Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-11-15

Mexico Will be the Terminus and
Should Grow Rapidly,

Of Molino and Santa Fe to Perry hurt
Santa Fe? We have some travelling
men that stop here occasionally that
are filling our people full Of discourage
ing talk, telling them that Santa Fe
will be killed by an Electric line run
ming on the above route.
Please let those men show logically
a reason for this. On such hypothesis
no railroad Is q benefit TO town that
is in 20 miles Of a larger one. Have
we not a large territory north, east,
west and south that have always done
the bulk Of their trading In Santa Fe,
and now will they quit because Santa
Fe gets railroad and can get better
terms on freight and can consequently
sell goods cheaper. II she completes
with Mexico now in prices what can
she do when freight charges are lessen
ed one third. Then will not Santa
Fe be a shipping point. Had farmers
rather drive stock or haul produce ten
miles to Mexico than come i've to
Santa Fe. Look at the immense
amount of stock that goes out from
the community about Victor and two
or three miles east, west and south OF
Santa Fe, and thousand Of dollars
worth Of produce. Why have we not
large coal mines opened In our COM
munity. We have the coal In great
supplies, simply because we have nc
home market and no way to ship 1t.
This difliculity wkl be settled with a
railroad. Why is not waste land
turned into beautiful gardens OF
vegetables, the best the country can
afford. We have no market and can
not ship it away. With all this stock
and mineral and coal going out from
Santa Fe would 1t not help the trade
| or course the business will have to be
enlarged in proportion to other things
A large Hardware and Implement
House would be established, then Q
Furniture and Undertaking establish
ment, also Saddle and Harness house
big Department Store, carrying every
thing from the cheapest fabric TO the
finest quality of mems ready made
clothing. We want manufactur int
concerns, from sorghum mill up to {
fine planning mill. Everything o.
this kind that comes to Santa Fe vii
bring the people and they will trad'
with them. Men can advertise and draw
custom and as the saying is, "tht
longest pole knocks the persimmon.
All the argument these city gentle
men can produce is knocked into
cooked hat when you take a common
sense view Of the matter. or cours'
II you expect to run business on th
old plan, making no advance. Yol
can It keep up with the possession.
We can see why some st. Louis an
Hannibal firms men talk discourae
ing.
You will not be compelled to trad
at Ger tain places on account Of freigh
and transportation charges, but ca
branch out and trade where you pleas
and avoid delays and exorbitant cha
ges. You have lost many a dollar b
delays, bad roads and high price trai
sportation. Let men study all side
of a question before they are so free
speak their opinions. Merchants ca
, get to the cities for half price and bu
their goods and thereby save drum
mers expense, which is in the long ru
, to come out of the people. III OF
: country we're a net work Of Electr
r. r. the great expense OF travelir
men would be largely done away wit
} also the mail order houses would go
the wall.
We say God send US an Electric lin
! them let us go on to Hannibal an
Paris and connect with the prospecti'
Shelbina and Paris line. Paris I
member it is only II miles straigl
: through for you to connect with u
$ Mexico Santa Fe and Perry line al
this must be looked into. IL you wal
. wind work, and lots OF 1t call on q
{ Santa Fe Record and you will get IT,.