Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-05-16
EDITORIAL NOTES.


exposition.
Saxony has one OF the best regulated
systems OF forestry in the world. the
net profits from the forests amount.
ing annually to over s2,000,000.
Good roads. civilization and enllght.
eminent are links in the same chain OF
progress. Where you find the first
the other two are present as a matter
" course
The Durango Democrat says that
Santa Fe was once larger city than
81. Louis or New Orleans. Santa Fe
is a humble bee town-largest when
FIRST hatched.
The bicentenary OF Jonn Wesley falls
on the 2sth OF June. and preparations
are being made by the multitude OF
his followers throughout the world to
luiy observe II.
The number OF employees in tho New
York municipal service has reached
1929. OF whom 10000 are teachers
and 10000 members Of the police and
fire departments.
Illinois ranks first among the states
in the manufacture Of agricultural i'm
plemonts. bicycles. cars. glucose and
distilled liquors. and ia Strengthening
and meat packing.
Express messengers OF whom there
are about 10000, running on every
railroad on the North American CONT.
nent. are about to form an organiza.
| ton to better their condition.
The labor movement Is not intended
To pull anybody down. II seeks only
| to lift up the worker. II rests upon
| Justice. has reason as its guide and
| higher. broader life Is it's goal.
According to statistics. forest fires
In the United States annually cause.
on an average. a loss of sixty human
| lives s25. 000.0 900 in real property and
s75 .O0O. 900 of young and mature tim
her.
A labor union Is the most liberal or
organizations. Its exactions are few
and simple. To uphold living wages
is the fundamental rule OF labor un.
ion; to live up to that rule removes
many wrongs affecting the body po-
1.-THE.
The United States imported from
China last year s27. 50 .2S3 worth. The
large items are: SILK $40 643 $50; tea,
s7.447.s22: mating 81 300. ssl. Some
interesting items are Frecrackers.
si0S,32s; dog skins. s. 362; bristlci
1897 .972
| According to the report Of the state
engineer OF Colorado there are 4.067
irrigating bitches In that state, sup.
plying water to 100000 acres. OF
this amount 2000,O 900 acres are actual.
| ly under cultivation. One canal is lib
miles long. so canals are over so miles
in length and 81 are 20 miles long.
| Fol ten months u the fiscal year
customs receipts have been f225.122,-
1852. an increase over the same period
last year of si6,6ol,214.
A monograph entitled The Worlds
Coal Supply and Trade" issued by the
bureau OF statistics. shows that the
United States not only leads the world
In coal production. but has advanced
from third place to the head of the
list since 1880.
with every day the Cleveland move
ment is gaining atrength. and 1t will
be a matter OF no surprise II the east
ern and southern demo .rats appear in
the next national convection OF their
party a solid pha!anx for the nomina'
tir ~ the eN ll.,'fc,t.
Australian legal ami political impor.
| Aax In
country. as is evidenced by the signal
failure OF the Australian ballot system
wherever II has been tried. and the in
ability To make the Torrens system OF
land title registration work.
National aid TO irrigation will mean
steady progress OF the west In
dustry and thrift will receive a mighty
uplift and the desert will blossom as
the rose when water from federal ir.
rigation works flows over the now arid
wastes of the western states and ter
ritcriss.
So far as they are available for az
riculture, and to whatever extent they
may be reclaimed under the national
irrigation law, the remaining public
lands should be held rigldly for the
home builder. the settler who lives on
his land, and for no one else.-Presi'
dent Roosevelt
The best way to help the poor is to
give them chance to hei7 themselves
With arid America reclaimed and the
public lands reserved for homemakers
only, thousands OF poor people will be
given an opportunity to own their own
homes and make living on the soil by
their own labor.
The principal industry OF FL Paso
appears to be damage suits against
railroads.
II all men were as good as they ex'
pect others to be. what glorious
world this would lie to live In.
President Diaz is the one executive
who will not permit either organiza'
ton OF capital or labor to kill indus
try In his country.
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