Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-02-16
Some Timely Hints
On 7own Boosting
Travelling Industrial Commissioner of
Santa Fe Has Good Word for New
Albuquerque Club.

That the very existence Of a Boost
ers' club is in itself a good strong
boost for a town has been strikingly
shown in the few DAYS that have
elapsed since the local organization
was formed and got busy.
The Morning Journal is in receipt of
a communication from Mr.. r. T.. Will
son, travelling industrial agent Of the
santa Fe system and secretary of the
American Railway Industrial Com
missioners' association. Mr.. Wilson
was a recent visitor in Albuquerque
and while here offered some very val
liable suggestions in regard to the pos
sibilities of sugar beet making and
other industries here.
Mr.. Wilson says among other
things: Il note with great pleasure
the organization of a Boosters club
in Albuquerque Mr.. Wilson also
sends a COPY of Boosting Towns a
series of handsomely illustrated arti-
cles by railway industrial commissions
ers. members of Boosters clubs and
commercial organizations in various
low IiN. INC al NlNHC9 at T. - liANNh
the Dry Goods Reporter, one of the
most prominent commercial maya
zines in the country.
Mr.. Wilson, who is one of the BRAIN
lest young men connected with the
Santa Fe system, contributes a most
timely and interesting article on In
dustries and City Building containing
some suggestions which he commends
N-N H. g fIa I1aAEf ANEf IN
of Albuquerque. 1t follows in part:
A study of the census shows that,
with a population of over ninety mill
lions, there are in these United States
less than 10, 600 toWns of a population
of 500 or more, m less thar 500
towns of a population Of 10000 or
over. Leaving out consideration those
towns in the class first mentioned. let
MS see what the influences are that
built these 500 towns of 10000 or
more population.
Character of Citizens a Vital Influence
The first and most vita! influence
in city building is undoubtedly n
character of those citizens of a city
thru whose hands pass the commerce
that has been designated by the presi-
dent as the lifc-hlood of the nation
Men make cities, in some instances IN
spite of conditions that would seem to
absolutely preclude the possibility OF
a commercial or industrial center be
ing established, as is illustrated by the
city of Chicago, perhaps the most
wonderful instance of city building the
world eyer saw. Built upon a swamp
a the sand dunes bordering Lake
Michigan. without 2 natural harbor.
and in its early days inhabited by
a class of merchants and traders OF
small means, possessing in no greater
degree tina it's neighbors those adj
vantages in location which are of such
vital importance, and in many cases
being at an absolute disadvantage in
this respect. it was built because its
men saw the necessity for a great
manufacturing and commercial center
for the rapidly developing middle
west. and determined Chicago should
be that center.
There is a quality of persistence in
the vegetable and animal kingdom
alike that marks the "thoroughbred.'
and which, developed i'm a man to an
unusual degree is sometimes called
genius. 1t is this quality, coupled
with that discriminating Judgment
called foresight, that makes the men
who build cities.
Work means men. and men mean
families. houses, churches, business
houses, schools, paved streets and rail
roads. To provide that work, the