Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-01-23
A BUSINESS QUESTION
Why The Territories Should Be Mads
States.
ARGUMENTS OF THE WASHINGTON POST

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The Washington Post which is
read w every senator and reprcS -uta.
tive in Washington. discusses the cues.
ton In this temperate and sensible
fashion.
The proposed admission Of Ari-
IONA. New uoxico. Oklahoma, and
Indian Territory is not a new question
before congress Members Of both
the senate aud the house have Tor
yesrs been In pOgGcsg0n OF the facts
which Furnished .sa e""~'"1elming
ro..sona Tor admission. one by one
the spuci0us arguments against state
hood have been exploded, and, while
| the territories have suffered by the
delay. the advocates Of admission now
nave cause made out that seems
unanbworablo except boy the sole ar
Wmont OF political oXpodicncy. Tha
I territories have hoen most Hnabhily
treated by the congress Oklahoma
with u population OF tuliy 500 900
! pyople. nearly an OF then uauvouorn
Americans. has led the nation Tor two
years in railroad construction. in the
I establishment and grown of her
I banks. ln the percentage OF Increase
n her 3stal business iu everything
/ that demonstrate the progrcaHiyouoa6
of a people and their capacity for
self government SIZE has a larger
population tnun Vermont. Delaware.
I New Hampshire. or Rhode Island, "A
percentage OF iluterucy less than
either OF those atatcr and % greater
percentage of uEuye-born population.
Ncw MeNcoH showing is but little loaa
favorable with pOpula hon of about
| 300 uUU nor percentage OF natiyc-Dorn
citizens is larger than that of any
I eastern state. % is argued ,nat a
large percentage OF her people speak
| and writo Spanish or Mexican.
While this argument De- true. 10 is an.
swCroJ by the forcHc argument that
| New Mexico mas been "a territory for
/ MALT a century. and that nor citizens.
| whatever tongue they speak. are
I Americans grounded in the prln.
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| , otod 90 American institutions. and
naturally moro desirable as citizens
with fuli rights than toe $4,000 for
| cigu.born citizens OF Pennsylvania.
/ who are iIiitcrate aud utterly wanting
in the American spirit New Mexico
is making rapid progress. she has
more coal than Pennsylvania, more
timber than any state in the union.
more gold and precious metals than
any state in the union vith the pos.
slble exception OF Colorado. more cat.
Gle than any state On the union. more
I undCvclOped resources than any two
states. Her schools are nourishing
and remarkable Advancement ia being
shoWa ia every line OF progress.
Arizona. with a smaller population
than either of the other territories.
has shown remarkable strides "a tho
last few years. Tier citizens are near.
ly an Am0rican.horn educated. az
gressiyo and active, pioneers Ga the
development OF the great west
"The one great bar to development
ot the territories lies ln the fact that
thoy have territorial form OF govern.
mont Many OF the great money hold.
ing concerns in the east probably a
majority OF them, positively refuse b.
make investments in territories. and
this bias caused delay. high rates Of
interest. and other handicapg in secur.
ing funds for Investment On the de-
yoIopmont OF the rich resources OF all
the territories Back OF an this ia the
desire. which is amounting now 10 a
demand. OF the people OF the terri
tories for homo rule They want the
right 90 select their own Judges. name
rho men who are 10 make their laws
loyy and collect their taxes, Just ~
the citizens OF the states DO. They
have tired of taxation without repre-.
sentatlon They want a fulhnmout OF
the pledges made On both repub,, can
ana democratic platforms They want
to be recognized as members OF the
national family instead on being treat.
81 as wards ~ waits They are en-.
titled 60 full recognition OF their per.
fectiy established claims % statehood
and congress cannot. WITH any show of
Justice coz reason, longer deny them T"
The Post makes an excellent point
when ID mentions that the great ga.
surarco companies and other corpora.
lions having millions 10 lend, on de.
cline 20 make Investments On the terri
toriea When q ia recalled that most
Of the United States west OF the Ailo,
gheniea haa been developed with Dor
rowed money, some idea 10 had 90 the
handicap which attends tho building
up of the territories 9th local capt.
cal.
Statehood Involves q business cues
] ton. purely. and should not be- oonfus.
ca with politics.
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