Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-09-01


noion. las Cruces. Ban Rafael, San
Maioo uofnaMlo. willard Eprls zee.
tancia Fort stanton. HANOVER. Santa
Rita. Rodcy. Columbus. STEMS Pass.
Ramah. San Antonio San Marclal
Malaga. Macmillan. Tres picdfas. San
PEDRO. Golden. Torrance. Kennedy
Lamy. Toxico. Clayton. Folsom. Val
luy. Clmarron. Cusiiila. Chama Park.
view and dozens Of other hamltis an
over tho iefritorg So that q can
be seen that II there was anything
In The scare 81 Mexican nomlnetion'
which the enemies of Joint statehood
in Arizona ore raising ns to New
Moxleo. o. in fact uues not exist The
truth ig ae you can see, there afe ,Wol
nf three times or many "Americans
/ from the states On New Mexico aH
there % IN Arizona; and there ~ irum
| 10000 Thousand up more Americans
/ IN New Mexico today than there iaI
population on every Kind put to-
gcthrr Do Arizona Now put your
American population with New Mex
loos American population and COM.
slider what a small minority the Mex.
leans of New Mexico and Arizona.
when nut together. will be- IN reality
who has a right 90 be- scared2 %
does seem that tho ao-callod "hmeri.
cans' err the people who ought io De-
scared, bus they have too much good
seEho 90 boz scared by American dom
linaiion. they are better citizOnt than
inuHq who were afraid % them, %
seems. They have not dominated
New Mexico IN any eYii way. amer
leans" get along with them In New
Mexico an right, and why cannot tho
Americans of both territories get
along with tho "Moxleans' OF both
territories, when it 81 made into one
large Btate2 The truth is. friends In
Arizona. that the enemies Of iOinturo,
Ike that hah IN the sea that throws
out an Ink from its body 20 cloud the
water 30 that it can hide in the dark
meas. are trying 60 sca-o you with all
this lander about New Mexico. when
they themselves know that % has no
d foundation. iuat 90 keen YOU from
seeing how tho special interests have
You throtilcd
You ask why the great corpora.
tions. such as raiiroads. mine owners.
smcltor trusts, biz cattle men and
lother proprciord of great industries
oppose ioir'ureg win tell you
First, they are short sighted and ncv.
, orally. thugs sult them now; they
have the last of 81. They are AFRAID
that % selfSovorned people In tho new
state viii make them bear a moderate
3 and just proportion OF the public bur.
dens. They know that congress ID
! too busy 20 pay any attention to d
territory; thar oiilcials In Territory
Who are appoiAtod from Washington
rave no fear oi the voters IN the ter
ritory Hence they know that all
! they have 90 DO with the territory q.
! 90 keep congress from making tnom
= states. and they will control the OF
ncials and the legislators In each O
2 the territories hy influence or other
I wise Have you stopped 90 think thai
: there is more than n thousand miles
J OF finishes railroads In Arizona thai
} o. exempt from taxation for many
( years yet. and nearly seven nundre,
: miles ln New Mexico. alBo exempt. ]
4 they remain torrltorios2 Have yOI
E stopped 90 think that the trunk line
Of railways IN New Mexico and Ari
2 gona, heretofore, for years, paid q,
2 taxes nc ail. and since they began tl
2 pay have paid only onethlrd thl
amount that the same railroads pa
I when they no into California on th'
!, west, and Colorado, Kansas or IcNnl
7 on the oast2 Have you stopped 90 thinl
o that IN New Mexico. according &c thl
Z report of tie secretary OF the interior
a nt a very low valuation, there 81 near
Z ~ a hundred miliOn dollars worth o
y operating railroad aud that u is %
e the tax roll for less than ten million
- OF dollars, and that ont of seventy
Y Eve millions OF dollars worth In Ar
. zona there II but six and a hall mill
= ION dollars worth OF Railroad on IN
y tax rOn That ~, Ia each torrltor
y the railroads are only asHe1 "a u
7, 20 those amounts. DO You realize ina
Il there ID no restriction upun treieh
y or passenger rates the laws O
y either territory that amounts o. any
y tang? DO you know that u Is q grea
y consideration 60 railroad corporation
u 20 be- free from state control over 81
"a hundred aud flfiy miles Ia an east an
" west direction from their trunk lmci
u between California and Kansas an
D. Texas? DO you know that New Me'
q, leo returns about forty million 90
p lars worth OF property al told IA
I
li million dollars worth ol property the
y tho territory has. and that Arizona Y
% turns less than ifty million dollar
y worth of property out OF more tha
~ Eve hundred millions of dollars wort
m which q easily poasonesf an, sa,
So Ing nothing against railroads., aB aucl
e although could, with truth, II
la wanted t0, aa 10 their doing I'm Ne
~ Mexico and Arizona. Even now The
hl pay quite their full share 81 iaxe
'h but q is the whole system that
wrong Every year the big mine owl
NJ crs carry away from Arizona bullio
~ OF almost the value OF tho entire "a
q return of me territory, and pay nl
er ono cent OI tax upon ~ What DO yc
20 think Of that3 The Big cattlemon,
N both territories With few exception
~ are against ioiniure They do III
a. want the new state % select 4
nt twenty millions OF acres OF land oI
90 % the public domain Tor tho PeuQl
W. OF HchoOls and charge them o. pa6tui
er rent for %; thoy would rather has
lW the pas ure free. as they now have
az Fellow citizens. the tax uueBtil
~ and tax burdens In New Mexico az
la arizona are ga unspeakahie ouirag
li no one can justly 4 b conditions th
pa exist, and. what ia more. NO one trll
~ 90. A. showing the control. whoihI
ah hy sheer domination or uthorWig
" that ihe biz corporations nave iu Ne
% Mexico and Arizona. state 10 81,
on that Won may look through the :