Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-09-26
FE WILL PUSH
IRRIGATION
CONGRESS
INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT
ESPECIALLY INTERESTED
R, E. Wilson, Travelling Agent
Talks of Development in New
Mexico and the Territory's
Needs.

New Mexico's greatest need is 70
more publieity-publiclty Of the RICH
sort. sustained publicity Intelligent,
directed and continuously applied un
III all the false impressions about thii
territory have been wiped out of tn,
minds of the people of the east"
This IL the view Of Il. f.. Wilson
travelling agent Of the Industrial de.
partment Of the Santa Fe system, ant
one Of the most active men i'm the
Santa FEES present f~ar-reaching cam.
paign Of advertising New Mexico and
the southwest. Mr.. Wilson was in Al
|buquerque yesterday. leaving last
night for Mesilla Park and the Agri-
cultural college, where he goes for
data on certain branches of agricul-
ture in This territory.
1T Is amazing to the man who
knows this territory and who comes
In contact, as | do. with people of all
classes in the east, 10 know the APP
palling ignorance of conditions In New
Mexico. New Mexico has suffered
deeply from the irresponsible CORE
spondent who almost Invariably turns
IN his writings to some Of the thread
bare border stories or Wild Indian
tales, or who. If he happens to turn
TO more serious matters, takes his in
formation from some hastily drawn
and overdone pamphlet which so ex-
aggerates conditions as to make the
stuff ridiculous. The best thing we
can do for New Mexico Is to tell the
truth about her. The truth is quite
enough, the territory doesn't need
anything more. and II we Fan just get
New Mexico before the people of the
nation In the right way and go on
intelligently keeping her resources
before the public, the intelligence Of
the people and the Of the
territory viii work out the problem Of
population and every other problem
which this country has to solve.
ITO this end nothing can be Of
greater benefit to New Mexico than
the coming irrigation congress to be
held In Albuquerque. The irrigation
congress brings together the best
thought of the nation. from among
the men whose work Is In developing
the land, and the centering Of their
attention on this territory means much
the future. The Santa Fe rail-
road can be depended upon TO do its
fun share toward making the irriga-
ton congress a success The adver-
Using machinery Of the system will he
literally used. and there can be no
question whatever of the success of
the congress.
The Santa Re has done a great
OF work In developing New Mex
leo and directing immigration to this
of late. and / believe even
more work Of the same kind is To be
done In the immediate future. The
railway company Is doing It's level
best To develop this country as rap
idly as possible. and il needs. and
should have. the active cooperation
~ the people along It's lines. The
railways system for the promotion Of
Industrial enterprises is strong and
fa~r-reaching. and it is always at the
service Of any legitimate project with
In lis reach. There IS no more ef-
means 10 the development Of
any community than an active Com
nercial club or commercial %organiza-
The great trouble with the av-
commercial club in the smaller
Is that it's work, the most I'm
portant In the community. Is generally
In the hands OF a secretary or
executive officer who, II he Is paid at
All, Is paid so little hat he cannot
afford 10 devote all his time To the
work. and who. no matter how able
he U.s., or how energetic, cannot hope
@ obtain the results sure 10 come were
lis entire time devoted 10 the work.
Rochester. y. Y, which has
TO be the second ma%nufactur-
.ng city In the state, has a commercial
organization with a secretary whose
Is St0,000 a year. 81. Joseph.
Mo, has an organization with a see
'etary az S1.500 a year. The Chicago
publicity organization has a secretary
whose salary Is $1,000 q year. II
hesc large and established ceutcrs
ind II profitable 10 nay such salaries.
10 not seem that II would be
much more profitable for a Young and
growing community just beginning lbs
development. la take the same
THE Industrial department " the
Fc Is always more than ready
O cooperate with The commercial or
.anizations along lis lines