gives To the plucky aud energetic bust.
mes. men II the great "Li,y 81 the Rio
Absjo." The wr,e-up 81 Gallup is =
magnificent piece 81 work, but Il 10 no
better than Gallup deserves.
aold, silver and jewels are all very
well in their way. bu, IL they should dis
appear from the face of the earth rs they
may do some tune, the people could live
withou, them. How different, is the case
with coal. I, 10 the primary cause 81 the
prosperity and domestic comfort u the
world Not wheel can revulve, not =
belt can move, not an electric motor can
give light, not u steamship can plough
it's way through the great deep. not q
rsilrnad engine can drag its ponderous
loads 81 humanity and merchandise, and
I'm NEST parts Of our planet not . meal
can be cooked, without coal; aud II might
I've truthfplly added that the precious
metals themselves are comparatively
worthless until they are brought under
the influence ~ the black diamonds. The
Almighty, In his omniscient wisdom.
for-seeing the great blessing this wonder
full mineral(D would confer on His chill
dreh. HIS placed II near their hands in
such limitlesa quantities a. Ia he inex"
hAustible. We might ~ we'll fancy our
race living without light or water a.
b withc at coal But II requires . large
number 81 brave. skillful men " make
coal available for its multifarious uses
Not only Ia there labor severe aud or,
haustinK. but IL 10 dangerous beyond al.
! moot any other business How many Q
fond father kisses his dear ones In the
J morning and 10 brought back 10 them Z
mangled corpse Does Il not follow
then. that such men ought to be liner
? ally paid ~ ~ 10 enable them 10 sup.
port their families and themselves In com.
fort and lay NJ something for days q
/ hllcncss or dis,ressl With this object II
, view the republican party imposed s duty
Of 10 cents per ton on bituminoas coal 0,
a. TO compel foreign producers N paI
that amount before their coal could b
sold In our markets. This was done Il
protect our miners from unequal compe
, tition with the poorly paid miners II tn,
, world outside Of America, and II GU
miners have been receiving fair livin.
Wages they can thank the republican