Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-04-30
Talks New Mexico
and Distributes
Literature.
YOUNG MEN COMING WEST
Farming Sections in Central
States Too Crowded.
Mecca of Homeseekers.

A definite promise from over a score
of young men, not only to visit Santa
Fe with the intention of locating in
the vicinity, but the assurance that
they too, will urge their friends, all
prospective settlers in the west to visit
the Territory before making final
decision upon location, has been
secured by General Manager S. B.
Grimshaw of the Santa Fe Central
Railway, who returned to Santa Fe
last night after hurried trip to Chi
cago, where he attended the meeting OF
the American Railway Association.
Energetic advertisement of the
country, it's climate, possibilities and
general advantages is the thing to
bring new settlers into this country by
the hundreds. By the use Of literature
prepared by the Bureau Of Immigra-
ton | was soon able to interest almost
every one | met, in the new country"
said Mr.. Grimshaw today.
"The country, especially the eastern
and middle western farming districts,
is full of young men, honest, sturdy
farmers, who are anxious to leave
home and strike out for themselves.
In the first place they are discouraged
at the prospect of paying all the way
from $50 to 500 an acre for farm land
at home. The price is prohibitive, and
young man saddling himself with
the debt of a farm acquired during the
first years of life, struggles on an up
hill road for years and possibly all
his life.
Forced to Seek New Homes.
Consequently, all these young
men are. forced to seek newer coun'
tries. They are in every way the most
desirable settlers, too, and are OF the
kind to strengthen and improve any
country were they may locate, being
skilled in the business of farming,
strong and able to bear hardships and
as a rule temperate and industrious.
The only way to secure these young
men is by putting before them in an in
teresting way the attractions this par
ticular country has to offer. The dis
tribution of the literature Of the I'm.
migration Bureau has done inestim-
able good. Booklets, telling of the
resources of the country should be
mailed broadcast by citizens in addi-
ton to those sent out by the Bureau
of immigration in great numbers and
the good results could be seen almost
instantly. There is no limit almost
to the number of young men and their
wives, the young men composing the
real backbone of the country, who
would settle here, if they only knew
of the advantages to be found. have
received assurances and have hopes of
great number coming into the Ter
ritory and especially this vicinity dur
ing the coming season. On every trip
II go through the entire train with my
pamphlets on New Mexico and distrib.
ute them and, whenever an opportun-
! ity offers, talk with travellers, and feel
| that the ease with which they are
| instantly interested is significant OF
the high regard in which this portion
of the country is held. The men with
whom | have talked come from the
thickly settled farming districts OF
Illinois, Iowa, Missouri and Kansas.
and, if they can be induced to settle
here, will make the most worthy citi-
2ens and a welcome addition to the
population of the Territory"
important Railway Meeting.
The railroad meeting which Mr.. Grim
shaw attended was one Of the most
important railroad gatherings of the
year. The association is composed
entirely of the presidents and gen
eral managers of the different rail
roads of the country and this associa.
ton has probably done more for the
upbuilding and systematizing railroad
business than any other organization OF
the kind. At these meetings, railroad
rates, improvements and plans are dis
cussed, new routings for freight to
enable the shipper to save time are
considered, and in fact, everything
looking toward the improvement of
the traffic of the country receives q
general discussion. AT the meeting In
Chicago, Stuyvesant Fish, former pres
ident of the association, retired, and
: w. C. Brown, of the New York Central
and Hudson River Railroad, was elect
ed general manager. There was con
siderable interest in the fight for the
location of the next meeting Of the
association, eastern presidents holding
/ out for New York City as meeting
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