Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-09-06
APPEAL FOR AID
At Request of Omaha Fair Commits
sioners, Governor 0tero Calls
for Help,
WHAT IS VERY NECESSARY
Counties Should Help With Small Dona-
tions-Exhibit of Great Value to
New Mexico.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE.

TO the People and Press of the Ter
ritory: | desire to call the earnest at
tention of our people to the appeal mad
by the executive committee in charge o
our exhibit at Omaha for more funds
with which to enable them to success
1nily complete the very creditable eX
hibltion which we now have there Th
commissioners from this territory hav,
acted with the greatest zeal, prudenc,
and economy in the expenditure of tn,
very small appropriation made by the
last legislature, and the results already
and to be accomplished, will prove OF
the greatest benefit to the territory.
The last legislature authorized counties
and cities to make such contributions
for this purpose as they might deem ad-
vlsable Chapter Ga, Laws 1897. Santa
re county is the only one so far which
mas made any such appropriations: there
are II other counties in the territory,
each one of which will benefit directly
or Indirectly by the exhibit at Omaha.
ana II each OF these counties will appro-
pirate the very small sum of $40 it
would produce the amount required.
This would seem to be the easiest and
most equitable method of procuring the
amount. The territory by special act of
the last legislature officially recognized
the benefits to be derived from suita-
bic exhibit and made small appropria-
tion therefor from the territorial funds
authorizing and expecting the different
counties to contribute their share. If
this exhibit should fail at the last mo-
ment, from lack of funds, 1t is to be
feared that more harm than good would
result from an attempt which should
tai' for so slight a reason. The attached
letter from the executive committee will
show what has already been accom-
plishcd, and sincerely trust their ef-
forts may be appreciated and supple
mented by our people in the manner in
Very respectfully,
MIGUEL A. OTERo,
Governor.
TO His Excellency, Governor Otero
Santa Fe, N. NJ. July 30.--It seems
proper that the people of the territory
should understand the situation about
)ur exhibit at Omaha
The total appropriation was 81, ,434 80, |
)ut the legislature authorized counties |
20 make appropriations of additional |
sums in order to have q creditable cx- |
libit. So far as we know but one coun-
" has done this thus far: that being
santa Fe county, which voted S25 to be |
expended in obtaining a mineral collcc-
ion.
1t is needless to say that the sum ap-
'ropriated WAS entirely Ipadequatc for
my proper presentation OF our products
md resources. In other localities SINH
arly circumstanced the needed amount
las been made up by the generous con
ributions of citizens, in one case.
ingle man giving $40, 900 for this pur-
'Ose.
The commission has been economical
o the last degree. We succeeded in
citing space in the exposition with
carcely any expense and unless this
lad been done we could have made no
at all. The members of the
commission have not even received
raveling expenses, but in addition to
he time devoted to the work have paid
rom their own pockets for the expense
t attending meetings. No one has re-
eivcd dollar of salary except Commits
ioner Leeson whose moderate re-
simply pays his expenses
'hile in charge of the exhibits at Oma-
a. The total expenses of collecting
he exhibits, payment of freight leach
ar from Kansas City to Omaha costs
So besides expenses to the exposition
round) fitting up our space in the
with cases, stands, etc. to
ate, is $734,7o. Expenses of Commits
oner LeeSon, $40O: miscellaneous,
1885: total, S1,250.55. The entire
alance in our hands including Sl22.o5
.ceved for the ''voting contest" is
bout $500. We have to pay all the cx-
anses of maintaining the exhibit from
My Is. to November 1. of repacking s
tipping to New Mexico and returning q
lch article to its owner To do all this
'operly, we need at least $500 more
ian we now have, and that sum will
AXE our total expenditure but $2 900,
hile most states making exhibits are
sing from 5000 to SAC, 900, and New
exico itself appropriated $42.ooo for
le Chicago exposition.