Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-11-29
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

Tue eicattst ufeu are ndue up OIL
qualities that meet or make great oc
caslons.
II the omnibus statehood bill Is
amended In the senate II is almost
sure to defeat the BILL
All the committees are at work secur.
ing subscriptions to the iund to secure
the building of the Albuquerque East.
ern railroad.
The worlds fair at st. Louis will
be the biggest thing Of the kind In
history. The postponement for one
year will prove beneficial In a great
many ways.
One army that is not being muster.
Ell out is that Of the rural free delIv.
cry service, in which under republican
policies 1000 carriers have been en-.
listed In four years.
For the first time since 1869 the post.
Office department with the issuance of
the new series of stamps now in prep.
aration. will make use of the American
flag In one Of its designs. This will be
O part OF the two cent stamp, which
will bear little resemblance to the one
now In use.
Postmaster General Payne Is In IA.
vor OF reducing the rates OF letter
postage to one cent. He may not
recommend action In this direction In
his coming annual report. but II 10
said he will discuss the subject at
some length and present the results
at investigation that have been made
by the department.
The department Of labor has just Is.
sued statistics regarding the strikes
and lockouts of the years 1SS1-l900,
which are full Of interest. During the
period there were 22,793 strikes In H..
500 different establishments and g.
105,694 strikers. The last number
does not include the strikers OF 33
establishments for which no statistics
were forthcoming. More than IS per
cent OF the establishments referred
to-77,6 07 In all-were situated In the
states Of New York. Pennsylvania and
Illinois, In which there were 1864
strikes-more than So per cent Of the
total.
There are over 1000 square miles of
coal land In New Mexico.
Fort Marcy should be sold and the
proceeds applied to the erection OF
public school buildings In Santa Fe.
President Roosevelt can win the
west by inserting In his annual mes.
sage urging statehood for the terri
tories.
Commercial estimates indicate q
fax seed crop In the United States In
1902 of about ~ 1000 900 bushels, a rec
ord crop.
In his annual report to the secretary
CT the interior. Governor Otero makes
sage q paragraph urging statehood fol
the territories.
II iron ore can be found In large
bodies on the route OF the proposed Al
buquerque q Durango railroad. II will
insure the early building Of the line.
Antwerp claims to have originated
the first newspaper. news sheet Ia
sued by royal permission 1906, and vii
celebrate It's 300th anniversary three
years hence. The date of the first Eng
lish newspaper Is 1922.
The broom corn crop Of the United
States In 1902 is estimated by the Am
erican Agrlculturist at 29,S00.00'
pounds from an area Of $500 acres
The yield In the previous year was es
timated at 37.150, 900 pounds.
Grading will soon begin on the Sant'
Fe short line across eastern New Mex
leo. II is understood that contract
for the construction work have beef
let. This cut on will add 800 miles o
new railroad to New Mexico.
The governor-elect OF Nebraska
John Sparks. Is genuine cowboy. HI
was bora In Texas. In Lampasas coun
ty. ard waA teamstcr and herder II
that state for years. For long tim
he has been the ow ner Of the larges
ranch in Nebraska.
IL was lound to come. The card O
thanks" nuisance as an exhibit Of tn
throe,ply sorrows Of the hereaved ha
been tolerated so long by some news
papers that II Ia invading the politica
field. A Kansas paper appeared tn
other day with card OF thanks" fror
the lucky candidate for county Office
At the recent election the state q
Wyoming cast 25,O52 votes. 10000 lee
than the vote of this territory.
Let US be thankful that the unsigh,
" old porches In Santa Re are to
removed by order Of the city council
Somebody has been Acquiring up ho'
much money the Indians have cost th