El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-11-23
PROSPECTS FAVORABLE.
Major Lew ,llyn, of Las Vegas. Talks
to a Denver Republican Reporter.

1.-The CEREAL condition of New
Mexico is good. The state is at pre-.
sent enjoying a wave of prosperity
greater than in years. The crops
were all good and the extra high prices
of cattle and wool-the latter being
one Of the chief industries of the ter
ritory-has placed an immense amount
of money in circulation.
''When the next congress convenes
Delegate Ferguson of Alb querque
| will Introduce bill asking for the ad-
mission of the territory into the Union.
do not doubt but that New Mexico
has $50. 000 people. The matter is be-
ing generally affiliated, and nothing is
being left undOue which will further
our interests when the bill is pres ,nt-
ed. l do not think that the silver
senti nent will affect the posi- bilitie
of the bill. Both the parties at
Washington now seem to be friendly to
the admission of the territory. Lo-
cally there is hardly any opposition
We have been asking for statehood for
some me and once even went so far as
to hold a constitutional convent ton.
OF late ye RS our territory has been
better understood and our chances are
better today than they have been for
some time.
1--WE base our claims on many
grounds, one being we have the re-
fulSltC vi pSOpiS we dGS III
ted and suited to a stateb God. Our
educational system is one of the finest
in the United States We have a
splendid terri rory university at AL
buquerque, an agricultural college
Las Cruces. normal school st Silver
CITY and Las Vegas, military school
al Rossland. At SOcOrro we have an
up-to date school of mines. Rat Don,
Las Vega, Santa Fe, Albuquerque and
Silver City are lighted by electricity.
We have fine public school buildings,
churches and as good society as you
may find any where in the world. And
added to sll this is splendid law and
order, existing all over the territory.
1--WE are satisfied with Gov. Otero,
the first native OF the territory who
has been sppe inted governor since
Union in 1913. We also have the
seventh beet sugar factory erected in
the United States. 1t is located at
Eddy. and is also commencing on it's
second year of operations.
THE condition of the stock is fine.
The grass has never been better for
ye irs. The immense shipments of cat
tie and sheep have resulted in bring
ing large sums of money Into the state.
The state is one vast undeveloped
empire, larger in area thsn New En-
gland, with New York and New Jersey
added. 1t is absolutely foolish for our
people to go to Alaska and Arctic re-
gions to search for 90 Id when there
are mountains filed with it right at
their very door in our state, with the
finest climate in the world. The out
put of the mines, excepting silver, is
steadily increasing. All the silver
mines are closed down. The lead in
dustry is rapidly becoming very great,
owing to the tariff imposed by the
Dingley bill. Dook's Peak camp is the
greatest lead camp in the state at pre-
sent. Lead and wool are strictly in it
In New Mexico just at present. And
added to all this is our farming lard |
Nowhere in the world is there a better
system of irrigation than to be found
in our stata, and through the agencies
of this irriga ton we are fast coming
to the front as q fruit raj inc ste t. >,