Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-01-16
QUA CHICAGO vIslroas.

The members OF the Commercial as.
ISOLATION OF Chicago. who arrived In
the city this afternoon, are very well
come Ia Las Vegas. 1t Is u pleasing
indication 10 observe the great trade
houses OF the Empire city that Is
washed by the waters OF Lake Michi.
gan, making an increasingly earnest
effort to secure the trade of the re-.
sourceful southwest. Kansas City.
Denver. and other cities have sent
trade excursions to this city. Thus
far Chicago has been content TO send
her travelling men on occasional
trips through this region. That Il
has been thought w(a TO have q
number Of the leading business men
make a personal trip to the southwest
aud far west IL the best kind of al.
dence that the trade OF the region Is
growing In importance.
Nearly all the merchants Of the city
have dealings with some Chicago
houses. Among the men who are
here today are a number whose name
are familiar 10 many OF the business
men. & Chicago products r to BE-
found In all OF the stores and many
Of the homes Of Las Vegas. 1t Is
entirely fitting then that a delegation
'W the men who dominate the trade
OF the great city should come person.
ally u look over this Wide field for
Themselves. TO become personally &C.
Quainted with the alert Business men
who are doing 70 much towards de.
veloping the resources Of this yet
new land.
II Is important from the standpoint
Of the resident Of this section that the
business men Of the larger trade cen.
tiers understand more accurately the
vast capabilities Of this land OF prom.
~, that they inform themselves az
TO the progressive and determined mn.
ture Of the people who are conquering
the dreary desert and the iron noun.
tains and great plains.
The people who live under the sunny
skies OF the southwest have bound
less faith In the possibilities Of this
country. The problems TO be solv'
en- are In many instances more dill.
cult than those which beset the deni
tens Of other regions, but the results
when attained are more potential
Some one has classed among the great
ones Of earth he who could make
two blades Of grass grow where one
grew before, but that achievement Ia
for people OF regions less favored
than this. One OF the problems that
Is being solved In this region Is ia
make ten blades grow In place Of
one.
And It Is the wish Of those who are
bringing faith and energy and hope
and patient persistent work to bear
upon the solving Of the great prot
lens that abound. to enlist the con.
ndence and sympathy and, It may be
the cooperation Of the masters Of the
larger and more fully developed world
outside our borders.
Our people want such visitors AZ
those who represent the Chicago Com.
mercial ASSOCIATIONS TO understand our
matchless irrigation facilitf@<-facili-
ties which. when fuzzy developed,
will make this yet barren land.
more fruitful than the fairer Cali
fornia wales. to gain Information with
regard to our inexhaustibie supplies
Of coal. greater probably than ID any
state In the union, to ac-
quire knowledge OF the rich
ness OF oar other yet ande-
veloped mineral areas. and OF u
other splendid resorces which will
make Of this new-Old commonwealth
OF New Mexico one Of the gran Fest
and most Influential states OF the.
niton. And, alp. 1t Is important
that visitors from the outside world
snail understand something Of the
matchless climate which has set tffs
section apart for the ealing Of rhe
nations. Not all Gnr potential wealth
OF feid aud forest and iron mountains
can compare with mis- res0uce. ON
there may he lands as pros
dnc'iye as our irrigated fields. them
may he orchards IN productive and
mincs ~ rich, but npwhere does ben-
Efficient nature blasx the earth Win
as sunny and mfr n pure amt
exhilerHting ard sisSubrioHs as i'm
these high. dry regions * the south
west.
And these are SOME Of the lessons
that we want our visitors OF today
and visitors OF everyday Ia learn.
We trust that our Qwn citizens and
the citizens or other towns In the
Territory VIII spare no e6ort. TO At.
ford the facilities TO. the guests from
big city that VII enaD.e item
10 see ana know View Mexico, not
sssH a.. blu, aiso the nsy
ilght Of what Il wiiiSb be- when the
promise Of Its greatness shall nave
been abyndantly faallled..
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