Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-09-01
few Shipments
OF Range CATTLE
fAVORS JOINT STATEHOOD
w.. c. ssrnss Tells Representative Of
J. Santa Fe fse~ kes:esn a Conditions
In the T~c Territories.

ne NtANfaA GNAAaaRNAN 81 Inc aMAGs8
re excellent eseepaing In a tea parts
- the Territory. There has been i big
eaaf crop this seasssn and there g. plen-
u Of erass na most os the ranges,
LOIS ri Steers are for sale bat buy
.rs are scarce. Cattle shipments for
tie first seven months II this year are
s1tsy per ee..t lover than they were
the corresponding period last
year
Tbs above statements we're made by
William c, Harness. secretary of the
Cattle Sanitary Buard If New Mexico
wh0 arrived in The city las, evening
from Las Vegas. say the SANTA Fe
NV Mexican Mr.. Rarues attributes
the falling off in N" shipment of cat.
lie To the teenl investigation ag the
He tells Of a little experience of his
own In the spring he had contracted
10 sell a bunch Of steers from his
ranch. but when the time am for the
NAAt tsAAA ~ Ia ehAAi ~ Ia &ttalt
Ia risk the deal on account of the dull
q 4 of the market.
Posted on Conditions n Territories
Mr.. Barnes Is probably as well post.
I'd on conditions generally In New
Mexico and Arizona as any other mar
In either of the two territories. He
located In Arizona I'm 1879 and he has
'heen living in New Mexico since 1874.
de has served as a member Of The
Legislature Of the lac territories and
has been connected also with both
territorial cattle sanitary boards, He
was a member Of the Cattle Sanitary
Board OF Arizona for twelve years and
1 member Of the Cattle SANITARY Board
"f this territory for the past Two
years.
In view Of the fact that h. has lived
IN both territories and has taken a
prominent part In their affairs. his
opinion on the joint statehood propo-
s!tion will he Of interest To the voters
u both New Mexico and Arizona. Mr..
Barnes was originally in favor Of sin
gle statehood for the two territories,
believing that each possesses the re
ouisite population and other require
ments to entitie them TO be admit,e!
singly into the union. He is now in
favor Of ,jointure because there In no
other kind In sight.
Would Make Monster, Rich State
The consolidation Of the W ter.
rttories into one state would make
. more or less friction" he stated u
ing the course of an informal chat
with a reporter. I'm the end things
would settle down all right and the
one large state would be a splendid
commonwealth. Our laws are fully
equal to those of Arizona and in some
respects are superior. Our stock laws
are especially much better than those
Of Arizona. Arizona has the Austria
lian ballot system, which, by the way
was responsible for introducing. and
New Mexico ought to have II to, ]
introduced a bill to have 1t estab'
nSleQ WINNIE ! was d mSiheS'
legislature of this territory but II
was voted down.
Not Governed by Corporations
The talk that New Mexico would
swallow up the people Of Arizona Is
a great mistake. There is no desire
or intention on our part to do so, Arr
IONA is no more governed by the cor
porations than is New Mexico. The
great mining companies have done
wonders for Arizona's development. u
they oppose iointure ! am satistied II
Is simply because the men at the mead
are loyal to their convictions and be
lieve that Arizona is entitled to sep
arate statehood and not that they rear
iointure and loss Of power.
ARIZONA is growing rapidly po'1
in wealth and population. The Ar
zonans are away ahead Of us on ia,
valuations, their present valuation be
ing owe $62, 900, goo, more than a THIRD
greater than ours. We have all tt
gain and nothing I o lose by jointure
hence l favor it as against no ~statehoot
at ALL"