Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-11-19
WEATHER FORECNT
FAKE WEATHER PROPHETS cal
NOT FLOURISH IN NEW MENid

iFrum Saturdays Daily citizen
TO the people uf tnc sunshine Ger
tory. who daily rejoice Boa its glorlo
weather. and TO the many thOusaa
who annually come within our horde
seeking health and happiness und
our Ciuudloss sklOH. tuo daily fOreca8
~ The United States weather hureal
ns @ rule. appeal hy thoIr tona
munutuuy Tor ihoy ran fair woaths
uu decided change iu tomporatare
The greater portion of the time %
in many parts of che United stat
the constantly changing weather n
lead io the sprInrIng up of n ami
army of socullcd long range wealth
furCc1siora who wax fat upon the
suspoCiing and croduloua public Ws
tunatoly Now Mexico has provoa
most barren Geld for these mIHruid,
and mlsguidinr individuals. ana r.
u any uf the local press ~ the e H
tory are given 90 publishing their
called predictions
AZ me recent trlonnlel convent
OF the officials OF the United sta.
weather bureau. 40 Peoria many =
ont1c subjects were discussed q
much research was shown. bat "a
which most Impressed the laym.
was the oarnostncss and sincerity
those PRESENT. was apparent al
they believed IN their own work m
subject ~ long range forecusta.
pDcIHlly received earnest nttenfio
SAYS The Peoria Herald Transcript.
because there is any spirit Of o..
uugy. for the scientific weather me
such ns are Identified With the uuiti
states bureau and bureaus In forei,
countries hud nothing of which tc
envious Loo the sharp practice ma
who issues willy and apparently 4
liable weather predictions The 4
0cIuls of the government buroau a
men of science and research. al
their productions are based
scIvnc, apd experience 10 matters
this Mind They are paid by the En|
eminent and DO not have as 40
ccntiva towards unrelIahli'y. as
the other case. the popular opinion
the public TIE discussion on lonl
range forecasts was prompted by
paper hy Prot y. " Csrrlott.
Washington of the central bureau u
spoke o3 tho theories regarded
weather periodic'ilos dependent ~
lunar or planetary influences and "A
uourced thom theories Of faith al
not of practice Tie summarized u
results obtained with the phenome4
NJ the earth's atmosphere. and stats
that the next advance in mcteOrulo
Zeal science must result from eHto
siyo research in solar physics a.
terrestrial phenomena lio referred =
me means proposed 90 accomplish
world wide plan ~ observation po
hitting systematic study Of the pro
lem
Public sentiment must bc arOua,
against these fake reports The publ
should dIscrodlt a newspaper While
offers Hs columns 90 these peopl
These alleged reports are o. monR'
and 70 drtrimont. not only io horl
culture. agriculture. crops cfc b
to life I know " several eases
severe prue'nuons and almost deaf
Men and women ~ nervous temper
mcnts reading ~ cyclones and COS
pl,to destruction of the world We
driven almost 90 the edge ~ the
graves Public scntImer' must
aroused against this Kind o. bs'
ness
~ o. the opinion 81 the lcadiI
motoorolorIsts Of the world that pu
Hc interests are injured by the pub
cation ~ these so-callod long unl
weather forecasts. and especial
where such predictions relate 20 q
were storms floods druughts 81
other phenomena Of a dangerous Al
damaging character They should
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT by all men loVii
honesty and honor IN scientific wor
for they bring the science ~ motes
olorv into disropute and cannot,
any manner. be made 90 response
a desire 20 advance that science aini
useful limos. but rather retard q
work OF the honest Investigate
through whose efforts only can "a
bee made IN the fundamental kno'
edge of the causatlon of tho weath'