El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-01-13
COMMISSIONER DAVIS.
The Santa Fe's Industrial Commissioner
Gives Soma Valuable Facts,

GlVeS soma NaluaDl6 FaCCS.
CommissiCn n Da Wis of the industrial
department of the Santa Fe is in town
looking up the natural resources of
this part of the country. He says tn at
there is more inquiry than ever from
northern and eastern, people about the
resources and the possibilities OF the
great southwest. People of means
from the above mentioned parts of the
United States have been in the habit
of spending their spare cash and time
in European travel: but OF late there is
a disposition to give more attention to
what is now considered the only uuex-
plore part of our.country. So capital
aud enterprise are being directed to
western and southwestern Texas, New
Mexico, Arizona and California. Ex-
perience has amply shown that in the
manufac uripg of staple products the
tast can not be competed with; but
each section of the southwest country
has its own special adaptabilities and
peculiarities which will allow of Wild
envelope ment within now q recognized
range of | mutations. Take New Mexico
aud, ,uthern Colorado for instance
Recent investig ations show that the
finest wheat in the world can be grown
in these territories. with south western
Texas included. This local wheat has
been sent to Kansas City millers
weighing seventy-twO pounds to the
bushel-a phenomenal weight; and the
qualify was found to be such that the
millers fdeclared there was no reason
why this grain should not capture the
Asiatic marset anyhow.
Then thee is the beet sugar indus
try for which the south west country is
especially adapted. The factory at Ed
dy has turned out a signal Success, and
re:eut tests develop that the New Mex
ica1 sugar beet contains as high as 254
per cent of saccbarine matter. This
be ats the record everywhere else, and
gives the industry such q boom that
the 'apjd spread of the industry in the
territory is merely q question of
time.
Then there is another point that is
b coming more and more important
viz: The possibilities of tobacco Gull
ture within the area referred to. There
have been experiments recently with
this loca ly grown tobacco, and the as
to ishing information has been gather
ed that for wrappers, the local tobacco
is really superior to the Cuban. In
other localities that have been con-
sidered favorable to the cultivation of
the weed. there are fall rains and I'M
pleasant weather that embarra ass
growers. But out in this country
VIII ere there is the minimum of rain
and the maximum of sunshine with ir-
at will, all OF the conditions
are favorable, aud it must be noted tn at
these conditions include soil particu-
larly adapted to developing a fine pro-
due. This fact will be brought. out
more so that tobacco growers may turn
their attention this way with marked
and profiteh le results.
Canning factories will pay we'll in
the southwest country, for the finest of
fruits and garden vegetables are be-
ing grown here more than ever. Melon |
growing has received a great impetus |
MOTTO aoly in southern Colorado. Last |
there, three hundred and fifty car loads |
Of melons, while during the coming |
season contracts have already been |
made with the Santa Fe for hauling
five hund ed cars of melons, and fifty
Of these will 90 toLondon. The grow
ers have ag ED to raise the cantalope
variety to a large extent. Moreover, |
with capital are turning
their atteptiO more than ever to the |
hat the iucress Sc in the number of sme'-
,ees-is noticeable One has just bean
completed at Williams, A riz., ana ia now
1t work. Marked attention is also being
paid for ,the raising of Cam igre for
IN ming purposes. This root is found 1
through an exhaustive series of expe-
meats to give best results through
combination with the oak bark. In
Davis opinion it would
,os pay to start tauneries down here
because of the comp srative iuaccessab-
lily to the dry hides of the Argentine
Republic, and to which large eastern
have the more ready and pro-
table access. But there Is . good
nance TO make extract fact.
ries profitable in this country. This
xtrsct can be shipped to the eastern
anner1es in large amounts, and be